Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-03
THE NOR'WESTER
Is Guilty Of Causing Trouble
to Our Mariners.
The Life Savers on Cape Busy With
Vessels in Distress.
Three Schoonsrs In Tight Quarters Relieved by
the Plucky Men.

Chatham. Mass, Jan. 1.-The north
west gale which has kept vessels har-
bored here for 4S hours, moderated dur
| ing the night and as many of the fleet
as could do SO made preparations to
proceed. All the craft were badly iced
| up and several schooners could not
make sail
The tug Lackawanna which was an
chored off shore sent up signals of dis
| tress. Thursday morning, and the Old
HarbOr life saving crew went out to
assist. Wednesday, but as the vessel
signaled for a tug, early Thursday. and
apparently was making preparations to
get under way, it is thought her sig
! nails for assistance were prompted only
by the fact that she was disabled by
ice.
Another schooner which was in dis
tress Wednesday night, got underway,
Thursday morning. Nothing was seen.
Thursday. of the small schooner which
was being driven to sea at dark,
Wednesday night.
The life saving crews of the stations
got back into port. this afternoon. hav-
ing done good work in assisting crews
of disa bled vessels.
The crew of the Chatham life saving
station returned at noon, after day
and half of exposure in assisting the
crew of the schooner Emma d. Endi-
colt. Capt. Rogers. bound from New
York for Portland with a cargo of coal.
The men suffered great hardship.
Capt. Rogers said he left New York,
Sunday night. and everything was all
wei! until Tuesday night, when he
struck the northwest blizzard. ten
miles north of Cape Cod. The boom
was loosencd and let down on to the
long boat by the gale, and one of the
sails was torn; the mizzenmast also
worked loose from it's socket and
threatened to carry away all the masts
by the board.
The vessel was then headed about
and worked back of Chatham. The
sailors suffered greatly from the in
tense cold. They We're kept constantly
at the pumps, as the vessel was leak
ing 400 strokes an hour.
When the life savers reached the En-
'licott one pump had given out and the
vessel was almost sinking. Capt. Rog-
ers said it was the most severe ex-
peTience he had ever had in his years
of seafaring. The Endicott was taken
to Portland at noon by the tug Buc-
cancer.
Capt. Doane and crew of the Old
HarbOr station brought ashore, this
afternoon, the crew of the schooner
Commerce. bound from New York to
Rockland. with coal, which was blown
to sea. yesterday. The crew was res
cued by the tug Lackawanna. Capt.
Pearson of the Commerce, says the
vessel struck the gale. Tuesday night
half way across Massachusetts bay
The sails were blown away and she
was hove to on her beam. She was
blown down off Chatham. and lost her
big anchor, yesterday. The vessel was
abandoned when it was found that she
was being driven to sea. The men will
proceed to their homes. tomorrow.
The fOur-masted schooner John F.
Randall of the Morse fleet, ran ashore,
today. on Stone Horse shoal. Capt
Marshall Eldridge and crew of the
Monomoy life saving station went to
her assistance and helped to get her
afioat on the first tide. She proceeded
for Boston, apparently uninjured.