The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-19
SCHOONER BOUND HERE RAMS SCOW
 AND DROWN MAN
Report of Fatality Comes to Waterfront Here With Ar
 rival of Vessel.
Crew Vainly Strives to Succor Sole Occupant of Doomed
 Craft.

The drowning of one man at sea in the middle of the night was reported here today following the arrival of the three-masted schooner R. B. White, Captain Charles F. Southard, from Savannah, Ga, with a cargo of south ern pine
 At about 1880 o'clock yesterday morn ing, while the schooner was nearing the entrance to the Swash Channel not far from Sandy Hook, she was in col- lision with the second boat of a: tow of two scows in charge of the tug W. H Beard, of Perth 4Amboy, N. J., bound for the dumping grounds five miles southeast of Scotland Light. Tho scow was sunk and one man in charge of her was drowned.
 The crew of the schooner were un- able to account for the accident other than that the scow sagged down on the sailing vessel in such a manner as to make the collision unavoidable From all accounts the night was clear and the lights of the town were wis., ibIe. Captain Southard said that his vessel was giving the tug 9 wide berth and there was no though of danger until the last boat was discovered a1- most under the bows of the schooner. It was too late to do anything and the high bow of the sailing craft ramned the scow with rending crash. The cries. of the man on board were plainly heard and he was seen to run along the deck as the schooner struck. The side of the scow which was struck by the schooner was forced downward and it appeared as if the man literally ran down the sloping deck into the water.
 A line was thrown to the struggling man and it's looped end seemed almost to go directly over his head but 1t was a fruitless effort and in 8 very short space of time the schooner had been
 
 his vessel had suffered serious damage, Captain Southard anchored and made a nasty examination. It was found, however, that the schooner's bow was only slightly injured and there was no need for alarm on this score.
 It was reported this morning that the boat sunk was Scow IA x and that she had drifted ashore, bottonside up, near the guard house at Highland Beach. The identity of the man in charge of her who lost his life was not known here today, although an inves- tigation will probably be held later.
 Tows bound for the dumping grounds have their scows strung out about 50 fathozns apart after they leave the Swash Channel and the tide whereabouts is very strong. it is believed that the tail boat swung of sideways, directly in the path of the inbound schooner. The tug W. H. Beard, 1t was said locally, was for merly named the Gamecocl, and in her early days was well known in this harbor and other Sound ports.
 The R. B. White has a cargo of 286. 900 feet of southern pine, a part of which Is consigned to the Miller Lum- Der company, another section to the Park City Lumber company, in Black Rock, and a third to the Conley com aany, in New Haven. She anchored in the harbor shortly before midnight last night, having come down the Sound in tow of the tug Rose Reichert. of the Reichert Towing Line New York, which picked the vessel up off Sandy Hook. The Bridgeport tug Rob- ert McA1lister lowed the schooner to Black Rock today.
 The White reported an extra long passage due to continuous head winds Strong northeasters forced her to an- ehor several times before she finally reached the Hook. The schooner is the first sailing vessel to arrive here in several weeks