The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-01
ri LIVES LOST
OFF N. {. COAST
During Fall and Winter Season Just
Passed-Eighty-fve Vessels Were
Cast Ashore in the Period.

Boston, April lone hundred and
twenty one persons persisted by ship
wreck and eighty-fve vessels met with
disaster off the New England coast or
while engaged in the New England, Ca
madam or Newfoundland trade during
the fall and winter season Of i9ll-l9I2
which has just ended. OF the IS vessels
cast ashore, sunk, burned or involved in
other mishaps, seven were steamers, two
We're full-rigged ships, two were barks,
three We're briggs "a schooners and seven
were barges The financial loss is esti-
mated at more than 81 100000.
Heavy storms and gales that swept
over the Atlantic during the month of
November caused the deaths of 80 sailors
and brought either trouble or disaster
to one full-rigged ship, one bark and "a
schooners. The worst disaster was that
which befell tire Norwegian full-rigged
ship Antigua of Christiania which was
loading lumber at Martin river, at the
mouth OF the gulf OF St Lawrence, for
Rio Janeiro. A violent northeast gale
drove the big vessel on the rocks during
the night of November rs, and of her
crew OF is men - persisted in the terrific
seas. The survivors were picked up thu
following day suffering from cold and
exposure. The Antigua was total
wreck.
Two fatal wrecks occurred in Long
Island sound on November r. Four men
lost their lives when they were washed
overheard from the schooner Witch
Hazel, disabled near New Haven. When
the schooner Edith i. Dennis of Green
port, y. y, sank in Plum Gut, the wife
of Captain Cook his child and two men
were drowned. Captain Cook was saved
floating to the Fort Terry shore on a
piece of wreckage.
The tank steamer Chesapeake. New
York for Tangiers was burned in mid
ocean on December Is, and the first word
OF the disaster was received in Boston
when the scout cruiser Chester arrived
at this port. 1t was first believed that
all of her crew had been saved, Later,
however, the German steamer Adam
Sturn appeared in port with fifteen mem
bers of the crew of the burned steamer
and reported that the second officer and
30 Chinese sailors has disappeared in
one Of the Chesapeake's boats
The revenue cutters Gresham aud An
ever on the alert while ut
their stations, saved many lives and yes
sells during the winter months. The wire
less calls for assistance were quickly an
swered by these two government vessels,
and large number of disabled or sink
ing schooners were towed to places of
safety Twenty-Five New England fish |
ing vessels We're imprisoned in the ice !
Of the bay of Island and Bonnie bay early |
in January and upon orders from Wash !
ington the Gresham and the Androscog
gin steamed to the northward to their |
assistance Before the end Of the month /
All of the ice-eneased fishermen were pro-
eeeding southwark. The winter cruising I
period of the revenue cutters has just /
ended.
A number of large scbooners were De
,troved They included the Samuel J. T
i0ucher of Boston the Nathaniel t.
Palmer Of Portland, Me, the Stephen
;. Loud OF Thomaston, Me, and The /
Mary Adelaide Randall. The Goueher
vas wrecked on the Isle OF Shoals, the
Palmer was dismantled by series OF
gales and abandoned at sea, the Loud /
was abandoned off tho South Carolina
,oast. and the Randall was hurled upon
he lodges of Block island The crews
we're saved in each ease.