Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-06
MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.

Chatham. Mass, Dec. 5.-The bark
entine Bonny Doom of New York was
snatched from the jaws of Great Round
shoal at the eastern end of Nantucket
sound today by the timely arrival of a
life saving crew from MonomOy and
two revenue cutters the Gresham and
Mohawk
For more than 80 hours the fate of
the barkentine. which sailed from ST.
John. n. b., for Vineyard Haven Nov.
&c, hung in the balance. Twice it was
thought that she was about to go to
pieces, but when the life savers and
the cutters arrived alongside today.
they found her aground and half full
of water, but still seaworthy with six
of her crew on board. The other two
members of the crew We're on Great
Round shoal lightship. not far away.
The cutters collected the crew, haul
ed the vessel of the shoal and started
for Vineyard Haven, dropping the life
savers as they passed MOnomoy point.
The Bonny Doom left ST. John, y. B.,
on Nov. 20 with q cargo OF slaves and
hoops bound for this port for orders.
The barkentine's captain attempted to
run into Vineyard Sound Moada, at
ternoOn but the heavy weather COM
PEELED him 10 come to anchor near the
Stone Horse shoals. Yesterday the
Monomoy Point life savers discovered
that the vessels anchors were drag
ging and that she was in great danger
Of going ashore on Great Round shOal.
| Everything above decks was badly
| iced up and the crew on board could
not raise sufficient canvas to aid them
in keeping the vessel off
Throughout the day and night The
| barkentinc continued to drift SLOWLY
and today it was thought that She was
doomed. The life savers from Mono
| mpy Point rOWed out on the COM
mand nt Capt. Kelly and while they
were under way the revenue cutters
Gresham and Mohawk hove in sight
| in the vicinity of the unmanageable
vessel The barkentinc. however, was
drifting IN treacherOuS territory and
neither the revenue cutters nor two tugs
which put out from Naineyard Haven
dared t. approach close enough to send
| 4 line aboard. al! this time the two
anchors Of IN" barkcntine Tcre out
but they dragged over ground on the
'''lbpili anu idif'u 10 nbIU. Ne strong
wind which prevailed yesterday con-
tinurd with slightly diminished force
today, and finally the vessel was caught
| OH the crest of an immense wave and
| hurled bodily onto the Great Round
| snoal
| Capt. Nalty Of the tug John D.
| handler. which went out to the scene
| toiay, returned here shortly after .
| n'clocE AMI reported that the vessel
| had broke in tWo. that her maSts had
gone over the side and that her quarter
was falling down. He said that the
| vessel was abandoned ana he was
| unable 10 find trace Of the crew
| He thought it probable. however. that
| the captain q: the Benny Doom and his
| men had either been rescued by one Of
| revenue cutters OF had cleared away
| u boat ana roWcd to the Great Round
| shoals ligntship. There was also 4
probability that they had been taken
| care of by the life savers who went
out to the vessel early in the day
| The barkentne Bonny Doom was
built in Machias. Me-. in 1876, and had
I gross tonnage of $40 tons. Her home
port was New York, and she carried
| 4 crew of nine men.