The New York herald., 1876-12-15
TWICE SAVED.
A Bark's Grew Picked Up in
Mid-Atlantic.
THE HEATH PARK AND CIRCASSIAN
Wreck Of the Rescuing Ship
on Mcntauk Point.
STORIES OF THE CREWS.
THE HEATH PARK AND CIRCASSIAN
STORIES OF THE CREWS.

The OF seafarlng life occasionally receives
rude shocks The scene in the smoking room OF the
Sailors Home last evening where dozen OF
the of the wrecked vessels Heath PARK CIR.
cassiau, silently anu ic-tcdly sitting, was
certainly OF character TO deter almost any from
applying for permission 10 "sing his hammock tor
ward.r Tho bark Heath Park, OF Dundee. Cap.
tain Smith and eleven LEFT
Perth Amboy for Liverpool. with n cargo OF slate
tho 2jih OF November. Heavy weather and head
winds were experienced from the start and when
days out about 200 miles OF Moutauk Posat leak
discovered. Thc peculiar nature Of the cargo pre-
vented the exact location of tho leak from dis
covered. Tho pumps were manned and, the wind
being favorable, the captain decided hold his course
On the fourth day out tho water had gained so much
that signals Of distress were set, and tho captain
feared that he would have to abandon the vessel Two
days later tho ship circassian Captain Williams,
from Liverpool to New York, hove In sight and
noticed the signals OF the Heath Park. Captain
Smith decided TO leave hts vessel, and after making
his condition known TO Captain Williams took
boat and boarded the Crcassian. This, was
about 500 miles oil Montauk, latitude 81 min
10 scc., longitude 81 min 80 After abandoning
the Heath Park, gale sprnng up and the Circassian
continued her under shortened satL Captain
Smith OF the opinion that the Heath Park certainly
iounderod during tho gale. The gale continued and
tho Circasslan bore her course. On Sun
day night pilot was taken board
Tho gale continued throughout Monday with
great violence, and hail falling and freezing to
the rigging. Tho so thick that it almost
impossible TO see the vessels length ahead. About
eleven O'Clock that evening tho Crcassian struck
the outer bar OF Bridgehampton. The very
heavy and swept tho decks fore and ait. She soon
was driven over the bar aud struck again, bows on
about 400 feet from the shore.
THE RESCUE.
Life Saving station No 10 Is situated almost ,mme-
dately opposite the point where the Circassian struck
and as as she discovered BY the on duty
every eiort made to tho The FIRST
boat launched was almost im mmcdiately swamped,
second attempt proved Intellectual rocket was then
thrown and line successfully stretched IRON vessel
shore. Another and another followed Until there were
three ropes from ship shore. These be used
only last means OF rescue. all others falling The
sea moderated at this lime sufficiently TO launch boats,
and after some hours the men were safely landed.
Every caro- was taken OF them and last evening the
greater part OF the crew arrived IN this city.
Through this double shipwreck not life lost,
not man disabled, although some of the men are
severely rostbttcn. There crcumstancesj in the
loss of the Circasslan that call for nvcstgnon and
II will be below, an investigation intended
by tho British Consul The shore OF Long Island at
the place tho shoals very gradually and il
that proper Of the lead ghi have warned
Captain Williams OF the approaching danger
The men Of tho crows Of botn vessels to the number
of twenty are at the Chorry street Sailors Homo
Some Of them irosibitten, but Of them VIII
be disabled. They speak, considering the hardship OF
their case, rather chceriullv They have saved only
the clothes they stood in at the limo OF the disaster
:
the superintendent OF the Home, and they will be
kept there at the expense OF The British Consul until
they either are sent home or find employment. Their
names aro:-
J. Bujgess, II. Frazer, Thomas Rogers Edward
Dousherty Peter Burns, r. Ross, J. Neeison. ). &c.
