The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-22
TWO LOCAL SMACKS
LOST; FEARS FELT
SAFETY OF OTHERS

nSE SKIPPER big Hans GunmuuSen,
lost his life. The smack Albert Geig-
er was the other storm victim, and
a man named Frank Causter lost his
life when washed into the raging
seas.
The kilograms were as follows, the
first reporting the loss of the Cooney,
the second announcing the fate of the
Geiger:
puerto, Mexico, Aug. 81, 1916.
Schooner Emily Cooney sunk
by hurricane on Campeche banks.
Capt. Gudmundsen washed over
board and drowned. The remainder
of the crew, nine men, rescued and
brought here by the French steamer
Hudson. Have you any instructions
British vice consul in charge of !
American interests"
"Key West, Fla, Aug. 81, 1915.
"Lost vessel, (Albert Geiger), in
hurricane off Campeche. Grew picked |
up by steamer Alabama, except |
Frank Causter, who was lost over
board. Landed az Key West this
morning. Wire instructions regard
ing disposition of crew care of VIM. |
Curry Sons Company.
"a. P. M'NEIL."
The Emily Cooney sailed from PEN
sacola August 5, and people familiar
with movements of the vessels gen
orally, believed that the smack was
on her way home and ran into the
hurricane. Her crew, landed at
Puerto, Mexico, consisted of Philip
Hill, J. M. Hathaway, George Homes,
Oscar Olsen, Lewis Nelse, Marshal
Oliver, Jack Marks, Edward Loffman
and Louis Sody.
The Saunders Fish Company, own
ers of the Cooney, Immediately wired
the acting American consul to ar.
range for transportation for the men
to New Orleans, from which port they
will be furnished with transportation
to Pensacola.
The skipper, Captain Gunmudsen, is
survived by his wife and one son,
about nine years of age, residing on
| West Government street. He had been
a resident of Pensacola more than
a quarter of century, and for about
twenty years was captain of local
smacks in the red snapper fishing
business.
Loss of the Geiger.
The Albert Geiger, under command
of Captain A. P. Mcneil, left Pensa-
cola on Thursday, Aug. 10, and was
thought to have about reached the
! fishing territory when the storm
broke and sent her to the bottom.
The one man washed overheard and
lost, Frank Causter, apparently did
not have a wide acquaintance along
the waterfront. He had been here
but a few months, and was said to
have been making his first trip on
this vessel. Captain Mcneil, who
lately came down from the New Eng
land coast, was also making his first
trip on a local vessel.
Fear For Other Smacks.
Much fear is felt for the safety
of four to five other local smacks
which are thought to have been in
the pathway of the hurricane. Mer
who had friends aboard the smacks
Favorite and the Priscilla expressed
their anxiety during the afternoon
saying they believed the smacks haC
either gone down or were disabled
No word has been received of eithel
of the smacks mentioned, but it was
| asserted that the Warren Fish Com
pany was in receipt of message
stating that three of their vessels
had just left and had about cleared
the hurricanes pathway.
Frank E. Welles, of the SaunderI
Fish Company, stated yesterday aft
ernoon late, that the forenoon dis
patches were all the details he hat
of the lost vessels. 81 almost hat
to see a telegraph boy come into tn
office, nowadays" he remarked. H
said that his firm had several vessel
over where the hurricane had swep
the gulf, but had no news as to tn
probable fate of any of them.
The Albert Geiger was a vesse
having a net tonnage of So, and wa
built at Gloucester, Mass, in 189;
She was 72.4 feet long, 1919 feet wild
and had depth of eight feet.
The Emily Cooney was built &
Essex, Mass, in 1902, and her regis
tered net tonnage was A. She wa
TIC feet in length, q feet wide, an
was "a feet deep.