New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05
ONLY ONE MAN SAVED.

ONLY ONE MAN SAVED.
Inc storm that ragged yesterday most severe
on the coast of Long Island. A wreck the frat ( or
many years, went ashore on Coney Island Only
| one man out of crew Of fifteen was
saved The vessel was the Italian bark
AGneo bound from Antwerp to New: York in ballast,
partly loaded with empty kerosene oil barrels.
| just before daybreak she struck on Rockaway
snoals' OIL Point Breeze. the western end of Coney
islahd The sea was very heavy, and the waves on
the shoals rolled over the unfortunate vessel with
such violence that she was soon broken up The
| crew became panic-stricken when she struck and
some of them made no effort to save themselves.
Inc captain lashed himself to a buoy, and
t6s crew to fooW E him. '09as 9nS or @o'Is%s t%e
GpTd womb to sE%% Nv as they saw that the vessel
waves; but they were some lost TO sight by those
remaining on the wreck. and are believed to be lost
AS the wreck broke up the number of men on it
iessened. until at last only five remained.
lhe gale continued to blow as the morning wore
on, and no hope of rescue appeared. -Four of the
men mel seeing no escapei if they remained with the
wreck or tried to SWIM away, determined to cut
their throats and die quickly rather than linger to
aTG%h eii1c,tc. One after another they drew their
one. Of the illfated crew was left on
the fragment of the vessel which remained. This
zen zen mast aud part of the deck Clnging to this,r
the gale carried this man westward along tho coast.
lie saw signs OF iesaving station presently, and
about 1030oclock he saw boat putting of for him.
de was rescued by the of Life-saviug Station
no 81 which IS east of the Oriental Hotel on Coney
Island. IEe man was much exhausted when |
Drought ashore. but soon revived under tho care |
gwen him. In broken English he detailed the dis
aster' OF which he was sole survivor. he gave the
forty.eight years old He is an old sailor and says
that he mas been wrecked three times before.
, The crew was shipped in November, hav-
the VSynge py ST Tho %esse aa Was of %Oro oSo
tons burden. Shortly after sallaca was rescued.
about o'clock Yesterday afternoon the portion of
by change of wind. 1t now lies in the sand about
fifty yards east of the Brighton Bathing Pavilion
The sea- after the STERN had subsidized. was covered
with BITS of timber and oil barrels from the wreck
No bodies we're brought in by the tide.
- Early last evening TRIBUNE reporter visited
Coney Island. While on the way TO the Life Saving
Station he met the patrOlIng the beach, looking
out for what might come ashore. In response 10 in
quries Albert Carman gave the following account of
the rescue.
About 10 o'clock this morning." he said, q" we
had just returned to tho station. bringing in
head Bay, which was threatened by tho high tide,
when VIC saw piece OF q wreck about mile out,
Uniting along We did not suspect that there was
anyone on her, but TO mako sure manned the life
boat and set out"
Who were in her J"
" There were Cpptain Charles Bevensee. William
laron. Charles Allen and myself. We pulled away
or the wreck, but the sea was high and it was slow
work. After some time we saw man clirgng to il, |
md he waved hls hat to us and appeared to be very
hat he was an Italian, ms be Could not make ms
easily. He was holding fast To the 7
innacie OF the poop-deck There was hardly .
nough OF the wreck 10 float; only little of the y
oop-deck and the mizzen-mast, The waves must s
ave washed over the poor man most of The time, +
or there was heavy sea on. At the time we got II
D him he was of Manhattan Beach, about mile q
ut. After he was taken OFF the wind shifted aud .
he wreck was brought ashore, where it lies now. - -
The man reScncd told his story In broken II
1 Ia oup1 nv hos |
lrcc of lns 8hipmates and the shipcarpenter cut
heir throatS. and think the story is true He "
hey, were steering northeast 1t mnst have ~
rnck on Rockaway shoals. They must have got y
ANY points out of their course The force
the soon broke her up his man says ne NJ
wv what appeared To be n building on tile land 81
bout half an hour before he saw the boat coming.
nd he had hopes OF rescne The reason he held to
le wreck 80 cOnrageOusly was because he had been
rocked before. and saved.
The man and woman whom the LIfe-SaUng
ew took from the Nercd boat-hOuse opposite the W
ar OF the Oriental Hotel. were John Murray and OF
wife. The 6oah0use is out in the bay, and the 20
gl-tide washed away the platform IN front, so that III
ey feared that the whole structure would 60, and m
gnallcd to be taken OIL Up to u late hour last
ght no bodies from the wreck had come ashore.
the higlI-tlde occurred at ll.3O p. M. IL was
onglt possible that some bodies would come in at
at time
The damage done to Coney Island by the storm Isl
as considerable AT Manhattan Beach the sand Nj
10 washed out nearly TO the music stand-abOut is
enty-ive feet further than by the last storm: iii
front OF the Oriental Hotel nearly all
the ground between the bulkheads
d the building itself is gone. At the western end
the island Mnrray's pier was nearly all washed
'ay. Nearly all the track of the Marine Railway
An old resident of the island said fol-
It evening that the tide yesterday tho highest an
seventeen years. an
The man rescued by the LiC-saving Corps was
Jvldcd with bed ~ tho station last evening, buJ
will be brought by Captain Beyensec to the otco
the Italian Consul in This city this morning. Then
Interpreter will DO secured to obtain detailed
tement of the disaster. ~,