The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-06
The Wreck OF the John Milton.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD.

AMAGAvCErrE, March |, 1868.
Having seen In your paper statements OF the finding
&C.. of the wreck and wrecked crew OF ths ship John
Milton Monauk beach the Goth ult, which are lar
as positively know, from correct, have concluded to
send to your paper account of what heard
either by myself or those employed
Beginning with Saturday morning. Feb. 20.
THIS morning at hafpast Elk O'Clock sentmy son. on
horseback to the beach shore for tho purpose of
certaning any persons property In dis
thing have ever been the habit of doing since
one Of the lighthouses has been placed in my care and
more particularly in stormy weather At9A. NJ my son
returned home from the Shore and reported nothing be
seen and that the sur. breaking from bar
some places still not large surf for such
At l2h o'clock noon, same day took horse and went
the shore boathouse No % thence proceeded
east After going east about mile saw water bucket
that had just then reached the shore st kept east
and the fragments Of two boats the painted
blue color the other white. At 2. NJ arrived at boat
house No a. which s about five miles east Of boathouse
No. 49, there empty casAs tsee barrels containing
-four, hard bread or crackers, writing desk, AID .
SAILORS chest, al, Just st She waters edge
s'ih kert on. Gel vthsandng tho violence OF the
storm which now intensely severe with bosterous
surf breaking far out, To hr. Osbornes, Monsuk two
miles farther cast 1t about 2h y NJ; found Mr..
Osborne on the shore and wefrom what had and
what now fragments OF spars, 6c-eN thai
large vessel must be on the shore st farther east
told Mr. Osborne that TOO much exhausted 70 pro
ceed further against the wind and and wished that
could possibly get any ono, for other love money
high that impossible for any ono 70 proceed more
than mile sDd hall farther eayt below the bank sill
meant to hear from there and e the shore and went
tant from where We were In the house I offered I've
dollars 10 any ono who would 60 on east a. far NJ
STATIONS being about three miles Mr. Remington Of
Rvorhead being there experimenting vood chopping,
hearing my offer, Immediately accepted the money and
was on without delay. As Mr. Remington len started
a. nQaiu Wast On NV "a In n IN hat
saw in going cast pieces Of long boat and some other
email things. When had got back to within about ono
/ met one Of my neghbors, Mr. n. p. Edwards,
going east, Il being about +. NJ; after con
is.ss Sh him a, few wv minutes nj W. turned my horse
arriving At Mr. Osborn's found that Mr.. Remir ,n RAD
returned hayrs been as Tar east as yr Stralos and
this WAS bis report
"a large vessel on ~ shore about one mile east Of Mr.
strstons is vessel being one complete mass Of ruins
with one beat on the shore bottom side up and no human
being, dtAd or alive, seen or heard OF"
After hearing this report, Mr. N. H. aud again started
west DOW being bafpast p. ". After travelling about
mile we saw body 10 the surf this we got out and
up on the beach. 1t was the first human body found
kept by the surf 10 boatbouse No 70 then left the
shore Tor home, where arrived about half past In the
evening, much faiigued and wet
Sunday 21st, A. MI despatched messenger 10 car
ry the Information W the coroner and wreckmaser they
living about three miles west Of me. Myself with my
wagon started east for Montauk, tax M " r. Edwards
with On my way 10 Moutauk look up the desk and
chest that secured the day before into my wagon and
carried them 70 Mr. Osborns and here Capt g. Hand The
wreokmaStsr, joined and again heard from the
east Prom what heard we felt confident that all on
board, be they less, had lost their lives We
opened the cbes and found the ships logtook, chrome
meter letters pepers books, wearing apparel &c, in IL
Up 10 10 NJ this day eight bodies were washed ashore
Of which the coroner, being there, took charge
From that time 10 ihs date have sithor beeu upon the
shore myself kept some ono there 81 own expense
most OF the time Up this time sixteen bodies have
been found and passed into the ooroners hands the
tain among the number.
On sunday, the 2ist, saw Mr.. sua,ton, who lives
about mile west OF where the ship John Milton struck
He told me that he went down 10 the surf Opposite his
house early Saturday morning. the 2oh and the water
he found hcn after looking about for time, he
returned 70 his hofne being very thick weather on the
shore and stormy he and his family being nearly all sick
AZ noon or theroabouu he went 10 the surf again, and
found the bos named in Reminston's report he then
piece east, thinking anything had struck the shore
70 the eeward was the place TO look Afer going about
mile he part Of vessel broken spars &c. Then
he turned again and had just got BACK abreast his
house the shore when Remington arrived having run
himself out Of breath, and much fatgued.
THOMAS J. MUJFoRD,
Keeper Of the Life Saving station No. %.