Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-27
MAINE MEN LOST.
Mysteryof the Marine Disaster
Off Cape Cod Solved
Thomastoa Schooner Ella Pfessey
Sunk--Captain and Mate Drowned.
ccbooner Francis 5huhert Set On Fire
to Destroy Her.


, ,,.. e,hooy,,s lost formed the
tbernn oi the narrative t"il pg up
Tho,nas G.. .,tlr!.cy, OF the Boston
schooner Frames @huocrt WHO "'."
tbo four men Of his crew were bf"u5ht
INTO This port uH the tug George W.
XViueIcW, early Tu'S'i;ty. On hodrd 'iie
NiusIow were also thrr" Survivors VI
the schooner Ella Pr"SE.y of ! 1h"iiiaS-
TON. Me-, which EeS:"l was i'll '"iil9l'''
with the Shubcrt. on Sunday Hi5h''
and sank less than two minutes ai'e'
the impact.
The men VINO were drowned were
can't Elias White and Mate Fred ="
Peterson of the prcsscy. capt. w hite
was a native OF EoVa Scotia, put Oh
recent years bad lived ut t"ckiaio'
Ne. where Mate Peterson also f"Sli''d-
The collision occurred on sunday
NIGHT. about Sf5 o'ciok, two miles Oh
tha cane cod shore, ut about midway
between Nauset and the highlands
T,vo men of the PrrSSeyS crew VINO
we're on deck at the time of th.- crash
iunurd aboard the Shubcrt. Will" the
cantain mate and Il sailor, Oscar scott,
hastily lowered a small boat. The
ever. and the small craft sank as The
vessel went down. carrying the three
men with it. Capt. White and Mate
Peterson were not Seen after the IreS-
cey sank. but Scott managed to jump
clear Of the tender and when the
schooner went down he clung to the
topmast and was later rescued by a
boat from the Shubert. ~
The force of the collision tore away
the forward part of the Shubert ana
the vessel began to fill. The next
morning the tug George NJ. Winslow
cane alongside aud attempted to tow
the Snnbcrt to Boston, but the vessel
was leaking SD badly that Capt.
Stlrkry decided to abandon her and he
with his men and the survivors from
the iresscy, boarded the tug. Fearing
that the Shubert would sink in the
path If other vessels and become a
mcn;lre to navigation, Capt. Starkey
st her ON fire. Her cargo consisted OF
lsu0 barrels of Kerosene oil and the
destruction of the vessel WAS Il matter
Of 4 few hours only. AS soon rs the
WinsloW docked. Tuesday morning,
capt. StIrkcy told the story Of the
Press.
I'VE We're bound from New York to
Portland" said he, with 1900 barrels
OF kerosene. About Il quarter past
eight o'clock. Sunday night. when off
Cahoon'a Hollow | saw a green light
and thought that we were going to
clear the approaching vessel all riGh-.
Then Il moment later | saw Il red light
cInss or bows. l.. ordered the man n
the wheel to put tie helm down hard
H., did SO but We, could not clear and
the vessels r;tue together bow on.
A mmeut later two men from the
rpssey i,lmpelsaboard the Shuhcrt
| They. were tifrNs sEs award, Arthur \
Buchanan sof loekland Me. and Car
Hansen. a sHeyeys II was less than TIVE
minutes before The Prcssev sank.
when saw. tlllt the -shubcrt woul(
probably keeps affoat. for some littl'
time ! lowered 81 ;boatato pick up an!
survivors who might be floating in th'
water. The oliy man We found wa
i Oscar Scott. 8EEinandcr. He wa
clngtRg to theT1cpnast Of the Ir"sse.
which ~ otrudts1'f 'from the water. Whel
ave nitlled HIN aboard he told us tha
= AhptrSWhitc aud Mate Peterson ant
ssHf3ff had. 90. into the tender. III,
thdEs The pabter was foulcd and tn
+ small bcaf-s went down with tn
sckoSrer. We looked around for i lon
hme utconld find no trace of tn
IA calhniltor the mate.
''Ss MY car.;n waS worth between Sf@
and st'n ana the schooner cost Mo S"@
i'v" y"ars aGu and | have l'ut ont n go"