Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-06
Fishing Cr0w
 LeIt Schooner
ONE DROWNED AND FOUR ARE
 MISSING
VESSEL RAN AGROUND
Captain Believed Abandonment Neo- essary to Safety, But Craft Was Picked Up al Sea Undansssed.

Picked Up at Sea Undan1Sged.
 Portland, Me, Nov. 5.-The death of the cook and the probable loas o2 the1r captain, Vincent Nelson, and three Of their mates form part Of a tale of the sea brought here tonight by sUrVzVocs of the crew of the Gloucester fisherman Annie M. Parker. The fact snas their abandonment of the stranded schooner near Nantucket and the less of life was unnecessary was uot known to the crew until word reached them tonight that the schooner, with an $S,Go0 cargo of fish, was brought into port at New Bedford practically undamaged.
 Captains Son Remsins Behind.
 Nine survivors of the Parker's crew reached here aboard the lumber which had picked them up from dories 30 miles off Nantucket Sunday morn
 ing, after they had been af1oat 24 hours without food or drink.
 A tenth survivor, Harry Nelson, of Beverly, son of the captain, was left behind on the Boston fisherman Josie and Phoebe. exhausted from his experi- ence, but hoping to find trace of his father.
 Reuben Kenney, the cook. found a watery grave when he was swept over
 board from a dory while his mates lOOkGQ OI, pOWGE16SS to ne1p. HIS home was al Glenwood. N. s. He leaves seven children The missing men, beside Captain Nelson. are: Les ter Fletcher of Argyle Sound. N. &; Ross Worthen of Pubnico' Head. N. &; Thomas lnadry of Ar1chat, c 5. Schooner Ran Aground. The Annie M. Parker, homeward- carEied off her course by adverse winds, went aground on Rose and Crown shoal. of the Nantucket coast, early Saturday morning. The vessel 1 was wracked by. che waves and the
 crew agreed with Captain Nelson that hope for safety lay in getting clear of l their craft So tbRy abandoned her. Three boats were put over the lee ward side before one was launched. ! The first was smashed; the second was eight men put out in it. Two other beats were dropped overheard safely on the windward side. The first held three men: the last contained Captain Nelson and three of his crew.
 Had Neither Watsr CT Foed. l It was pitch dark and the dory crews were lost to the view of each other
 almost in a moment. The last seen of l the boat in which Captain Nelson left ] his ship was when it was rounding the | bow of the schooner. The seas were ! running high and in one Of the hollows
 
 around the bow and out of sight. i The men in the other two boats did l not see each other until daybreak. 1 When they got together an account of stock was taken and it was found that
 neither had water or food.
 Nearly Exhausted When Picked Up. | They drifted about all the day and
 the following night. constantly buf- | feted by heavy seas, one of which car { Tied Reuben Kenney, the cook, over | the stern. Kenney fought hard to swim l back to the boat but went down before
 his comrades could reach him When they were picked up by the 1 Triton Sunday morning all the survfv- | ors were nearly exhausted The sup l plies aboard the Triton were low and 1 the ten added hungry mouths taxed 1 the schooners lockers to their utmost | The Boston fisherman Josie and l Phoebe was sighted and hailed. The ] skipper had no fish or board when he 1 set a trawL He pulled in a goOdly 1 catch, which, with four and meat, was l turned over to the Tifton'S captain. ] Harry Nelson remained with the | Josie and Phoebe in the hope that he
 might be able to obtain some tidings
 Of his father and three mates Picked Up by British Steamer. 1 By an odd chance the Annie M. Par
 kar preceded her crew into 8 port i Staunch and firm, apparently, with 1 O1ly a JlD IllSSluSs Su9 was IOWSQ lLIO | New Bedford today, raising the Que5- i lions why should a good ship be
 abandoned by its crew. and where was | the crew?"
 l The Parker had f1oated herself from 1 the ledge and had been sighted Mon day, drifting with all sails set, by the 1 British steamer Astrakhan. The
 steamer placed 8 prize crew aboard l and the schooner arrived at the whal- 1 ing port in tow of the revenue cut4er ] Gresham, which was summoned by ] wireless,
 List of Survivors
 The Parker sailed from Sydney, N. 1 S., for Gloucester on Oct. 26- Shortly ] after leaving Sydney the fisherman ran ! into northwest gales. With the run of 1 the tides she was driven far off her l course. After days of jockeying with | the clements Captain Nelson found 1 himself on last Saturday morning near ] Nantucket and was unable to work his 1 vessel of the lee shore.
 The survivors brought here tonight ! were George SUrett, Surett Island, N. g.: Dennis Blade, Cape Island, N. F.: Everett Sawyer, Gloucester; Win1fred
 Allen, Windsor Barbor, N. S.; Ashton Hines Central Argyle, N. s.; Charles Goodwin, oguaouit, Me; Gilbert Smith, East Pubnico. N. S.; John B. Farrell,
 Malther Bay. N. F.; Harold Frost Argyle Sound, N. S.