Baltimore, Jan. 18.—Rescued from their ice-coated, sinking ship after they had given up all hope, the 13 members of the crew of the five-masted schooner Fuller Palmer arrived in Baltimore today aboard the Donaldson Lint steamer Marina.
The rescue was made by the Marina early Thursday morning about 154 miles southeast of Cape Cod.
The men rescued were: Capt. O. W. Clarke, Boston; First Mate James Rabe, Norway; Second Mate Albert Gould, Nova Scotia; Engineer William Buchanan, Cape Breton, and the Negro crew. Since Monday morning when the gale which swept the Atlantic coast had so battered the schooner that she began to leak, the crew had fought to keep her afloat. With sails whipped into threads by the wind, and rigging broken and so coated with ice that it could not be handled, the Fuller Palmer had practically drifted at the mercy of the raging seas.
Day and night the men labored at the pumps as the pounding of the waves opened the seams and the leaks grew larger. Tons of water flooded her decks and, turning to ice, added to the unwieldiness of the vessel.
Wednesday night, fearful that their vessel would sink at any minute, distress signals were sent up, only to be swept quickly away by the gale. On the masts red lights were placed. All the small boats and life rafts had been crushed by the waves, while most of the woodwork on the upper decks had been smashed.
With all chance apparently gone, the men huddled together in the forecastle, while up on the bridge Capt. Clarke still maintained watch for some vessel.
Shortly before 5 o’clock Thursday morning a rocket shot up some miles away, showing that at least their signals had been noticed.
Until daylight the Marina stood by and then, as the seas had somewhat abated, several boats were lowered and the crew taken aboard. By that time the Fuller Palmer had settled so low in the water that the crew had no time to save their effects. The transfer was made without accident.
Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME, January 19, 1914