Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-05
OFF RACE POINT.

Provincetown, Mass, Dec. 1.-The
Race Point life saving crew made three
heroic and unsuccessful attempts today
to put off to the assistance of the
three-maSted schooner Harold /. Nc
Carthy, Capt. Wright. Philadelphia to
Boston, with coal, which had struck on
the bar off the point in heavy north
east SnoWstorm. After the lifehoat had
been hurled back through the surf to
the shore three times, the schooner
worked over the ShOal into deep water
and headed round for this harbor.
Tne lookout of the Race Point sta
ton sighted the schooner at A NJ,
today just before she struck the bar.
1t was evident that those on the vessel
believed that she had cleared the point,
for she had swung off before the gale
and was heading into Cape Cod bay.
She struck the bar d few minutes lat
err. and Captain Fisher at once ordered
out the lifebOdt.
The crew had been through a hard
night OF patrol duty along the beaches,
contending against rain, snow, sleet
and flying sand. but they hustled the
boat out of the shed and dragged it
along the beach until they were oppo-
site the schooner. At that time the
vessel was bounding heavily on the bar
and the big seas were bursting over
her So that il seemed as il all on board
would I've carried overheard every time
Il wave broke on board.
Captain Fisher took his place at the
long steering oar. and with the rest of
the crew standing waist deep in the
sl,rf he ordered all hands to give the
boat IL good push into the breakers. The
| men he,,t their backs to the work and
drove the boat out to the first line of
breakers before they tumbled into it to
catch their oars. But the surf was too
heavy and the little craft was swung
about in spite of Captain Fishers e.
forts at the steering oar and the next
instant, the crew, boat and oars were
| in q tuInbling mass on the beach.
| Such mishaps, however, do not as
courage Hfesaving crews, so shaking the
water out of their eyes and tipping it
out of the boat, all hands made ready
for another battle. Again the surf winri-
ed the lfeboat round and drove it back
onto the beach with the crew floundering
about in the white water
On the third attempt the lifeboat was
capsized in the surf and several of the
crew narrowly escaped being caught be-
meath it, while all hands had to swim
| ashore.
| Renumber with the cold water and eX-
hausted by their efforts, it was with great
relief that Captain Fisher and his mer
saw the schooner, which still had a lit
tie canvass en- her, work into little
guzzle or channel in the bar. and ther
slide through into the deep water of Cape
Cod bay.
At 9 o'clock the schooner was working
down the beach between Race Point an6
Wood End, evidently bound into the har
Dor.
Several Of tile other life savers on Mon
omoy Point who watched the new powe
boat said that an ordinary lifeboat woult
have had hard work getting across TIL
rips with only man power.
As the lifeboat proceeded out towar'
Pollock Rip the storm moderated consid
erably and the weather cleared to som
, extent.
: At noon the lifeboat was nearly out t
the schooner, which was laboring hard a
. the entrance to the slue.
t | The schooner arrived in the harbor a
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