Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-09-12

Ing IOF udyuSnt, OF SuCtoi, the h'tiS
craft became separated. Capt. Riley's
boat, guided by the signals of the surf
men, gradually crept along the coast
until. when day did break. it was close
to Peaked Hill bar. Capt. Kelly and his
men from the High Head station, were
| afloat in their lifeboat, and at $50 Capt.
Wallace Cook launched the boat from
the Peaked Hill station. Capt. COOK
| knew point on the inner bar where
there is generally a spot in the turbu-
lent sea less angry than anywhere near
by. and to this point the struggling sail
| OrS were directed.
| The launching of the Peaked Hill boat
was not accomplished without trouble
and danger. The surf was threatening
in the extreme, but with care the big
! boat was finally forced through the
waves and a little later joined the COM
! panion boat and the one from the Long
fellow. Then, surrounded by the toss
/ ing seas. and with danger on every
hand. was undertaken the task of
! transferring half the shipWrecked
! boats crew to the boat from Peaked
Hill. Even this was accomplished and
| eventually the lifebOat, half full of wa
ter. all hands reached the beach, the
! long boat of the Longfcllow, with it's
, four remaining occupants, being towed
safely in by the boats of the coast
guard service.
In the meantime Mate Johnson and
| his crew were having an exciting and
| perilous time farther along the coast.
| They finally attempted a landing ut II
| point between the Highland and the
| Whirled high upon the crest of a
| mighty breaker, their boat was cap
' sized and the eight men were hurled
| into the sea. Naliautly they struggled,
and valiantly Capt. Worthen and his
men from Highland rushed to their
| help. Every drowning man was pulled
h, from the surf to the beach in safety
and the end of the danger was reached.
| At both the Peaked Hill and the
| Highland stations the rescued mariners
| We're given hot coffee and food, and
| then put Snugly to bed. When they
| awoke they We're provided with dry
| shoes and clothing and by noon seemed
little the worse for their bitter expert
ence. All about the stations, in the
light Of til" warm sun which came out
|
dry the possessions of the sailors
Boots, shoes ANA clothing. from shirts
to ovcralls, We're intersperscd with
soaked packages of tobacco, the sailors
most cherished possession. and before
night the sun and the genial Scptem-
Der air had partly restored all to some
thing like il natural condition.
Capt Riley, conducted by Capt. Cook
from Peake,. Hill. early sought the tel
egraph office at Prnvincetown and tried
to communicate with the owners of the
vessel or cargo. This latter is a source
of some mystery. and considerable
menace to the life savers. They have
had nearly all kinds of wrecks to ham
die but that of Il dynamiteladen boat.
ana what will be the result of the
breaking up of the craft is to them a
problem.
| The LonGfcllow is said to have load
ed at Thompson's Point, near Whining
Ton, Del. one of the crew said the
dupont Powder Co. loaded the boat.
The captain gives p. NJ. Cobell of Will
mlnGton as the name of the owner.
Everyone seen, yesterday. agreed thar
the boat was to make her first STOP at
Yarmouth. n. S, for coal. Then sn.
was going up into the Great Lakes.
it is claimed. one man said Iaxa
Erie. several said Lake SUPERIOR ana
some port IN Michigan was generally
''''ePteu as the crafts final destina-
.ioll huiiiofS OF other destinations.
farther from these shores. were riff.
pu' 'iere was nothing to substantiate e
them.
, |
ne matches are said to be eff the Long
Fellow. The nulGreds of tons of dvua
mite composing her cargo is packed in 70
pound Gases The dynamite is in sticks
each wrapped in oiled paper When the
"nni2 "ni2et mcikS OF the boat are all gone,
Gnu Her nun begins to give lu 20 me
tid'S ana currents the cargo fear is ~
itSS'd thaj. even though the boat berspI f
III hrr present position may not be a mon
ace To navigation, he floating eases nf
tAploSINeS, whether tdrift or hurled mon
me shore hy the breakers may be- :,
: Sunrc" or deadly danger. Jus: what mo
WHIST "i salt water upon cascd dynamite
: yesterday. WAS prepared to say. II nt;i !
, itAdrf TIE SUN practically harmless. or
> the waters toward the end Of H.. cann
Tdy. within few days. come to rcS,.r-
nlG the approaches TO Port Arthur and
: NladiVoStok.
Yesterday. the only wrcckage coming
ashore, mostly in the vicinity Of IIirhi.,i,I
Light and Pamet River lite saving STA
, ti"ns, was plankinE and Shrathing from
the wrecked steamer. with one large S,t-
'l"h OF her woodwork. Tine wind and tho
| sea had both subsidized and no nnrtiriiI,,
change in the position OF the wreck nor
, OF n'r cargo was anticipated ful Il day
or wv" at least. In the mcanM hilp /; i
'Nloct tel the owners of vessels or cargo
= VIII b" feard from and it is also cHp.,.t,L
IN" destitute crew will he provided viii
tltnSportatlon to this CITY
IN" last time the Longfclow was il,
) Boston was three or four Years ago II
, mat time she had been making daily trim.
To and from Provincctown for nearly n
score OF years. For the past four wears
she mas been outside the jurisdiction Of
, me ''oston Stcamboit Inspectors. but M,
t' lhat time, according to the Boston in
Slect prS, she had been regularly insprrt-
cd ana was always found to be in good
, condition
, The engines and boilers of the Lonsfcl-
; low We're built hy the Lockwood Manu-
iHciuring Co. East Boston in ISL Her
5 nun was built bH u. u. Kelly in E,ns
h'Stnn Shc was completed in 1883 and
was Tor the tirSt Il years If hrr career
I an eXc'rSion h"at diving Ictw, cn i,ost N
? dii iroNlncetnwn. She maic Il trial tri
across the bay June -. 1889. carr,.in. i
party o. 40. who wer, given a ror"ntion
~ me veStry Of the Centenary Methodist
l cm'lrch on their arrival at Provincctuwn.
ihe event was one Of much Importance
tc IN" town. Until lSS when she was