Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-12
SCHOONER ". N. ELMNS
POUNDING TO PIECES
Coast Guard Cutter Ossippee Could
Not Move Her and Crew
Is Rescued.

The schooner William NJ. Elkins II
pounding to pieces off the Maine coast
just outside of Portland harbor. Her
crew of five men WAS rescued under
spectacular conditions by the coast
guard cutter ossippee. aided by the
Cape Elizabeth coast guard station
crew
The Elkins piled up on the ledge in
powerful sea. while Capt Bergman
was trying to beat into Portland har-
Dor for shelter, to escape severe
snowstorm sweeping along the coast.
In making a tack. the vessel misstayed
and was swept ashore. stern on. She
was bound from 81. John to New York.
with a cargo of 200 barrels of picked
fish. Part of the cargo may he saved.
Crew Rescued by Lifeboat.
The ossippec and the coast guard
crew, under Capt. Dyer. went to the
rescue. All aboard were in grave dan
ger. When the schooner struck the
crew climbed out on the stern. The
station lffeboat reached them and took
them aboard and then transferred them
to the Ossippee.
The big searchlights of the Ossippee
and of Fort Williams. guarding Port
land harbor. were trained on the
schooner during the period of extend
ing aid to her. In this light the life
boat made the perilous trip and took
off the men.
Within an hour after the Elkins went
ashore the ossippee was on the scene.
Lieut. X. Il. Hall was in charge of the
surfboat which went out from the
Ossippee to the stranded vessel. A big
hawser from the cutter was made fast
under the gre4test difficulty. The
schooner would not bulge. The Ossip-
pee then anchored and stood by. Capt.
Dyer and the station crew then put out
in the lfeboat. rescuing the crew and
transferring ii to the cutter.
Dog Among Rescued.
There was also rescued from the Ell
kins a full blooded dog which has been
the ship mascot for many years. The
dog was tossed into the lifeboat along
with the baggage of the sailors. The
dog was afterward presented to the
crew of the Ossippee.
Hundreds of barrels of fish have
washed ashore. Capt. Bergman and
his crew plan to strip the vessel ard
abandon her to her fate.
Childe Harold Pulled Off shoal.
The big three masted schooner Chiide
Harold of Boston. bound from South
Amboy, y. j., to Calais, Me, with coal.
struck on the Sow and Pigs shoal,
Nantucket sound. The cutters Gresham
and Acushnet FASTENED to her aid. After
about a hundred tons of cargo had been
Jettisoned the cutters succeeded in pull
ing the schooner into deep water. The
vessel was uninjured and was able to
return to Vineyard Haven unaided.
ri he
made efforts to float the Washington
owned schooner May and Anna Bes-
wick, ashore in Pamlico sound. but
could not bulge her. The Beswick
cannot be tioated until the coming OF
a full tide. Later the Pamlico went
to the aid of the schooner Lizzie A.
Williams, ashore in ,Pamlico, and will
float her. The Williams is one of the
fleet of sound traders that brings lum-
Der here.
The Lewes Del) coast guard sta
ton crew went to the aid of the
schooner Henry W. Camp. which was
lowed into Delaware breakwater, Leak
ing badly.
Schooner Waltham Floated.
The cutter Apache floated the schoon-
er Waltham from a shoal in Chesa-
peake bay, where she had been held
for ten days. and took her to Balti-
more. The Ealtham, laden with coal,
grounded while outward bound to
Cuba. A portion of her cargo had to
be liehtered before she could be
worked into deep water.
The cutter Androscoggin, hospital
ship, sailed TnuI sday from Shelbourne
for the Grand Banks. She will renal in
with the fishing fleet throughout the
winter and will come south with it
For thorough overhauling of hull
and machinery the cutter Wissahicken,
the boarding boat at Philadelphia. has
arrived at the repair depot near Balti-
more She is TO be given such a gem
eral overhauling that she VIII be at
the depot for about two months.
Repairs to the cutter Mohawk have
been completed at the repair depot and
the vessel has returned to her station
at New York. and has taken up winter
The cutter Seminole recently return
ed to her station at Wilmington, y. C.,
from duty at san Juan. Porto Rico.
has been ordered to Charleston, s C,
to dock to have her hull cleaned and
painted. This will require about two
days. on completion the Seminole will
return to Wilmington. to take up win
ter cruising.
After thirty years of efficient service
in the revenue cutter service and the
new coast guard. Machinist John
Leonard. upon his own application, has
been retired from active service.