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16 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs. Dec. 3, 1964.

ACROSS THE ISLAND

Wreck Recalled OfGeorgeN. Orr

By, NED. A. MATHESON Provincial-Farm Editer

tT WAS 48 years ago this month that the George N.° Orr was wrecked off the North shore of this province and 35 crew members were saved from the angry seas. The interesting story was told to me some time ago by Mrs. James Atkins, “Mt. Stewart She was Zilla Feehan at the time of the incident and she recalls some interesting stories about it Dec. 17,. 1917, had been a nice, mild day, Mrs. Atkins writes, and the people of the area were still deeply concerned about the terrible explosion that had virtually wrecked Halifax, NS 11 days before. That evening the sky became dark and ominous. By 10 o'clock the wind was howling fiercely and the snow was lashing at the window panes of the homes in the quiet little com- munitv of Savage Harbour THE WINDS increased and at times there were noises like into thunder, Mrs. Atkins told me. At the time the people were not aware that the sounds came from sky rockets which were heing sent up from a ship which was in distress off shore. _ : 4 card play. commonly referred to in that locality as ‘a hunken” was taking place in a home in nearby Point de Roche The game had ended and the men were going home— + was shortly after midnight—when they saw the ship. Being fishermen, they knew she was in distress, and drifting help- lesslv Two of the men followed the ship's progress as she drifted, nti! she grounded on a sand bar not far from shore e Ry that time it was three o'clock in the morning. The men from Point de Roche lit a fire in an old cook house where FA Piggott had a lobster factory at fhe time.

‘Lifeline’ Thrown Towards Shore

AS THE morning light started to break through the gloom of a disastrous night one man named Charles Diaz—he came from Puerto Rico—threw a line towards the shore, James Mac- Kav—now deceased—grabbed at the rope and made it fast.

Then the» men made for the shore with the “‘lifeline’’ to crasn as they made-their perilous way through the angry. and destructive seas. They stayed in the fire-warmed building until the storm ahated

Neichbours from the surrounding area came to render assistance. as word spread of the disaster. And the men from many different countries, and of many languages were quar- tered in the homes of the community for a period of four er five days or more, as the roads were blocked from a’ severe snowstorm, and train travel was also inhibited, Mrs. Atkins explains

Nine of the men were welcomed in the home of James W. Feehan. and this accounts, in part at least, for Mrs. Atkins ,being so familiar with the old story. Then Zila Feehan, she was the daughter of James Feehan. \

Rack to that interesting part of the story in a minute or eo But first a word about the ship that had been destroyed.

The George N. Orr, Mrs. Atkins told me, was one of five { lake boats bought from Canada by the United States govern- ment to be used in coastal service during World War 1— 1914-18

None Reached Its Destination

THE FACT they were lake boats meant they were unfit for ocean travel. So it’s not surprising that none ‘of the five ever reached its destination, which was New York, I was told. | |

One called ‘The . Tuscarora’, was dashed to pieces off | Saint Paul's Island. Mrs. Atkins tells me she never did learn the actual fate of the other three. ;

Back to the story of the nine crew..members who were welcomed tothe home of the -Feehans, Three were. from

* South America, three from England. One, Verl Strokey, was from Nebraska, U.S.A., another’ was from New Orleans and’ the other from France.

“Certainly they were an -interesting group.’’ the former Zilla Feehan recalls. The crewmen played cards, played the piano and sang songs. Some were talented musicians. They read what was available. They wrote letters to loved ones at home telling of the wreck, and of their escape and subsequent tafetv

Doubtiess-the--men—from.—many.--different__countries _ told _. their loved ones of the kindness they received at the hands of the people of the area, though Mrs. Atkins modestly passed ever that part of the story, as she recalled some of the in- teresting parts of the old tale. Of course the strangers in the hospitable Island homes ate heartily of the food that was provided them at the tables of the community.

I’ve only told of the men who stayed at James Feehan's place. Other crew members were received and treated kindly at other homes in the area. The Captain and mates, for ex- ample, stayed at the home of Milton Coffin, Mrs. Atkins told me. I haven't their names. ;

THE, SAILORS’ tobacco was taken from the ship but ft had been soaked by the salt water and, apparently, it was unfit for smoking

Charlie Diaz started one morning for, Mt. Stewart but he missed his turn and ended up at Blooming Point.

Charlie MacDonald who kept a small store, had some twist

~ “tebacce-and-Diaz came~back-with-a large-quantity.-He warmed it in the oven—twist is a damp, juicy tobacco, manufactured for chewing, not for smoking—but it still wouldn’t smoke the way Diaz and his pals wanted it, even though they tried to crind the warmed up or dried twist. They didn’t like it.

Their faces were pretty wry, Iwas told. “My sister took a horse and sleigh,.and one of the English

‘They got some proper smoking tobacco but the sister, she later married A. R. Harold. of New York, nearly froze in the bitter cold, and the slow going because of the heavy roads. The sailor trjed without success to drive the horse, and Miss Feehan, as she was then, had to do the driving. ‘She fainted when she got back." because of the severe cold, Mrs. Atkins recalled.

A SALVAGE company from New York bought the wreck of the George N. Orr, cut it up with acetylene torches and sold {t for scrap

After the salvage company was through with the wreck, Benny Benjamin ‘of Charlottetown paid $100 for what was left.

But there are still a few pieces of iron around the shore in the Savage Harbor area. Mrs. Atkins told me, ‘as mute reminders of that dreadful night.”

Sharp Drop In Farm Jobs Helps Swell Unemployment

OTTAWA (CP)—A ‘sharp re- the 14-19 age group at work, a | duction in farm jobs swelled |gain of 30,000 from. the year- jobless ranks in November but earher figure, and 908,000 be- gains ih non-farm employment tween 20 and 24, an, increase of | helped cushion the shock 71,000.

A government report issued Regional unemployment rates Wednesday . estimated mid-No- ranged from 1.9 per cent in On vember unemployment at 220.- tario, where some areas are fa-

0 or 31 per cent of the labor force. In October it was 171.000, equal to 24 percent. and in No vember of last vear it stood at 257.000. “nt 3.7 per cent The windup of harvesting cost 109,000 jobs. above average for the month because late harvest- ~ ing on the Prairies had kept Or- tober farm employment at an unusually high level Tota! farm employment fell to 523,900 However, employment — in other industries jumped hy 40, 000 to 6.416.0M almost five per cent higher than in November of 1964 and an tinusually high imcrease for this time of year With adjustments tn discount seasonal factors, the national unemployment rate stood at 36 per cent. This compared to 32 per cent in October and 4.3 per cent in the previous November. The monthly job survey by the Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics and the labor department,

covering 35,000 homes, discov-_ ered a significant gain im the

Humber of young people em- ploved. There were 639,000 persons in

4in five average price categories.

cing labor shortages, to 4.8 per | cent in the Atlantie provinces. A year earlier Ontario had a rate of 2.4 per cent and the Atlantic area 6.7.

Quebec's November -rate- was ‘46 per cent, compared to 4.9 last year: the Prairies stocd at two per cent, down from 2.7, and British Columbia at 3.7 per cent, down. from 4.2. ;

-Of the tofal unemployed, 104,- “000 had been seeking jobs for less than one month. Another 70,000 had been job-hunting for | three months or less;* 24,000 for between four and six months and 20,000 for seven months or more

A vear earlier the last group, forming the hard core of unem- ployment, numbered 34,000, |

The unemployed total in- lcluded 168,000 men, of whom 89,000 were married, and 52,000 women, 18,000 of them married.

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