Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-14
TURNED TURTLE
American Schooner Went Down
 Near SciIIy Islands During Fierce Gale
ALL LOST BUT ONE MAN

Hugh Town, Scilly Islands, Dec IA. The American seven masted schoon- CT Thomas w. Lawson was wrecked ill Broad sound, Scilly Islands, during fierce gale last night and so far as known all of her crew, excepting one man. were lost
 The schooner turned turtle during the night and is now floating bottom LID. Three dead bodies have been found off Annet Island, an uninhabited islet of the Scilly group. The sole survivor. who has been landed at St Agnes by the St Agnes life boat, is only partly conscious at this writ ing.
 Signals of distress were heard at the Bishop Rock lighthouse at o'clock yesterday afternoon. Two life boats at once put out and founu the Thomas w. Lawson anchored III dangerous position just north ol Gunner's Rock. Great seas were TUT ming and the life boats, although they stood by the Lawson for several hours, were unable to fenuer assiS'- ance on this account. At the request of the captain or the Lawson the St Mary's life boat, the masts of which had been broken OH in attempting to rescue the ere" ol the schooner, put back with the pur- nose of telegraphing for tug to cone to the assistance of the Lawson. 1he St Agnes life boat was left standing by. A little later, however, this hie boat had to leave, as one or Us ere" was believed to be dying Of exposure while the others were almost com pletely exhausted.
 At about ten minutes before ; thls morning the lcokouts at the St Agnes and Bishops Rock lighthouses anu tbe coast guards missed the lights or the Lawson at the same time, ana
 when q life boat returned to the scehc oil floating on the waves indicated ,ne disaster A few minutes later tle iie | boat crew found the Lawson bottohl up. .,,o Ct Searching in the vicinity the St
 Agnes light boat picked up the Soil- tary survivor, q man named Alleh' l and found three bodies off Annet ls- land. The survivor and the uea'i "eie brought back to St Agnes. The gale is still blowing fiercely ana
 inc seas are running mQuntain hlgh' doctor from St Mary's has gone | ont in life boat to render assistance to other possible survivors.
 Among the drowned is w. C. Hicks o Scilly pilot. who managed to scramble on board the Lawson dur ing one of the attempts of the NJ 1 Agnes life boats to help the ill-tatei | ship.
 The search up to noon failed to re-
 veal any further survivors, and It now | scpms 10 be established that Alien Is
 the only member of the crew Who
 did not lose his life. The number or drowned is said to he eighteen. Alleh
 was very seriously injured. and the
 doctor in attendance is douotlul u
 be will live out the day. From scraps of information tnlt have been obtained from the sellll- conscious man it seems that me
 Thomas w. Lawson encountered pro
 longed bad weather and lost all her
 boats on the trip out from lililadel-
 phia. She sighted the Scilly Islands yesterday afternoon and finding her
 self in dangerous position dropped
 10th anchors. the captain hoping that
 thr weather would moderate.
 The captain thought it wise to
 send back one of the life boats that
 came out to secure the assistance oi
 a steam tug. The St Agnes life boat
 continued to stand by the strainins schooner until the exhausted condi-
 lion of it's crew made it absolutely
 necessary to seek the shelter of har- bOr.
 At midnight the wind arose io hur- I riranc fore and the vessel. battered hy inc waves. finally turned over.
 Allen says that he last saw th" cap
 tain and mate Uf the I.wsOn and the 1 uiIut Iasied to the rigging.