The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-10

De..ails OF some OF tho Results o.
tho Recent Gala.


p,sysl signal - Dsssr~ss-
Max.xrrr. Mich. Dec The following
- ne ,,S.. saving crew are learned to-day.
SUNDAY night. when the wind began 70
blow = gale from the northwest the
schooner A. J. Dewey, Of Nansstcc, Was
syinr Il Picrport waiting 70 load lsmoer
Tor Chicago. The tug A. +. Wright was
with her. aud when the big seas weIc
driven inshorc both were comrcuci y"
leave. The ting got a line from the schcon-
- ana started 10 tow her 20 Nanistee Tor
shelter. but the gale kept increasing ~
violence ana the vessel labcred 80 heaviiy
that she gave sudden luren' ana ING
strain on the hawscr caused y 70 par
one end was swept into the wheel o. tne
tug. rendering her helpless, and me scncon-
or was lost sight Of in the blmiins sno"
storm.
Ahous thre.. o'clock. after tossing about
a. INA furiou< seas for two hours the tug
| s,rns< and rolled over on her side inca
1 came the battle for life The crew cen
sisted az i've men. as follows: Captain
4 sam Johnson. engineer. Thomas Naugnn'
Il fineman. Henry Danforth. fireman. Al
| gust Hcgerman. steward. Harry Dar.eII-
The men chung 70 the wreck as h~ss tncy
could. urging each other % be brave anu
.,ot 49,. mn IN despair and at one time
when young Darrell was about "a relax
his hold the engineer put his arin around
him and held him up Freezing waves were
xwcspinr over them and their clothing ue-
came rigid with ice After chnE'ns y
the wreck for three hours Myhgnt c- me-
and with no signs OF relief The men ~
this time were nearly irozen- Ih1 hnoM
l reId
longer. panforth volunteered 20 make an
effort 10 reach the shore His comPar-
ions begged him not 10 further iMperii
his lie. but the brave fellow silenced tneir
| er,reas;es. and after diycsting himself q
III heavy clothing. struck out for shore
He il a powerful swimmer. but ms mus
cular arms and iron Will were nAfnif
fair match with the foaming breakers
| Thar Numbered along the beach but nc
fought the battle manfuliy and was
i.novcd up by the feeble cheers q ms ship
! wrecked companions. who e'ter's
watched the struggling form 81 the hers
; As he rose and fell with the waves ln''
( he gained the shore. stopping but TOT
: moment 10 salute those who were s'iii 81
E the wreck. Danforth made ms way ~
b farm house. and after uttering icy
D xrorvss. fell fainting 20 the floor. he wa
ana so-nsrht is out Of danger. IN
/ farmer made out that a vessel was n as
o ress- ana AZ once set OF for Naniste<
I Ne reached here with his horse reekin
a with foam and in = few minutes the MS
q saving crew were hurrying 70 the resec
| with their beach apparatus On rcarnin
a 4 mint abreast Of the wreck the howAtze
a va trained into line and a well dircctc
a. sho. sent the lifeline over the tug rwa
> within easy reach Of the men, and inc
hauled tie hawser aboard and made
fast The brecches buoy was then SCI
out. and the first 70 come ashore W.
= Young Darrell. who IL only boy. ~
hawscr had not been rsadc tant OIL ~
= the slack permitted the buoy 20 =
- through the surf Darrell was insensin
IN when he was pulled ashore put = nov
Z. covering The others were safely TAX
"a from The wreck. one al . time. CAPITA
4, JohnSoa being the last II was aimt
u noon when the work Of saving human
IL was over
~ ANOTHER THRILLING SCENE
81. IN ,he meantime another thrilling sce
'or was being enacted sixteen miles south
| here. About eight o'clock the Dew
ia having been driven before the gale
,fs rived On Big Point au Sable with nag
for distress f,ving from her mizxen riEyii
re tn. rasr., ~ the lsfc- saving station Local
rcr there sighted the signal and IN !
minutes the entire crew Were pull
NV ,hrouvh the boiling seas They had Gov
,ad "a about one-half the distance between
a. shore and the vessel. when the nag y
the suddeniv hauled 70 the truck OF the e
mast. The Dewey then stood away on
nix course and the lifc-saving crew rcaLik
inc that they had been tricked BY vessel Y
the sinplv wanted rug. started 20 return
FOR their station. They had pulled hut ~
" distance when their boat struck =
he and capsixed. The entire crew was tnrt
edT' into the sea and the boat did nci II
ous AGAIN. Orrin Hatch and John smith
sble sn-f,ner. were drowned. IL " thpl
heir they must have been struck ~ the ~.
hen ire boat As both instantly sank u
aenf SIGHT. Captain Flynn who was N {
ion. mand. climbed upon the bottoin 81 the
the ,~s.h the aid Of surfman Lud'
,nds He appeared 20 Be injured and
562 ca~pinr a. in great agony. me -
,ury he crew. Michael King. Matthew
ices and Thos. Xishart, caught hold o. tne
s2i.. lines and held on until the boat drs'
6ss.. ashore Captain Flynn was taken into
cx. station. but he soon died he was
ncnt merlv stationed at at the Eanitous-
was transferred 10 Big Point an sable
spring He leaves wife and two
children Orrin Hatch was resifri
Luaington. Mich. where he leaves
nm John smith was single His relatives
~ 81 Joseph. Mich. which was o.