| C. G. Rescues Local Man Off Schooner ——— |
| Prompt action by the U. S. Coast Guard saved a Malden fishing captain
and his 18-man crew when their schooner-rigged vessel went aground early Sunday morning and sprung a
serious leak off the coast of new Hampshire.
A few hours after he had radioed for help Sunday afternoon, Captain Michael O'Hearn, 56 Rockingham avenue, Malden, skipper of the sinking schooner Gertrude DeCosta, and his 18 man crew were rescued of[f] Cashes Ledge, 170 miles east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. While the fishing schooner was at sea, it was discovered that she was leaking badly. Early Sunday morning, Capt. O'Hearn radioed for assistance to the Coast Guard. The message was picked up by the Coast Guard cutter “Acushnet” which was patrolling off Gloucester at the time, and a C. G. patrol plane flying off the New Hampshire coast. Air-sea rescue sped to the sinking Gertrude DeCosta and within a few hours the Captain and the 18 men in the schooner's crew were taken off the sinking ship. The fishing vessel was towed into Boston harbor for repairs, arriving here Sunday night. |
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