New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
SHIP LOST WITH y
NINE OTHER WRECkS
ON BAY STATE COAST.
Fire-Masted Schooner Beieued
Sunk Near BostOn--PrOperty
Damage 81 ,OOO, 900.

! twelve men off Boston harbor, and or the
| ,y-recking of nine other vessels along the
! Massa chusetts coast, the opening chap-
| ter of the toll taken on the sea by the
| great storm which swept New England
| Saturday night and Sunday was dis
/ closed to the world to-day. Cape Cod
is still cut off, save for its northern tip,
! where there is a wireless station. With
the restoration of communication with
this storm-swept section, which. in com
mon with Southeastern Massachusetts
bore the brunt of the blizzard. 1T is
feared that a scene of marine disasters
and storm damage unequalled In years
will be unveiled. The property damage
is placed at s5.o00.0oo.
Wreckage borne into Boston Harbor
to-day on an unusually high tide is be-
lieved TO be the mute witness of the loss
of the Davis Palmer. which rounded
Cape Cod on Saturday night somewhere
near the entrance to the harbor.
The wreckage which came ashore on
Hull Beach included signal box con-
tanning A burgee bearing the Palmers
name. the quarterboard with the vessels
name, the top of the deckhouse and sky
light. considerable furniture and other
inside cabin fittings, deck plankings and
mast hoops. Not only was the wreckage
found on the beach. but a pilot boat,
an inbound coaster and a fishing vessel
AL reported sighting wreckage from
some large schooner drifting in the bay
yesterday afternoon and to-day. A
search of the lower harbor was made
to-day by tug and long sweep taken
from North Cohasset to Nahant, but the
hull or masts of the Palmer could not
be seen.
PALMER LOADED WITH COAL
The Davis Palmer. in command of
Captain Leroy X. McKeown of Maiden,
left Newport News December u, with
1000 tons of coal for Boston
From the point at which the wreck
age was sighted and the fact that none
was found on Nantasket Beach. it was the
opinion of the lifesavers at Hull that IL
the Palmer was lost it was either by
collision or striking one of the outlying
ledges at some point northeast of the
entrance of the harbor.
The three-masted schooner Nantasket
was hurled ashore at Scituate Volun-
teer lifesavers, using the breeches buoy
rescued her crew Of ten men. 1t is
probable that the vessel, which lies on
Sands Hill Beach. will be a total loss.
as great seas tonight are sweeping her.
With cargo of lumber she was bound
for Boston from North Carolina.
Another victim of the storm was the
schooner Belle Halliday. which. after
grounding Saturday and being refloate1
was again hurled against the shore at
Brant Point, Nantucket where she IS
still exposed to the fury of the sea. The
fate of her crew is unknown but il is
believed that they have been rescued
The Belle Halliday was bound for Nan
tucket from Philadelphia, loaded with
railroad iron.
WRECKS AT MARTHA'S VINEYARD
On the shores of Martha's Vinevard
two schooners are being swept by every
sea. Both are waterlogged. They are
the 4. X. Mclean, British vessel
bound from Perth Amboy to Halifax.
and the Stoningt IN. Me. schooner. the
Maud Seward, Port Reading for Prov
| incetown. Both crews have been taken
off. The Seward is at Lambert's Cove.
The steamer Governor Cobb and a fleet
of twenty schooners and a tug with
| barges in tow outrode the storm safely
at Vineyard Haven.
At ProvincetoWn the sloop Bonito is t
the mercy of the waves, and in the flats
Of Plymouth Harbor are four small
schooners. all of which will proba bly, be
reioated with little damage.
The work of serviceably filling the
gaps in telegraph and telephone wire
systems and in railroad and trolley lines
which had been opened by the blizzard
occupied hundreds of men to-day. To-
night the telegraph companies reported a
capacity OF about % per cent of the
normal, while the telephone company S
resources have been restored to the ex-
tent Of about 10 per cent. Railroad and
trolley line schedules were largely filled
day, although delays of from one-half
to three hours were noted on railroad
trains.
+ Southeastern Massachusetts. Cape
Gods sandy peninsula particularly, and
iNIi'Ic ioiei4b SuiitItu IttOSt ana are Sllli
in the most demoralized condition as far
as wire and transportation service go.
Many places in Southeastern Massachu-
setts nave not witnessed tho arrival of a
| railroad train for two days. New Bed
ford and Fall River have been cut off
| from telegraphic communication with
the outside world since Sunday morning.
Gloucester, Mass, Dec. 2T.-This city,
| which was cut off from the rest OF the
! world yesterday by the storm suffered
as badly if not worse than any other
along the North Shore. Between the eIc-
ments Of fire and storm il is estimated
that the total damage will be $1J0,UoO
Much apprehension is felt for the safety
of the Gloucester fishing fleet. which was
offshore when the blizzard began and
| has not been heard from.
Crossed wires started fire on Rocky
Neck yesterday forenoon that destroyed
fourteen buildings and caused IA loss of
SG0.VD. Twelve of the buildings were
owned by the James II. Tarr Paint Com
pany. Ltd, and the other two by Davis
Brothers, wholesale fish dealers The
paint plant escaped injury, the buildings
destroyed being used for storage pur-
poses, and some twenty parties suffered