Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-13
FREIGHT STEAMER CAROLYN
WILL Be A TOTAL WRECK.
Schooner Bregader Towed to RockIand Aft
er Going Ashore in Winter Quarters
The Schooner Margaret Haskell in
Trouble off Fire Island.

Rockland, Me-. Jan. 12-Less fortu-
nate than her sister ship Wilhelmina,
which went ashore on the sands of
Cape Cod, Tuesday, and may be float
ed later. the 2200-ton freight steamer
Carolyn of New York was abandoned,
today, With the exception of q local
fisherman. who was left in charge,
and will be total wreck together
with her cargo of $500 tons of pota
toes and paper on the extremely
northerly end of Metinic rock. where
she fetched up, Wednesday night,
While bound from Stockton Springs
for New York.
Capt JOS II. OIeary and his crew
of y, this afternoon, were taken
aboard the revenue cutter Androscog
gin. which with the revenue cutter
Woodbury., had stood by her all night.
with the assistance of the White
Head and Burnt Island life saving
crews under the direction of Lieut..
Charles II. Saterlee. assistant inspec-
tor of the life saving service. who
happened to be on board the Wood
bury. ard were brought here. The
steamer was left in charge of r. L.
Written, a local fisherman, by orders
of Capt. OLeary.
With a northeast storm sweeping up
the coast from Cape Hatteras and the
temperature near the zero mark, his
duty was not an enyiable one.
The steamer commenced to break
up at noon, today, when she began
tot split on the port deck and port
side. and she was expected to be
racked to pieces before many hours,
should the storm reach the
Maine coast.
The steamer has five compartments
including the engine room. The inn
mense pressure of the water broke
the bnlflheads and the ship was Hood
ed at midnight, last night, the fire
being eXtinguished and the crew be-
ing left without steam, 1t was in
tensely cold, with the gale freshening
all the time, and about noon, when
the steamer began to show signs of
Capt. Daniels of the
advised Capt. O'Leary
TO quit the craft. Capt. O'Leary and
his crew were taken aboard the An
droscoggin, which was anchored with
in a quarter imlc. Weather condi-
tions had become so bad the revenue
cutter officers did not think it wise
to stay there over night. The Burnt
Island life savers also We're brought
here by the Androscoggin and the
White Head men We're taken to the
White Head station by the Wood
bury.
Capt. O'Leary's story of the disaster
confirmed those already published,
with this exception, that they sent up
signals of distress, but they We're not
seen on shore, owing to the thick Va
por He said the weather conditions
were very deceptive and obscured the
vision on the water line. This was 1T
$50 p NJ, Wednesday night, and
northwest gale of As miles Was blow
ing.
Capt O'Leary and his first officer,
who were on the watch, had no ink
ling of danger until the ship brought
up hard and fast ON the Metinic rock
ledge and stopped dead still. The
engines were reversed. then realiz-
ing that she was singing, they were
ordered sent ahead and the steamer
was kept head on, SO she would not
sink. He felt that if this had not
been done, all hands on board would
have been lost.
y H. Bull, senior member Of the
New York firm which owns the steam
or, and Wrecking Master Lewis. ar
rived, today, and visited the wreck.
Bpon his return Mr.. Lewis stated
there was nothing they could do and
efforts were made to turn back the
wrecking apparatus which was on the
way here from Boston and New Lon
don. The Boston equipment was stop
ped at Boothbay Harbor. The steam
or was built at Whitby, Eng, in 1889,
was valued at 800, 900 and insured.
The cargo was insured. The officers
and men of the Carolyn saved their
personal effects, but nothing more.