Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-01
ALL BUT TWO SAVED.
The Tug Boat Webster and Ten Men Re,
cued and Taken to Barbor.

cued and Taken to Barbor.
Capt. George Clark and nine men from tn,
missing steam tug Edwin H. Webster of New
York, for whose safety so much anxiety ha
been Felt, arrived a; Vineyard Haven, Mass
last Friday night. They still quartered o,
board the three-masted schooner Everett Web
ster Of Philadelphia. The schooner was bount
for Boston from Philadelphia with a cargo O
coal and rescued the ten men when nearl,
every hope of their being saved had boon give,
| up. violent northerly gale has been blowing
since she anchored at Vineyard Haven, making
1t toe rough for the rescued men to make ,
! landing and it was not until yesterday that til,
! schooner could be boarded and full particul
OF the rescue ascertained- Capt. Clark Of the
Inflated tug states:
| I'VE left New York Tuesday morning about
o'clock for the dumping grounds of Rockaway
| Inlet, about three miles from Coney Island
We had dumping scows. Nos. l and II in tow
ihere was an increasing northwest wind blow.
ing. AT 4Oo the same morning We reached the
grounds. and after the two scows had dumped
their leads we started to return. The wind at
TINS time had attained the velocity OF a gale
and the tug was struck by binding snow squalls,
causing her to keep and under East
BANK In consequence she got into shoal
water, and while endeavoring to get out into
deeper water the hawser caught in the pro-
peiler.
Just as day was breaking the steam tug
Nicholas, with two scows i'll tow. came to our
assistance In response to our signals and when
all efforts to get the hawser clear were unavail-
ing she endeavored to tow the disabled steam
rug and scows to New York. but was unable to
do SO on account Of the severe gale and high
sea.
The Webster was then anchored and the
steam tug Nicholas proceeded toward New
iork with her own scows The Webster with
her two scows dragged oceanward her anchor
NOT being sufficient to hold them. Fifty
iathoms OF hawser was bent on to the end of her
chain which checked her greatly. she having
about 100 iathoms Of cable out.
After an hour the hawser holding the
sSows, which was entangled in the propeller,
cut or chafed itself clear and the scows drifted
rapidly out to sea. They each dropped their
service to them. They could be seen by the
Webster all day Tuesday drifting to the north
east, but the next morning nothing could be
seen of them. The Webster continued drag
ging into rougher water and was a complete
mass OF Ice She labored SO heavy she sprung
bad leak, and by constant pumping and ali
hands bailing with buckets we could Just keep
her free of water.
THE steamer rolled so badly that coal was
washed into her bulges and under her pumps,
choking them up badly. The men were obliged
to stand in the ice cold water, working for their
lives, endeavcring to keep the pumps clear and
In working order In this manner they were
all more or less frozen. At midnight on We'd
nesday the supply of coal became exhausted.
and all available woodwork such as berths.
foorlnS. joiner work. DC. was burned, fur
nlshinS fuel to work the pumps.
About O'clock while i'll this precarious
condition, the wind still heavy, the fuel ex-
hausted. the water up to the CRATE bars in the
engine room and the crew exhausted from ex-
posture, excessive labor and hunger, having
eaten scarcely anything for forty hours a YES
sci lights were sighted heading straight for
the Webster. The welcome vessel which proved
to be the schooner Everett Webster, was sig
nailed by our lights and she Immediately bore
down and lowered her stern boat, which was
manned by her first officer W. NJ. Leeds, and
three men. These men, by skillful manage
ment rescued the ten men from the sinking
tug one by one, this undertaking consuming
an hours time. When the last man of the tug
was rescued the guards Of the tug were level
with the water and she could not have stay ed
atioat much longer"
When landed aboard the schooner all of
the rescued men had their hands or feet more
or less frozen. Capt. Clark states that too
much praise cannot be accorded to Can't.
Bowen and the officers and crew OF the schooner
Everett Webster for their gallant rescue
The schooner herself was a solid mass of ice
nearly to her cross-trees and was almost un-
manageable. The captain states that he has
no knowledge OF missing scow No. 5, but thinks
that she would not sink being large and new
with water-tight compartments running nearly
the whole length Of her. He manifests anxiety
regarding the two men On board, a she was
not abundantly supplied with food and fuel.