The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-01
GyiTCHED FROM THE SEA
rv RESCUE CT THE CREW OF THE
IN TUG WEBSTER.

-,- Craft on the Point of Sinking
WREN a Schooner Game to the
,.-o,e-The Tugs Crew Working
T,fa IN Ice Cold Water and With
a,+ Food for Forty Hours.
I-,vrvARD HAVEN, MASS. Jan. 81
c.-. George Clark and nine men from tho
19. ,..i,g steam tug Edwin h. Webster Of
r'm York. for whose safety SO much
~ ba, been felt, arrived in this harbor
sD. o., rrisav night. They are still quartered
hoard Of the S-masted schooner Ev~
" Tob,ter. Capt. Bowen. OF Philadelphia.
~. wabster was bound for Boston from
nsn.dalnbia. with a cargo of coal, and
-...nad ten men when nearly every hope Of
.,i,, saved had been given up. A violent
so,tbsrly gale has been blowing since she
.notored here. making it too rough for the
-..,,od men to make q landing, and it
80. not until to-day that the schooner
a,,ri be boarded and particulars
'. Tho rescue ascertained. Capt. Clark
,',+s. that be left New York; Tuesday
'oorning for the dumping grounds eff
Tortawav Inlet. He had two dumping
iooTs in tow. After the scows had dumped
,Soir loads be started to return. The wind
as. bIowing gale and toe tug was struck
bya binding snow storm.
WIN V,wsER CAUGHT IN HER PROPELLER
In keepipg near and under the EAST
Ronkn he got into shoal water, and the
iaTse7 caught in the propeller. The steam
my Nichols, with two scows in tow, came
~ tbo assistance Of the Webster, but was
r9be TO get the hawser clear. The Web
star anchored and the Nichols pro-
caaIed 10 New York. The Webster, with
her two scows, dragged oceauward,
her anchor not being sufficient to hold them.
3f4r an hour the hGwser holding the
srors. which was entangled in the pro-
re.sr. cut or chafed itself clear and the
scows drifted rapidly out to SEQ. They
zach dropped their anchors, which were
grparently of but little service to them.
THE sCows LOST SIGHT OF.
They could be seen by the Webster all
day Tuesday drifting to the northeast, but
deDext morning no5hing could be seen OF
them. The Webster continued dragging
m.o roughcr water and was a complete
mass ot lee. "She lahored SO heavily that
sespruug a bad leak, and by constant
pumping aud all hands bailing with buck
els we could lust keep her free of water.
The steamer rolled so badly that her coal
was washed into her bilges aud under her
pumps, choking them up badly.
PUMPING FOR THEIR LIVES.
"Thq men we're obliged to stand in ice
cold water, working for their lives, endeav-
ogiug 10 keep the pumps clear and in work
inc order In this manner they were all
more or'less frozen. At midnigh. Wednes-
daytbe supply Of coal became exhausted and
al tie available woodwork, such as berths,
flooring, jiner work, ETC., was burned
furnishing fuel to work the pumps. About
So'clock, while in this precarinus condition,
the wind being still heavier, the fuel c5.
haustel, the water up to the grate bars in
the engine room, and the crew exhausted
from exposure, excessive labor and hungry
having eaten scarcely anything for forty
hours vessels lights we're sighted, heading
straight for the Webster.
THE RESCUE.
The welcome vessel, which proved to bt
the schooner Everett Webster, was sig.
nailed by our lights and she immed lately
Oo'e down and Lowered her stern boat
%llcl was manned by her first officer
w. A. Leei Is, and three men
Ilese men by skllrul managemen
rescued ten men from the sinking schooner
Que Que by me, this consuming an hours time
wren tue last man was rescued the guard
VIihe tug were level with the water, anC
Meeould IT not have staid ahoat much longer
"neA landed aboard the schooner all of the
rescued men had their hands and feet more
oFes frozen.n