The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-05

news OF the HERALD OF suncay morning was record
OF the abancopment Of the Caprice piiot boat No. i5
which was wrecked In the open sea on Barnegat, and
yesterday her disabled hull was tewed into por hav-
ing oeen picked up by the Thomas $. Segus pilot
boat No u. o! the New Jersey and Sandy Hook Pilot
servcel The log OF Vie Negus shows that she ex-
pere need hard weather and her TOOK grave when
The storm mennonec and say they fear The kaie-a
SISTER boa-wili mol come back, as she has rot peen
heard nom since the Storm and 10 thought she
went down
rHs LOO oy SEGus
The log OF the Negus shows thai Al four A. N. on ths
Is, pll the VINO east. LILLE rortbersy, blowing
fresh Her Jb was uried and she hove 10. the Egss-
ship bearing west northwest about ten miles away.
II was then showing. Al nine A. X. she bent nor
maintopsa trysaii and yeefsd her forestaysal Eovs
TO- head 70 the southwark and eastward. WIND east and
cas-. northeast all the morning and blowing . gale
Al TWO p. NJ burst foresa above second reef cringe
hauled It down aud bent ioresrysaiL A, three p N.
turlet foresaysaL At four p n. sc, forestaysa and
steered by the wind 10 the southvard and eastward
Gale still blowing from east northeast, with heavy
running. Al six P. NJ hove 10 IN twenty-five
iathoms OF water aud fured forestaysal AT eight r.
NJ. the vino m oderaliug. tier p. H. set Tore
staysail wind east, quite moderate. but VIII heavy
ses running. February at four P. h., the WIND was
blowing lightly from The north, with heavy
Hope, one bark and two threc-mastec schooners 10
The southeast Al eleven A. NJ. the Hope passed,
beating to the north. Hove 10 all the afternoon Al
three T. NJ reeed mainsail foretrysal and forestay-
sail; WIND north northeast rain and snow Az nine
p u. sci 10 and beat 10 northwafd Az TOUR A. d.
on the ga wind stn 10 northward, Barnegat bearing
northwest by hall west, tweive miles OIL Al SIX
A. NJ. set snglo rceted maipsail ana rylng jib and
stecred by tho wind Al ten A. NJ saw pilot boat Ca
price, about twenty-five miles southeast from barne.
ga with boat and mass gone ana color Eyng al jury
mast. Took her IN TOW and beat TO norlhward AL day.
AT twelve n. parted hawser and towed her with our
ines AZ four A NJ. on the 3D., wind stIli north Al
eight A. NJ. got hawser IRON Tho Charles H. Marshall
tpoI boat No. 81 WIND still 10 north ana very light
Al seven a. NJ taken IN TOW by tug Cycops. thirty
miles southeast OF Highlands
sAPE PORT.
At about tour r. NJ yesterday The two boats, still In
tow by the Cyclops arrived the pier foot OF
.Beekman street, ana immediately crowd oil intcr-
csLed iookers-on assembled on the wharf, looking IN
wonder at the destruction apparent on tho Caprice
and admiring the orderly appearance OF the Ncgua
The latter boat was unnJured, out on the Caprice
everything was III the Utmost confession The re-
porter tound B0atmaster John Mahoncy IN charge On
board IRON bin Obtained graphic story OF the
gtorm. The hull OF the boat was IN tOlerably
good condition; but the only thing that stood more
than Two iee above deck slight spar, rugged
Jurymast amidships, excepting an elbow OF stove.
pipe That mad been run through noie stayed WIN
cut bootleg Uarrei with head and bottom knocked
Below was uDutterabe confusion Everything
movable had been thrown into place not IT'S ownand
lay there neglected.
Al about SIX r N. ON Thursday last, /" SAID Mr.. Ma
honey. 1--WE were heading southeast one-half east,
with violent gaze blowing from tho eastward. Was
standing ait III the companion way, looking al the
compass, when / suddenly found myself under water
Whether IL was a sea coming over her stern, or
whether her bow went down first, or whether the
wind capsZed her. Pm blessed II KNOW Out 90
know she went twenty feet under water There was
warning OF ii. Why, only lew minutes before !
SAID 10 one Of my men, Just LOOK al her. isn't sle
riding ike u iitt,e hobby horsof' Well, when weat
down thought was checked thought It was goodby,
don't know how long we were under water,
but Thought sne'd never come up. AT last she d!d
up, and ran forward ana found every
thing gone except the jiDstay. Inc whole wreck
hung by tins and we had 10 cut II away. IL was
wire. and had 10 20 out 10 the end of tie jiDboOn
minute. AZ last cut tic Jbstay aud then went 10
WORK al the boat. had our men nder me ana theTe
were Two plots aboard. shaughnessy and Ph'ps, out
only three oI my men showed up. Charley WalDurgh
gone, nobody knew where. He was u good sea-
man and first rate fellow. He had no family. He
had shipped with me three or four times and used 70
be Quartermaster Oh Lester WaIacks yacht Inc Col
umbia
THE WRECK
"Everything was dry FORWARD, as tho water all
settled ait got my men al work pumping anu pal
lpg her out with buckets, and stayed ~ the pump
III sell TIL after twelve O'Clock, .wLen We mad her
pumped out. Everything was made AZ iight as posi-
BILE watched Tor sail TIL about one p. NJ on
Friday. when the bark Norman Captain Alien, TOOK
on
"Wnat amount of damage is done ?" asked the
porter.
well, 81, 900 would hardly put the boat straight
again. Oi course pretty much every ming we naa on
board is damaged. had my clothes burned up"
show burned upy Was she on hfe?"
.Well here's my bunk sand Mr.. Mahoncy, with q
grim smile. There's the stove and over the other side
OF the stove slop pail. Well, when l came 10
look below, found my mattress doubled up with the
aud from tho cooking stove all mixed ia
promiscuously. How did tho hre get put outs same
way ~ started, l reckon. NOBODY put It out
''Iheres our coal BIN" he continued, pointing aft,
"and yet our coal all hes away forward don't know
how u got there"
TJEE SAVING cEA