New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-15

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house tcia ~ With ths most Amusing Gender thst 10
dd nst thinlft saht 70 tals valusb)es thsn FROM
. wrssh, but tha& u We quite Right TO ssss stores
and things which would - ussfui about s'sss
ons NJ TIA o,osius scenes Of our ton days among
the wreoken ives tho most interesting Of aA The
weather was lAttery very bad. and one night wo wec
awakened sbout midnight BY tho bowling o. tho
wind round crazy old house IL sounaed 70
alarming that, As we wore hardly yet out OF tho
hurricane season, got up to Investigate tho paFom
eicr. II was steadily falling, ard We thought We
were about to sec . real hurricane ut last We sss
till 4 q m, alternately looking at tho barometer,
wondering II tho house would stand against tho Storm
and consong ourselves with the genuine Glcnlivat'
At four the wind moderated and We went to Led again
But our sleep was short. At about seven we were
aroused by great noise OF shouting ana shricK'hg
in the settlement We rushed out IN airy apparel
to discover tho cause Of tho excitement ana found
that largo three mastsd schooner was ashore on tho
Moselle shcal, vol In sight OF tho settlement s
groups Of men. were to be seen In the rigging. We
could do nothing and had simply 70 Dc Ssrs II
ready getting their schooners under way for the race
to tho wreck, which was to decide who should DO
It might be . general cargo the most valuable Of
ALL tsS the boats an e9Sns
mepdcos sqaan appeared en- the northern horizon and
: all sss III WAY
struck ia her. even me
up on the side above water, and stood Rcro waving
piteousy for help But not one Of The sshooners
not until race was over and the 70 ADMIRAL Snpn,sd
distinction, that the crew OK the May Queen were
rescued from their dangerous position, a matter Of
the the WON women over the Swrock At this episode
changed to shrioks and howIs of grief for at first
for the crew, Of tho American schooner was to be
TO which that of the May Queens crew was ehlids
play. For tho time all Kindly feeling for people IN
distress, In which tho Bahama negroes are not or
dIpsIlv deficient had gone; greed and co7etousness
filed Its place.
During tho day the crew Of the admiral d ,d the
nS Sa serve an as % to ss
ARK picture have dr a. The T0 Tco Sevs bers to me
captain and crew of the Florence Genovar,
one with their sails and stores. The sea was trs tire;
mendous and the little ship rolled as IL eaeh r4n
ell that was possible had been done, and then set
sail, and arrived at Alice Town In the afternoon;
sr the S Sa's scT a made any
When IL was faund that the Florence .Genovar
q
coal tho least valuable cargo to wreckers, the OK
element subsidized wonderfully, and people had
rather injured air I'm talking OF IT, as II they had
been cheated out of their due. So ended my personal
experiences OF wrccking In tho Blmins, but before
leaving them, there is one story which IS worth
telling The Moselle shos formerly one OF tho
most regular and profitable sources Of income TO
tho ueople OF Blmlni At last the Government de-
cided to have 1t marked by a conspicuous buoy, and
this was DONE But the buoy would not stay IN ts
place Before long, buoy was found n0atlng
placldly along the Gulf Stream, and was recognized
as that Of the MOselle sboal 1t was replaced ana
pened several times in succession, and finally the
then Inspector of Lighthouses decided that this must
be stopped: but how was 1t to be done. At last
he found plan. He went to Bmini, and summoned
a man whom no knew to be one of the worst wreckerS
in tho Island and said to him; LOOK here, my
man; feel quite sure that some OF your B Man
people have been moving the Mosello buoy. NOW,
we can't stand 1t any longer, and so VIC have de.
cided to appoint keeper of the buoy, to see that
Il stays In It's place know that your character
Is beyond suspicion, and therefore Will give you
five dollars a month II you VIII DO keeper OF tho
buoy.p Tho said All right, SIR ana the
buoy has never been moved since