Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-21
OTHER DISASTERS marrow ESCAPES,
Terrible Sufferings of Many Crews
Along the StOrn=beaten New
England Coast.
THE LADY ANTRIM.

Marblehcad, Mnss. March 20.-Sniall
fragments of the little Boothbay
schooner Lady Antrim were found to-
day atruWn along the outside Of Mar
bchcad Neck, of which she was
wrecked III last nights storm with the
probable loss Of all hands and among
the broken pieces of The vessel were
recovered the bodies Of two Of her
crew.
The vessel was 50 completely smash
cd up that it Was some hours after tn"
wro"kaGN mad hc. II discovered tlat hc!'
identity was learned from Il portion of
ono If hcr sidc-boardS.
The first body was found high up on
tie beach ah0ut noon. while the other
Waa hauled out ot The surf about !
O'Clock this afternoon.
Tho Lady Antrim sailed fIom Prov
ip,ctnwn yesterday morning with II
cargo Of sIud for Eockland, Nc. She
daG manned BY five mcr.
The Lady Antrim WAS one Of the
eldest coasters III Tho service having
been built III 1851. s;!rr WtS owned and
connaudcd by J. IL. McClintock, Of
Iiuut!ihay IEarhor, Me, and it WAS be
lirvcd her" tonight that he was one of
the victims of the wreck.
Tnc first body to nc recovered was
that of :; man about ) feet, . inches IT.
height. weighing $50 pounds with dark
h;,ir on the side of his head, tine upper
part being quite bald. His mUustache
was red ana u notable feature was the
Two front teeth ~ th" upper jaw which
were spread 50 rs To- Leave = triangu-
lar space with the apex at the gum
There vas Il SignCt ring ON one of th'
finger ana on it was engraved III nl,
English the letter M" The body was
clothed only in a shirt.
The second body was that of a MAJ
apparently about 30 years old, feet
inches i'll height weighing about l6
pounds On the third finger Of the log
hanG was 4 plain gold band ring. Tht
hair and moUstachc was dark, the hoS'
was small and decidedly turned W
The holy was clothed in two unde
shirts. pair Of ovcralls and an oil
skin.
From the distribution Of WreCka%'
along the Neck il was thought tonigh
that the Lady Antrim struck either OF
Tom Muorc'S rocks o. Tinkcr'S islan'
late last night. but that she did not g
to pieces until carly today. The heaNie
portions Of the vessel were found in
side of rinkcr's island, flung high VI
Oil the beach on the south Size of tn
Neck, where they would naturally haN
been carried by this mornings floo
tide. The lighter portions were streWI
along the rocky beaches and ledge
from Hotel Nanepashcm to Castl
Rock on the eastern side of the neck
where they would have been blow
had the wind shifted to the soutiiWes
just before dawn.
The first body was discovered by Nv
boys. William Prescott and Edwin SNOW
well up on the beach on the south sid
Of the neck. The boys were walkin
along the beach about noon and cam
upon 1 portion of the vessels hull G.
ing along further they found the bod
lying at the height Of the mornings It'd
on tn beach. The boys Immediately IA
back 10 tho town and notified the frs
policeman whom they met of their disco'
Continued on Page Five.)
FOR TIRED DAYS AND SLEEPLES
nights a timely cup of ginger tea. mao
from Sanford's Ginger, is rcstfui an
hoDltbfuI