Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
MEET DEATH IN BIG SEAS.
Wreokage Strewn Along Massa-
chusetts Coast.
ELWOOD BURTON LOST.
Follows Wentworth to Bottom-English
Steamers Sighted Helpless and
Sinking-One Collision.
Two DAYS of Vessel Disasters.


Chatham, Mass, and ten on board, includ-
Ing captains family, lost
KILDONA. British steamer. from Mon
treal east, ashore at Gravesend IN collslon
with British steamer Montana, bound 1orI
Philadelphia
HUBERT, British steamer, New York toI
Para, sighted sinking; sea too boisterous To-
FORTUNA, schooner, in bad plight off
Chatham.
ANNIE M. ALLEN, bound from Hills,
boro, n. B., for Newark, n. j., on reel
and will be total loss, near Gloucester.
Highland Light, Mass, Oct. 15.-ln a,
furious northeast gale the schooner Eli
wood Burton, Capt. Williams, struck on
Peaked Hill bar during the night and!
the captain and three Of the crew per-
ished. The mate and two other seamenl
were rescued from floating wreckage by
the crew Of the Peaked Hill life saving
station.
Although the life savers were quickly!
on the scene, SO rapid was the destruc-i
ton Of the vessel that they could do
nothing more than pick up the survivors
clinging to wreckage. Later two bodies
washed ashore.
The gale which the schooner encoun-
tered was practically the same in which,
the schooner Wentworth was wrecked
Thursday night at Chatham.
The EiWood Burton was bound from
ST. John, n. B., to New York with a
cargo of lath. She was a three-mastedl
schooner of 1874 tons and was built at,
Bath, Me-, in 1872.
Twelve Down with Wentworth.
Chatham, Mass, Oct. 15.-In the
wreck Of the Novia Scotia schooner.
Wentworth upon Chatham bar during a
fierce gale last night twelve persons per-
ished.
The dead are:
BRUNETT, EDWARD. seaman.
CAMPBELL, GEORGE, first mate.
DILL, JOHN, seaman.
GODFREY, j. j., boatswain.
PERGERSON, THOMAS, seaman
PRIDDLE. MRS. passenger.
STEWART, JAMES s.. steward.
THREE PRIDDLE CHILDREN.
The vessel lodged on the outer bar and
was at the mercy of the waves.
The three-masted schooner Annie NJ.
Allen. bound from Hillsboro, n. B., for
Newark, n. j.. in running from Glouces-
ter harbor, went ashore between Nor
mans Woe reef and Magnolia point and
probably will be a total loss. Her cap
tain and crew of six men reached shore
safely without assistance.
Fishing Schooner in Peril.
Chatham, Mass, Oct. 15-In the
heavy northerly gale which ragged about
here today the fishing schooner Fortuna
was driven ashore on Common fiat in
Chatham bay. Both the Monomoy and
the Chatham station life saving crews
went TO the assistance of the vessel, which
was in a dangerous position.
Kildona Is Ashore.
London, Oct 15-The British steamer
Kildona, from Montreal, September 80,
for this port, is ashore below Gravesend,
having been in collision with the British
steamer Montana, outward bound for
Philadelphia.
The portbows of both vessels are dam
aged above the water line and the Mon
tana lost her port anchor.
The Montana returned to Gravesend.
London, Oct. 15.-The British steamer
Hubert, from New York October ) for
Para, has arrived at Barbados and re-
ports that on October Z, in latitude 30.
longitude 70, she sighted the British
steamer Kelvin, Capt. McLennan, aban-
doned, listed to starboard.
On account of boisterous weather and
a heavy sea the Kelvin could not be
boarded
The Kelvin sailed from New York Oc-
tober 5 for Montevideo, Buenos Ayres
and Rosario.