The New York herald., 1878-11-11
ADRIFDT IN A STORM.

CAST DEAD UPON THE BEACH AFTER A VOYAGE
OF FORTY MILES AND NIGHT OF DESPAIR.
From the Oswego IN. " Palladium. Nov 81
Captain John Walters. Of the schooner Seabird, ar
rived here Sunday last from Trenton with lumber
j. K. Post Co. The Seabird. with twenty-five other
vessels. had been lying in McDonalds Cove. riding
out the storm. Upon reaching this point Captain
Walters learned of tho finding Of the yawl of the
schooner Julia. containing the body of Moses Dull
mage sailor. the beach at Stony Point. Sunday
morning. From the master of the schooner Olivia
he learned that Dulmage driven out of South
Bay before heavy gale the previous Thursday night.
and being acquainted with Dulmages father he tele
graphed the facts to him and got answer requesting
him to get the body and bring it home. Monday af-
ternoon Captain Walters took team and drove to
Stony Point. where he found that the body had been
removed to Henderson Harbor and buried He pushed
on and reached Henderson at noon Tuesday. took
the body up and brought here arriving Wednesday
noon The corps now lies aboard his vessel which is
awaiting fair wind to sail for South Bay.
The statement Of this cruel fatality gathered by
Captain Walters is as follows Thursday night Oc-
tober 81. ten vessels among which the Julia,
Olivia and Ariadne lay ut South Bay Point, the Julia
and Olivia lying near to each other About p.
NJ Dulmage asked permission of the Captain of the
Julia to take the yawl and go over to the Olivia to
visit some friends. The Captain gave his consent,
and Dulmage went He stayed on the Olivia till be.
tween ten and eleven p. NJ, when he proposed 10 40
back. The wind, which was out OF the northwest.
had stinened. and was blowing gale. with big
running The Captain Of the Olivia says he told Dull
mage he had better stay all night but the latter said
he afraid the Captain might want 20 go out be-
fore morning. would want the yaNl for something,
and he started ack. The crew Of the Olivia watched
him. and, seeing that he was going to leeward.
shouted to him to head her mp to windward.
They heard Dulmage call to the Julia TO throw
him line which was done. but he failed TO get it
and drifted past the Julia and alongside and
pretty close to the Ariadnc which lay astern Of the
other two, As he came alongside he called to the
Aradne's TO lower the boat and come after him.
for he was going out into the lake. The captain of
the Ariadne heard him and thought somebody was
shouting about his vessel and that she might be drag
ginQ her anchors. He ran forward saw the boat
with man in II and called up his crew. They low
cred their yawl at once; the partly filled her and
the captain told them il use they would all be
lost, and the attempt was abandoned. Dumage was
rapidly driven on before the maddcned and hungry
sea- and cried out TO another vessel which he passed
to him. but no further effort was made and he
drifed out Of sight crying for help Long after he
lost to view in the darkness his distressing cries
pierced the gale with pteous appeals for help.
Sunday morning Mr.. Smith. lightkccper at
stony Point found tho boat ashore just south
OF the lighthouse. with dead and bruised body In It.
OF the awful circumstances under which the fell
low died, who he was or how lost. he had knowl-
edge. The body lay its face with the head toward
the bow. The legs lashed to the seat and thwarts
with the painter. The oar was found the beach.
about nve rods further south. from all OF which Mr.
Smith concluded that the man must have been alive
and steering the yawlewhen he went ashore and
that he died almost Immediately from exhaustion and
reaction. lie also thinks that he came ashore Friday
morning, judging from the appearance of the flood
wood and debris along the shore at that place. Tho
storm did not abate until Sunday and II not strange
that the boat and its awful freight should not have
been discovered sooner. From South Bay Point TO
stony Point Is forty miles and this terrible voyage
young Dulmage made in that tempestuous night in
the face of almost certain DEATH The horrors Of that
night cannot be painted. The annals of lake naviga
ton show nothing more thrilling or pathetic.