The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-17
WRECKED OFF DEAL BEACH.
THE BANK ITALIA RUNS Ashore IN A
BLINDIN0 SNOW STORM.
The Crew Dragged 60 Land Half Drowned
ny the swnyIae OF the IIrc LIne-RusseI
White L. Refused the Governments Boat.

The Crew Dragged 60 Land Half Drowned
ny the swRyIae OF the ILre LIne-RusseI
White IL Refused the Government boat.
AsBURY PARK, Jan. l6.--At - o'clock this
morning the bark Italia. Capt Pietro Mazzana.
in ballast. from Plymouth. England for Now
York was wrecked on n reef of Deal Beach.
about four miles south OF Long Branch. 1t was
showing heavily aud lights 100 Yards distant
could not be- seen. The lfe-savng patrol from
Station No. 6. Mt Deal Beach. passed northward
before the bark struck and did not dis cover her
until they returned one hour and half later.
Tho alarm was sent for help. and the lifeboat.
m ortar shot lines. and brooches buoy were soon
brought to tho scene At daylight. when Capt.
VannOte Of tho life-saving crew. could soc his
way through the breakers. tho lifeboat was
launched and reached the vessel. Atlantic
White was sent on board. and no found Capt.
Mazzana and his crew in the cabin. The bark
was hard aground Under her was four feet Of
sand and the underlying rock. She was stand
ing on an oven beam. White begged the Cap
tain to 20 ashore with his crew whilo it could
be done safely. The Captain answered.
The crew can 20 II they want to. but think
can get her of and shall not GO"
The crew refused to leave their commander.
and after waiting half an hour the liie-saving
crew pulled ashore. taking n line from the bark
to the beach. With the rising tide the danger
increased. and at 10 o'clock the bark slgnalled,
Send assistance at once" Just then tho ves-
sci gave n lurch seward. and the breakers
mnde n clear breach over her quarter dsaa. rne
sailors were seen clinging TO the leo rail and
waving for help. Meanwhile tho lifc-saving
crow had rugged the brooches buoy. and with
the limo brought from the bark sent
N the end OF n hawser, with directions in
French and English how to use II, The sailors
made the hawser fast just under the mainyard.
and the men on shore hauled II taut On this
hawssr the breaches buoy rnn. The buoy is n
which tho sailor gets and Is hauled ashore.
Two men ran nlot and got tho buoy. A hum
drod on the beach sriz.d the line and hauled
away with Will. But when the bark rolled sea-
ward the hawscr Strengthened, and the men on
the buoy, half way between ship and shore,
wore nigh in the air amid the snow The next
roll shorrward slack"d the hnwser. and men
and buoy sank down into tho boiling sea.
They'll be- drowned" shouted the toilers on
beach with the lifeline. sun "'''@ '''
Again Tho buoy sureed upward. and then
plunged downward until the exhausted men
touched the sand and then the men on the
beach with cork Inrkcts rushed into the surf.
and dragged them up upon the beach. SO tho
wors went on until eight men had been saved
The sen in the loo ~ tho shin yvns comnora.
lively quiet. and brave Russell White who was
lending hand everywhere asked permission
Of Capt. Nannotc to take the lifcboat and rescue
the other six men without dragging them under
MW'r' Nhnnot" refused 10 let him have the
boat. and continued 10 use tho buoy until
quarter phst noon, when tue mate and Captain
of the bark were brought ashore. Capt MAJ
ZinN was the last man 10 quit the vessel Four
teen We're saved In all. No one saved ANYTHING
except tho clothes he wore. As fast ns landed the
shipwrerked crew were hurried down the
n'dch tu th" station. half a mile distant. whore
there was shelter and q good fire. a. :O5 y NJ
Capt MnHz1nn nearly exhausted. was insisted
INTO tho house. As soon rs he was able 10 speak
he. s,aid 10 reporter for rHr SrN:
We made Barnegat Light NJ p W. yes'er-
day. bearing west 10y south. | could not Judge
now inr on. "a "a. II WIS showing. The wind was
sihle. soon afterward II got more To the east
ward and W. strercd north half enst. Shortened
sail and were Mt last under lower topsails aud
five fathoms. left orders 10 keep the bark
north half east and turned in Al 3 A. NJ the
lead gave twenty iathoms aud at 81 A. VI. she
struck. | had All sail hraced back and tried 10
get her on. hut found il impassibie' and had 10
wait for daylight. 1hcre Is eight feet Of water
IN her now. She Il of 625 tons; huilt in May
1870. Mt SDeyzia. Italy: owned by + Giacopcllo
~ Sprziia. aud parity insured in the Mutual
Company Of Genoa. She is valued at s2l. 900
We sailed from Plymouth on Nov l3 in ballast
and although have been 20 the United States
w. had head winds all the way. The consignees
in New York are Messrs. SlocOvich < Co."
The life saving men say the vessel is on tho
rocks and badly damaged A coast wreck ny
The vessel to-nicht lies hroadsde 10 tho bench
nhout con" hundred Yards from the shore and
nearly on h"r nr'fa. ends. with the signal VI dis
SANDY HOOK Jar. IG.-Tho British schoon-
or Cuha. lii tons burden, Capt. Hutchinson
from Arr'riho fnr New York. with moln-.o-
Consigned % S'ammrl 4 lco went ashore on
Long lrtrh, ten miles south 20 Barnegat Light,
nt . o'clock this morning. in a driving snow
storm, The rr'w Of six men were landed snfny
hN me or ~ 81 Life Saving Station No. 20. The
4 uta lies cnry, and has received no u"rceptIbie
damage. IL Will bee necessary to discharge her
cargo before the vessel can be- tlated.