The Republican journal., 1906-04-19
SCH. SALLIE B. LOST.
Four Of her Crew of Six Perish. Capt.
Hopkins and one Man Rescued. Arthur
L. Gray of Belfast Among the Lost.

Four of her Crew of Six Perish. Capt.
Hopkins and one Man Rescued. Arthur
L. Cray of Belfast Among the Lost.
BosroS. April 18th. The Bangor
schooner Sallie B., with four of her
crew. was included in the toll exacted
from the coasting fleet by the storm of
Monday night and yesterday, Fifteen
minutes after the little vessel plunged
beneath the waves off the Maine coast,
yesterday forenoon, a gigantic pillow
swept three of the six men from the
| long boat into which they nao an
hastily jumped, while the fourth victim
died in the boat from exposure seven
| hours later.
The two survivors, Capt. A: L. Hop
kins of Brewer, Me-, ana John Mul,
hahn, a native of Finland, who shlppeo
in New York, were picked up, TINS lore
noon, off Cape Porpoise by the fort,
here, early this evening, IN pltlaole
plight.
The dead men are: Mate William
Campbell, Boston; Cook Arthur l..
Gray, Belfast, Seaman Joseph Camp
bell, G. B.; Seaman John Nettcher,
Norwegian, residence unknown.
The body of the last named was taken
from the little boat by the men on the
Bay State after the living had been
swung on board. Lying on stretcher
on the wharf, this evening, Just before
being removed to the Relief Hospital,
with his arms and hands fearfully swol-
len, Capt. Hopkins told the tale OF the
| loss of his vessel and the death OF MS
men in words which were frequently
broken with sobs. The Sailie b., which
was one of the oldest coasters IN the
fleet, sailed from Port johnson week
ago with a cargo of 345 tons OF coal lot
Bangor The usual stops were made at
City Island and Vineyard Haven and
Sunday, the little schooner was OIL
Cape Cod. Favorable weather con-
ditions induced Captain Hopkins TO
keep on across the bay IN the dlrection
of Portland, and, Monday afternoon,
Cape Elizabeth lights were sighted.
The southerly breeze still continued and
although it strengthened perceptiby as
night came on Capt Hopkins thought
he might make the Penobscot before
the gale. which seemed threatening, be-
came too severe.
Running along shore the Sallle b:
passed Seguin at o'clock and headed
for Monheean. AT IL O'Clock Monday
night the Sailie B. was almost inside OF
the Monhegan light and within % miles
of safety, when the gale switched
around to the northeast and brought
with it snow and sleet.
For a few minutes the little vessel
struggled on. but the blasts were too
much for her, so Captain Hopkins de-
cided to tack ship and head back tor
Boothbay. Unfortunately the Sallle b.
misstayed and the crew found their
vessel walowing in the trough OF the
sea. Skillful Seamanshlp enabled them
to wear her round, and with two reefs
, in her mainsail the SaIlle Is. was
headed in the direction of Boothbay,
But the wallowing had opened hel
seams and the crew was forced to man
the pumps. For several hours they
} kept her comparatively tree OF water,
but as the gale blew her farther and
) farther off shore the seas increased III
size and began to tumble over the side
Yesterday morning at o'clock, the
crew was driven aft from the pumps
and an hour later the cabin was flooded.
Captain Hopkins, however, kept his
vessel headed into the gale and aOout
s o'clock started down into the Hooded
cabin in order to find little food. y
cry from the deck brought him mp again
and none too soon, for he found the
vessels head almost beneath the waves,
= her stern in the air and the crew
, launching the boat. No time for food
OF clothing was possible. but all
tumbled over the side into the bobblng
boat and as they did SO the Sallie b.
, surged downward and disappeared.
| The six men had not time to get out
Their oars and head the little craft 10
the windWard when one of them saw a
gigantic biilow mounting higher and
higher above them.
Hang on for your lives, he shouted,
AS the great wave fell over onto them
Three men needed the warning and
grasped a thwart, but the other three,
together with everything movable IN
the boat except one oar, were swept out
of it into the sea, and all were almost
instantly lost to sight in the smother
ing wave.
} Captain Hopkins was one OF those
, who had held on, and when the wave
had passed he found that hatcher and
Mulhain were the only ones who had
, survived with him.
The shivering men balled out the
} boat and Captain Hopkins, using the
remaining oar, managed to scull tile
boats head toward the seas.
For hours they were tossed about,
; suffering intensely from the cold, their
clothes were soaked and the spray was
constantly flying over them. About
noon Watchers mind began to give
way and an hour or two later he be-
came unconscious. At 4 o'clock yes
} terday afternoon death brought relief
to his sufferings.
The storm cleared early this morning
but the two men were too exhausted to
stand up in the boat to watch for a
passing vessel Fortunately the wind
had driven them to the westward and
at 1880 o'clock this forenoon the
steamer Bay State sighted the little
boat and ran down along side.
The crew of the steamer was obllged
J to rig a bowline and hoist the almost
) lifeless men on board, following with
the body of their comrade. 1t was some
time before Captain Hopkins could give
any account of what had happened and
when he was brought on shore tonight
he was still in a very exhausted condl-
{ ton, while Mulhain was in scarcely
better shape.
The Sallie B. was built in Philadel-
phia in 1861. Until a few years ago
She was owned in this city but she Was
sold to parties in Bangor, Me. She was
, | oo,.tr,otod of ooh and registered 257