Corcoran, +. Ewcns, :. lish
John Gloss John Stacey. j. Williams, NJ. Madican,
II. Alton, J. Baker, DoriinH. Charles Laurane John
Phelan, NJ Jimmnny, John Canning. John Wood,
Thomas Grower, George Bennett, John Feron, w. Bar.
ney.
rHx CAPTAINS STATEMENT
Captain Smith, OF the bark Heath Park of Dundee
furnishes the following statement regard to the dis
astcr:--sacd from Perth Ainboy November IS with
cargo OF slate London Had nc weather 10 tho 7tb
on which date we had heavy westerly gale with hrh
seas ship being under lower topsaIl and forcsail
shipping largo quantities Of water, which washed away
buwarks 2sth, found the ship leaking; shortened
SAIL that all hands might to tho pumps but not
wnhstandins all our efforts tho leak gained on us
Goth, gale moderated somewhat tho still at the
pumps, vessel at this time making eleven inches
Of water per hour soh, the gallo stIl
msnt four p. NJ, sail coming in sight.
and seeing there was no possible chance OF saving the
sol in sight found lcr be the ship Crcassan.
Captain Williams from Liverpool for New York. Can.
tain Williams ~ snaly consented zen 10 lay BY US un.il
accomplished When We leh she had thrco
feet OF water in the hold. An hour afcrward heavy
gale sprung up from the eastward, obiglng the Cir
cassian 10 be put under three lower topsais At mid
night the wind suddenly shifted to gale from the
westward causing the ship TO be 10 under lower
ma,ntopsal, as It was dangerous 10 run tho shin
under the circumstances DO not think The Heath
Park would live through last mentioned gales When
wc abandoned her we're IN latitude 81 der. 10 min
longitu udc 81 deg. 80 min.
Captain smith desires express his thanks to Con
tnin Williams and officers Of the Crcassian Tor Their
kindness to himself and while his vessel
No one saved anything but what they stood in.
A CfRCAssfAS SAILORS STORY.
John Close, who seemed tho intelligent OF thu
found ut tho Sailors Home In Cherry strec,
sion OF long and rough voyage and its final caias
trophc. His story is OF interest as painting the pic
aas may be Of vauo as shedding somS land and
the condnct OF The voyage and the causes
Of the ,vr wreck. -, A. s., nearly as possible ho
omting or rcs,ating whatever would be utell,rbe
too technical 10 DO generally interesting HE'S
young sailor, ,wenty-six years OF age sixteen which
nc spent sen, ''oT and on, ho expressed n and
is rated able bodied seaman
~ shipped bcore the mast the shin Circasson
whch ci, Liverpool on tho 9th Of November last
There twenty thrcc Of us III the orccastIc besides
the petty officers mates and the captain All Mos,
OF the torecasrie hands were worthless fellows ne sa
men. hardly dozen OF The lot fit for duty brcklnvers
,nscrs, coorcrs: painters and such like. was III
seven OF us were able to tako their
trick a, the wheel; besides being so hard
worked owing to the rough weather that we were
pretty we'll tired out before got bali way across II
was pretty thick and blowing heavily, with head
winds good pntt of the way; but when we sighted
inc Heath Park the wind was NOS 20 high thourh
there heavy sea running This on the alter.
noon OF the 30th OF November, and were rlnnlnr
along at the time with air wind. when a forsmnst
hand sung out that bark to lcewnrd was nytnr nsg
oi distress. AS soon ms The captain that tho
bark was lying this Hsg he gave orders 10 heny ~
and the bark ran up unucr stern going close
hauled All nat We could unucrst nd was thar tbc
captain OF the bark was shouting something, which
made out to be that he asking us 10 stand bv
for he was IN SINKING condition. Then the bark shot
ahead OF us TO wndward and lowered the two boots
winch belonged to IT, and came pning up 10 us Wo
let Gown u bovine anu pulled up the men In
tho boats one after another, as the first boat
was emptiod she dropped astcrn and soon went
adrift, because her painter broke. The otbor boat
hoistcd board ana saved all the crew with part
Att th.trO wu ufc in ,ho
before got them all aboard then we Kent Off o.,
course again. We we're then about 500 or 600
miles 10 the eastward Of Montauk Point and nothing
OF note happened TO US though the weather continued
stormy TIL we took the pilot last sunday night at
nine O'Clock. We were thcn running IN under three
topsa,ls, and the next morning Monday ali tho
sail VIC had. with a nlr wind Tor port Through the
day the wind was unsteady, but generally far and