The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-29
TWO SCOWS STILL ASTRAY.
A PERTLOUs NIGHT ron THE FOUR
MEN WHO WE'RE RESCUED.

A PERTLOUs NIGHT ron THE FOUR
MEN WHO WE'RE RESCUED.
rsur stsanships Passed without Heeai.e
Their signal OF Distress-Ths Captain OF
the Nichols Tells OF His Intellectual Al.
tempt 70 Save the Tue Webster.
Two Of the four dumping scows which were
blown out to sea with the tug Edwin Webster
early on Tuesday morning were found sixty
miles southeast OF Fire Island little before
noon on Wednesday. and were towed back to
the Atlantic Dock. Brooklyn. The men we're
all right. but badly frightened and very cold.
The soows reached the dock at II o'clock on
Wednesday night but as they had passed
Sandy Hook and Quarantine unobserved BY
the lookout men. no one knew Of their arrival
until yesterday morning. OF the other two
scows and the tug nothing had been heard up
to midnight.
The scows that were saved were Nos. and
16 Of the Barney Dumping Company and they
had been chartered by tho Street Cleaning De-
partment They we're held together by 800
foot cable when the wind began to blow them
out to sea. Both were empty. and rose high
out Of the water. and both had their anchors
out. At the very beginning Of their perilous
ride tho anchor OF No. caught on the bottom.
but the wind and the waves were 80 strong
that in little while the cable snapped and the
scow was free. The anchor Of No. IS acted as
q drag.
There were two men on each scow. and they
remained in the little house aft all day and all
night, except for few minutes when they
signaled a passing steamer. On No. were
Capt. John johnson and Mate JONAS Hansen.
and on No. IL Capt John Robinson and Mate
Samuel Moore. All that there was to eat on
each scow was loaf Of bread. two packages
Of oatmeal and half pound Of coffee. There
was stove and plenty Of fuel. but the cold
wind crept through the cracks n the walls
comfort.
The men on these scows did not know what
the NSo turned Ct iu speed
SS or pt the
ther.. until In q very littls while they could see
nothing but tho ocean End ne SKY and the
The hsSser Which II hsld Them tossthcr stood
better II they had thf9wn It on and each
the men wore afraid to cast loose, and Capt.
other seoW Every time he ioooied out q the
! window he would have gone crazy. Tho anchor
AT 3H in the afternoon steamer passed
them The men poured kerosene on the end Of
1ss Ss sna xs ysa for ae sfRs %
sbp es
eSs
the boats had been rising and falling ten feet
with every wave, and the water had been pour
None Of the four men slept that night, To;
ssrby
| and 1t was evident that neither could last more
than thrty-s hours The men hadn't the
the storm had abated a little and the waves
did not wash, over the seows a. much as be-
q
Three steamers PASSED them during the morn
but Ss paid 1ss TO # oest 2 IL n: eas Edgar
ss%ns to sss ses sns
asS saa ea ss%s shs
found that she could MT come near the scows;
passing Sawser bosrd which the mem
| on the scow made fast A heaving line was
anne ed to
ward trip began. and ten hours later the scows
not q word was received Of the other
eleven men on, board. The Webster had pro-
days at a pinch. but the scows had hardly any.
Even with the strictest economy the men on
the missing fleet. The two tcows that we're
recovered are worth at least $1,000 each. SO
| money IN the way OF salvage
A. f Cove. master Of the tugi Nichols. made
St ala ths
leit street a. q , Tass:
he gut he
dumping grounds and unloaded. Ten minutes
later. as he was returning to the city. he hearda
distress, signal which came fvom the tug
learned that the Webster had q hawser en-
dS is aboas osa the sse
Increasing In volume Cove said he could
dand ss dne
=, He signalled the Webster to drop anchor.
The Webster did SO and was cast of. Cove
compelled to anchor the two bumpers at Rock
sh0a Cove tried to get hack to the
coal and water. went back to get hIs. own tow:
their anehors and drted to sea- COVE ssid
and was then compelled to return.
made no offer to take the mon of tho Webster
ger: He said that he stayed BIZ the Webster
| and her tow as long rs he could without dan
ger to his own tow. In answer to other Iues-
tons Cove satd: In Gart:
distress. saw nothing to lead me to think
wsss SG" k wss eabns ne see theme
sa .nH m asfH stpess than AMI GseH
| this coast for eleven years, and never saw It
blow Up gale go suddenly and 80 severely"
DAMAGE TO SHALL CRAFT