New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
THE Gutter GRESHAM
SAVES THREE CREWS
Revenue Boats Splendid Work
in Nantucket SoundIlife-
savers Rescue Several.
NEW ENGLAND WRECKS
Barge Sinks and Two Others,
with Seven .bc7ro, Are Re-
ported Missins-Mariners
Unprepa-ed for Gale.


disaster to shipping along the Massa-
chusetts coast, and tonight four sehoon-
ers were known to have been wrecked.
another was in tow disabled. one barge
had foundered and other harges were re-
ported adrift and missing The revenue
cutter Gresham did splendid rescue work.
taking aboard the crews of two sink
ing schooners, taking in tow another
schooner and assisting other vessels the
entire day and most of the night Up to
o-nisilt no definite report OF loss of life
had re ached this city.
The vessels which paid the toll Of the
storm included the following:
Schooner Thomas u. Garland, of Ports
mouth total wreck on Great Point
Bar. Nantucket; the crew was rescued
early to-day by the CosiSata iifesavins
crew
Schooner Abbie g. Core. of Macnids.
stranded and waterlogged on Stone
Horse ShoaI. of Monomoy Point; the
crew was rescued by the Gresham this
morning when the donomoy Point life
savers found the seas too heavy To man
their lifeboats-
Tyxo-mast.d schooner " E. Ayer-
taken in tow 6y the Gresham off Old
Harbor-
British schooner 5. \. Fovnss, ashore
on Monomoy Point. the crew OF which
the Gresham took on board late to-day.
Schooner Abandoned OF Boston light
The iumber-laden schooner stephen IT,
Loud. abandoned tilirty-three miles
southeast OF Boston Light; the crew was
rescued this morning by the steamer "
". Perry and brought here
AT Portsmouth y. Il, tine three mast
ed schooner Annie F. Conlon. arrived
to-day in a disabled condition. twenty
one days out from Philadelphia
The barge Maywood. one OF tow OF
three behind the tug Margaret. foun-
dered last night of Cape Cod. Her crew
of four men were rescued The otter
barses of the tow-the scranton and the
Binghamton with crews OF three ana
four men, respe ectively-are missing one
of the barees in tow os the tug Cumber-
land is also reported missing
AnchoraSes ordina rily safe proved
t1sacherous 10 vessels Iast night under
the terrific strain of tie northwest biz
zard. The Storm heavily laden with
snow. had been foreseen a day ahead
but mariners who had been without the
aid of reports for several days we're un-
prepared for the change from the mild
southerIy breeze of Wednesday 10 the
gusty northwester OF Thursday The
disturbance was accompanied by sucn
intense cold as to make most unhappy
the lot of the shipwreched seamen- but
in these trying conditions the revenue
cutter Gresham was busily engaged IN
her work OF succor and inside of twenty
four hours her crew, under Captain
Cberroth. had brought timely aid 10
various storm wrecked craft.
At late hour tonight the revenue
cutter was on the way 20 PrOvincetovn-
She was off Highland Light. but with
the wind still blowing gale from the
northwest and sea running high. IL was
thought unlikely that she would be able
TO make port fnuch before daylight to-
morrow.
With only one of the three barges
with which she started from Baltimore
for Boston in tow, the tug Cumberland.
of Baltimore anchored off Highland
Light late to-day one Of the other
barges is anchored off Nauset. while the
wherea bouts of the third ia unknown
The barges which the Cumberland had
i'm tow were Numbers >. u and "A OF
the Consolidated Coal Company. of Ball
timore.
The Gresham's First Rescue.
The rescue of the crew OF the Abbie O.
Cole was attended with great danger -
the blue Jackets of the Gresham. who
manned the cutters surf boat and riss~d
their lives TO assist the shipwrecksd sea-
men.
The Cole was thrown on the Stone
Horse by .ast nights gale and struck
with terrific force three times. Her ssg-
nails of distress were sighted by the
Mononoy poirt lifesavers. wcrd of the
vessels plight was flashed by wireless
t.. the Gresham. and during the forenoon
the cutter reached the waterloSSedl craft
The Greshams surf boat was lowered
and the perilous trip to the schooner was
begun. Because of THE immense ssas
and the zero weather. the Frcsress OF toe
surf boat was attended by the grea'eSe
danger. Two trips between the Grcsna'n
end The Cole were made bt fore all ot
the men on the schooner could be tassea
off The schooner was abandoned as u
WAS seen that she would be total loss
Half an hour later the Gresham was
steaminr TO the aid of the Aver. on Old
Earbor The Aver was found To be in no
danger of sinking although helpless, an
so with the aid of the crew OF tns
schcouer the Gresham went about the
task of floating her and some tinae iatSr
s,arted on with the schooner in tow
Before the cutter could find sale
refuge for the Aver word reache q her BY
Wireless that the British schooner = ~
Fownes was in trouble oI Monomay
Point. Because Of the storm the iife-
savers on shore were helpless. and the
Gresham. vent To her aSsistanee. The
Fownes had been dismasted in the storm
and was slowly pounding 10 pieces when
the Gresham reached the scene The
members of the crew were at once take u
off and the schooner abandoned
Word of the loss of three coal earz>s
vas sent 10 the Gresham. by wireless Co.
night. and she eas asked to Keep a loo.
,,t.+ for 1hara on her "a 20 p,ox,~-,