The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-01-05
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ALL HANDS LOST.
Vinalhaven Sch. Mollie Rhodes Wrecked

Vinalhaven Sch. Mollie Rhodes Wrecked.
CHATHAM, MASS, December %. The
sunken three-masted schooner that has
been resting in three fathoms of water
on Little Round Shoal since the storm of
the 18th instant, was identified today as
the Mollie Rhodes of Vinalhaven, Me-
She was bound to that port from New
York with coal. Captain Dobbin of Jones'
port and her crew of five men were prob
ably lost.
One by one the coasting schooners,
tugs and barges that sailed out of Vine
yard Haven on the 18th inst, and were
scattered by the blizzard that night,
have been accounted for except the Mol
lie Rhodes and the Marcus Edwards.
Shippers seemed to think that the
wreck was that of the latter vessel, I'M
til westbound coasting captain came
ashore at Vineyard Haven yesterday and
reported seeing the Marcus Edwards the
morning of the 18th drifting off shore
with her sails torn to ribbons and the
seas washing over her.
The masts of the wreck could be plain
ly seen from the shore and Captain Kelly
of the Monomoy Point life saving station
had been eagerly awaiting softening of
the weather and sea to get out to her
Today the sea Gained down, and manning
the big power boat, the life savers were
soon alongside the wreck
Peering down into the water Captain
Kelly made out the name Mollie Rhodes
on the quarter boards of the sunken
schooner. All three of the masts were
standing, but were bit shaky, while
the main and mizzen topmasts had been
carried away. Captain Kelly also saw
the red lantern of the port sailing light
in the fore rigging, which seemed to in
dictate that the Rhodes was under sail
when she struck the shoal. Captain Kel-
ly also reported considerable wreckage
floating about, evidently from the Rhodes.
The hull seemed fairly intact, but there
were no signs of any bodies.
The Rhodes was built in Jonesboro,
Maine, in 1885 and was commanded by
Captain Horatio Dobbin of Jonesport
Her hailing port was Vinalhaven, but
her owners were Captain Dobbin and the
Bodwell Granite Co. Of Rock land, Me.
Besides Capt. Dobbin she carried mate,
cook and three men before the mast.
The Rhodes was 1S9 tons net burden,
lis feet long, 80 feet beam and 9 feet
VI duSHI- one Was carrying cargo OIL
hard coal for Vinalhaven.
1t is the belief of the seafaring men
here that the Marcus Edwards was blown
far off shore and sank.
RoCKLAND, Me-, December %. Capt.
Horatio A. Dobbin of Jonesport, master
of the schooner Molhe Rhodes, which was
sunk on Little Round Shoal, was about
so years old and had wife and four chill
dren. AS far as known the other men,
bers of the crew, who shipped here for
the round trip and undoubtedly were
aboard, were George M. Clarke of Naples,
Me-, aged 81, mate, and A. p. Thompson
of Brooklin, Me-, aged 60, cook. The
seamen who were shipped here, but may
have left the vessel at New York, were
Alphonso Spofford of Boothbay, aged AZ,
and Simon Clifford of Gloucester, Mass,
aged AZ.
The schooner was valued at Sc, 900, &C
cording to local granite company which
is the principal owner, and the insurance
was very small. The cargo of coal was
insured.