The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-23
SWALLOWED BY TIE SEA.
THE BODIES or THE DEAD WiSHED
-ISHORE IT LONG BRINCH.

Effects Of the Great storm on tho Jersey
tOnst-The UDknown schooner Wrecks on
the New England Const-scvero suffering.
LoSd BRANCH, March 22.-Tho tempest
that struck the coast on Monday night partially
died away yesterday, though strong westerly
wind piled the shore with pillows At doySrcnk
this morning the horizon was scattered over
with sails ard many Of them showed signs OF
tho disastrous gale In broken spars and rcnded
canvas.
Coroner Guele Of Long Branch went to Sandy
Hook on the morning train. In answer to the
announcement that tho body Of one Of the
crew OF tho schooner Maggie NJ. Weaver
had been washed ashore. Tho body WAS
found by whitney Williams, member Of lifo-
saving station NJ. /, last night. Toiling through
the scrnEgy pines and green holly trees OF tho
Hook and over banks OF drifting sands, tho
beach Was reached. \ multitude of crows cov-
cred the beach, lowering about the neighbour
hood OF tho wreck, and searching for carrion.
Roles Of the schooner were strowa all along tho
beach, timbors. rigllnc, snls,and cabio furniture
Tho only portion Of tho schooner that remained
intact was the bow, which lay about twenty
Yards OF the shore. Tao green-p painted jack
which was covered with lines aud parts OF tho
riggine, was swaying with the motion of the
surf Her long mainmdst lay a few yards to tho
feet long and broken. had been cast far up he
beach. Some wanderer han secured the cOlprs
of the vcsscl aud planted them with their pole
deep In the sand. Piles of sea clans that
bad tcen torn from their bed hy the
temp ., were he"prd along tho margin OF tho
sei. 4 few iifa-savlrg mon and residents Of the
ncighbOring farms were -ittnI about nrc.
Under the shadow Of the black tinted woods lay
the boiy OF negro. His clothes were covered
with the crustcd stlt OF tho sea. His boots were
yellow and water soaked. and his face was
thif;y.fvs or forty yc,rs old Ave feet seven
inches IN heIEht, fnd portly. IL was dressed IN a
sealskin ncckclotn,a "A common pea Jacket, tro
pairs OF common siilor's panialOOns, well worn
and patched. AMI \ patched outer coat. There
was mOustaene and straight black goatec.
On the walls sihand were two stamps. aud one u
them as interpreted by The coroner was the
nine ). Il. W lsh. The body was taGcn to Long
Branch.
rhs s'orm along the beach WAS especially
severe. Pines y foot IN q itmeic werc wrcncned
and torn ~ twain aud banks uf sand were piled
over tbs trlck OF the sea SuOrc k.iirOod. M~ny
small bOlts that were anchored along TIE shore
were broken loose aud 81 lntercd In fragments.
lhe wreck Of the unknown schooner tDat
went OF tar teach about six miles south ui
Monmouth lieach itfc-saying station No. T. :oG
Atanticyue, issuppOsed to be that OF AN OYSTER
man. It, Is thousut she Is buoVed up by her
cargo. \ crow NJ fishermen from the Long
Branch Est End Ocean Pier, put out TO her to-
dav. ana SALE around her They said that
rar OF her deck wls above the water, aud ono
man, a suffuau from Long .nca, boarded
her but he could ind nothing to idcntify her.
Tho yawls " re gone, ana IL wss apparent that
tho crew LAD aosnu IAed ncr. IL u snppO-cd
that all wcr, loss. Two no lies, surpp.ed to he
those ~ sailors we're + und IL tn neighnof-
hood II Green's pond, nc 4r President Grants
cottage, To. nieht.
DIsA'gIns on rIIr SEw ESGLNSp COAST.
BosrON, March Intelligence was received
Me. The brig Hattie Eaton of Blston. Capt.
James +. Cook, twenty-three days from Cen
fuegos for Boston, went ashore In tho storm u
Tuesday NJ Grrri-h's Point. and all on bctrd
perished except the first mate. rhe vessel and
cargo ara a tJtal wreck. Capt. Cook leaves 4
wife md children rtSJtuL. ElsL np4lpu
lie was about - years old. The other persons
lost were john ;, Atwood, second mate, OF
Maine, aged - William Fiizpatrck Of Ireland.
gced ~; Peter Boxers OF Grenada, aged 25
Jeremiah stevens Of -. Kits, aged ~: William
Brevenan OF lobaeo. aged ~. und Joseph AlOan,
restdrnco unknown. The first mate, We. Lob r
ron. tlle only person saved belonged IN Middle
4 Portsmouth q. H. despatch Of to-day says
that about the same time of tho wreck Of the
III distress.~as endeavuring to keep on shore. Out
with the terrific wind aud sea could not nave
done so, and nothing having been seen or heard
OF her since, though search was made, 1t Is
feared she went down with all on board.
Several hshiug EchOoncrs In the lower h rbur
dragged their anchors and were driven on
Clark's Island aud Fishing Island. WrecKcts
have gone 30 their assistance. schooner
heavily laden was seen 10 out away her M lsts to
prevent goin. ashore, and WAS then not able to
weather the gale, and went on CLARK Island
where she can now he seen in n precarious sitGa-
tion. The schooner Governor, coaster, Of
sedGwick, Me-. dragged three heaO anchors,
and at last fcport, had to cut away her M SIS 10
reach the lower haibor. The crew are SAFE but
suffered severely.
\ tAree-masted schooner Is ashore AZ Cat Riv-
cr. Mass 4 he schooner H. W. Godffey. from
Elizabethport for Boston, with coal. went ashore
on the 2lst at Hyannis, Cape Cod. lac schOOn-
err Sea Flower ana Ida Della Tore, ana one
schooner unknown. are also ashore at the same
| nlace ne schooner ROwena Aranella went
| ashore on Wood End, near PfovncetOWn. Her
| crew of seven men were In the rigging seyerai
hours before hey were taken Oh. Sac will prob
| ably be a toial loss. The missing men from tue
| wrecked vessels IN PrOvncetown harbor hayo
al turned up Ii i now believed that not sln-
| Gle lie was lost. Tho total number II disasters
| is ahout fourteen. Three OF the vesses-the j.
| II. Collins. Comet, and Charles Alls;rum-i fc
sunk; one. the Willie H. swift, has g.ne to
| pieces. aud several are hadly dtn.ged.
| Tho brig ". &. Haskell, Cart. +. ;. Hall. owned
| by snow. Farvell & Co.. Of Rnckland. Me-. aud
! bound from New YORK tn Portland, was blown
| ashore aI Weii,, Me, yesterday, and 1, was NOT
| until o'clock this morning that the crew was
| safely lanIed. Shs i loaded with pig iron, IS
| Oiled Win water, and Is fast going TO pieces.