Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-08
MEN ARE SAVED.
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90. On Thursday OF last week the hur-
ricanc was encountered about 200 miles
cast of Waiting island. All Thursday
night the Mayflower, under bare poles,
was tossed about by the mountainous
waves, which swept everything, NOV
able from the decks. Before daylight OH
Saturday rockets were sent up to at
tract the attention of the steamer Adj
vance. of the Panama Railroad Line
bound from Colon for New York, but
she was later lost sight of in a heavy
rain squall. Then the steamer Ran from
Daiquiri for Baltimore came into view.
Later that day, Sunday, the Hyppoiyte
pumois Joined the Ran and finally sue
ceeded in getting line aboard the
Mayf1ower.
New York, Oct. Caught in one of
the fierce hurricanes that recently have
been lashing the South Atlantic, the
old Americas cup defender Mayfiowe1'
came to serious grief last Saturday
while on her way with her crew of adj
venturous Harvard students to search
for a tabled galleon sunk off the coast
of Jamaica with a rich treasure in her
hold. The Panama Railroad Line
steamer Advance brought the news of
the disaster to the Argunaut ship
when she arrived today from the re-
public of Panama.
Captain Hummel said the Advance
had been hove to for eight hours, so
violent was the gale and so high the
seas. when on resuming his course he
sighted last Saturday a small vessel
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tress, including an American flag set
union down. She turned out to be the
Mayilower. They were then about 300
miles east of the Florida coast and the
gale was still raging. The little craft
with only a stump of her mainmast
standing and little bit of sail set to
steady her. was riding the storm gal
lantly, said Capt. Hummel.
The Advance stood by for five hours
without being able to launch a boat
At length an unknown fruit steamer
came along and the Advance left her
standing by the disabled boat Captain
Hummel said he saw five men on the
deck of the Mayflower. They were
probably the four Harvard students
and their navigator. In addition they
carried out of this port Sept. 10. a Jap
anese, who was to act as cook.
Norfolk. Va, Oct. THE Norwegian
steamer Hippolyte Dumois, fruit lad
Ell from the West Indies to Baltimore,
passed In the Virginia Capes early to-
day signalling that she had aboard II
men saved from the shipwrecked May
flower The steamer gave no details.
The Dumois passed in the Capes at
4 A. NJ. and is due in Baltimore in is
hours.
Boston, Oct. 7.-Roger Derby, w. r.
Harrison and Guy Scull, who were said
to he among the party that started on
the Mayfiower on treasure hunt,
were residents of this city.
Friends Of Mr.. Harrison claimed to-
day that he did not go with the yacht,
but is at present In the Maine woods
on hunting expedition.
Mr.. Scull was a member of the Glass
of 1898 at Harvard and has contributed
something to journalism. He assisted in
covering the Americas cup race in
1899 and went to South Africa during
the Boer war .,
Derby was member of the Class
OF 1903 at Harvard and played on the
football team. He is son of DR.. Has
ket Derby of this city.
In the company organized for the
Mayaower's expedition were Gordon
Brown, captain Of the Yale football
eleven of 1900 and Roger Derby, S.
w. T. Harrison. Guy Scull. H. L. Cor
bett, r.. Ieaycraft and Matsukata,
said to be the son of former high of
ficial of the Japanese government. Sc
crecv was maintained as to what mem.
bers of the company sailed on the May
flower, but Gordon Brown was said not
to be among the number.
The fame of the Mayhower dates
from 1886, when she defeated the Ga
latea and retained the Americas cup.