Captain of the ill-fated schooner "Charles A. Briggs" which was lost on February 1, 1898 off Nahant, Massachusetts during a severe blizzard. He was the only of the eight crew members whose body was never recovered. Wentworth was about 50 years of age and lived at 36 Prescott Street in East Boston with his wife and three children.
The other seven crew members were:
Isaac Andrews, sailor
John Charlsen, engineer and second mate
John Haley, ship steward
Harry Milliken, sailor
Lewis Milliken, sailor
John J. Young, first mate
Emanuel Cain, 37, sailor, buried Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Nahant Beach Gives Up Nearly All of Crew of Schooner C. A. Briggs
Corpses Come Ashore
Lynn, Feb. 2 - The wreckage of the three-masted schooner Charles A. Briggs, which was lost on little Nahant early Tuesday morning, continues to give up its dead. Up to last night there had been found three bodies.
This morning up to the hour of 3 three more had been recovered, and at 1:30 this afternoon another was brought out. The bodies are lying at the police station, Nahant, where Medical Examiner Pickham of Lynn is viewing them as fast as the impeded travel from Lynn will permit.
The faces are peaceful and the men are all dressed. One has been identified as Isaac Andrews of Maryland, by means of Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union papers. A watch and a pocket copy of Gospel hymns have also been recovered.
One body is not that of a seaman, as the skin is whiter and the dress that of a landsman. One body was so crushed by the rocks as to be nothing but literal fragments.
The general theory of the wreck is that the master was trying for a lee under Nahant Head, and mistook his bearings from the treacherous land-fall covered in by snow, which gave him small chance to take an observation.
The ill-fated schooner sailed from Boston Jan. 14 for Philadelphia, where she loaded a full cargo of coal, as previously stated for Portland. She was commanded by Capt. A W Wentworth, of 36 Prescott st., East Boston, a well-known navigator who has been following the sea since boyhood. He was captain of the Royal Arch when that vessel was lost some years ago, and narrowly escaped with his life.
Captain Wentworth was about 50 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. The first mate of the vessel was J. J. Young, 30 years of age, belonging in this city, who leaves a widow. John Haley of South Boston, age 31, was the steward of the vessel. He leaves a wife and one child. The engineer of the schooner was John Charlesen, a native of Norway, age 27, who had been in the vessel nearly 3 years. The other members of the crew were Isaac Andrews of Maryland age 30; Harry and Lewis Milliken, aged 24 and 22 respectively, natives of Maine and Emanuel Cain of Newfoundland, 37 years of age.
The Briggs was the first three-masted schooner ever built in New England which was equipped with steam for hoisting anchors and sails. Phillips her owner, also owned the big four-masted schooner John Paul, which two years ago was totally wrecked on Point Judith. The Briggs was partially insured in the Boston Marine Insurance Co.
Capt. Wentworth's brother-in-law visited Nahant yesterday in an effort to find the body of the captain.
Published in the Boston Daily Advertiser, Thursday, February 3, 1898, page 1
The other seven crew members were:
Isaac Andrews, sailor
John Charlsen, engineer and second mate
John Haley, ship steward
Harry Milliken, sailor
Lewis Milliken, sailor
John J. Young, first mate
Emanuel Cain, 37, sailor, buried Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Nahant Beach Gives Up Nearly All of Crew of Schooner C. A. Briggs
Corpses Come Ashore
Lynn, Feb. 2 - The wreckage of the three-masted schooner Charles A. Briggs, which was lost on little Nahant early Tuesday morning, continues to give up its dead. Up to last night there had been found three bodies.
This morning up to the hour of 3 three more had been recovered, and at 1:30 this afternoon another was brought out. The bodies are lying at the police station, Nahant, where Medical Examiner Pickham of Lynn is viewing them as fast as the impeded travel from Lynn will permit.
The faces are peaceful and the men are all dressed. One has been identified as Isaac Andrews of Maryland, by means of Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union papers. A watch and a pocket copy of Gospel hymns have also been recovered.
One body is not that of a seaman, as the skin is whiter and the dress that of a landsman. One body was so crushed by the rocks as to be nothing but literal fragments.
The general theory of the wreck is that the master was trying for a lee under Nahant Head, and mistook his bearings from the treacherous land-fall covered in by snow, which gave him small chance to take an observation.
The ill-fated schooner sailed from Boston Jan. 14 for Philadelphia, where she loaded a full cargo of coal, as previously stated for Portland. She was commanded by Capt. A W Wentworth, of 36 Prescott st., East Boston, a well-known navigator who has been following the sea since boyhood. He was captain of the Royal Arch when that vessel was lost some years ago, and narrowly escaped with his life.
Captain Wentworth was about 50 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. The first mate of the vessel was J. J. Young, 30 years of age, belonging in this city, who leaves a widow. John Haley of South Boston, age 31, was the steward of the vessel. He leaves a wife and one child. The engineer of the schooner was John Charlesen, a native of Norway, age 27, who had been in the vessel nearly 3 years. The other members of the crew were Isaac Andrews of Maryland age 30; Harry and Lewis Milliken, aged 24 and 22 respectively, natives of Maine and Emanuel Cain of Newfoundland, 37 years of age.
The Briggs was the first three-masted schooner ever built in New England which was equipped with steam for hoisting anchors and sails. Phillips her owner, also owned the big four-masted schooner John Paul, which two years ago was totally wrecked on Point Judith. The Briggs was partially insured in the Boston Marine Insurance Co.
Capt. Wentworth's brother-in-law visited Nahant yesterday in an effort to find the body of the captain.
