Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-03
A WRECK.
The Schooner Annie Gus
on Freemans Rock.
crew Saved but the Vessel Is
a Total Loss. '~@ 49,
c.,. Proved Too Much For a 100 Ton
Coaster.

Jonesport. Me-, April 1.-The little
.,,s,iuc schooner Annie Gus, command
~, nv CAPTAIN Charles Berry, Of Ma
cbiasport. which left Calais. on Friday,
n,,h cargo of lumber for Providence,
,,,., ! heavy nOrthwesterly gale eff
uoosc Peak Light, today, and in rum
,;nq INTO Mud Hole channel for har-
Nor struck on Freeman's Rock and will
n,obably prove a total loss.
II is reported that her captain AMI
.oy of thre. men, who were also from
,,,ctiasport reached Great Wass Is
i..nd in safety in their own boat after
hard row of two miles against the
wind
Whether the Crumple Island life saw
ing crew, Some five miles to the west
ward on the other side of Great WaSs
leland. reached the scene of the wreck
,ouIi not be learned today.
For April. last night was a severe one
m the coast. although the wind was
off shore. The westerly gale which set
In Yesterday morning did not abate at
sundoWn as usual. but continued all
night working around gradually to the
northwest and north and at dawn. this
morning was blowing between so and
40 miles an hour.
Thu Annie Gus was a small, hundred
tons two rnaSted schooner built "a
veaIs ago. in Pembroke, Maine. She
was very well known along the coast,
making frequent trips from lumbe!
ports and meeting with few miShaps.
She was laid up most of the winter
and this WAS her first trip of the sea-
SON. She WdS commanded, last year,
by Captain Cole but this year was
placed in charge of Captain Charles
Berry of Machiasport. formerly cap
tain OF the schooner Tampa. which was
run down and sunk last August, in
New York harbor.
The Annie Gus sailed from Calais.
last Friday morning. with 125,tO0 feet
Of spruce lumber consigned TO PrOvi-
dence parties. She rounded West Quad
DIV head yesterday, and stood down the
cclst last night close hauled on the
sarboard tack with the wind strong
from :; little north of west. The far
gale an,, 1T dawn, this morning. the
white c"r;rdl tower of Moose Peak
light Was yearly abeam. The little
coaster round the gale too strong to
continue. 80 the Ctptdin decided to run
into the nearest harbOr. Great Wass
island is :, few miles to the westward
of Moose Peak light and between IT."
two points are three small h"rbors.
Head harbor. Mistake harbor and Mud
Hole channel. all of them full of rocks
and difficult of navigation except to
experienced ccasting shippers. The
Mud Hole channel being the fartherest
to the westward and well under the lee
Of the island. the Annie Gus was head
ed toward the entrance. Freeman
rock on which the little vessel struck.
is a bare ledge standing 40 feet out of
water on tn" western side of the cham
nt and is usually given wide berth.
1t is believed that the little schOOn-
or was unable to weather the rock and
VAS dashed against it by the gale.
The crew realizing that there was
little hope Of saving their vessel
launched their small boat and taking
with them few of their personal eff
fectS. started for the island which they
reached after Il severe tussle against
the gale From that point Captain
Berry was able to send Il message to
this town stating that the vessel
would probably prove "A total loss but
that all hands were safe.
The Annie Gus was 80 tons gross
BURDEN 81 feet long; "a feet in
breadth and I feet deep. She was
built in Pembroke in 1871.