Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-20
COLD AT SEA.
Much Suffering by Crew Of
Boston Schooner, Tyron.
Steward Of the Schooner Was Frozen
to Death.
Crew in Open Boat Fourteen Hour
in Zero Weather.

Roston. Feb. ia story of eA'f"tf''
suffering from the cold on the sea q;
told. today, when the steamship o. 4'H
of the Merchants and Miners Ttran--
portation Co, Baltimore for Boston,
arrived having on board six of the
crew of the wrecked three -rlasted
schooner S. c. Tryon of Boston. and
the body of the schooner's steward,
who had been frozen to death.
Seven men, composing the crew of
the vessel, were IA hours in an open
boat in zero temperature. All the sur
vivors were badly frostbitten. They
were removed at once to the Relief hos
pital for treatment. The dead man
was Henry Goncaivcs. &c years OF age,
and a native of Cape De Verde Islands.
The rescued are Capt. George E. Jones
Of Salisbury, Md. Mate 3. T. Bragg
Of Philadelphia, and David Gillett, Lee
Jackson, Julian Grant and Henry
Hardy. sailors.
According to Capt. Jones of the lost
vessel, the s. c. Tryon sailed from Ber-
muda Hundreds. Virginia, Feb. 6. with
a cargo of railroad ties for Brooklyn
N. Y. Off the capes of Delaware the
weather became intensely cold. On the
HIBut VI Tic itlh tiiC NSoSCi oti oNh a.
heavy ice foe. The collision stove a
hole In her starboard bow and through
this water rushed in a great stream
Capt Jones saw at once that his
schooner would go GOWN. He ordered
his crew into the long boat. Into this
the men jumped none too soon. for they
barely had time to cut loose their boat
before the vessel foundered. There
was some danger that the boat would
be sucked down with the schooner. but
by rowing hard the men were able to
avert this.
Without gloves and with no food or
water, the crew commenced to suffer
almost Immediately from the cold.
Soon a cake of ice opened up seam
in the boat and two men We're forced
to bail constantly. The boat was per
mitted to drift along. At Five Fathom
bank lightship the mems cries for help
were heard. but Il line thrown from the
ship fell short. Soon they were carried
beyond the lightship. so that no help
from that quarter was possible.
1t was about this time that Cook
GOncalves. who was more thinly clad
than the others fell forward on his
hands and knees. When Capt. Jones
picked him up the man was dead. The
next man to cease fighting the cold was
Gillette. who sank down To tn" bottom
OF the boat apparently to die. The
men We're utterly pOwercss to help
one another because they We're so be-
numbed they could scarcely move
Some of them were partially blinded
by the salt water which fell in a spray
on their faces and there frOZe
When it seemed that only a few
hours must pass before all must die Il
schooner WAS sighted. Capt. Jones
signal If distress made by tying q coat
to an oar was observed. and the steam
err bore down upon them. She proved
to he the Orion.
once on the Orion. the crew fell into
stulor and were unconscious for
some time. Heroic measures. however,
restored them. Gilletts arms AM l"Gs
were rigid. 1t was found at the .'..--
pital here. today. that Mate Br#glt 49,
partially blind. that Jackson prob, r,y
will lose the fingers of both hands "a ,:
that Grant will lose one of his .-.
Herdy will lose the sight of OF 81.
Capt. jones fears that he will To- ,fi,-
of his fingers.
The s. G. TryOn was owned by [ {.
]. r. Baker of this city. She was Val
ued at $1,000 and was not insured. She
was vessel of 1913 tons net and As
tons gross. The cargo was owned by
the J. Hurd Lumber Co.