The sun., 1889-11-28
ELEVEN PERSONS DROWNED.
WRECK OF a BARK OFF THE WEST END
HOTEL, LONG BRANCH.
Bhe Goes to Pieces with = Crash sSoon A rter
striking the Inner Bar, and Only Four
Persons Managed TO Reach the Shore,

She Goes to Pieces with = Crash SoOn liter
Striking the Inner Bar, and Only Four
Persons Managed TO Reach the Shore
LoNG BRANCH Nov. 27.-In the darkness
At6E o'clock this evening the German bark
Germanis, from Stettin for New York struck
on the sands of the West End Hotel She was
soon dismasted and broken up OF her crew Of
fifteen men only four survived the disaster.
Just before 6 o'clock Patrick Mcnamara
heard shouts OF distress from seaward. and saw
the lights OF q ship that was fast on the inner
bar. Postmaster Nunally sent his son to sum-
mon Capt. Asher Wardell and his life savers
from Green's Pond while he burned flambeau
OF old papers on the beach. For half hour
the shouts OF the sailors on the vessel could be
heard. Then came great crash. The ships
lights disappeared. The masts had fallen and
the vessel had been broken in two by the great
waves, that showered tho spray so high as to
hide the hulk from sight. Then the cries
ceased. About that time Capt Wardell and
his men drove up with the life-savinR appara-
tus. A line was shot over the wreck. but there
was no sailor left to make 1t fast
The red lights blaze showed the wreck to be
deserted. Patrolmen walked up and down the
beach to pick up the bodies Of the drowned or
to rescue any sailor that succeeded in getting
near the shore. Charley Deming was on
Ocean avenue when shouts attracted his at
tention. By the phosphore scent light OF the
foam he saw two men struggling In the SURF
He boldly jumped of the blufi. and, at the risk
OF being carried of by any unusually large
wave that might have swept In he helped
ashore the two exhausted swimmers. Had It not
been for his aid both would have lost their lives
in the undertow These two men were Louis
Eerlach. sailmaker. and First Mate Deyan.
Meantime two boys were rescued from the
waves by the life savers. who brilliantly
illumined the sea with their fires. Before 7
o'clock the incoming tide strewed the beach
with wreck stuff, which was closely examined
to see II any bodies we're among It. A triple
patrol on the beach was to be maintained until
daylight. The survivors were cared TOR near
by. but it was several hours before tho ex-
hausted sailors could be transferred to the
life saving station. Bystanders stripped off
their own clothes and gave them to the victims
At II o'clock Tonight no bodies had been
found: S and % II s believed that the remainder Of
T SsP5 poyan sad he
ers on The lee; Then be heard the order given
the vessel struck the outer bar. but, gid.
ing I. on !. big wave, slid over it and fetched
rushed on deck to find the big waves breaking
lowed BY some Of the crew. went overheard and
swan ashore. The Captain was evidently
washed overheard. Doyan remembers moth,
Ing OF his struggle Shoreward in the sea until
Ra sa him out Of the water
male population OF Long Branch were at the
scene OF the wreck to-niGht and patrolling the
beach combers. have no chance to steal any
property cast up by the sea- The vessel had
oss bosrd ner oSarbns m In and Vas by these
she struck.
when the life. saving crew W. arrived. One spar
only was standing about which i've or six sail.
Es nH MINUTES Mss rom
time Of the crews arrival. But at the same in;
Oh the last Remaining spar @ and broke the YES. ts
sci up. Before the line reached the wreck thero
saF f as Scsns Re Rc south
or Six sailors Ss beeR a
rels and brofen spars os Four 81 Il them SPa rsaacRed
the shore. One OF them. when dragged from
y the saving station' Who're Ss Gait SsS %arde
who had conducted the rescue. attended to tho
mans and Norwegians. One OF them. il. Doysn,
me FIRST mate: could speak English fairly we'll.
eS ssns e s 1esse dsH Tbs GsP
washed of the deck when the Capital and the
waves. One OF the rescued men. named GUS
tave,, was on deck at the time. and he says that
The Captain and some Of tho men were intoNi-
Gated when the vessel struck The Captain
u CIV revolver to shoot the man at the wheel.
but was swept from the deck. The mate says
not know whether the Captain was drunk or
not. There were fourteen IN the crew. OF whom
'he following were lost: Captain Windhorst,
and sailors William Baltz, Frantz Viarrossin.
Ernest Bolter. Gustav Holden shainer. Richard
NittenberR Arthur Braner ohm Schumacher |
Gustav Bergenhelm. and tho cook. whose
name is not known. Great bonflres were
ighted along the beach and scores Of men are
nay be washed up. The heavy rolling smoke
II the bonfres Is Carried In clouds by the
urious wind which is momentarily increasing.
rhe sea Is rolling heavily. No bodies have
been recovered, though the beach is lined with |
preckaRe OF all kinds.
The bark was OF 800 tons. from Stettin, Sept.
10. consigned to Theodore Ruger ~ Co. She
re- d. H. Waten 4 Co of Bremen. She Was 81
ron. us feet long. 80 feet beam. and 1915 feet
eep. ,