Leaving Lucy Pear
“Esmerelda J. Mendosa Bound Home, Wrecks off Eastern Point July 21—Late last night, the Esmerelda J. Mendosa, returning from the Grand Banks, smashed upon Webber Rock.
Capt. Mendosa and five members of the crew abandoned ship and rowed in the ship’s dories for shore. Two men are badly injured. Their names are given as Luis Pereira and Roland Murphy.
Residents of Eastern Point and beyond were awakened by the crash of the Mendosa, who lies now with her bow buried in rock, one mast fallen, ...a gaping hole in her side, and her engine room full of water.
According to members of the crew, the accident was due to dense fog. They could not see the signals from the lighthouses at Thacher Island or Eastern Point, and a whistle buoy they waited to hear had recently been removed from the water, leading them to believe the ship was farther offshore.
The Esmerelda J. Mendosa has on board an estimated 4,500 pounds of fish.MoreLess
Capt. Mendosa and five members of the crew abandoned ship and rowed in the ship’s dories for shore. Two men are badly injured. Their names are given as Luis Pereira and Roland Murphy.
Residents of Eastern Point and beyond were awakened by the crash of the Mendosa, who lies now with her bow buried in rock, one mast fallen, ...a gaping hole in her side, and her engine room full of water.
According to members of the crew, the accident was due to dense fog. They could not see the signals from the lighthouses at Thacher Island or Eastern Point, and a whistle buoy they waited to hear had recently been removed from the water, leading them to believe the ship was farther offshore.
The Esmerelda J. Mendosa has on board an estimated 4,500 pounds of fish.MoreLess
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