Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-04
They Refused to Leave
Stranded Ship.
Fourteen Men Were Saved from
Watery Grave.
Three Wrecks of Chatham, One Beina
a Coaster HaiIins from Calais
Hardy Life Savers Have .Excen.
tionaIIy Busy Day.

CHdtHdil MISS, July 1.-The hardy
| chatham life savers had a busv dav
yesterday, proffering assistance to tho
| stranded British barkentine Albert;n.
| as we'll as taking off the crews of the
gloucester fishing schooner Patriot
| and the Maine coaster Viola Nav both
of which vessels went ashore on Shov.
| elful shoals late, in the afternoon
| The Albertina's crew refused to leave
| their ship, and in the opinion of the
life savers. the vessel lies in a danger
| Gus position, especially as the wind in.
| creased and the sea rose during the
afternoon. causing her to pound heay.
lily.
In the absence of the regular life
saving crew. now on their two months
| leave a volunteer crew under the COM
| mand of Capt. DOane of the Old Har-
Dor station, went out to the Albertina
| and urged the crew to come ashore
| Capt. DOane told those on board the
| barkentine that there was every indi-
| cation of the wind increasing from
the southwest. in which case it would
be very difficult 70 take them off. But
the crew refused to abandon their YES
| sci, SO the life savers returned.
The Gloucester fishing schooner Pa
triot, Capt. Christensen. and the
| coasting schooner Viola May, of CAL
ais, Me-. were beating through Pollock
Rip slue, yesterday afternoon, when
they both went on the Shovelful shoal
| about the same time. The tide was
high at the time.
Capt BlOOmer and crew of wreck
| ers from Monomoy Point, boarded the
vessels and brought their crews
ashore There were four men on the
Viola May and ten men on the Patriot.
All were housed at the MonOmoy Point
| life saving station.
The Patriot is in n bad position. She
| lies higher up on the shoal than the
Viola May, and under favorable con-
litions, it will be difficult task to
get her off She was pounding heavily
at sunset and leaking. The Viola May
| is full of water. The fishing vessel
| was bound from Gloucester for Chat
ham bay for bait. The Viola May was
bound from Calais. Me. for Pawtucket
Il. L.. with laths and lumber.
The Patriot fA-S1 tons register. and
was built at Essex, Mass. in 1897.
The Viola May registers 172 tons and
was built at Denneysvire, Me-, in 1874
Chatham. Mass. July S.-Thc three YES
sells ashore off this town will. N all prob
ability. never sail again. Then Glouces-
ter fishing schooner Patriot. whicA-struck
on Shovelful shoal at high water. late
yesterday afternoon, is total wrSck,
having been pounded so heavily by tne
ID, h., ,t,ybt ht
never be fit for service: crew OF
wreckers worked hard all day saving
sails, spars, rigging and anything else
that might be removed from the wrecked
vessel.
With the exception of the commander.
Capt. Christensen who refused to leave
his vessel, all of the crew were taken of.
last night. by the volunteer life savers:
Late in the evening, the captain was
seen to board the British schooner II. II,
Kitchener, which landed him at Vineyard
brought ashore by the volunteer life say
ers. spent the night at the Monomoy
Point life saving station, and. this morn
ing. were sent to their homes i'll Glou-
cester.
The wreckers discovered. today. that
tb(re was a large hole in the bottom of
the Patriot and it is believed that the
schooner struck the sunken wreck of the
The Calais Maine, coasting schooaG,f
Viola May, which struck on ShoY u
about the same time the Patriot 81
ed, lies in a bad position. and a lenWgh
there is a possibility of saving the craft
it is believed that she, too. is doomed TO
destruction. The wreckers wyfked AZ az
lumber. She is full of ;@ater,. and al
night long pounded heavily on the sho %,
A survey was held, y.oday. on the Brit.
ashore on Chattkni bar, Thursday night,
and 1t Is reported that the vessel has
been condemned. The crew of the ALDER
though the wife of the captain was
brought ashore, today.