Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-01
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 or At Dusk-FOr Sixteen Hours Ex.
 posed To The Ice Cold Wind and
 Waves-A Terrible Day-Six of the
 Rsscuers FrOstbftten - Gallant And
 Humene WOrk-EIsen At The HOs-
 pItaI-Details of His Rescue-Lifted
 From The Rigging.
 schooner from Bangor, Me, the Jane, bound for Providence from Perth Amboy. N. J.. with 200 tons of coal for the Chelsea Furnace company, was sunk of Quixe's reef in the gale early yesterday morning, and the news came that four men were hanging dor life in the rigging. Another vessel was also sunk east of the old lighthouse of in the Cove. The news that this vessel was sinking brought an appeal to MT. Curtis F. Evarts for one of his tugs. At this time the news of the other wreck was not known on shore at the city. MT. Evarts responded at once and repaired to the dock to send tug, when he learned that the Thomas Y. Boyd was al- ready on its way to the wreck. From the end of the wharf the crowd who had gathered there thought that the tug William, of, the Empire line, was also making determined ef- forts to steam up alongside the wreck. Then they saw the two tugs leave the vicinity of | the schooner and both steam for this city. The Boyd arrived at the dock first and l brought the news that the vessel which those on the dock imagined the tugs were endeavoring 10 assist was not the one on which were the suffering crew, but another schooner which was sinking just out from l Morris Cove. On coming close to the schoon- | or, which had careened over on her side and l was we'll under water forward, the Beyds crew were relieved to find that what they had taken for human figures were signals of dis tress flying in the rigging. The crew of this latter vessel, which was lumber laden, had left her at the last moment and pulled ashore | in one of her boats to Fort Hale. The cap tain of the Boyd brought the intelligence also that neither his tug nor the William were able to approach the disabled schooner which was of the old lighthouse.
 I Then the tug Frederick c. Ives, one of the most powerful of the New England line, and one of the staunchsst steamers of her size sailing the Sound, which had been tied up al the dock, got under way and started for tae suffering seamen. A dozen men besides hel crew of nine were aboard of her. The for
 mer were volunteers and included the captain of the tug Smith. Captain Horace Hallett was also aboard the Ives. The commando, of the tug is Captain T. c. Brown, brave
 fearless officer, and one of his most valuable
 men is his first mate, AIonzo Turbenger.
 On the passage down the harbor the tug William WAS met, and her command or, Captain Hewitt, was taken aboard
 the Ives. Then it was ascertained for the
 first time why the William did not go to ths
 sinking vessel out beyond the old lighthouse The sea ran so high that she shipped 8 great deal of water. She is one of the large tugs of the Empire line. Even under this dis
 couraging condition her captain would have
 gone to the schooner, but as he was about
 deciding to do so he saw the Ives steam away
 from the dock and he changed his mind be-
 cause the Ives was so much the lerger anc
 stronger boat for such an emergency.
 The Ives dashed through the huge waves
 the gale blowing forty miles an hour, the 1 cold being very bitter, and ice forming con i stantly on the decks and at about II If 1 o'clock arrived near the wreck. The Ives 1 yaWl was lowered and manned by volunteer
 crew under the command of Superintendent
 Perry, of the Empire company. It was ap I parent, however, that it would be certain
 death to attempt to reach the wreck in so
 small a boat Just inside the harber the
 schooner Henry Morgan, of Boston, was ly ing at anchor. The Ives steamed back to hel | and secured her yawl, which is the largest
 belonging to any vessel in the harbor. Int
 party which manned it consisted of Captain
 Hewitt, who was in command, Aaron Brad 1 ley, of the New England company, and two l sailors from the Henry Morgan.
 ] All this time the distressed men in the rig l ging of the wrecked schooner of South Enc l were in full view. The hull of the vesse
 vas completely submerged. The men on tn 1 Ives, from distance of about quarter of [ I.ol fnn1 fvaSa Snka 1 the progress of the yswl in her slow ant ! perilous journey. Much of the time sh'
 was completely hidden from sight by the l large waves. It was feared that she would
 never reach the wreck in safety, but she did
 Then her crew began the work of saving
 the lives of the unfortunate seamen who were
 in the rigging. This was the most dangerous
 part of their mission. By skillful maneuver ing the yawl was guided between the mastt of the sunken vessel. Backward and for ! ward many times was the little boat maneuv cred before she was in favorable position for any of the men to lower themselves into her. At last one of them accomplished tht feat, having let himself down into the water | by the rope with which he had lashed him self aIoft Then the process was repeated I with second man and third. The saft descent of each one called out excited cheers 1 from the little group of spectators on the tug which had laid to and was violently I sent of the yaVl.
 A fourth man remained in the rigging. The successful rescue of his companions caused | the men on the tug to take it for granted that | equal good fortune would be had with him About twenty minutes had been occupied ir | taking of the three. The yaWl went back | and forth repeatedly, but for some reason he l seemed unable to avail himself of the aid l which was at hand. It looked from the tug 1 as if the man was too much benumbed to 1 make the necessary exertion to save himself. | Reluctantly, almost tearfully, the attempt was given up and the yawl started fol South End with the three men they had | saved.
 1 The fourth sailor, the one left in the rig ! ging, was an Austrian shipped from New l York on this trip. His name was unknown He was nearly seventy years of age, and 1 would neither lower himself into the rescu l ing boat nor throw himself into the water where he could be picked up He seemed al l times too excited or exhausted to know any 1 thing.
 l The men saved vera Captain A. G. 1 Phillips, of Boston; George F. Roberts, sea man, Henry Morris, seaman.
 Half an hour after the three men had been | taken of the schooner the small boat of the Ives was lowered. The captain decided to take the risk even if the boat was not SC large as the one that went on the first trip. l Four men at once jumped into it and Superintendent Berry of the Empire Trans portation company assumed command. The boat left the tug, and to the surprise of those watching it from the tug it went right by the wreck and the poor fellow in the rigging without stopping, and proceeded to follow | the boat to the Branford shore.
 Later in the day it was learned that the | reason of this course was that it would have been useless, that they could have done noth- ing in such rough water with their craft. | THE NEXT ATTEMPT AT RESCUE.
 The next attempt at rescue was made ae | follows: Find ing as stated that the small boat had kept on to the Brenford shore the steam tug Ives was turned about again and headed for this city, to make another brave | effort in behalf of the man in the rigging. l It was cold work. The wind was blowing g gale and ice formed rapidly and the men were benumbed with cold But in the inter est of suffering humanity no effort was spared. The tug returned to this city, 8 distance of six or seven miles. At the end of Belle dock lay the large schooner Emma F. AngelI, Captain Tripp, of Taunton. Mass the vessel which brought 1902 tons of coal for the New York railroad. Captain | n-;-v ok onnA volunteered Ono of his