Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-15
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there YVES no reply. although the light
continued burning on the schooner.
The incoming tide drove the life saw
ers back step by step until FRIDAY
morning, thew were more than a half
\ mile from the n, Fsti whose outlines
th*N taaid uiinl, see i'll the darkness,
Hidden. however. quite frequently by
the great waves Whi"h washed COM
pl'tcly over her. In the meait'ih"
Capt. Downs crew had initii riIifuiced
by the crew ut the orleans station: I'VE
miles NJ ihe brath several more lines
Nt''' shot out to the vessel, but either
thy al fell snort, or if crossing the
schooner. We're useless in the helpless
hands of the exhausted crew.
Then the life savers settled down +"
Il nights vigil oh the beach, trusting
M! the vessel would hold together I'M
III the morning, when it was hoped the
lifc boat could be launched
Abont c'clnck ,.hlip the first In
timAti"t1 HAT TIN d.'pm IF the schooner
WIS sr;:icd in III" washing ashore ii
a portion of her stern, with the words,
Windsor. \. s." on il. At dawn il
was seen that tN, ~ be inusts, u
mai" "'nl ,itiuvcli. had Fallen thrhu"h
HIS washing away Of til" entire after
part Of the vessel.
TE"n il was thai the life savers gave
up AL hope of resr'in and the patrol
was at nnt7 begun nn the beach for The
Ft''6tGrv Of bodies.
At O'clucl; tn" uu|rtcrboard of tn
BOAT was thrown aaho"" and her id'n-
tity nude known. soon after the pa
troll at the end Of the beach on the
north side of the "nt"Iur" Of the lar
h"r discovered lie m,dy Of Il Wumnu
'tthh!ii% about in the surf. 1t vas
soon dragged ashore and carried up to
the Ola Harbor station. An hour after
H." o1v of Il man W-Is recovered from
tho breakers and lui beside that of
th,. Nninan.
Tie wreck OF the Wentworth was al
mott exactly on the spot where the
schooner Calvin r. circuit was wrecked
nearly ten years ago, with the loss of
all her crew
The Wentworth was Of 32S tons bur
den. 13@ feet long, - feet in width and
II feet in depth. She was built in
Port Creville, y. =. in 1889.
ashore was about 20 years old. She was
fully dressed ana had on an outside
cloak. On her finger WAS heavy plain
gold ring. Her fac WAS considerably
dicfgured probably from contact with
the wreckage. The man was about 30
years Old and was fully dad exc, pit that
he Wore 10 coat.
Capt. Downs and Capt. Charles unite
in the statement that their experience
during the night was the hardest they
have eyer gone through. They and the
members of their crews We're almost
completely exhausted. Friday morning
largely from their severe exertions in
hauling their beach apparatus through
the soft sand, there Icing no horse
available for this purpose. Capt.
Downs said:
Our south watch, Frank Basset
heard horn blowing about 1.20 O'Clock.
Thursday evening, and knowing that
some vcssel must be in distress ne
burned his Coston signal and telephon-
ed to the station for help. We immedi-
ately started with the beach apparatus
as no boat could live in such q sea. On
arriving at the scene Of the disaster l
Immediately placed a gun and fired a
the fact that the wheel has reached
shore with our line and shot attached
showing that the crew were hauling in
the line when the sea boarded the YES
sci and swept them off her deck. Capt
Charles and his crew arrived from Or
leans at that time with his Weld light
to assist in the work. About II O'Clock
we fired another shot but no response
vas heard"
The men on the vessel were driven to
the rigging as the sea constantly swept
tho deck. Capt. Downs thinks that if
they had taken to the foremost which
is still standing, they would all have
been saved.
1t was learned. Friday, that when tn :
first line was shot to the vessel the
members of the life saving crew heard
someone on the schooner shout and
thought he said, "all right" When ono
of the maSts fell at o'clock, Friday
morning. another shout was heard
supposed by the life savers to have
come from someone falling with the
mast. No other sounds were heard
from the Wentworth.
No other bodies save the two first
discovered had come ashore up to noon.
\ few more fragments of wrechage
had been picked UP and among other
things washed in vas piece of cloth
ing, which indicated that there was Il
child on board Of the vessel During
the day news was received through The
Associated Press that the captain had
his wife and three children with them
ana that the crew numbered seven
men besides the captain A patrol is
being maintained for miles along shore
To pick up Wreckage or bodies.
WrecEa%c continued to come ashore
all day and the beach, for Il long space
was strewn With the debris of tie
schooner. The vessels contents wash ID
up inside the beach. Among other ar
tlcles found was that of a picture of
Two 81 the children standing toget Ter
apparently from the captains &; bin.
a small hood with the strings tieG to-
gether. MS if it had been washed rom
'he cnlld S head. and Il knit frock also
belonging to a child were cast up by
the waves. No additional bodies har
oeen seen, however, at sunset.
Inc wreck presents a dismal ASPECT.