Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-15
SAILING
ISH|PsLOST
Il DEAD
TURNS TURTLE
IN STORM OFF SICILY
Only Captain and One Mar
Survive From Crew of Than
as W, Lawson the Only
Seven MaSted Vessel AfIoat


IBy morning journal Special Leased Wire
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Cossfully riding out a succession of
gales which she encountered an the
way across the Atlantic. in which she
lost all her life boats. the American
schooner Thomas w. Lawson was
capszed in Broad Sound. Sicily
Islands. where the captain took
shelter from the fierce storm raging
along the English coast last night OF
the crew of eighteen. including Pilot
Hicks. who boarded the vessel from
the lifesavers' boat during the night.
only three We're rescued These were
Captain G. W. Dow, of Melrose, Mass,
Edward l.. Rowe, the engineer OF
Wlscasset Maine. and George Allen,
of Bramford. England
The schooner left Philadelphia No
vember 10 for London, with "A cargo
of oil. She had a hard battle with
the seas all the way across and when
she entered Broad Sound her captain,
knowing the dangers Of the coast,
threw out his anchors. Later. In an
swer TO his signals Of distress. the life
savers put out two life boats and
found the Lawson anchored in DAN
gerous position off Gunners' Rock
The seas were running high and the
gale was increasing and the life savers
found that their efforts To rescue were
useless. one of the boats returned for
a tug. and the other was compelled to
put back to shore because of the eN-
hausted condition of the men. Dur
ing their absence the Thomas w.
Lawson turned turtle
Allen. one of the rescued men, Is
not expected to live, and Captain Dow
is suffering from fractured arm. Ills
rescue was affected only through al
most superhuman efforts of the life
savers and the gallantry Of Frederick
Hicks, son OF Pilot Hicks. who accom-
panied them on their second trip ia
the hope of finding his father.
Late this afternoon, after long
search. Captain Dow and Engineer
Rowe were taken alive i'm the Hell
wether Rocks to which they elung for
for more than fifteen hours. the tre-
mendous waves preventing their max
ing o landing. Young Hicks plunged
into the boiling seas and swan
ashore carrying a life line, by means
Of which Allen and the captain hauled
the engineer, who was Injured, back
to the boat
After assisting Captain DOW. Hicks
was able to reach the boat unaided,
but the effort exhausted him and the
life savers ordered him 10 remain
quiet tonight.
Captain DOW told the life savers
that when he found his vessel was
doomed. he. the engineer and the pilot
1ashed themselves to the mizzen rig
e$ig When the masts fell the cap
tain and pilot managed to get clear
They jumped TO the deck but were
washed overheard. being carried by
the currents to the rocks where they
were found Pilot Hicks, however
seemed TO be entangled IN the rigging,
Another sailor from the Thomas
w Lawson has been picked up alive
by Strangcs boatmen. The number
Of drowned Is said TO be seventeen.
From Scraps of information that
have been obtained from the scmi-
conscious men rescued u seems that
the Lawson encountered prolonged
bad weather and lost all her boats on
the trip out from Philadelphia. She
sighted the Scilly islands yesterday
afternoon and finding herself In q
position dropped both an
chors the captain hoping that The
would moderate.
The captain of the schooner
Thomas W. Lawson has been rescued
from rock near the wreck The
sailor from the schooner who was
picked up alive this afternoon by The
stranges boatmen. Is Edward Rowe,
If Boston.
The Thomas W Lawson was 'he
first seven -masted schooner afloat |
sho was launched in 1901 az Quincy, |
Mass. The vessel measured $50 feat |
over ALL Her breadth was fifty Zee
and sho drew twenty-siE feet Of Wa |
ter. The Lawson had cargo valHc- I
ty Of 10000 tons. She carried III /
800 square feet of canvas. which was I
attached To steel masts weighing I
about twenty tons each. The big .
was equipped with six en-
;lnes for handling her anchors and I
sails.
The Lawson was the largest .
schooner and the only sevcn-mastod 3
.cssel afloat Her great carrying ca- 3
,acity resulted in making her pro.-
table Investment for her owners