New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-08
A TOUCH OF REAL WINTER.
HIGH WINDS AND LOW TEMPERATURE.
a srEAM-YACHT ASHORE AT SANDY HooK-GooD
WORK OF LIFE-sAyLNG MEN.

\ olEAM-1ACHT ASHORE AT SANDY HOOk-GOOD
WORK OF LIFE-sAvING MEN.
New York had a touch of genuine winter yes
terdny. The wind was high aud the temperature low.
In twenty-four hours the wind blew 72i miles. Once
early In the morning 1t made squirt and got UP to fifty
miles an hou: The operators the Sandy Hook obsorv
ing station reported It's velocity at daylight at fifty nine
miles but at p. IL had moderated to thirty-nine
miles an hour The wind began to 40 up and the mer
curry down shortly after midnight Both had rapid
and the mercury stopped 16o above Later
In the day 1t moved up to 20o but there seemed to be
stuck. few snow-1akes fell In the early morning.
Tho mostly disappeared during the day, but how
Is question It's usual habit OF melting certainly
not In place. Urchns gathered in the morning at the
Central Park lakes to the waor make Ice and to give
1t extra trouble by throwing stones the ice when
made They didn't have much opportunity to do either,
for skating Il some distance ahead
In the midst OF tue driving gale OF wind aud snow early
In the morning the British steam. yacht Waikna went
ashore at Sandy Hook She carried three PASSENGERS
s. VI. Caldwell and Alexander r. s. Clark and his wife,
all OF this eity-anI a OF ten under the COM
mand OF Captain Ellis who formerly OF the National
Limo steamship Spain The men on board were the own
er and the vessel had cleared from this port on Saturday
for Brewers Lagoon Spanish Honduras. The yacht had
u at anchor OF Staten Island until sunday afternoon,
when she moved down opposite sandy Hook ready to put
10 sea early I'm the morning Mr. Clark and his wife were
bouud pleasure trip expecting bo gone several
months Tho weather grew bitterly cold sunday night
and when the wind at midnight to fresh gale
fears were entertained that tho Wakna might not hold
her anchorage. By O'Clock the wrd was blowing with
grrat velocity aud driving snO storm had set in The
captain kept all his watch. A few hours before
da ureak when thc gale its height the vessel was
found To be dragging her anchor ana drf,ug rhpdy on
10 beach. signal rockets OF distress thrown up
% warn the HE saving crew stationed Ht the Hook and
the vessel touched the beach dozen OF the life savers
pat Out from their huUs-.
The by this time breaking with reslstes' force
the yacht for tims II looked Impossible 10
afford any assistance 10 ehrr her or those on board
The cold had become Intense together with tue Wlnd
made the condition OF the rrScuers ad OF hot the pass
Cugers ana NJ extreme suffering After cOn>id-
cUtDc dihcdlty aud little danger the lie saving
party succeeded In etctu- a gallant rescue OF Mrs.
Curk and afrrward OF husband and Mr.. Cauldweil
the decided to remain with the vessel. as she WIS
almost uniuUrod aud cnuclyOr To nOdt her At LlHn
tur AMI after tLe gale moderated. Mrs Clark ana er
Two conn auOls. almost dead with fright and nearly
frozen frum their ,osurc carried 70 the Lie sta
ton close hy WLcC they we're adc "a con Portable AZ
possible. Tary rapidly recovered and returned To tbs
cit, 10 by rail- Iuc yacht went ashore midway be-
tween the Gol rrmen dock aud tue HAroad wharf and
clos" West beacon l"ht. ~uc lag H. an edrH position
all dIy, bruld-de tur time the seas made clean
breach her lt expected that the high tide ast
Hight would noAt her II she viii sail Tor her des
unatiOu Thursday. The MHlkna i7a new hOat hullt
tn ENGLAND lfst summer %, Thompson Co., Oi eunder-
land. Shc is bark rg-eI aud uI 100 tons burden.
Tue schooner -. = Miller which started on trip 20
VIRGINIA Yesterday morning, struck Oy suutil IN
the Lower Bay and lost her fDrcnu~t her main topu1st
aud and an-alls. Sue was taken IN ow ny the Tug
NJ 4 LcuoN aud DTOu ght back 10 the city Tor repairs
The bark jose h. ore from MttluLaS, on sunday.
about eight miles southeast OF Burucgi, run INTO by
lu uuuown steamer and lost her s;cm, bOwsprt. cut
wlt"r and al the head attached, causing her To leak
The steamer ole red no -i-7'Sthuce.