The evening world., 1892-01-29
ANOTHER PICKED Up.
Scow No. II Found Ninety Miles
Southeast Of Sandy Hook,
Her Crew OF Two Men Rescued by
The Edgar L. Luckenhack.
Tho Tug Webster aud Srow No. !.
Believed to Have Conc Down.

The blk oCecn-goiug tug Edgar T. Lucken-
back came into the Atlantic iia>ia. brooklyn,
al l..3O O'clock this morning, having IN tow
another or the Barney dumvinG-b patS which
d,ittrd out tu sea IN the terrible gale cf Tue .
day morning.
The boat was No. II, one o: the tug Edwin
Wcbstcrs tow. She had been drifting over
hny-unr hours when she Was picked up ninety
miles OF SANDY Hook 10y The LUckcuhack, and
the two men aboard her, capt. OLAF Duhi and
Mate William larrct'son, were overt y"d al
their rescue.
Ronl No. ), with capt. ,ha'lr, ,rump and
Mate l'lavio canal" Is believed To be- 81 |
drifting, but in South street there IL hut one
opinion in regard To the Tug Webster that
she has foundcied.
only capt. William llcnncSs"y, the owner
OF the Webster, ana the men IN the oficc uf
her chartcrcr capt. John \. Maurus at ="
South street, have any hope that the Web
stcr'n crew of ten men have been taken OF.
The general opinion on the street Is that
none OF the ten viii ever bc heard OF again.
Although the rescued men on Bont NJ. l.;
say that their consort, No. =, is certainly Still
afoat, search Tor her seems to have been
abandoned. rnc Edgar +. LuCktnhack did
not go out again after docking Boat No. Il.
The William +. Chapman, which was sent
out by the Strcct-Clcaniig Department., came
In last night, and at her CnCr, 20 South
strcetthis morning II was said she would not
60 out again unless ordered.
The l.. Luchcnbuck, which went out shortly
after the Edgar +. Luchenback got In this
,vttb 1 - ~
this forenoon Unsuccessful, and at the Iuch-
enbacE Towing Iompany's ol1icc, Broad aud
South streets, 1t wa, said IL had not been Dc. .
cidcd to send out either Of the big tugs again,
as there was thought TO be- little possibility ui
picking up boat NO. >, and none at all oi mud.
ing he Webster.
Supt Burdctte. OF the Barney Dumping
Boat Company, after consul alton with res
cued capt. Dahl, said he would send cut
another tug u look for No >.
The nulncs VI but four or the WChStcrs
crew are known. they ar" capt George
CLARK. Engineer theodore Wall, Pilot LasiIe.
and Steward Charles kn3Wlc-. Ihc latter :
home Is IN Williainstown, y. j. Besides these
there are four iircmcn and two dcck-har!ds on
board.
IN EVENING WORLD reporter boarded the
Edgar +. Luckenhack In Atlantic Basin this
morning. capt. hcanc told this story OF the
rescue OF Is, at No. IL:
ave started out shortly after mldIisht
yesterday morning, after bringing IN lioats
Nos. j and ID. We crulaod IN andy Hook,
keeping close watch with glasses until
about $50 o'clock yesterday mUrLilg We
We're then bout ninety miles soutn,a OF
Sandy HOOK. and saw q scow drifting head on
before the wind
Isle was flying little red llag, but there
was no sign or lie on board. We ran up L.
her and blew our whistle, which brought tive
men out Oi the cabin
We hcnved IL small line aboard, and they
pllllpt lilv llN "a mn nd,
fast. IL was about an hour nom he time We
sighted her un'il We got her In tow.
1.-The weather was bad, the wind west by
east and heavy cross seas were running. We
made slow trip home, gett ting here at 1880
O'Clock this morning. The men on board
were very glad to see us, you may be sure.
Capt. Dahl said they would have LETT the boat
the day before II they had been afforded u
chance"
capt. keane said he was ready to start out
again II he got orders. lie thougn' No. D. II
sun ailoat was drifting not les, than l2J
miles east OF sandy lluoh. He did not IKE to
say anything about the Webster, as II nigh,
destroy the hopes uI the families Of the crew.
Boat No II lies along SIDE Nos. . aud 10,
which were nrst brought In. she Is an iron
scow. The three others that went out to sea
with her are wooden vessels.
Both capt. Olaf Dahl and Mate william Lar
rcttsOa had thrilling talrs 10 tel! ut ih,ir cX-
pcricnce.
at was about . O'clock Tuesday morning."
Capt. Dahl said when We dumped our load.
About O'Clock the hawser got tangled In the
WebstCrS wheel.
"ihc Nichols took hold and tried to tow
US all, but fnally had TO drop the line and
put In with her two
1.-The Webster hung on about two hour ;,
when Ihc huwser parted. We dropped our
anchor. and a. We began drifting let so NJ. >
TO prevent culiiding. "" dri,tcd All day
Tuesday and Tuesday night; and "hru
awok" Wednesday morning We were still
drifting.
when we lost our anchor we got out over
two hundred feet OF hawacr and fastening
about sixty fathOmS or cnaln to Il put IL Uu;,
and It kept the boats head on to the Sea.
" The last We saw oI No. b was about u
O'Clock Tuesday evening. She was bearing
away southeast Of uS about nrc miles and
Laying stern to the sea
1--WE saw the Webster the same afternoon.
she was anchored away T. the south Of Rock
away shoals. NaNcsink Highlands Was then
Just In sight.
~ think the Webster has gone under. She
probably wen; down Tuesday night."
"W" hui>tcd cur nag by day ana The Ian
tern at night, said tic mate. "and "a |.
Dahl divided watches with m", We had
three barrels II coal On board and plcnty u
oatmeal We SIN have one package lcu, but
the coal ran out last night.
~ he only vessel We saw the Whole hfy-
two hours we drlftcd Was one schooner
was just cooking oatmeal iOr breakfast Wien
We heard lAc LuCkrabaCk's WhiStlr.
- No. IS men may Gu picked up by some
sailing vessel or steamer, aud wouldn't give
up hope Tor them II didn't hear Of them Tor
a month.
1--WE still had three gallons II water left
when wc got IN. No. ., men were no wore
on and are good for twenty-four hours yet,
before real suffering VIII begin.
capt. Cove. Of The NiCh rs, deserves cgadi.
for the "ilort II" mad" to help US lie couldn't
have taken Us aboard II We had then been
willing u leave the boats"
capt DAM and his mate both said that the
webster wa, sim disabled when last Srch BY
them, and that Scow No. . was apparently
Slcak.