The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-02

day morning, He was two hours running across
Barnegat Inlet in Il cunning float He took
charge Of Tie bodies Of Capt Sawyer and Mrs.
Thursday. What no heard and saw on tho
beach and in Barnegat aroused his indignation:
" According to nll tho statements that could
get" he said. there were great errors by tho
lifo saving crow In two distinct cases they
missed good opportunities to save the lives OF
all on board. am practical man. and / un-
derstand the management OF boats thoroughly.
I've been In them since | was ten years of age.
ment at that wreck. Tho lie saving
crew made no efforts to launch their surf
boat IN the morning; 1t was the most favorable
time to havo made tho attempt. because 1t was
the leo ofthe wreck When they did launch the
enough to windward OF the wreck before start
ms. In their second attempt Capt Is. r. Mar.
tin q station 10 Was thrown partly Syerp9 ad
throughout the mismanagement. The surf was
worse when the boat was launched than II was
in the morning. Capt Martin had no control OF
his men and every one seemed. 70 work rs he
felt inclined. One Of the crew OF Station ~ said
an attempt to board the vessel. but he wanted n
Captain in the surf boat that he had confidence
in. That shows that the surf boat could have
management Another fact Ia that II the men
in the vessel could haul the breeches buoy on
board they could have hauled tail block on
board. Its resistance in the water would
havo been no more than that of the buoy. With
tail block fast to the rigging on the masts
because large rope could have been reeyed
through Il with an endless communication
two mon offered to launch the surf boat II they
could have thu privilege OF picking out crew
Of men that thty had worked with in tho surf.
rules OF the. Life Saving Service say that the
Captain shall allow no persons to use tho boat
except tho crow, Whom the boat was launched
II was done under the pressure brought TO bear
on the crew by the persons on the BEACH Capt:
lsn AZ NJ IN
Soat because your men are ali drilled men put
here for that purpose and II can be DONE II
wits the general talk on tho beach while | was
there that the crow could have boarded tho vos-
sci " they hnd had a competent Captain"
It is believed that the light that Capt Sawyer
mistook for Barnegat light was lantern car
ried by patrclman on shore. Barnegat light
is about six miles from whore the schooner
struck. After she strnck, tho first mate. when
he went OF deck, saw the light and called the at
tcntion OF the Captain TO IL. How, for Gods
sake can tngt be p the Captain said. " saw
Bnrncgat light bearing west before hauled to-"
Although Barnogat light is 200 feet high. and
flash light, n lantern carried on the beach could
be mistaken for 1t in hazy weather. Capt Hop
Tho bodies Of Frank June. Richard Gordon
and Henry Johnson were buried by the Coroner
Bass Island. Lake Erie. He WINS % years OF
axe. and he had been in the schooner about two
months and half Gordon lived in Taunton
Mass. He was % years OF nee and he had hcen
IN the vessel two years The bodies of Capt
sH srt rast pie Mre Yc sne ons,
% years OF age. He lived In Milbridge. Me. He
had had command OF tho schooner since she
wns bu in 1873. His wife was y daughter Of
Capt Allen OF Prospect Harbor Me. She was
about "a years OF age Genevra Is TO be sent 10
her grandparents in Millbridge.
Another vessel. consigned 10 Mr.. Swan. was
IN company with tho Tolck on the day before
the latter was wrecked. The Tolck WINS about
eight miles nearer the shore whom darkness
set in. There was fresh brceze blowing. and
she had all sails. set. Az her sails were on her
when she struck. and Mr. swan believes that
Capt Sawyer made q mistake in sighting the
light Just after midnight.