The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-01-18
STEAMER CAROLYN
Runs on Metinic Ledge. Was Bound from
Stockton Springs to New York with a
Cargo of Paper and Potatoes.

Runs on Metinic Ledge. Was Bound from
Stockton Springs to New York with a
Cargo of Paper and Potatoes.
RoCKLAND, Jan. II. The Bull line
steamer Carolyn, from Stockton Springs
for New York with 1900 tons of potatoes
and paper on board, was still hard and
fast tonight on the north end of Metinic
ledge off Whitehead at the western en-
trance of Penobscot bay. The revenue
cutters Woodbury. and Androscoggin,
with the life saving crews from the
Whitehead and Burnt island stations,
were standing by and the steamers crew
were still on board. The Carolyn's en-
gines were kept turning so as to keep
| the steamers bow on the rocks where
she struck. Her forward compartment
is full of water but she is sheltered from
the moderate northwest wind which was
blowing tonight. Should the wind shift
to any quarter, however, before the
steamer floats, her position would be
dangerous.
When the Rockland wrecking tug John
G. Morrison returned from the scene of
the wreck it was learned that there was
a panic on the Carolyn when she struck.
Most OF her crew is composed Of foreign
ers. When the Carolyn struck during
thick vapor last night large portion of
the crew made rush for the boats and
were for abandoning the ship at once.
The captain and mate with some of the
cooler among the sailors soon restored
the men to their senses and they decided
to remain by the steamer. Her plight
was first discovered by the steamer
Monhegan, running between Rockland
and Portland. She reported the acct
dent when she put into Tenants Har-
Dor and word was at once sent to the
life saving stations at Burnt island and
Whitehead, while tug was sent from
this city.
The captain of the Carolyn said that
in undertaking to 60 through Two Brush
channel he lost his bearings in the vapor.
He was steaming at about nine knots an
hour, keeping a sharp watch when he
fetched up sharply on the rocks and dis
covered he was about two miles from the
entrance of the channel
The Carolyn is one of the Bull line,
which owns the steamer Wilhelmina
now ashore on the inside of Cape Cod.
She sailed from Stockton Springs yester-
day afternoon. The weather was clear
while she was on the way down the river
but on getting out to Two Bush light,
just inside the western entrance of the
bay, she encountered thick haze. While
the Carolyn struck on the north end of
the ledge, and is protected from heavy
gales from sea, the westerly wind which
blew nearly 80 miles an hour today sent
heavy seas over her.
The steamer registers 1414 tons net
and 2241 gross. She was built in 1889 at
Whitby, Eng, and halls from New York.
ROCKLAND, January IL. The Carolyn
was abandoned today, except for a local
fisherman left in charge, and with her
cargo of paper and potatoes will be
total loss. She began to break up at
noon today. The steamer has five COM
partments, including the engine room.
The immense pressure of the water
broke the bulkheads and the ship was
flooded at midnight last night, the fires
being extinguished and the crew being
left without steam. 1t was intensely
cold, with the gale freshening all the
time, and about noon when the steamer
began to show signs of dsintegration,
Captain Daniels of the Androscoggin ad-
vised Captain O'Leary to quit the craft.
Then Captain O'Leary and his crew were
taken aboard the Androscoggin, which
was anchored within aquarter mile. The
steamer and cargo were insured.