The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-06
SHIP SURVIVORS
BROUGHT TO PORT
Mystery of the Annie M. Parker Fish
ing Schooner Cleared up by Return OF
Men Last Night.

HOrtland, Maine, NOV. O.---lH ne uo"1it
of the cook and the probable loss OF
their captain, Vincent Nelson, and three
of their mates, form part of tale OF
the sea brought here last night by the
survivors of the crew of the Gloucester
fishing schooner, Annie NJ. Parker. The TACT
that their abandonment OF the strand
ed schooner near Nantucket and the loss
of life was unnecessary was not known
to the crew until word reached them last
night that the schooner was in port at
New Bedford practically unchanged.
Nine survivors of the ParkeE's crew
reached here aboard the lumber schooner
Tifton, from jacksonville, which had
picked them up from dories 30 miles OIL
Nantucket Sunday morning after they
had been afloat "a hours without food or
drink.
BY an odd chance the AnniS Nj. Parker
preceded her crew into a port staunch
and firm, apparently with only jib
missing. She was towed into New Bed
ford yesterday, raising the questions,
why should good ship be abandoned by
its crew? and where was the crew.
The Parker had foated herself from
the ledge where she stranded and had
been sighted Monday, drifting with all
sails set, by the British steamer Astra-
khan. The steamer placed prize crew
aboard and the schooner arrived at the
whaling port in tow of the revenue cut
ter Gresham, which was summoned by
wireless,
A tenth survivor, Harry Nelson of
Beverly, son of the captain, was left be-
hind on the Boston fisherman, Josie and
H. ~ b;C
but hoping TO find trace of his father.
Reuben Kenne, the cook, found wa
terry grave when he was swept overheard
from dory while his mates looked on,
powerless to help, His home was at
Glenwood N. S. He leaves seven chill
dren, The missing men, besides Captain
Nelson, are
Lester Fletcher of Argyle Sound, N. s.
Ross Worthen of Pubnico Head, n. S.
Thomas Landry of Arichat, G. B.
The Annie NJ Parker, bound home
from the fishing grounds, but carried off
her course by adverse winds, went
aground on Rose and Crown shoal, off |
the Nantucket coast, early Saturday |
morning The vessel was pounded by |
the waves and the crew agreed with |
Captain Nelson that hope for safety lay |
in getting clear of their craft. So they |
abandoned her.
Three boats were put over the leeward |
side before one was launched. The first /
was smashed, the second was swamped. |
the third WAS iloated and eight men put |
out in il. Two other boats were dropped I
overheard safely on the windward side, I
the one with three men and the other, I
the last. with Captain Nelson and three /
of his crew. In the darkness the boats |
lost sight of each other in a moment. /
The last seen of the captains boat was T
when it was rounding the bow of the
schooner The seas were running high. /
The men in the other two boats did /
not see each other until daybreak. When
they got together, an account of stock
was taken and it was found that neither /
had water nor food
They drifted about all that day and /
the following night, constantly buffeted /
by heavy seas, one of which carried Reu-
Kenney fought hard to swim back to the
rades could reach him.
When they were picked up by the Tiff
ton Sunday morning all the survivors
were nearly exhausted i ne supplies
aboard the Tifton were low and the ten
added hungry mouths taxed the sehoon-
sr to their utmost, The Boston fisher
men Josie and Phoebe was sighted and
nailed. The skipper had no fish on board
but he set trawl. He pulled in a
,oodly catch which, with -four and meal,
was turned over to the Tifton's captain.
The Parker sailed from Sydney, n S.,
ior Gloucester. on October 26 Shortly |,
lfter leaving Sydney the fisherman ran
nto northwest gales. With the run of
The tides she was driven far off her
,ourse. After days of iockeying with
5he elements Captain Nelson found him
'elf on last Saturday morning near Nan
,ueket, and was unable to work his yes
sci off the lee shore.
The survivors brought here last night
we're:
George Surette, Surette Island, N. S.;
Dennis Blade, Cape Island, N. F.; Ever
TT Sawyer, Gloucester; Winfred Allen,
Windsor Harbor, ~ s.; Ashton Hines,
Central Argyle, n. S.; Charles Goodwin,
)gunquit, Me-; Gilbert Smith, East Pub
nico, n. s.; John B. Farrell, Malther
Bay n. F.; Harold Frost, Argyle Sound,
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