Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-17
Fifteen Men Pepished Of Pema-
 quid Point, Me.
SCHOONER LOST HER BOTTOM

Mackerel Vessel Was Smashed on the
 Rocks and Fourteen of the Crew of
 Sixteen Perished-The Gale is Pro
 nounced the Most Severe That Has
 Occurred Along the Maine Coast in
 Many Years.
 Lewiston, Me Sept MA special to the Journal from Pemaquid Point, Me, says: Fifteen men lost their lives in the violent gale which ragged OH the coast during the night The Gloucester mackerel seining schooner George F. Edmunds, in command or Captain Poole, struck on the eastern side of Pemaquid Point and was smashed to pieces. Fourteen of the crew of sixteen men perished in the breakers.
 The schooner Sadie and Lillian, Cap tain Hardy of Prospect, bound rom Prospect bay to Boston, struck on the western side of Pemaquld Point ana had her bottom knocked out on the rocks, Captain Hardy was drowned, but his crew of two men were res cued
 The gale was unusually severe, par ticularly about midnight. The Glou- cester schooner, which had been fish ing off the coast, evidently intended to make a harbor to ride out the storm, but in the driving rain and thick at nosphere she missed her bearings and running too near the point off Pema- duid. struck on the eastern side ana was battered to pieces by the waves. Of the crew of fifteen besides the cap tain five only were able to launch a dory. This task was accomplished after the greatest difficulty. as time and again the boat filled with water as she was put over the vessels side. Several other dories which were low cred were either smashed to pieces or swept away in the darkness
 Finally the five men who suceessful- lv cot their boat afioat climbed into 1t, but before they could reach land tremendous sea overturned the frall craft throwing the occupants into the hoiline breakers Three of the men were drowned within few minutes, but giant wave caught up the re- mainer of the five and swept them ashore.
 Although the two survivors did all in their power to assist their Allows on board their efforts were unsuccess- flII and of the entire crew of 16 men, these two were the only survivors.
 Up to the middle of the forenoon several bodies had been recovered. The Edmunds was dashed to pieces within an hour or two after she struck the rocks and to-day the coast for a mile and more is strewn with wreck age from her and from the Sadie and Lillian.
 The Sadie and Lillian were caught on the west side of Pemaquid Point When she, struck, Western Curtis sighted her and after some difficulty succeeded in getting line to the wreck.
 The line was taken out under tre mendous difficulties and had it not been for an unfavorable accident, Cap tain Hardy and his crew of two men would all have been saved. The two seamen reached the shore in safety but in the attempt MT Curtis and his assistants to save the captain the life line became caught in the wreckage and Hardy was drowned. Curtis was able to save his body. i,
 The names of those lost in both in their power to assist their fellows 9;30 o'clock this morning, but it was expected the list would be obtained by the afternoon
 Last nights gale was pronounced by fishermen to be the most severe experienced along the coast at his sea- son in many years. s