Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-01
4 ROUGH CRUISE.
Terrible Eypsr!:lcs Of Tug and
Two Sc1V's Crews
0ui In Long ISlard Sould--. Tug
Vas Lost
But the Men We're Rescued and Taken
Into Vineyard Haven.

| VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, Jan. ST.
| Cap ain George Clark ard nine men from
the missiog stesm tug Ei~in II. Webster
| CT New York, for whose safety much ARK
iety Was felt, arrived in this hsrbor Friday
Disht They sre still q isrtsred on board
the hree- Dssted schoo sr Everett Web
ser, Captain Bowen, Of Phlla ielphis.
| Tie Evarst q Webster was oculd for
| Boston, from Philadelphia. With cargo OF
coal, and Rescued he ten men, shsn nearly
every hope of being saved Was given up.
a violent nOr,herly gsle had bsea blowing
since the schooner anchored here, mski &
i too rough for the rescued men 10 make a
| landing, ard not until today could the
,chvoler BE- boarded snd full particulars of
tie rescue sseertsined
| Csptsin Clark Of the i'll lsted seam tug
states ~ q iefi New York Tue sd,y morn
leg, shout ore o'clock for the 3umping
g,ounts of Rloks~sy Ialst, hsvicg Ghe
| dumping sc1Ws numbers 5 and l. in tOF.
At I55 We reached the gronni and after
! the two sS0Ss weIs dumped Ne started to
return.
| The wind at THE time had attained the
velocity Of a gale, a1d the ,us VAS struck
| by blindins sao~ tQlslls. causing her TO
keep neac and usder tbe "E,ss bank" In
conseq dence Of this We got into shosl water
ir while snd in enjesvoring to get out
into deeper water the hsvFer caught in The
proptiler-
just a. the dsy was breaking the s!esm
| tug Nichols, with two scows IN tow, came
to our assistsnce. As ali efforts to get the
hsw ser Gear were unavailable, she endesy-
cred to tow the disabled stesm tug and
scows to New York, bul were u able 10 do
SO on scc1unt of the severe gale snd high
| sea. The Webster then suGhDrtd ald the
steam tug Nicholas proceed led toward New
YORK with her osn sGoSs. The Webster with
two sccws, dragged oces.wsrd, the anchor
not being sufficient TO hold them. A:t'r an
hour the hswser holding the scows, which
was enta0gled in the propeller, Gu, cr chsfed
isselt clear ard tbe sco~s dftfted rapidly
out TO sea. Esch dropped anchors, which
apparently were Of but little sery cs to
them. They could be seen by the Webster
ell dsy Tuesday drfiilg - the northeast,
but the next morning noshing c0u be seen
Of them.
| The Webster ooptiaued dragging into
rougher ws;e, and wss n complete mass Of
ice. She Isbored so heavy that she sprung
a bad leak, sod by constant pumping suo
eli bands bsiliog with buckles we caud
asst Keep hfr free of water The steamer
rolled SO badly that the coal ssshed INTO
her biges and under the pumps, chOking
,hem up badly. The men were Obliged &c
stsnd Ia the ice cold wster. working for
their lives, endssyofi0g to keep the puupe
clear.
In this msnner they were all more or less
lrcz an, midnight Wedne esday the supply
| n al h. ia ban
woodwork, berths., flooring. j,lnerwork,
etc, was burned, iurnishing fuel to
WORK the pumps. About u'llo whlle
in this precArious condition, the wind
being stili heavy and the fu~i exhausted.
the water up TO the crate bars il the FIRE
room, the crew ali nesr.y exhausted ffom
exposure, excessive lsbor aud hunger, hav.
ing eaten scarcely Any thing I1r 20 hours, g
vessel's ligots were sighted, heediDg straight
for the Webster.
The vessel proved to be the schoor e.
Everett W. bsier, and b-Iug sl2usled ty
our lights immediately bure down, l3sefsd
her stern host, which was named bs
the fitst ofiicsr, W. NJ. Leeds, Rnc
three men. These uep, by skillful ma
sgsment TesIuaa 10 mes from the sinking
steamer ooe ty one, this cousani u at
| h0Ht tiut' W hN'N tbt bset Auhn va
rescued she guards OF the tug were ieve
with the Wster, ard the could not Lave
s,sid sfl leI much longer
When iard ded aboard the schooner 1t wa
ssceitsined thRs all tne rescued men hs,
tbei, hands and feet more or less frozen
They will leave for their homes tom3rIoa
morning.
Capt Clark states hat t1o much prsis,
cannot be accorded TO Capt. Bl~en aud th'
Ulcers and crew of the sch0oDe
Everett Webster, for the g.i!an
rescue. The schooner was a soh'
msss Of ice, nearly II her forecross ,rses
and almost manageable. Capt. Clsrl
also states that - they hed not b-en takei
of 1st 81 that time, they certainly wOu'i
have hesn lost, az heir 0w1 row boat VS.
swsmped, The Captain states that hsd
large steam tug been sent ont after ihsm a
once, the Webster could have been saved
He has no knowledge OF missing scop
No. 5, but thinks she YOU'D DOT sink, beiu,
large and new, with water tight com
psrImenis running nearly the whole lengtl
Of her. He mtnifes,s anxiety regsrdipI
the two men on board, as she wss nc
abuudantly supplied ~i,h food and fuel
The tug Webster was abandoned about q
miles east of Highlands Of Navesink. H
crew saved oDiy what they stood 10 and ar
in destitute cor diion.