New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
FIND PALMER HULK
ANOTHER WRECK.
Tessels May Have Been in Col
lision-Chelsea Flooded.

Boston. Dec. 2s.-The discovery to-day OF
the wreck Of the hve-masted schooner Da-
Wis Palmer. which sank with twelve men
SUNDAY morning. near Devil'y Back Buoy.
at the entrance OF Broad Sound was fol-
lowed by the report of another wreck three
miles distant in the outer harbor. This
supposed victim of the great storm was
seen by Captain Kemp of the tug Ariel
who asserts that he saw three masts of a
large schooner projecting above the water
about and half miles northeast of the
Gas BUOY on the Graves. Two OF the masts
were surmounted by Gilt balls and had their
booms and gaffs still attached. The
Palmer's masts also bore gilt balls. AL
though Captain Kemp locates the vessel
three miles east Of the wreck of the
Palmer, some marine authorities think that
he may have been mistaken in his bearings
and that he saw the Palmer's masts.
Seafaring men who believe that the tug
boat captain is not in error about mis- bear
ings are discussing the possibility of col
lision between the Palmer and the unknown
schooner The finding OF many bundles of
shingles and of three yawls in the harbor
soon after the storm abatsd they regard az
supporting the theory of a collision. The
Palmer lies in deep water with only six
feet of her masts visible. The I'M
h,
about three miles to the northeast In the
same general channel
Probably the last person to see the
Palmer before she sank was Captain 500
kamp, OF the barge Hopatcong. which
docked at Lynn to-day from HoboKen He
reported passing the Palmer a mile and a
half off Cape Cod late on Christmas after
noon. At that time the Pamer's crew was
on deck, singing and celebrating the hoIi-
day in true sea fashion. all unknowing of
the fate that awaited them within few
hours at the entrance to their home port.
The hull of the Palmer was first sighted
by Captain Frank Brown of the steamer
Belfast at O'Clock this morning. The Bel
fast's searchlight was in operation at the
time, and when the steamer was within
two boat lengths Captain Brown observed
the topmasts. 1t is probable that the
steamer would have escaped a collision
with the wreck even had she not carried a
searchlight The Palmer lies in the chan
mel, and is a menace to other vessels
Yesterdays roll of wrecks was increased
to-day. The schooner Ada K Damon, the
sole support of her aged master, Captain A.
X. Brewster. of York, Me-. went ashore at
castle Hill Beach. near Ipswich. She will
probably be a total loss. Her crew man-
Maud s.. owned by Abijah Curtis, of Surry.
Me, sprang a leak while In winter quarters
and sank at East Surry in three fathoms
In Chelsea, where q tidal wave broke a
dixie and flooded the homes of two thou
sand or more people, high tide to-day
opened two new breaks. Many OF the
cellars on higher ground, which had been
pumped out by fire engines, were again
flooded. IT will be weeks before the people
in the eighty acres which are under water
every high tide will be able to return to
their homes The homeless are still the
guests of the city commission, which had
been trying hard for nearly year to dis
pose of the remainder of the fire relief
fund. The response after the confiagration
of April. 1868 was so generous that a
large amount remained in the hands OF the
commission. The recent disaster to the in
habitants OF the unfortunate city furnished
an opportunity for the use of this fund
and the commission acted promptly in the
matter.
Newport P. L. Dec. 2s-Newport has
now been three days without wire COM
muncation with the outside world as a
result Of the Christmas night storm. More
than LOGO of the 200 telephones in the
system comprising Newport. jamestown.
Middletown and Portsmouth are dead
and normal conditions cannot be resumed,
it is believed, for at least a fortnight. It
is estimated by telephone company officials
that the damage TO their system will reach
slC0 coo
The telegraph service is seriously crippled.
To-day, yesterday brokers' offices were
without their usual market quotations. The
train service, too is delayed. owing to the
failure Of the telegraph operating system.