, 1879-03-06
LITTLE GENEyRA SAWYER.

appear tllnL IL WIS LlEE IOT Hill IL Cen4G4
LITTLE GENEYRA SAWYER.
| Just How Shc NUns Saved w1lllo Her Parents
| pcrtalle1.
!Stp park SIN, Aareh 2.
In the cabin Of tic bark 3. II. Hopkins, ut
Pier H., East River, yesterday afternoon, little
0cncyra sawycr nestled In tic arms OF tho wifo
! Of Capt. Frank NJ. Hoblssns, brotcr-in-law Of
| Capt. Sawyer Of tho thrcc-masted schooner
David II. Tolcls, wrecked OF BarncQat Wclncs.
| day last. Tic child is llttle tuldlfng thing,
| with light hair and blue eyes. Looking up ut
| the facc neaF hers, md putting up her little
hands, slia frequently called "A1an,na,r tho
| only word that she could speak distinctly. Tho
clothes that sue wore when drawn ashore In the
arms of the second.matc, In the buoy, bad boon
! changed for dry garments, and, with the cxcep-
| tlon Of The wlstful look that sometimes ap-
| pearel In her eyes, there was nothing to dis
tingulsh her fsom more fortunate children. 1n
| the inner office at 68 South street at tho same
| time sat the man who savcd her md tho other
| three ncn who wcro rescued. They came In the
morning from the wreck, bringing tho bodies OF
| Capt. Irving E. Sawyer and Ida sawycr, tho
| Captains wife. Two wore the yellow oil
| clothing In which they wcrc dragged from the
surf. The other had on thick, dry clothing. TO
| ". II. Swan, tho consignee OF tho lost schooner,
and others they told how tie vessel Was
wrecked nnd how they wero saved.
| Francis Peterson, the first mate, slim, w,ry
| man, was aslcep when tho vessel struck. lie
quilt the deck Mt midnight on Tuesday. The
wind was fresh from tho southwest, nnd the
vessel was going about eight knots an hour. At
al,out 23z q. IN. oil Wedneaday ha owole, and
heard Darncgat light reported, and the Cap
tain's orders 10 change tho courao to north by
east. About twenty minutes lattcr hn heard tho
grating ot tho weasel oil the bar. All bands
wero on deck immediately a!tcrward. Only
Mrs. Sawyer, with her child, staId below. TIC
schooner was head on thu bur, md her bottom
wns brnken IN. rcd light on the shore was seen
soon after she struck. This Rfter satls werc
lowered III cfEprts to back the vessel of, and,
ssnt up as signals Of distress. Tho sen began
to break over the stern md the port quarter,
md Capt. Sawyer then told the men to try and
save themselves. "l'll stick to her to tho lust"
child" The Captuin lclpcd ills wlfo out Of tic
cabin, md petcrsson took tic child In Ills arms
nhd went with her to the too Of the cabln. Tho
erew .c vent ~ the top q tne forward house. ;,
Peterson said. 'Tllcre was then uo necessity
for lush!ng ourselves. Al daybrcak w saw two
men near two boats on tlle beach, about 13O
E@ loay s ssy .a sat te to bs cs ss I'M
llazy, but ut about o'clocI: we saw SIX or eight
meu coming a!ong the beach. Tie number kept
vo!ecs, bit they must fago heard ours by that
time. The Ilrst line from tho shor3 fell short
Of lie five or six fathOms. Tho allot with tho
limo waE tisel aeatnst thu wlnd. II was ilalt CT
hour before the next s!'ot was fired. Tint ltnu
uame across tho nla[htup, mud we got 1t and
mudo II fast to tho mizzen rigging. by that
ting tho deck was breaklng up, alu the hoss-
two 'ue,! In the nalntop vent TO the n'lxzen rlg-
cling. The Caotuns wife was lashcd about ak
teen feet above the rail. I stoud OIL the rattinsa
beside her, holding tic child Ia my arl,ts Capt.
cont behind Ills wife SO tIsut she could rest
easily. The waves were ttnn brcaKing three or
four feet aborc the rail-. Why dlln't We try to
get into our eoatf That bad bedu smasllol by
rigging. After. VIZ rot tho llne fast IN the ,nEz-
zen rigging wc hauled In. It parted. We felt
Ike giving uo hope when tl1at happencd. Tho
IN tlse line, anl shu kept up her coutage, ,.l..l
tie child dIdn't cry much. After the lne parted
The nen on shoro sGc'ned 10 be stuuefeti.
They stood togsther for some time. consulting,
! gucss. ,Tlcu all but two went away toward
The next ltfc.sayinE station. IT. was bright, and
rs clear rs bell, but the gallo kept increasing,
anti !he sea began to dash higher.
. half afserwaEsl. they were dragging q cart with
lluwsur on It.. The fra. shut tint tl,ey lred
after they returned fell ahost the sans ns be-
torc Tic ncxt Inns fell Just inside the rail-,
seseral times to get down atNl pck 1t up, but he
couldn't. 'rheh cave tho child TO lhG scconti
mate, went down, aGd got bold OF the linz.
fast to tho mixxcu rigging. All tls tins, mind
You, we were slnEtng out for boat. Send u
Il boat, for ooa's snke, and taks the woman o1,'
NJ, tiiers was no tall block on the largo
| line, Ihpre ought to have been. of e0ursc Int
there wnsu't. There wasn't one sent IL auy
time. We kept tic small tfue aboard. ton. you
out hy il. After The buoy came aboard, ths
ho'dug tt,s cGild In his arms. The buoy Slipped
along the larae rone and dashed tu the breakers.
Were lost, until we heard cheer from tho shore,
When tha buoy struck Tho breakers the strain
was too great fer the amall rope, mid !. parted.
ex w. hna nak therefore, asnn 10 q drawing
lerept down to tue Captaln's wlfe ansl told hor
TINT ,0ensyra was safe. THANK God
for tha.,' she. said 10 mel. nov cut
cry., shs wa. suffering terribly. i i.er
clothes Wero wet through, aud hcr strength
w. ". aI glg"s Gnt: . The Captain WIS wo1se than
to his mouth to understand what ho wus say.
Ing. 'Bteadt breaa!' he satd often. : Givo
mo something 70 cat I!ls wife had Ttyen up
quiet. uu to hslf an hour beioso M T .ao died lie Tic
was softly singing hymns. don't remember
ths words. she used 10 sing them ~ ule cabin
sxs np se awa h anI
cAst then, olf md lump inte thu sea, but null.
Cd tho lashInga tighter anu pushed hlnl buck.
ho became ausane.
''ihe line that was fired at the vessel after tho