The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-30
No Hope Entertained for the
Quinnebaug and C. {. Wilbur.
MISSING SINCE NOVEMBER
Left Georgian Ports In Perfect Trim, Were
Caught In Gale OF Delaware Coast,
and Have Not Been Heard From Since

After three months Of gradually fading
hopes and growing inclination to accept
the awful truth the schooners Quinebaug
and Charles Z. Wilbur out from Georgia
ports early m November. have been given
up as lost by their owners.
In the fearful storm of November iS
those trim vessels were caught off the
Delaware coast and no one can ever learn
OF their faTe Tor they have not been seen
since.
II was the FIRST and last voyage OF the
Charles f. Wilbur. This ship was named
for the Providence restaurant man. Mr..
Wilbur being one Of the owners 1t was
built in the yards of NJ. b. Mcdonald Il
Son IF Mystic, Conn. and launched Aug.
q 1904 Sailing on the Sth Of last October.
th. yVilbur, proceeded 10 Darien, Ga, and
there took on cargo of piling, clearing
that port Nov for return trip. New
York CITY being the schooner's destina-
tion The Ouinebaug sailed from Sa-
vannsh. also laden with piles for New
York. Nov. 2
The run nm the coast ordinarily is
matter Of 10 days clean sailing on Nov
ember 13 came great gale blowing from
the northwest II caught the schooners
homeward bound and worked disaster up
on them.
Ninety days have elapsed since the ves-
sells were last heard from and report of
their loss has been prepared for the in
surance companies People I'm this city
and I'm Boston. Fall River and Webster
Mass. were Jointly owners Of the missing
schooners.
cant Cook OF Boston. formerly master
st, a M Of
the Wilbur. The crew were shipped from
this Sity. Their names were as follows
Francis Jose Daroza, cook. II. Mcdonald,
X Jansson. Charles Carver. John Nelson
and Portuguese sailor, who lived at 60
Wickenden street. They were all mem
hers OF the local branch OF the Atlantic
Coast Seamen's union and left here Sept.
2s for Mystic where they embarked on
the schooner for the trip to Georgia The
Ouinebaug was I'm charge Of Capt. Ber-
nette F. Betterling OF Westport. Ne. Both
boats were valued at $4,000
AS the Quinehaug and the Wilbur were
schooners OF a type peculiar 10 them
selves they having been the first OF the
kind built on the Atlantic coast. IL would
be especially interesting 20 know whether
the tragic ending of their career was due
70 the plan upon which they were con-
structed or 10 other causes.
The boats were bullt sC'olulnE 10 WuAl
has been called the "bald-headed" type,
that name having been applied because
they had no topmasts. The Quinebaug
and the Wilbur were essentially alike in
construction and tonnage. The former
was launched from the Mcdonald yard I'm
Mystic I'm November, 1903. and proved so
satisfactory that her sister ship. the Will
bur. was laid down on the same lines.
The Charles f Wilbur was l75 feet long,
Is feet beam and 1874 feet deep. She was
OF stout construction throughout, and her
ample freeboard and high bows gave her
an appearance OF great seaworthiness.
She had a cargo capacity OF 1l00 tons OF
coal or 575 900 feet OF lumber. She had a
particularly commodious cabin, hand
somely finished I'm hard wood and similar
In plan 10 5hat OF the Quinebaug. The
windlass was made by the American Ship
Windlass company OF this city. the engine
and steam outfit was put in by Rawson
a. Morrison OF Cambrldgeport. Mass, and
the masts and other spars were furnished
by the Sutton Spar company Of Mystic
Conn. A. w. Butler OF the Mcdonald
shops did the cabin Joiner work and Wal
lace A. Mcdonald OF the Mystic firm was
the master builder OF the vessel.
The Wilbur was the nfth schooner OF
the 1eet OF which Capt. Davis was man.
aging owner. and in which numerous
Providence people are stockholders. The
other four were tho hve-masted Gov.
Ames and the tour -masted Benjamin r.
Rse~iA Hope yocd and Quinebaus.