Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-29
RESCUING A CREW.
Heroic Work Of Life.SaverS: Bring
ing the Sailors Ashore from
Stranded Vessel.
o'sHEA's REPLY TO THE chARo-
ES OF HEAIv.
DR.. Shrady Commences Operations
upon Cancer Patients with
koch's Lymph.
WEDDING STORIES AMONG THE
UPPER CIRCLES.
Destitute Laborers Gathering at
Portland, Oregon, and Grow.
ing Desperate.
o.sHeA's REPLY TO THE cHARe.
Es OF HEAIv.
WEDDING STORIES AMONG THE
UPPER CIRCLES.
by Telegraph to the NEws.I
sHlPwRECk AND RESCUE.
An American schooner IL stranded
OF sandy Hook.

An American Schooner II stranded
OF Sasdy Hook.
NEW YORK, Dee. IS. Yellow
pine iumber strews the beach al
sandy HOOK IL Is part of the cargo
Of the American schooner Melissa
Trosk, which stranded south OF the
point Of the Hook on the outside. OF
the beach last night. Ii was during
the great northeast storm, which
Was ia-hing the coast from Cape
God To Hsttera-, anu the schooner,
bound from Jacksonville. Fla, Ia
this port, was trying 10 MAKE the
harUor. Had IL not been for the
heroic conduct Of Captain john IL
Patterson, OF the Sandy HDok Life
Saving Station AMI his harry crew,
rvery man on boand the schooner
would have peri-hed. Ii was one oi
the most uifficult rescue>, THE life
savers cay, they have undertaken
In years
A storm oI ice and snow stru, K
the Melissa Irdsk yesterday, but .ht
coutinueu 10 beat her way north
ward. aud Just before midnight she
was OFF SANDY Hook. rne snow
was still coming down In blinuing
gusts ami the VIM. which hau
lullei somewhat in the early even
ing, began 10 blow with hurricane
force. captain HAYWOOD had one
Of the anchors set Town, but it liz
not hold.
The schooner was going ashore;
there was no help for it, anu the
waves were rapidIy pounding her
deck load To pieces. The sails anu
rigging were frozen stiff and the
ma>ts were covered with ice far
above the gaffr. the mizzenmast
showed signs OF falling.
Slowly the schooner drifted to-
ward the beach. J. he benumbed
crew, seeing the inevitable result.
shouted with all the strength of their
lungs and signals Of distress We're
burned.
The cries Of the men were heard
even aboye the roaring Of the storm
10y some Of Captain patterson's pa
trOlmen, and in less than three MN
utes two large mortars were dragged
ONci tHc siOH W tic bciCn anu
placed in position, while a couple
Of lifeboats were made ready for
launching. But it was too rough
to launch a boat. The waves were
dashing far upon the beach and the
atmosphere was freezing. a lifeline
was shot from one of the inortars.
tut it caught on the mizzen spring
stay. The crew did not dare TO AS
cend the mizzen mast, As ii threat
ened TO fall at any moment. An
other shot sent a line through the
ratlines of the main rigging, how
ever, and this was secured.
Here. a new difficulty was pre-
scented. The schooner's crew did not
understand working the life-saviDg
apparatus, and instead Of hauling II
on the line to secure the stronger
cable, which was To carry out the
breeches buoy, the men simply
made the line fast. Enormous seas
were sweeping over the little
schooner anu sine was rolling fear
fully, with her decks and rigging
solidly coated with ice, which was
constantly growing thicker.
The lifesavers were at their wits'
ends. After shouting themselves
hoarse and burning several signals,
the life-savers decided to try to
launch one of the surf boats. as il |
was plain that the sch0oner's crew
woulI succumb ere many minutes.
Just rs this was being done the |
IrdI crew, TO Captain Patterson's |
joy, began to haul In on the line
In n few minut. s the cable was in |
possession and the br--ches buoy
brought ashore the first man. Hi-
clothing was frozen stiff ON min. aud
thu. lifr-saver mad to almost larry
him To the station. The others were
rescued in the same terrible Gu
dition, and had the men been left
On the schooner many minute-
longer they wouli have frozen u
death.