Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-17 | Page 28 | Twelve Sailors Go down with Vessel

TWELVE SAILORS GO 60 GODOWN DOWN DO WITH VESSEL Schooner Swept Upon Long Island Shore and Beaten to Pieces I New Now York Jan 17 17 Powerless I against tho tremendous sea and the tho I blinding bitter cold northeast gale ale a atin tin tiny foot 80 schooner the tho Swallow 01 of I St. St Johns N. N F. F FM was M swept in upon I Ithe the desolate Lon Long Island Illand shore n near nar ar Blue early this morning and was benton beaten t n and torn to pieces Her crow crew sue carried 1 12 men un men un undoubtedly ly perished swept off oft by hugo IC icy waves that tolled roiled ov over r her before belore she Rhe struck There was no hand at ather ather ather her wheel when hon 21 sic sno pitched and tossed shoreward and cId her tier t small mall boat bont hurled empty upon the tho bea beam beach 1 later told the story of their fate falo even cven more surely A anti and reveral hats were the tho only traces tracos fo rOl ind d of ot the tho little company of ot hardy hartly northern seamen though savers life manned the beach for miles all day looking for or the tho bod bod- los ies The Tho Swallow wallow was waR bound for this port from St. St Johns She carried lumber lum luni- her ber hides barrels of or frozen rozen mackerel I Rn and some deer doer heads probably In Intended Intended In- In tended d mounting as RIS trophies Her owner Is set sot down a as John Dawson of or St tt Johns she was built buill In 1870 1879 at Moses River Newfoundland I