New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
GETS DEREL|CT
Revenue Cutter Continues Good
Work Begun Friday.
LANDS SHIPWRECKED CREWS
None Of Three Missing Coal
Barges Sighted, and It Il
Feared They Foundered-

Boston. Dec N.-With the derelset three.
masted schooner Stephen G. Loud. Of Ports
mouth, which was abandoned of Boston
Light yesterday morning. in tow. the reve-
nue. cutter Gresham is on her way to Boe-
ton- The Loud was picked up in latitude
42l2 north. longitude S9:25 west. according
to wireless message received from the
Gresham late to-day.
The revenue cutter left Provinceto7vn
carly this morning after seeing the schooner
N E. Aver. which had been picked up on
Old Harbor and towed to Provincetcvn,
safely anchored. and after landing the
crews of the Abbie C. Cole and 8 A
Fownes, which had been rescued from their
sinking craft. and Immediately started In
search CT the Loud At the same time tho
Gresham scanned the seas for some trace
of the three coal barges which broke adrift
during the storm and have not since been
seen The Gresham found no trace OF these
barses. and IT is now feared that they may
have foundered, with their crews OF three
CT four men each
The missing barges are the Scranton and
the Binghamton which were on the way
from New York to Boston in tow OF tho
tug Margaret, and one Of the oarges OF the
Consolidated Coal Company. Baltimore ior
Boston, in tow of the tug Cumberland ihe
Cumberland lest two barges, but one Sue
ceeded In anchoring on Nausett and was re-
covered this morning
The wind is still fresn and the sea chopoy,
but the gale has practically oiown nseir
out and only ordinary winter conoiuohs
prevail
When the Aver arrived here her captain
a r. Mezrell, and crew were ALMOST coa
,,eteIv exhausted. and all were more CT iOs
fros,hitten. The Aver is bound from Soo'n
4 n,hov for Mount Desert Ferry Win . coai
Because of the gale and the seas n..l'
nroeress was made on the UP %
Incetown. At o'clock THIS hoi -
hawser parted and two hours were oe'NS'
in stretching another tow hhe-
r,.,,afn Mezrer said to-day that THURSDAY
- rr-.s the coIdest and roughest ne nad
a,,er aXnerienced In life spent at sea He
g.. go n-ben the Gresham and the aver
80, corning I'D the cape last night lney
.ha ,,,ets of q two-nlasted scaoohsr
- had heen sunk in Pollock Kip olue-
t,.s >-o,,sa+t thew saw one OF the rniSsine
-. ~ the Consolidated Coal COMPANY .
- aIso saw another barge Oh tn'
.ame feet drifting rapidly 10 SeA-
1,,-.,-.rd Haven. Mass. Dec. fI-Ine ,us
,.u.ore. which lost all three OF nef 70"
IN the storm yesterday-one oafs
n1avrood laundering and the others .no
scranton and the Binghamton' ore
adrift-put in here to-nlsnt aiU 80,
,ba day in searching for the mlssins @e
without success.
Can.ain vaux of the Margaret reporeeu
.,ehttnz the tug Cumberland searcnfne 20.
her own lost barge to the eastward ol
Great Round Shoal When last seen IN0
Cur,,.r,and was steering well of snore-
The Margaret passed considerable wreck
age during the day. which IS tnoushl 70
have come from the two scnooners io>t oil
Pollock Rip. None OF the
identified as belonging to a barge. TO-
morrow morning the Margaret will con-
,,,u. her search, and viii have the ASSIST
ance Of the tug Underwater. OF the Boston
Towboat Company. which has been ordered
ont from Providence The UHderwrlter
passed here tonight. going east