Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-29
RoCkIand SChOonerWreck-
ed off PrOvinCetown.
CaisWamieak Goes Aground In
6O-miIe Northeast Gale.
Remarkable Work by The Volunteer
Grew al Race Point Staten.

| dashed the coast of Cape Cod in any
| summer for the past 20 years three
men and two boys comprising the crew
of the -masted Rockland, Me,
| schooner wamteak were taken off
| their wrecked vessel in the breeches
| buoy by volunteer crew of nine men
under the command of Capt Samuel
/ w. Fisher of the Race Point lifesaVing
| station tonight The wind at the time
was blowing so miles an hour from the
! northeast directly on the coast and the
| rescue was affected In remarkably
| quick time. Within IS minutes of the
| time the volunteer crew had arrived on
the scene from Provineetown all five
of the sailors had been brought through
| the surf of Peaked Hill bars, one of
| the worst spots on the Atlantic coast
The Catawamteak left Rockland Me-
with paving stones Yesterday morning
| bound for New York. She will prnba-
| bly, be total wreck for few vessels
| have ever escaped once caught in the
grip Of Peaked Hill bars, The Gaia
wamteak is one Of the veteran coast
! ers having been built In 1864.
The names of the rescued men are
Captain Chester Jamison. Rockland.
Albert Jamison.
Bird Jamison. twin brothers. aged
| Is Vaars.e
Herbert G. Williams, mate of Thorn
aston. Me.
oscar Olsen. ordinary seaman.
The volunteer crew was summoned
from Provineetown by Capt Fisher
who telephoned Supt Bowley who has
charge of the life saving district here
The names of this volunteer crew
| follow;
George Bureh. Bert Banks, John Nc
| Fadden, John Lewis, Joseph Butra, Jo-
seph Michael. Curtis Higgins. Joseph
Oliver, Samuel Francis.
When the volunteers reached point
opposite the wreck. mile east of the
station, the seas We're making a clean
breach over the little schooner. and
a few farmers could be seen dashed
high up in the rigging. Capt. Fisher
sighted the gun that was to carry out
the line $50 Yards across the break
ers to the schnoner's decks The wind
was blowing directly against him. but
so accurate was the captains aiIa and
Judgment that the shot went directly
over the schooner. Anxiously the life
savers peered out into the storm
| Somebody was seen to swing down
from the rigging and struggle along
the deck towards the line but before
he could reach It a huge sea had swept
| it overheard In moment another
shot was ready. Again it went true.
This time the man on the schooner
deck grabbed the, line and held fast
10 IL The watchers on the beach saw
the man Chamber back to the rigging.
They saw him make fast the line and
then with a cheer they saw the heavy
| cable that was to support the. life car
uncGil from the beach and go shaking
| through the combers to the schoon-
ers side
Directly there came from the men
| in the rigging the signal that the ca
Bile was fast and the life buoy was
| sent dancing through and over the
seas. One of the forms in the rigging
was seen to climb into it and back
rushed the car tow ards the beach.
hidden from sight as a great wave
| leaped UP to catch its escaping victim
and then breaking into view once more
as it was hauled in fast by the united
strength of the nine hrawny Cape
| Coolers
Five times the car Travelled back and
forth over Peaked Hill bars until
every one Of the little schooner's crew
stood safe on the beach.
| The only man injured was Capt.
| Iamison. of Rockland He had had his
hand badly crushed in the attempt to
launch the schooners small boat. This
effort to reach shore was made within
a few minutes after the vessel struck.
i
| the side when great wave rushed
down upon them. capt. Jamison chung
desperately to the small boat iamming
| his hand against the side of the
schooner but the wave vas stronger
than he and the dory was east up.
| empty. on the beach a short time aft
| erwards Then the men dashed them
selves to the rigging and waited the
| 2 sseIs.iiNs ~ volunteer crew. Capt
Jamiapu saiG that that he left Rock
| lana. Me- Yesterday morning and had
met faHariug wind down the coast
| ! aus ihis morning the breeze freshen-
=, i3s.i.c sapidly until it reached the
| -. pc o. Dts OF a Mid winter gale. A
rag Of sail was set. Just enough to
keep the vessel under control but one
gust ripped out the foresail and then
the iib was torn from its bolt ropes
leaving the schooner almost unman-
ageabe The skipper tried his best to
make Provincetown harbOr. but fog
and driving rain shut off all observa-
ton. BY few miles only the vessel
missed getting in under the forefnger
of the cape and into more sheltered
waters, but this few miles proved her
/ destruction when she plunged into the
midst of the surf on Peaked Hill bars
which have claimed more wrecks prob
ably than any other coast point north
OF Hatteras
All of the crew We're pretty badly
used up from the battering they had
received by the waves.
/ The rescue IS one of the quickest
| that has been made on Cape Cod in
number of years and would have been
a record for a regular crew.
WATERvILLE.