The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-03-02
rnEEzrNa IN THE RIGGING.
shipwreeked Crews at New Haven--ali the
Men Rescued from Death Except One
whitc.Iiaired Old Man, Who Is Left Stiff
ening I'm the Rigging.

A New Haven special to the Philadel-
phia Times says: The fierce gale OF last
night drove all the vessels i'm the sound
into harbor. Among those which sought
shelter In New Haven barbor were the
schooner Jane, from Elizabethport TO Bos-
ton, with coal, and schooner whose name
is unknown. The latter sprung leak and
sank near the lighthouse. The crew rowed
ashore safely this morning. The Jane
dropped anchor of Spindle Rock outside
OF the light. There were only four men
aboard, Captain Phillips, OF Bangor;
George Il. Roberts, aged twenty-one,
from Sydney, Cape Breton, and Henry
Harris, aged thirty-one, OF New York,
and man over seventy years Of age, the
cook. 1t soon became apparent to the cap
tain that he bad anchored in a dangerous
spot. Just after midnight the four-peak
halIiards parted. The anchor, which had
been thrown overheard, dragged, and the
schooner struck rock and began to sink.
A portion OF the cargo was placed in the
ships yawl-boat; but the painter broke,
and the boat and its contents drifted ont
into the sound. The crew climbed into
the rigging, and the schooner sank. The
waves washed full over the decks, and
lashed the masts with their freezing spray.
The sea grew higher and higher as morn
. ng approached.
THE RESCUE OF THE FROZEN CREW.
1t was half-past 9 O'Clock before the tug
boats plying the harbor noticed the wreck
to the cast and south OF the old light
house. The tug Thomas Y. Boyd fastened
to the spot, but the sea was so high and
the surroundings Of the wreck so danger
GUS Of approach that the little Boyd was
obliged 10 return to the docks. The largest
tug in the harbOr- the Frederick Ives
then started for the wreck with number
OF volunteers TO man the life-boats. As
the tug approached the wreck 1t was seen
that the four men still withstoOd the be-
numbing effects OF the hours OF exposure.
A boat having four men aboard was
dropped so that It would be carried by the
wind and tide close to the wreck. She
reached the wreck in safety. Three OK the
four men dropped into the water and were
picked up. The fourth, who was the old
cook, remained so long where he was that
the boat was carried down the sound with
out him. The hoat, after remaining the
sport OF the waves for some time, was
washed ashore some miles down the sound,
and all aboard were saved. The party
aboard the Ives saw that one man had been
left in the rigging, and another boat was
manned and sent to his rescue. but the
tide carried this boat little wide OF Its
aim. II was death TO attempt to turn about.
The man in the rigging waved his hands
wildly, but made no attempt to Jump.
"THEY HAVE GONE AND LEFT Me-"
He cried plaintively, "They have all
gone and left me.' He appeared to be
growing crazy. The boat was carried on
through the breakers to the shore and the
man left crying in the rigging. The tug
Ives returned to the docks for more men.
once more repaired to the vicinity OF the
wreck, and sent out Il boat-load OF eight
men towards the still active figure clnging
to the mast. This boat-load met with the
same success as its predecessor.
Early in the morning the news OF the
wrecks i'm the harbor spread. From all the
towers and elevated points in and about
the city people have been all day long
watching the sunken vessels and idly pity
ing the sufferings OF the white-ha cock,
who was being slowly frozen to death
within eye-shot OF a city OF $4,000 people.
At 4 O'Clock the excitement in the centre
OF the city was increased 10y rumor to the
effect that the last boats crew Of eight men
had persisted in their attempt to save the
man in the rigging. The rumor was tic-
ton. After dark the violence OF the sea
abated, and this crew OF eight men made
an attempt at rescue by rowing out from
| the shore, but at last accounts the man was
still being glazed against the mast OF the
sunken schooner.