Published in the Boston Daily Advertiser, Thursday, February 3, 1898, page 1
Captain of the ill-fated schooner "Charles A. Briggs" which was lost on February 1, 1898 off Nahant, Massachusetts during a severe blizzard. He was the only of the eight crew members whose body was never recovered. Wentworth was about 50 years of age and lived at 36 Prescott Street in East Boston with his wife and three children.
The other seven crew members were:
Isaac Andrews, sailor
John Charlsen, engineer and second mate
John Haley, ship steward
Harry Milliken, sailor
Lewis Milliken, sailor
John J. Young, first mate
Emanuel Cain, 37, sailor, buried Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Nahant Beach Gives Up Nearly All of Crew of Schooner C. A. Briggs
Corpses Come Ashore
Lynn, Feb. 2 - The wreckage of the three-masted schooner Charles A. Briggs, which was lost on little Nahant early Tuesday morning, continues to give up its dead. Up to last night there had been found three bodies.
This morning up to the hour of 3 three more had been recovered, and at 1:30 this afternoon another was brought out. The bodies are lying at the police station, Nahant, where Medical Examiner Pickham of Lynn is viewing them as fast as the impeded travel from Lynn will permit.
The faces are peaceful and the men are all dressed. One has been identified as Isaac Andrews of Maryland, by means of Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union papers. A watch and a pocket copy of Gospel hymns have also been recovered.
One body is not that of a seaman, as the skin is whiter and the dress that of a landsman. One body was so crushed by the rocks as to be nothing but literal fragments.
The general theory of the wreck is that the master was trying for a lee under Nahant Head, and mistook his bearings from the treacherous land-fall covered in by snow, which gave him small chance to take an observation.
The ill-fated schooner sailed from Boston Jan. 14 for Philadelphia, where she loaded a full cargo of coal, as previously stated for Portland. She was commanded by Capt. A W Wentworth, of 36 Prescott st., East Boston, a well-known navigator who has been following the sea since boyhood. He was captain of the Royal Arch when that vessel was lost some years ago, and narrowly escaped with his life.
Captain Wentworth was about 50 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. The first mate of the vessel was J. J. Young, 30 years of age, belonging in this city, who leaves a widow. John Haley of South Boston, age 31, was the steward of the vessel. He leaves a wife and one child. The engineer of the schooner was John Charlesen, a native of Norway, age 27, who had been in the vessel nearly 3 years. The other members of the crew were Isaac Andrews of Maryland age 30; Harry and Lewis Milliken, aged 24 and 22 respectively, natives of Maine and Emanuel Cain of Newfoundland, 37 years of age.
The Briggs was the first three-masted schooner ever built in New England which was equipped with steam for hoisting anchors and sails. Phillips her owner, also owned the big four-masted schooner John Paul, which two years ago was totally wrecked on Point Judith. The Briggs was partially insured in the Boston Marine Insurance Co.
Capt. Wentworth's brother-in-law visited Nahant yesterday in an effort to find the body of the captain.
Published in the Boston Daily Advertiser, Thursday, February 3, 1898, page 1
The other seven crew members were:
Isaac Andrews, sailor
John Charlsen, engineer and second mate
John Haley, ship steward
Harry Milliken, sailor
Lewis Milliken, sailor
John J. Young, first mate
Emanuel Cain, 37, sailor, buried Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Nahant Beach Gives Up Nearly All of Crew of Schooner C. A. Briggs
Corpses Come Ashore
Lynn, Feb. 2 - The wreckage of the three-masted schooner Charles A. Briggs, which was lost on little Nahant early Tuesday morning, continues to give up its dead. Up to last night there had been found three bodies.
This morning up to the hour of 3 three more had been recovered, and at 1:30 this afternoon another was brought out. The bodies are lying at the police station, Nahant, where Medical Examiner Pickham of Lynn is viewing them as fast as the impeded travel from Lynn will permit.
The faces are peaceful and the men are all dressed. One has been identified as Isaac Andrews of Maryland, by means of Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union papers. A watch and a pocket copy of Gospel hymns have also been recovered.
One body is not that of a seaman, as the skin is whiter and the dress that of a landsman. One body was so crushed by the rocks as to be nothing but literal fragments.
The general theory of the wreck is that the master was trying for a lee under Nahant Head, and mistook his bearings from the treacherous land-fall covered in by snow, which gave him small chance to take an observation.
The ill-fated schooner sailed from Boston Jan. 14 for Philadelphia, where she loaded a full cargo of coal, as previously stated for Portland. She was commanded by Capt. A W Wentworth, of 36 Prescott st., East Boston, a well-known navigator who has been following the sea since boyhood. He was captain of the Royal Arch when that vessel was lost some years ago, and narrowly escaped with his life.
Captain Wentworth was about 50 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. The first mate of the vessel was J. J. Young, 30 years of age, belonging in this city, who leaves a widow. John Haley of South Boston, age 31, was the steward of the vessel. He leaves a wife and one child. The engineer of the schooner was John Charlesen, a native of Norway, age 27, who had been in the vessel nearly 3 years. The other members of the crew were Isaac Andrews of Maryland age 30; Harry and Lewis Milliken, aged 24 and 22 respectively, natives of Maine and Emanuel Cain of Newfoundland, 37 years of age.
The Briggs was the first three-masted schooner ever built in New England which was equipped with steam for hoisting anchors and sails. Phillips her owner, also owned the big four-masted schooner John Paul, which two years ago was totally wrecked on Point Judith. The Briggs was partially insured in the Boston Marine Insurance Co.
Capt. Wentworth's brother-in-law visited Nahant yesterday in an effort to find the body of the captain.
Published in the Boston Daily Advertiser, Thursday, February 3, 1898, page 1
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