The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . aused the massacre ofcaptain and crew. The firing not having the desired effect ofbringing the natives to the beach to beg for mercy and to giveup the prisoners, the Bay then sailed for the WindwardIslands, where an American man-o-war was found and also awhaleship, commanded by Capt. Grafton Luce, brother of returning to the island, landed and attacked the village,capturing a number of the cannibals, who wer
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . aused the massacre ofcaptain and crew. The firing not having the desired effect ofbringing the natives to the beach to beg for mercy and to giveup the prisoners, the Bay then sailed for the WindwardIslands, where an American man-o-war was found and also awhaleship, commanded by Capt. Grafton Luce, brother of returning to the island, landed and attacked the village,capturing a number of the cannibals, who were promptly swungfrom the yardarm, as a large fire on the beach and other indi-cations showed only too plainly what had been the fate of the 118 MARTHAS VINEYARD. murdered sailors. The descendants of Captain Luce still live in the village. CIVIL WAR TIMES. In the latter part of i86i the U. S. frigate San Jacinto, commanded by Capt. Charles Wilkes, dropped anchor in Holmes Hole harbor on her way to Boston, having on board the Confederate diplomatic agents James W. Mason and John Slidell, who had been taken from the British mail steamer Trent while on her way to St. Comer Main and Beacli Streets after the tire of Aug. 11, 1883. On tlie liglit the ruinsof tlie Mansion House, toward the left wliat remained of the Baptist Church. THE BURNING OF VINEYARD HAVEN. A very important and a very sad event in the history of the village was the conflagration of August ii, 1883, Saturday night. The fire started in a harness shop, about where the VINEYARD HAVEN .V/:7: HOLMES HOLE. 119 bank is now located, and swept both sides of the street cleanto Beach Street and the open country beyond. At g oclockthe village bells rung out in alarm, and by 2 :3o Sunday morn-ing the place was a desolate waste. The fire-fighting facilitieswere so inadequate that all attempt to check the frames wasgiven up and they were allowed to sweep unchecked and un-challenged to the fields, the people directing the
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