People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1893 — FIVE MEN DROWNED. [ARTICLE]

FIVE MEN DROWNED.

they Go to Rescue the Crew of a Ship, wrecked Bri«, Who Are All Saved. New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 27.—The brig Sagua, loaded with sugar, was wrecked upon Cuttyhunk island. There was a terrible sea running. The islanders saw her lights and went t* the rescue, They reached the wreck, but the life-boat was ingulfed by a big wave and five men out of the crew of six were drowned. The dead are: Cape. Timothy Aiken, Jr., Isaiah Taylcr, Hiram Jaekson, William Brightman and Frederick Aiken. All the brig’s crew were saved.