Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-12
FOUR LOST.
Lives Safe Had They
Stuck by Their Vessel.
Miraculous Escape Of the Fish
ing Craft Fish Hawk.
Terrible Struggle Of Those Aboard ana
Those in Beats.

Highland Light, Mass, Dec. ll.-r o'I
members Of the crew or the boa
fishing schooner Fish Hawk lost theii
lives. last night, in hasty eHort ~
leave their vessel which had struck anu anu
was pounding heavily on Peakeu nm
bars at the north end of Cape Cou. ~
Others, including Capt. Bly, VINO loi-
lowed their unfortunate companions
over the side had severe SIX -houi
tussle against a freezing sea ana gaze
i'm q small dory, but managed 10 reacii
ProvincetOwn haTbor. Yet the oedti
and the suffering would have peeh
avoided had they all stayed by their
,,..a.I vbich made a miraculous es-
cane from one Of Cape Gods most
deadly traps within few minutes aiil
fnur hours later was safely anchored
in Provincetown harbor.
The lost seamen We're Thomas Ken
nedy. East Boston; John Woodworth'
Everett; John Drew, Boston; Joseph
Kehoe, Gloucester. kennedys BODY
was recovered about midnight, last
night by the lifesavers, but none of the
others were seen, today, although a
patrol was kept up along the beach.
"A widow and two children survive
Kennedy.
The Fish Hawk left Boston, Wednes-
day. with a crew of 20 men. She was
fishing off Cape Cod, yesterday. when
the weather became threatening and
the wind worked around into the
northeast. Capt Bly, decided to run i'll
l. h.. hoo
the end of the cape the wind had in
creased to stiff gale accompanied by
thick snow and the vessel brought up
on what proved to be the outside OF
Peaked Hill bars.
The Fish Hawk struck about 7.3O
O'Clock and Capt. Bly,, believing there
was but little hope Of saving his YES
sci, burned his signal torch to notify
the lifcsavers and then ordered his
crew into the boats. Four of the sea-
men hastily throwing their belongings
into their dunnage bags, jumped into
a dory which they launched and which
was almost Immediately after capsiZed
in the surf.
Four others and Capt. BLY, himself,
left the vessel a few minutes later and
saw their unfortunate companions
struggling helplessy in the surf and
endeavOred to reach them, but failed.
Befort the rest of the crew could fol-
low their skipper the wind and sea had
driven the Fish Hawk over the bar
and into somewhat smoother water.
AS soon as those on board found that
their vessel was atloat again they
trimmed in their sheets and by clever
seamansnip worked her along behind
the shOal and gradually out into deep
water again. Four hours later the Fish
Hawk was safely anchored in Prov
incetOwn harbor.
At the time Bly, ordered the crew to
land there were four dories on the Fish
Hawk, those including one which cap
sized the four men, came ashore and
picked up by the life savers of the High
Head station, who had seen the dis
trcss signal and who made prepara-
tions for launching their life boat.
The lifesavers waited on the beach
for an hour for some other signal from
the vessel and when the empty dories
came ashore they came to the conclu-
sion that the vessel had worked free
dliJ dlteT Id duHCIilHS tiit ubIltS tIit CIcW
had abandoned the attempt to reach
shore. Capt. Kelley, however, doubled
his patrols along the beach, fearing
that some lives might have been lost
and about the time that he was notified
of the safe arrival of the Fish Hawk
in Provincetown harbor and of the fact
that nine members of her crew were
missing. the body of Kennedy was
washed ashore.
Meantime Capt. Bly, and his four mer
were having a fearful fight for exist
ence against the wind and sea. 1t was
bitterly cold and the spray froZe as il
struck. Several times the little craft
was nearly swamped in the tumbing
sea. but she was each time baled out
and the hardy fishermen continued OF
their 1S-mile row around Race Point
Woodend and Long Point into Prov
incetown harbor. where they found tht
Fish Hawk anchored.
AS soon as Capt. Bly, had recovered
he came ashore and telephoned to tht
lifesavers in the hope that possibly
some of the capsized boats crew haC
reached shore. The report of the find.
ing of kennedy's body and the three
empty dories on the beach was all ther,
was TO be learned. 1t is thought thai
some of the bodies of the unfortunat,
seamen may be picked up on the beacf
to the south Of where the accident oc
Cured