The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-31
INVENTIVE LIVES LOST
WRECRING or THE CIRCdSSIAN At
BRIDG r. IA MTION.
A shin In witch were Thiu,.i~o re,.cus
Going to Pieces In the Gnie-Thc Crew
Driven 10 the Rigging -Remn lining there NIL
Might TO Die Just before the Brenk OF Dawn.

Clrcassian. formerly the American steamer Cir
cassian. OF a tonnage OF H,0l, registered and
owned by X. $. Dewolf Of Liverpool. that had
sailed from that port for New York, under COM
mand OF Richard williams, having general
cargo of fourteen thousand tons, was stranded
on the Drdgehampton bar, on the morning Of
Dec. H. by an error OF the pilot. The crew were
reecued by men from life saving stations. She
was put in hands Of the Co st Wrecking Com
pany. They took out six schooner loads OF the
freight In the tugs Cycops and Reject, employ
ing thirty men, besides sixteen OF this sbip's
company. The ship remained in good condition
until the e9lh, having been bauled to the outer
bar. The gale began on Friday morning,
blowing from the east. and G. A. Picrson, agent
Of the Coast wreckine Company. left the vessel
at 10 o'clock IN the morning with the Relief. 1t
being too rough to load, leaving thlr.y-two men
board the ship, in charge Of Capt. John
Lewis. There were Joseph Thurston, VIM.
Cufee, Warren Curec, John Walker, 4. Bum,
Robert Lee. David Bum. Russell Bunn Geo.
Curee, Lewis Walker. and Oliver kells. All
these men belonged to the Shinnecock tribe
except 1hurstcn. who was white msn
from southampton. All were men Of family
OF the Coast wrecking Company there were
Capt. John Lewis, three engineers and one sea-
man from New York. OF the crew Of the CIR
cassian on toard were Can't. Williams, the first
second and third mates, cool, ana steward, sail
MAKER, bpatswain and carpenter aud one sea-
man and four apprentice bows. The gale IL
creased until three O'Clock in the afternoon.
Then they slipped the cable to let the ship
come GA the sea. hui owing TO strong westerly
current and heavy wind she would not come In.
She lay easy until seven o'clock and then she
seemed TO settle all at once. and apparently
nlled with water the dashinr
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lhe gale al tins time w.s blowing teariulS WIN
the heaviest surf that had been ON the coast for
n year. The life saving station No. TO- with
seven men. tried TO get a line to the Circa-sian:
The station Hes about iortl rods To eastward of
tue wreck. A mortar wiih ''ne "itiched was
hred AT Intervals during the night. without sue
cess All nands on board had to take to the
rigging ar o'clock. Word was seni to life say-
ing station No II. and their men came with
their mortar. II was not possible for any boat
to live IN the sea or ever 90 get hlOai. A- last
"a launched the boats were cast back on the
shore. The gale was SO fierce that the uIOriars
could not carry line To her.
At nidnsnt. Capt Henry z. Huntlng supe
iutendcnt u lie saving stliipns, arrived. lie
used an means practicable without effect.
At3oclock the ship broke IN two amiIships.
cried lu-ftY. TUT 40 word could distin ui-n-
Cd. lev heartr,nhing g. ar them. - this
time tine beach WIS crowded with people
Al 5}l tne niz1en wont over ANA all tie men
ia the CO.. ir- ieil ia the water. At this time
nothing colld rc seen of the wreck except
siut.l u IT forward. lhe peorle started along
tac beach 90 tHe eastward where ah' the would
rfop niN r'me ashore. Nnnut ei-hB iol iinm
the ship loui men came ashore on a liien1a'
buoy. 'rhcy were the fret and second II atcs OF
thr -hip and Two senurn ol the Coat W reCkifs
COMPANY. II tacy had not been found az once
they, too, must nave perisled. they could
not walk, and had 10 he carried TO the lie saving
The other renamed unable TO move for four
hours. lie mas since recovered.
Al tiN yes eiday men were patrolling the
beach lnH Aing Tor the bodies { tuetNruty oirht
who pct,-aed. The irituds ot the -innncrocks
ff. liuIHfl j
mat, JAue- s. OFT, Nost-wain; Henry Fretm4 IN.
salluakcr: liuratil Johnson, Steward: I'in
ter Hedge, lhnS. or apprentices; one seaman,
n.ine unknuwn. These men belonged to the
The io-t ot lie vrecking men are. Can't John
Lewis. fliiip kerne-, Luke Siellman, rstuck.
engineer, mes inuf-fuu. George 4 fier. War
ren Cuure, William Cufee, Oliver kelii-. John
Malker. Laws Walker. Robert Lee, RussOli
Bum, trtuk li,'nu, David Bunu.
