The chronicle=news., 1913-11-11
MYSTERY or THBFlSEklals SD! EfslE
SotVte b1 CREWS RESCUE

Portland. Ne. NQy. li.-NIbe
mensbern Of the crew Of the dioucss-
tor ftshing schooner Annie N, PARK
cr. which was picked up With III
sails set and her hold fall of fish
by the British steamer Astraksn. slx-
~ miles east OF Nantucket and which
was. toved TO New Bedfpft By
the revenue cutter Gresham. wore
brought here last night. The story
told by the survivors of the Annie N.
Parkers crew solves the mystery, ~
u s.wht q veisci apparently is1N6s7
thy ana safe had been Abandoned,
rhc men Of tho Apdie y, Parker
WIRE brought Mere by the lumber
schooner Triton IRON JaAtsonsiIfs.,
which picked them up 10 dories thir,.
IS mites Off NANTUCKET Sunday. morn.
ing iftsr they had. been adfItt IA
rhssii boats Tor t*eaty.s6ar nolrssI
without food or drink. They ro-
ported that Rehbcn Kenuey, the cook
OF Glsnwuod. n. g.. hau been swept
overheard from . dory and drowned
and that Captain Vincent. Nelson
and three Of the mstes probably had
been lost. The mAs missing besides
captain Nelson are Lester Fletcher
Of Argyle sound. ...Ross Worther Of
i'ubnico head. n. l.. and Thomas
Landry Of Arcishat. o. C. Henry Nss.
son OF Beverly. 800 Of ,tAe capsain.
was left behind in q Boston ftshtag
pchooner. Josie and Phoebe. exhaust
ed from his experieacc but hopln9
TO find trace Of his father. Until
they reached here they wore ignsr.
ant that they had abandoned their
schooner unnecessarily and that the
loss Of life might have been avoided.
They reported that the Annie ".
Parker. bound homo from the fishing
grounds Of Newfoundland With 4
full catch. was driven of her conrss
BY adversc wind and went aGrounh
on the Rose aud Crown shoals off
the Nsntuetct coast saturday morn
ine. The vessel was being racke6
and pounded BY heavy seas aud, she
crew agreed with Captain Nelson
that their only hope Of safety lay IN
scttsng clear Of the. craft. 70 thcy
abandoned her. Evidently the veg
sel later worried Oft the shoai into
deep water and driited uhipJursd
10 where she - pscked up.
Three heats 1erc put over ths leo
ward side. The hrss. was SlaasAsd; |;
the secoad ms swszkpsd. Sat the
sAird waa f,oatsd aha slsAt. nas,pal
OF In Il. Two otksr boets wsfs
dropped Overheard safely %. wia&
~srd side The sirst held three mss.
the lest rostained CApdM Nsssbc
and three Of his ere~. Il was pitch
dark aud the doey crews were ,csl
10 the view Of each other almost 10
= moment. The iAst sssa d he boat
Ia which captain Neison icft his
ship was when Il was rouaaing the
how Of the schooner. fhe seas
~rre running high aad In the wAj-
lows betweeu the cram swung
aroand aud out n sight. The nen
m the other boats dld rot ~ each
other until daybteak. When they
got toSether. II Saa found neither
had water. ftt''
They drifted about all day aad
the following night. constantly buff
fcted by heavy seas. one OF, which
carried Kenney.. the. cook. over the
stern. Kenney fought hard to swim
back TO the host. but went down bc,
rore his comrades were able TO reach
h.m. lie leaves u wife and. seven
children. When they wore picked
sp BY the riftoa Sunday nornias
the survivors wsee nearly. exhausted.
The supplies aboard the Tifton were
lok aud the ten husesy u,oqtAs taxed