The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-06

CAPE HATTERAs LIFE sAvERs-CAPT II. n. DALEY.
ging their boat eight miles through tho sand.
Ing to rest they plunged into tho surf Only
those who have seen and felt n winter surf can
appreciate what is moant by after taking
several heavy seas wo got through the surf"
Nor without experience can one understand the
labor Of TINT pull 81 eight miles out 70 sea- And
The afternoon was nearly half gone ere they
as they headed back for the shore IN the face
Of the deadly olr-shore, current running two
Faint with hunger and exhausted by Ave
hours OF unbroken labor at the oars and
d at the bnS Of h h
wrecked seamen into the surf boat and then. en-
numbered 50 that but tour mon could handle
Whs does O Iio 'i Savers Vile I'll think when
she knows her husband Is facing such peril as
Il was linking" said She turning serious
face toward her husband. what good thing
4 was for tho wrecked seamcn that Dave was
between the 18th and 21st of January 1889:
ten men lost ther lives Off Cane llatteras. and
tine Waiter ). Massey, brought ashore lV on
the schooner Alloy Il. Chester was wrecked on
{ lie outer Diamond and Ave mon were lost and
three were saved. On the 2lst the .schQ2ner J.
shoals north OF the Cape. and al that time
thlee wrecks were visible from Hatteras light
shoals with distress signals flying. The An
derson was eventually taken into Norfolk.
Two other wrecks oil Hatteras deserve spe-
cial mention. for one OF them swels the ife
savers bosom with pride, aad the other makes
kim hang his head.
on December Is; 1894, tho barkentne Eph-
riam William. with yellow pine from SSavnn-
nah to Providence, and u crew OF nine ali told.
found herself driving on the inncr shoal of
Cape Iiattcras. The crew made haste 10 drop
the anchor. but after bringing to safely. tho
gale increased to such an extent that on
the 2lst, she parted hor,cable; struck'the shoa!.
nakeet. At that tho life savers got out their
boat. and under Capt. b. b. DALEY OF tho Cape
Ehree Of the Gre SSs station pu ia se
The wreck was six miles of shore but every
man Of the crew was, was saved. They we're in n
drink for ninetytwo hours: and most Of
that time in her rigging. The severity Of
ran 50 high when the life, savers went
OIL shore that Congress- voted gold medals
were one inch aud three quarters in diameter
and an eighth thick. Three OF tho crew havo
frG9 s0d hSr mSd Getns Sash
so and $50. The men who value the medal
above its weight In gold are ,SnrimGn j. i.
lenett and Thomas Gray. and the two keepers.
DALEY and Ethridge. already mentiouel.
The wreck THAI they arc al ASHAMED OF was
in a GaIe or ilatteras on April IL 1889, and !
came to an; hor oil hinnak"" Here she bold
the time The lifr savers got their boats ana .
guns ready and kept IL man al the surf watch /
ing her constantly. SO that II she should bronk
her cable and come ashore they could quickly (
fire IL line over her or 20 10 her assistance with
the, boats. On the 18th the fatal hour camo. !
and she struck the beach half way between !
Kinnake et and The Cape Point station. In less |
than half an hour. and while yet the life savers |
wore nearly mile away. sne went to pieces, |
AMI ali hands were drowned. -Four tojies |
camo ashore and we're buried in the sand. but |
two others We're never hoard from.
The life savers made n NJ stake in waiting for |
her to bone h. They should have G0no to hrT |
rs suor, as her distress si-nals wero scen. An |
unknown bard was novel by this t. write Il |
poem and leave II in the public highway wnero |
1t would fall into the hands o. the kinnakeet |
crew of lilo savers. Tho following stanzaS will |
Illustrate the lattcras idea OF poetry:
The wird was blowing high.
The ocean run from far
The schooner John SHEA 'ti7 supposed
Lay sunkrn quite near the bar.
Tho coIors from the shea
We're hOis'ed orc b. one
Crying. d" are coming TO aid :;
sia, droN ming be our doom p
So as he nenrcd the shore
Il 9 hats ana larH"is waved
A. II iosa" is there II" Wav
Ny which we ma be sdyedy
On. stlr an awful scene.
Wy weary '"art .li sob
To zee the ,a,irIs going down,
Gns hand nc,d uP to cod
TIL Father of the world
Took them 1T hrs embrace
while Capt Pngh and his brave
Not even shovel taeiE face.
Tho poem is unfair to the life savers in its
fling nj their courage They were m ,taken in
judgment. hut they have proved thor courage
very frequently 1T otucr wrecks
Though they nro WOrko very much harder,