Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-06
THE VESSEL TORN TO PIECES.
Sch. RebeCCa Huddell LOSt===CreW
Saved=--Barkentine B0nny Doom
Reported Lost but Is Safe.
TWO FATALITIES.

Digby, Y. s.. Dec 5-Death from
the icy cold on the wintery western
coast of Nova Scotia came to Capt.
John W. Berry last night, after his
vessel. the three masted schooner
Emma r. Harvey, had gone to pieces.
and he and all but one Of his crew
had forced their way through the
foaming breakers to land. one sea-
man was drowned, but the other MEM
bcrs of the crew, only slightly less
| exhausted than the master of the yes
sci. found shelter and slowly revived
from their enfeebled condition.
Almost at the same time. and only
eight miles away, the crew of the
three-masted schooner Rebecca W.
Huddell also were passing through a
terrible experience, but, more fortunate
than their fellow seamen up the coast
they saved their vessel. Their sails
We're in shreGs. however. and they
were forced to beach her The second
mate was severely frost bitten, and
the captain ana crew We're completely
used VI from exposure ana lack OF
| rest
The Emma r. Harvey, an America II
| schooner, whose home port is Bucks
port. Me. sailed from Apple Island. y.
s.. bound for New York with Il cargo
| Of lumber. She came safely out
| through the narrow entrance to CHG
| nccto bay and into the turbulent wat
erS Of the Bay of Fundy. Coming down
along the western coast of Nova Scotia.
she had Il constant fight against wind
and wave. and the wind finally rose last
| night to Il terrific gale.
Driven before the Northwestern. WITH
the temperature lowering about
zero mark. the Harvey reached point
| Just off Sloan'S cove. eight miles east
Of Disby gut. She was almost on shore
| and Can't. Berry saw his peril. With his
| men he struggled frantically to keep
| his vessel off the rocks. The piercing
| cold struck into them and they had lit :
tie strength left, vet they stuck hero
| icallE to their post until tremendous
| gusts Of wind picked the three master
! ur as if shh had been a mere canoe and
/! hurled her ashore There WAS no time
| to launch the boats. With . great shiv-
| Il tn" schooner half rose on the crest
| Of = gigantic wave, and. when she set
| tlC,i back. her 80 years career was end
cd. Plauks fcll apart ana masts fen.
Every man on board was thrown into
the water and struggled through the
break, rs toward dry land. But when
they had dragged themselves into Il
dranchcd. foriorn group. two were alb
sent. one was their master. The awful
conflict had been too much for him. lie
had come ashore. NOR" Ly the force Of
the waves than by his own efforts. and
Il h.l, l. l,.,
wat"r's edge. Then the last spark of
vitality failed him ana he sank back
on tn" glound Iife!ess In the intense
cold lis body was frozen stiff within a
short time The other missing mau was
a seaman. who unGout tcdly was
dro,,ncI AFTER the vessel went to pieces.
His body could nor be found. The cap
tain's body WAS discovered after Il
short search.
The weary men grouped about in the
darkness until finally the second mate
saw a light. Going in the direction OF
| its welcome rays. the men found a
house occupied by a colored family
| and here they were warmed and fed
and given a place to rest. Today the
men had regained much of their
strength, and they accompanied the
body Of Capt. Berry to the home of
Captain James Morrison at Thorn Cove
They communicated with the American
consul at Annapolis and it is expected
that the consul will arrange for theil
. transportation back to their homes VI
TO tonight the names of the members
of the crew and their exact number had
not been learned here. Capt. Berry was
| a Of q
family at Machias. Me-. survive.
The three-masted schooner Emma r
Harvey was built at Hartford, Conn.
in 1872. and hailed from Bucksport
Me. She registered 239 tons net. wa
133 feet in length. 80 feet in breadth
and nine feet in depth.
While this tragedy was being enact
ed. the members of the crew of til,
e American three-masted schooner Re