Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1888-12-07
TAE EAsTERn STORM.

late stnrm ou the Atlantis Coast
nraserf 90 = IAfs-sasinE Crew.
Bosrox. Nov E-The terrible effects q
Sunday nights storm are everywhsrs
manifest along the coast Although the
loss Of life already reported l. large. 10
would have been stiil greater but Tor the
brave efforts q Captain Joshua James
and his volunteer i~ife-savinE crew oi
Hull who are credited with saving TWEEN
ty-eiEht persons from varously disabled
vessels sunday a large throe-master
went broadside on the beach az Hull.
Captain James and his men rushed for the
Hunt gun, hreeches buoy and ufeboat %
the Massachusetts Humane Society az
Stony Beach. and after efforts
succeeded In bringing ashore the crew Of
nine men from the schooner. which proved
% be Cox & Green from Philadelphia for
Chelsea with coal The vessel Is now fast
breaking up.
Another vessel was discovered on the
rocks about m eighth Of a mile further up
the beach. but farther from the shore than
the other. Hurriedly rushing their APP
phratus 20 the most available location
they found the distance was too great 20
allow the use OF the breaches buoy and the
surf boat was quickly manned. The waves
were tremendous and il was only after a
hard and persistent struggle that the ves-
sci was reached. The BOA was at last
brought under the vessels bow and the
crew Of eight men swung themselves into IL
The return 10 the shore was a p%erilous
trip, the boat filling several times, but Il
was finally thrown on the beach among
the rocks by a huge wave and entirely
smashed. Fortunately the water was
shallow and the occupants wadod ashore.
The volunteer life savers continued their
patrol Of the beach and al daybrcak sight-
ed a third vessel ashore about a half mile
northeast Of the Abbott. She could not be
reached by the breeches buoy, and ns their
surf boat had been demolished. the tireless
men started for the Strawberry Hin sta
tion, four miles Away and returned with
the humane society's boat. This with
stood the huge breakers aud landed the
crew Of seven men. This schooner was the
three master Bertha =. Walker. from Phil
adelphia for Boston, also coal laden. The
crew were In the rigging several hours be-
fore they were rescued. Captain West
gate and Mate Thomas were swept OVER
board and drowned by the heavy seas.
Captain Westgate belonged IN Berkeley,
Mass. The Walker will be a total wreck.
Not satisfied with the work already ne
complished, Captain James and his band
Of twelve started for Atlantic Hill, seven
miles down the beach, where two more
vessels were reported ashore. Here they
were joined by Captain James Anderson,
of the humane society, aud Captain George
II. Brown, OF the Government station at
North Scituate. Their efforts were direct
ed TO the rescue of five men who could he
seen ~clinging to the rigging Of one Of tho
vessels. The sea was running higher than
ever known before NJ this point and il
was thought impossible to reach the wreck
with the surf boat The Hunt guns were
brought into use and two lines were al
most simultaneously fired across her fore
top by Captains Anderson aud Brown. The
men In the rigging eagerly seized the line
aud the hawser was pulled ashore; but
just as the buoy was about to be sent out
the limo was rendered useless. At this
critical moment three young men Of CO.
hasset named Ainslie, Antonio and Saliva
dor manned n small dory and at great
peril attempted to clear the line. In this
they were unsuccessful. The surf boat
was then put out on its third p]eril1us
IbhAhNN ~ "ofNA "tA' 'hN hANhof ~
times lifting the boat as high as the main-
top Of the disabled schooner, but the brave
crew never faltered and at last reached
the vessels stern. As quickly as they
were within hailing distance a nearly ex-
hausted seaman crawled out from under a
furled sail on the mizzentop and came cau-
tiously down the shrouds. Captain James
threw him n line, which he fastenad
around his body, jumped into the sea
aud was rapidly drawn into the boat by
strong and willing hands. A desperate
attempt was her made TO force the surf
boat forward to the foremost, but the
waves would beat It back, and for nearly
an hour they struggled before they suc-
ceeded In reaching aud holding their de-
sired position. The men in the rigging
were terribly exhausted, and IL was u
difficult undertaking for them 10 descend,
but one after the other, four OF them, got
down in safety, jumped overheard, and,
like the first, were drawn into the boat IL
was then discovered that the fifth sailor in
~therigging was IA corpse, and his body was
left IN It's icy resting place.