New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-19
4 BIG NEW SHIP ASHORE.
THE WINDERMERE STRANDED AT DEAL
BEACH.
SIZE WAS BOUND FOR THIS PORT on HER FIRST
VOYAGE-ALL on BOARD TAKEN OFF
BY TIE LIFE-SANERS.
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Asbury Park. y. j., March In the severe
snowstorm this morning the ship Windermcrc was
stranded at the foot of Eighth-ave., just off Deal
! Lake. She struck the outer bar, brOadsdc on
her nose pointing aorthWard, at a. III, ana sld
over 10 the shore side. As the vessel
struck signals Of distress were made. and captain
: Lambert Edwards of the Deal Beach Lille SAVING
Station, had his apparatus and crew on tie Deach
in a liny. The biz ship was III q dangerous posi-
/ tiOn. The seas were sweeping over her. ana the
terrific northeast wind made IL almost impossible
! for the liic-savers 70 use their boats. The NE
saving crews from the Long Branch and Shark
River stations soon arrived AT the scene and Gap
| tain Edwards launched the big lfchoat. ana WIN
d picked crew rowcd out to the ioluderlng snip
and brought ashore Two sailors. The lie llhe
was then shot ont and made fast ard the Others
/ Of the crew were landed by means OF the brccclca
/ buoy, without accident. The sailors We're dnnchcd
/ by the surf while passing from the ship TO the
shore but rs soon as they landed Oh Che beach
willing hands helped them to the lifc-slvins
station at Deal Beach, where hot food and dry
clothes were given to them. The crew, including
officers and common seamcR numbered forty.
As soon as the ship stranded the Merritt Wreck
Ing Association informed, and late this after
noon a tug arrived from Newiork. The ship Is
firmly imbeddcd IN the sand about fifty yards
from shore. Al eIort will be made to pull her
Off at to-nights hgh tide, but il is doubtful If
she can be hoaicd. The Windcrmcrc is an Eng
sh steel clipper ship OF 3,!'J tons. she was
built at Milford Haven. South Wales and was
launched in January last. She is 50i feet long.
az feet inches beam and - feet inches depth
OF hold. Her nainuiast is 80 feet. She
is owned by Fisher i Spraut. of Fenchurch-st..
! London, who own fleet of large merchantmen.
She was bound for New-Yo ork and was consigned
70 Vernon II. Brown ~ Co., OF No. % Beaver-st..
New-York. After taking on cargo Of oil, she
was to have sailed for Calcutta.
The ship sailcs from Milford Haven January
% in ballast During the passage bos-
ferrous weather was encountered. and owing
to the meagre ballast. the ship behaved badly.
Barnegat Light was sighted early Thursday morn
ing. Here pilot Wclch. of No i. the w. II.
Starbuck, came aboard and cndcayored 10 take
the ship to Sandy Hook. \ gale was blowing
and the snow was almost binding Sandy Hook
was reached early Friday morning, hut the ship
refused to mind her wheel and then Welch under
took 10 wear the ship. She mi>-staycd and dospii"
all efforts drftcd broad-dc the bar at this
place This disaster could have been aNcrtcd had
those in command thrown out the anchors. hui
the pilot and Captain Windclmcrc felt confident
that they could reach tie Hook without resort
Ing 10 ouch a pTecaution The officers and ere"
Lad ! en- on deck without food for over eighteen
hours. and the exposure and hard work exhausted
them.
The crew spent The night at the hfe-saVing
station. aud they will be sent 10 Ncw-io3k To-
morrow morning. There were twelve apprentices
on the vessel. all Of them robust young
E,olisbr,cn and several OF them sons Of wealthy
.,0i iagra cd
lows: Captain. C. 4. Windcrmerc; irSt mate
G. Barnard second mate. Frank scott; tmfi
mate Frank Parsons fourth mate. Thomas Elch-
ordsou: boatswain Gcor-c Wclch; boaiS"aih
mate. Charles Sloan; steward, Alfred Mor"H
cook Augustus Hope carpenter. NJ Jenkins car
penter's mate. Henry Griffith; sailmakcr. James
Owens
The Winderncre came ashore within iifty yards
of the spot where the New Era was wrcch'd %"
SUNDAY, November -, SD OF the 40 passengers
aboard the New Era. over 800 were drowned
A marble monument las been erected on '"'
Leach bv James A. Bradley in commcmoration oi
tat disaster. 1t va. near the same spot, ioo' tl't
tbe French ship LAmcrIquc, tie stcaner fhnS
and several smaller vessels were wrecked
When the shipwrcckcd sailors wcrc being
broupht ashore In the brccchcs buoy. the Rev.
: Edward Young the pastor Of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, who Is the chlci adF"c.'c
Of the bill now pending in congress pfoNiu.nE, ici t
nm increase Of the salaries Of the men IN me Lii
Saving Service, helpe 20 man the rop, lie -1il
he would like to have all the members oi tic
nitcd States House of representatives, witness
his scene Of bravery and skill This II one OF
The erandest exhibitions Of the efficiency OF ep
Life Saving Service that ! have ever seen' nc
said.
Pilot Wech who arrived here last night told the
story Of The ,t;tndlng Of the Windcrmere but Naid
| ,t,,c ,lrut the NEGLECT to let 20 the anchor when
18th hee and the captain knew they being driven
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