The sun., 1907-12-16
LAWSON WRECKED AT ANCHOR
FURIOUS SOUALL CAPSTZED THE
BEG SCHOONER.
Many OH Her Men Had Already Been washed
Overheard Thrilling Tales Of survivors
Heroic Rescue OF capt. Dow-St.
Louis Encountered TorrinC weather.

Many OR Her Wen Had Already Been WAaheu
OyerbOArd-ThrIlllng Tales OF survivors
Heroic Rescue Of capt. Dow-St.
Louis Encountered Tcrrlnc weather.
Special CGoIe Despatch 90 The SUN.
LONDON, Dec l5.-Five bodies have been
recovered from the wreck Of the seven
masted American schooner Thomas w.
Lawson, which Capsized and sank during
the gale yesterday morning while she was
anchored of one OF the Scilly Islands.
Two OF the dead have not been identified.
The others are Mark Samson. cabin boy.
of Brooklyn; Victor Hansen of Philadelphia
and Seaman George BolimSe.
q. w. Allen. the English sailor belonging
TO the lawson. who was picked up uncon-
sciOus near the scene of the wreck. has
since died. Before his death ne recovered
consciousness and gave an account Of the
disaster. After telling how the schooner
had run into Broad Sound and anchored
TO escape the fury OF the storm, he said a
tremendous squsll struck her at about 3
O'Clock Saturday morning.
Before this time the vessel was being
preached by the sea and most Of the sailors
had been washed overheard. The squall
struck the Lawson broadside on and it
cHNUS No 5uNANie'Uly DtlOTt size Iltu bihhc
TO begin to swing with IL il hove her down
on her beam ends and prevented her from
rightinE herself The water poured into
her through every opening on deck and she
completely capsized before the survivors
had time 20 launch a boat.
Alien thought the disaster could not
have been averted. Even If there had
been time to slip his anchors after the
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possible to set canvas enough in the gale
TO enable her TO get away from the Ice shore
threatening her, and she would certainly
have gone on the rocks. where she would
have been pounded to pieces in a very short
time.
Donkey Engineman +. L. Rowe. who was
rescued with Capt. Dow from Hellweather
Rocks by a lfeboat, says that terrible
weather had been experienced for a month
and that all the schooner's boats except
one we're carried away. He was in the
water for two hours clinging to a spar
with a companion. He was washed off
once by a heavy sea and became entangled
in pieces of the rigging. He was almost
strangled before he succeeded in releasing
himself. During lull in the storm ne saw
his companions being tossed about and all
being driven in the direction of the rocks
Capt. Dow declares that when he was
rescued he was 40 worn out by exposure
and pain that he had given up hope and
did not care whether he was saved or not
His rescue was an act OF heroism on the
part of Hicks, son Of W. c. Hicks, the Scilly
pilot, who got aboard the Lawson from one
of the st. Agnes hfeboats and who was
drowned when the vessel capsized.
Capt. Dow when the liFeboat approached
him was almost completely exhausted. and
in addition his broken wrist prevented him
from making any effort TO save himself.
Hicks, carrying a line. jumped into the sea
and swan 10 Capt. Dow. He made the
line fast under Dow's shoulders and those
in the hfeboat hauled him to safety.
Capt. Jameson Of the American Line
steamer ~. Louis reports that he never
before encountered such terrific weather
as was met with Friday night and Saturday
morning.