Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11
The Nezincot, Unable to Weathe,
Storm, Goes Down With
Three Members Of Crew.
CAPT. EVANS E Y A ADRIFT AT SEA
With Him Are Surgeon, Engineer ana
Several seanen on Raft at
Waves Mercy.

Roc export, Mass, Aug. 11.-In starear.
Ing round Cape Ann before a westeriv
gale and loaded to her gunwales VIII
anchors for the battleship Missouri s ths
naval tug Nezincot, bound from pnr, Ia
mouth for Boston, capsized off Halhmt
| Point, Cape Ann, early today, CARVING
down three members OF the crew. =
The second officer, the captains wIfo
and her little boy and four of the crew
landed at GAINESVILLE, and reported than
Capt. Evans, the surgeon, the engineer
and several seamen were drifting out
to sea before the gale on the life raft, A
Half an hour later dozen fishing
boats put out from here, as well as tia
live saving crews from Straitsmouth3
and Gloucester, to rescue the men
gadrift. 6 Il az s W.
The tug was a boat of$low freeboar1
and her cargo brought her down until
her decks We're nearly awash. SShs
was manned by five officers and crew
of about 10sfnen. Capt. Evans, who
was in command, has been In charge
Of many battleships for the fore river er
ship building conpan during their
trials on the New Eng land coast The
westerly gale was blowing when the
Nezincot left Portsmouth. OF Hail.
but Point a big sea bore the little boat
over until the water flooded her enginpS
room and she became helpless. Capt
Evans ordered the single boat carried
TO be lowered and put In it his wife and
little boy and the second officer. Scarce.
~ had the boat touched the water when
the Nezincot lurched and plunged ,ln.
engineer and three four of the crew
managed to haul themselves aboard
life raft. 8s3s 5t a
Then 1t was found that three Of the
tugs men had gone down. AS the Me-
zincot's boat was being rowed towards
shore the life raft was driven seawarl 4
by the gale. The wind Shifted during
the morning and 1T is possible the raft
Will be blown across Massachusetts
bay and the men be able to make q.
landing somewhere inside of Cape Cod,
The Nezincot was attached to the
Portsmouth navy yard.
Capt. Evans and Engineer Belfrioe
were picked up by the! Dolliversneck life
saving crew and landed here at ll'sl
a. m. DIR. Trotter was washed off
the grating and drowned. The men
were picked up inside of Ipswich bay
about 40 miles off shore.
Rockport, Mass, Aug. 11.---The cargo
of anchors on board the naval tus
5Nezinscot, Capt. Evans. proved 100
great d burden as she rolled down the
fore a northerly gale today land after
the seas had flooded the engine room,
the tug rolled over and sank off Cape
Ann. S5s
-Four of her crew lost their lives,
while nine others. including the sap.
3tain's wife and boy. reached land aver
I a hard struggle. The lost We're
Charles F. T'rotter,s assistant surgeon,
G. L. Taylor, ordinary seaman. III.
X C. f. White. colored. ships COOK, i'fs1r
class.
o., r. Edwards, colored. seaman.
Capt Evans and Machinists Mate 4;
5BeIfric We're taken from an OAK gIa..
ing by a life saving crew after tnss
had been in the water nearly five houts
and had seen DR. Trotter washed on
into the sea. r,f..,.
Chief Boatswain's Mate T. r. Bitter
struggled an hour with Mrs. Ev az
and the boy on a narrow plank. III
gineer Pratt and three seanlen man ah
aged to gain the ships boat s Of tnd
sinking tug and Fighting her haulea
Bitter and Mrs. Evans and the boy on
board and then rowed ashore