Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-27

midnight pstrol Of the lifeesaving station.
ont too lase 70 render assistance. She
lies bottom upwards, 8 complete wreck.
Volun eeF L'fs Gavin Grew.
BOSTON, MASS Nov. &c The terrible
effects Of last nights storm have been
every where manifested along tue coast
today. Although the loss OF life already
reported is large, 1t would have been
still greater but for the brave efforts OF
Captain Ishua J.mss AID his volunteer
Life saving crew CT Hui, who are credited
with saving twenty. eigh: persons from
Variou5ly disabled Vessels. Or Sunday
afternoon 3 large tbree~master went
brOGdslde on the beach st Hull
Captsin james ard mis- men rushed
for the Hunt gun breecbes sid Liebost Of
the Massachusetts, Humane Society 81
Stony Beach, ana after strenuous efforts
they succeeded IN bringing ashore the
crew OF rine men from the steamer, which
proved to be the Cox and Green from
Philadelphia for Cheltzs. The vessel is
now fast breaking up.
The party OF rescuers had hsrdly COM
pletsd their isbors before
ANOTHER VESSEL WAS DI, COVERED
on rocks about one eighth OF mile
further up the peach, bus further from
shore than the other. Hurriediy rushit e
their apparatus TO the most available
location they fou1d the distance too
crest to allow the use CT the breaches.
The buoy on the cost WAS quickly
manned. The waves were tremendous
and 1t was only after hard and persistent
struggle the vessel was reached, their
boat twice swsmping in the attempts.
The bost was finally run under the YES
seps bow, and the crew of elpht men
swung themselves into 1t. The return to
shore was perilous trip. the boat filing
several times, but WAS finally thrown
on the beach smong the rocks By o huge
wave and entirely smashed. Fortunately
the water WAS shallow and the occupants
waded ashore. This vessel was the
Gertrude Abbott, Captain Henry Thorn
son, from Philadelphia for Boston with
cosl. The vessel is in good condition,
Inc sails well furled and everything righs,
and will probably be saved when the
orm sbAtes.
The volunteer lie savers continued
their
PATROL OF THE BEACH
and st 6sy0reak sighted O third vessel
ashore ABOUT hslf G mile northeast Of the
Abbott. Sac could not be reached by the
breaches buoy and IS their surf boat had
been demolished the tireless men started
for Strawberry Hill, Z Etation four miles
away. and returned with the Humane
Society's boat. This boat wishstood the
huge breakers and landed the crew Of
seven men. This schooner Wss the three
pasted Walker from Philadelphia fer
Boston, also coal laden. The crew were
in the rigging several hours before they
were taken CT. Captain Westgste and
mate were swept overheard and drowned
oy heavy seas. Captain Westgate pes
will be . total wreck.
NOT SATISFIED WITH THE WORK
already accomplished Captain james and
seven miles down The besch where TWO
more vessels we're reported ashore. Here
they we're 1iped by Captain James An
derson snd Captain George H. Brown Ct
the government station az North
Sciiuae. Tnsir EFFORTS were directed 10
rescue tlva men who could be Eeen cling
ing to The rigging Of one OF tte|
vessels. The sea was runEirg
higher then eTa. known before at Ills
p5iDt, and Il was thought impossible TO
resoh the wreck With TIA sgTt boat
HI: g.3s Ye1e brough. into uss and
Two lines we're Slmost simultaneously
fred ACROSS her by Captains Anderson and
Brown. The men IN the riggiags eagerly
seiz I'd the line and the hsH WISER was pulled
aboard, but j1st IS the buoy WAS about to
be sent out the line WAS rendered useless.
At this critical moment three young men
OF Gonasset, named Alnele, Antoine and
Salvador, managed TO get q small dory,
and
AT GREAT PERIL
attempted to clear the line. In this they
were unsuccessful. The surf boat was
then put out on the third perilous jour-
ney. The waves were enormous, at tin es
lifting the boat IS high IS the maintcp Of
the disabled schooners, but the brave
crew never fkltered, and at last reached
the vessels stern. AS quickly as
they were within hsiling distance,
the nearly exhausted seamen crawled out
from under fnrled sail on the mizz sntop
and came cautiously down the snrouds.
Captain James threw him line which ne
as.ened around his body, jumped into
the sea and WAS rapidly drawn into the
boat by strong and willing hands. The
drerched crew then forced the surfooa'
forward to the foremost, but the waves
would best it bxck. For nearly an hour
they struggled before they suc>
ceeded in reaching snd holding
their desired position. The men In
the rigging we're terribly exhausted and
1t was difficult undertaking for them to.
descend one after the other. Fourpf
them descended in safety, jumped oyer-
board and like the irst were drawn INTO
the boat. II was than discovered 9hat
the fifth ssilorin the rigging
WAS A CoRPsR,
andehis body was left in its icy restiag
place. The surf boat then headed for fHs