The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-11
BUT LITTLE HOPE OF SAVING THE
 HORATIO HALL
Her Captain and Officers Taken Off by Revenue
 Cutter Gresham.
The Dimmock Reached in a Sheltered Position and is Lying Easily-Wrecking Boats Ready to Assist.
Special from United Press.)

Boats Ready to Assist. Special from United Press)
 Chatham, Mass, March 11.-Captain | Frank Jewell of the wrecked steamer
 Horatio Hall, and his first pilot and | first mate with one sailor were taken
 off the abandoned wreck by the men of
 the revenue cutter Gresham this fore | noon. The transfer of the men was
 made in the face of extreme peril after l the Gresham had stood by the sunk ! en steamer for several hours endeavor- | ing to induce Captain Jewell to leave | his vessel Captain Jewell and his
 men clung to the pilot house of the Hall for more than "A hours, before all lowing the men of the revenue cutter | to take them from the wreck which
 up to the last minute Captain Jewell ! hoped to save. From the scene of the | wreck of the Hall the Gresham pro- | ceeded north and is now standing by
 the beached steamer H. F. Dimock. Orleans. Mass. March 11.-Although
 practically all hope of saving the Horatio Hall. the Portland and New York steamer which has been sunk off Monomoy point as a result of her col l1s1on with the H. F. Dimock, a Metro
 poitan line freighter. Captain Frank Snow. and his first mate James s Parker. are to-day sticking to their posts awaiting the arrival of a fleet of Boston tugs which have been summon ed to their assistance and are deter l mined not to leave the steamer so long as there is any part of her above wa ter. At eight this morning the tide was at flood and with an easterIy wind blowing off shore. the water where the steamer now lies was reasonably quiet and Captain Jewell considered her position less dangerous than at any time since she was rammed by the Dimock
 Ten miles north of the place where | the wreck of the Hall lies and about eight miles from this place is the H. F. D1mock beached in a fairly sheltered
 spot and lying easily on a sand bar Captain John A. Thompson is also sticking to his vessel where he re-
 mained throughout the past 25 hours.
 After exhibiting a remarkable amount Of bravery and coolness after ram
 ming the Hall. Captain Thompson sent
 his steamer ahead at full speed send
 the Rips off Monomoy and holding her
 there while he with his crew rescued
 her live passengers and a portion of
 the crew and then raced for the long
 beach off this point where he was
 eventually forced to run ashore in Or der to save his own vessel and the
 lives of the passengers and crew.
 The location of Captain Thompson'si crew was manifested this morning
 when after having spent the night
 ashore. the men returned to the wreck
 and are now standing by her await ing the attempt of the revenue cutter
 to approach her. It is probable that
 the attempt will be made to pull her
 off the shore. early this afternoon after
 the arrival of the tugs from Boston
 Vineyard Haven. Mass. March H. The steamer Massachusetts, owned by
 the New York. New Haven and Hart ford Railroad Company and bound from Boston for New York. which is
 aground near Cedar Tree neck in Vine yard sound iG 1Vinp Si1v md her cargo will probably be re-shipped. The Massachusetts is one of the three boats placed on the recently re-estab- liShed freight line of the New Haven road between here and New York
 She is commanded by Captain James Barrett of New York. One of the first wireless messages sent out by the operator on the Massachusetts was the call for help received at the Point Judith station. The wireless apparatus on the steamer has been installed less than two weeks.
 At daybreak this morning Captain Jewell of the Hall and his two com panions first saw the revenue cutter Gresham, though her whistle had been heard throughout the night. The Rips where the Hall lies are so hazardous that no attempt was made by the cut ter to feel her way close to the wreck during the night and as soon as the early morning light permitted the off, | cers to locate her exact position and her condition it was decided that any attempt to float her would be fruitless and the cutter steamed north to lend her assistance to the Dimock leaving | the Monomoy Point life saving station crew standing by Captain Jewell early to rush life boats to his assistance | should peril arise.
 Boston, Mass, March 11.-F1atly de- | nying stories that the crew of the Ho- ratio Hall were panic stricken when | that vessel was run down by the Dim | ock, there arrived in Boston to-day the | folI Hall: Second Pilot Harding, Chief En- | gineer Joe Wells, First Assistant En- | gineer F. F. Page, Second Assistant | Engineer Emery Thompson, Chief | Steward R. B. Rooney and Second | Steward L. U. Huntley.
 MT. Huntley said: great credit is | due to Captain Frank K. Jewell for his conduct during the wreck, and his | of his vessel and his crew. There has been a report that | the oilers of the Horatio Hall climbed | over the side onto the Dimock before the passengers were transferred. This is untrue. No officer or member of the crew left their boat until all the pas sengerS had been transferred to a place of safety
 Horatio Hall were Captain Jewell First Assistant Pilot Snow of Boston, First Mate Duffey of Proctor and one sailor |
 Wireless message from the Revenue Cutter Gresham at noon says she had taken Captain Jewell, the pilot and three men off the Horatio Hall which has been abandoned.
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