The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-01-30
HOPE ABANDONED.
Two More Of the Missing soow
Men Saved from the Sea.
BUT TWELVE ARE STILL MISSING.

Tho Chances Are That These Men
Have Met Watery Grave-Their
Boats in Sinking Condition
When Last Seen-TcrribIe Suffer-
tngs of tho Rescued Men.
New York, Jan. 30.-One other scow
out of the four carried out to sea with
the tug Webster on last Tuesday has
been picked UP. 1t was found by the
Luckenbach about ninety miles from
Sandy Hook.
The two men ON board, Olaf Dahl,
captain, and William Larretson, mate,
were in q terrible condition from ex-
posure and hunger. The intense cold
had half frozen them, and they had ex-
Aausted their small supply of provisions
hours before. After throwing them
some provisions the Luckenbach made
hawsers fast and started to tow the
scow to the city. She reached Atlantic
basin shortly after midnight, and at
once started out to resume the search
for the Webster and the other missing
Ecow. She returned late last night, and
Captain Luckenbaeh, owner of the tug,
states that in his opinion further search
would be useless.
Threatened with Destruction.
OF the four scows and one tug which
composed his little fleet lost in the hur-
cane, three of tho scows, Nos. 3, IL and
II, have been found and towed back to
the city. The remaining scow and the
tug Webster, which had it and No. II
in tow, have not yet been heard from.
The last seen of the Webster and the
other scow (No. 81 was on Tuesday after
noon. Captain Olaf Dahl and Mate
William Larrefson say that they were
chen drifting further in shore than No.
~, and were rolling heavily.
The scow seemed to be filling, and the
big waves were continually dashing over
the tug, threatening her with destruc-
tion at every moment. Captain Dahl
Thought it impossible for the men on
board to escape death. Late onTuesday
afternoon the men on No. II lost sight
OF the Webster and the other scow. As
they passed out of sight they appeared to
be on the verge of sinking, and were ap-
parently keeping to rights only with the
utmost difficulty.
All Hope Abandoned.
There has been some doubt as to the
number of the crew of the Webster, but
Captain Hennessey, who owns her, said
that there We're ten men on board.
They, with the two on scow No. g. make
twelve in all. Captain Hennessey, when
seen by reporter, expressed but little
hope for the safety of the Webster and
her crew. 1t is the general belief in
South street that both tug and scow
succumbed to the waves. The only hope
for the men is that they may have been
picked up by some steamer, but thai
possibility is regarded as very remote
The relatives of the missing men have
abandoned all hope.
Shipping men are severely criticislne
the street department for not supplying
the scows with rockets to be used in JUS
such an emergency as these scows hav,
experienced If they had distress rocket
there is no question but that all hand
would have been rescued Wednesday,
morning. AS an instance of that fac
Captain Hoelch, of the tank oil steame
Brilliant, at this port from Geeste
nunde, says that early Wednesday h
saw torches burning on craft off Fir
Island.
He imagined that the torehers wer
burned by some pilot boat, and having
pilot on board he did not stop to inyesti
gate. He now feels certain that the sig
mails were made by the scows. He say
he would have remained by the boats al
night and towed them in at daylight ha
they fired rockets.