The we'd are hr-t mate Henry Morrell. John
Rowland, Alex Wilson. enu CHARLES Cimphell
Iuis Is the most az -trous wreck on this
shore sin0, the wreck ~ the John Milton. if-
teen years ago. She ran ashore IN binding
snow storm, and all on shore, thirty Iersons,
were lost. The crew of the Milton we're frozrr
stH IN the rigging. their arms standing straight
out la IT nj OF them. Ihe twtntV-thtee bodies
that washed ashore from the Milton were buried
side hv side in Eist Hampton.
The Coast Wfeckins COMPANY IN New York city
received despatch fro Hridgeaamptl yes
terday morIing that the Circassian had gone
ashore, and tnat twenty -uine persons, metnucrs
OF the Ciic ,ssian's crew and EMPLOYEES Of tire
MTCfhtn. infAiduN. hAu itflsned. ls.fer. q tele-
gram was received from Capt Perry. who had
cuarge OF the ClrC ssiun confirming TINS infeln-
gence by announcing tha out Of total Of
thirN-three leIsuhs ~ ueF' ohly luur survived.
\ siuslc man employed hy the Wrccking Conn
iany was named among the saved. the other
turylvors being Henry Mcneil. first mate Of the
Clrca. ii n: John Rowland, second mate: and
Alexander " llson, clrp -ntcr. About the same
time SNOW y Burgess. HE i..uees of the (ir.
cussi tn, were tcegrdphed to hy the first ufiicer
who glye tne list of the lost. hi- de patch
cave the total number on holrd III vessel wn.t,
~ tai d O.
three.
The Intelligence OF the disaster took the
wrtckiug company bv surprise ior. despite the
continued bad weather. Il had rescued a rye
fraction of ;ne cargo OF the Clrca-. ian, and II
was confidently expected that the vessel could
have been tpateG AT high tide yesterday. Nae
catastrophe, too, entaned large loss upon the
company, the value u ne apparatus cmployed
ia the operations being not less thnn S2lNn.
The CircaS-iAn was Insured for tALWUlu I'm lish
offices, ana her cargo for splVO with New Naik
companies. She was form -tly sipan. hin. hut
two years ago was altered INTO sailing vessel,
She Was sailing from Liverpool to New York.
when she went ashore neI midnight utf Bridge
hampton, on the llth Inst. The wrechlng com
pany took charge # her on the following day.
1t WAS, then, not the first time nor the second
time that tue Clrcussiau experienced IA partial
wreck. While plNing between New York aud
Quebec, and belonging to the Canadian line,
she went ashore on Cape sable, aud Capt Lewis,
one ot Tue losl III Yesterday disaster, was In
charge Of the OPERATIONS that finally hoated her
THIS WAS about twelve years ago. She again
went ashore in ledO on Squan, III New jersey,
ami Capt. Perry, who was IN command at bridge
hampton, rescued her second time.
Tue last wreck Of the CirchsSlhn WIS rendered
Interesting when IL first occurred, for the reason
tina uoIIiou uf its human freight was then
wrecked for the second ime. The ship sailed
from Liverpool on the Ssh Of November. ON
the afternoon of the 31th bark 10 letward Was
observed To y "A II x Of distress. The Cirrasslnn
hove to, and, after some perilOus dclHN, the bark
got out two Of her boats, and through their
agency transferred her crew tu the deck ut the
Cicas-ian. 1t was none too soon. Hardly had
tine boats been launched wnen the bark the
Heath PARK. from Dundee, Scotland, went
10 tho bottom, and the waters thAt
rushed i'm tne space she Oocunied almpat
enguitcd the departiug boats. The unrlhng,
indeed, # tho boats could not h ye buruu.ude
ON account Of the hlgh sea, md not several har-
Iels ~ OH been hrst spilled over the side ul the
bark. IheHc cIimed The waves IN amea-ure Tor
some distance arOund. This VIE some half a
Thousand Wll's To Tue urstWlrd OF Auutnuk
Point, the Heath Park having been several DAYS
out from her startIns place, Perm Amh0y. me
next dhN, II ftr taking on 90 rd the crew of the
suuktU ship the 4 irra--itn her Ell NNas Nrrc,rl
heavy snow storm came on that evening,
which rendered II iWpuH. ihle TO see auyiUiua
the length oi tno vessel. The tautaIu was about
toiHrtW over the lead 10 ascertain thclr situa-
ton, when tile ailp -udi-nN stIirk un the
ouIerhlr opposite li.ldprha upton, and nualy,
nfi ram tiu- at the mercy of thc " yr-. -tuch
fest about sIN huud rd fref from land. Al
though Life saving StAti lu ~. Il. WIS wiiAin
t,r sound of usn's Nnire its clrW could du
nui ing To tllryH the Gl-ilr. 'd Nr-. e. uuiil
Wrluup, ana c.uld Ons -ptul the nitNf 800 ur'-
% la1Iu lne sea ram sl D. sh tnIt tl.e hr.io-