Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-20
SHIP TURNS TURTLE;
ONE LIFE is Saved
AMERICAN SCHOONER LAWSON
WRECKED ON THE scILLY
S. ISLANDS.
DREW PERlsHEs
IN RAGING SEAS.
1lfs.eavsrs in Hard Fight to Rescue
eallors Aboard Bark Which Il
I Driven Ashore on Sandy Hook in
Heavy snowstorm.

2Neh Town, Scilly Islands, Dec. 10.
Ths American seven-masted schoon.
or Thomas w. Lawson was
wrecked in Broad sound, scilly is.
hands, during a fierce gale and so far
- known OF her crew, only one man
survived.
The schooner turned turtle and was
Wound floating bottom up. Three dead
bodies have been found OF Annet is
mid. an uninhabited islet Of the Sicily
group. The sole survivor, who has
been laaded at st. Agnes by the st.
AgnAs life boat. was only partly con-
hfeus.
Fly Signals Of Distress.
SfEnals Of distress were heard at
Ne Bishop Rock lighthouse before the
AStastrophe. Two lifeboats at once
put out and found the Thomas W.
Lawson anchored In a dangerous po-
eetion Just north OF Gunner's Rock.
0ssAt seas were running and the life
boats. although they stood by for sew
erA hours. were unable to render az
1lstance. ~
At the request of the captain of the
Lawson the st. Mary's life boat, the
Masts Of which had been broken of
attempting to rescue the crew Of
The schooner, put back with the pur-
Dpss Of telegraphing tug TO come to
fAs Assistance Of the Lawson. The st.
Agnes LIE boat was left standing by.
y little later, however, this life boat
had TO leave, as one of It's crew was
dy1nE OF exposure, while the others
we're almost completely exhausted.
Find Vessel Turned Turtle.
AZ about ton minutes before three
saturday morning the lookouts at the
t.Agnss and Bishops Rock lighthouses
nd coast guards missed the lights Of
ne Lawson at the same time. and
Shen life boat returned to the
scene oil floating on the waves indi-
oAte6 the disaster. A few minutes
Meter the life boat crew found the Law.
ron bottom up.
Searching in the vicinity the st.
M1nss light boat picked up George
Allen. the solitary survivor. and found
three dead bodies off Annet island.
.9he survivors and the dead were
brought back to st. Agnes.
The gale blew hercely and the seas
ma running high. A doctor from Sc
|! erys has gone out in life boat
% render assistance to other possible
survivors,. Among the drowned is W
HICKS, q Scilly pilot. who managed
u scramble on board the Lawson DIR.
= le one OF the attempts Of the. st. Az
mes life boats to help. the ill.fated
ship.
Allen Only Survivor.
The search Saturday failed to Hs.
aver any, further survivors, and 1t
low seems to be established, that
Allsn II the only member of the eraw
4o did not lose his life. The n,,.n.
sr o. drowned is said to be 18: Alihn
as seriously injured, and the doctr
u tstsndance was doubtful IL he. vii,
w from scraps Of information that
- been obtained from the semt.eon.
saons man, It seems that the Ttlomas
zvt lawson encountered prolonged had
aesasr and lost all her boats on tlie
ZIP ut from Philadelphia. She sihht.
20 ne Scilly islands, and finding har.
sHo H. - j
II p dangerous position. drunnad
IN anchors, The captain thought n
gee - send back one Of the NE hoats
knes same out to secure the assi.tanca
S1 steam tug. The st, Agnes life
49, oonNaued to stand by the strain. 4
~ sdhooner until the exhaa,sted con-
Aaon Of It's crew made Il absolptel1
necessary to seek the shelter 10
3narbor. The vessel was battered \.
80 wayes nnally turning over. All |
~ n says mat when he last saw them
. ~ ..psaln AND mate Of the Lawson
sca tae pilot We're lashed to the rig
Bark Driven Ashore.
York. Dec. 1s.-The bark HI.
esx xss driven ashore On