The evening world., 1892-01-29
ANOTHER PICKED UP.
Scow No. II Found Ninety Miles
Southeast Of Sandy Hook.
Her Crew Of Two Men Rescued by
The Edgar L. Luckenback.
The Tug Webster and Scow No. j
Believed to Have Gone Down.

The big ocear-going tug Edgar +. Luckcn-
Oack came into the Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn,
at 1890 O'Clock this morning, having in tow
another Of the Barney dumplng-boa which
drifted out to sea in the terrible gale OF Tues
DAY morning.
The boat was No. :. one of he tug Edwin
Webster's tow. She had been drifting over
nny.one hours when she was picked up ninety
miles on sandy Hook by the iuckcnback, and
the two men aboard her, Capt. Olaf Dahl and
Mate William Larrettson, were ovcrjoycd al
their rescue.
Boat No. ., with Capt. Charles Crump and
Nate Flavio Cannle Is believed TO be still
drifting, but In South street there Is but one
opinion in regard to the tug Wcbster-that
she has foundered.
only capt. William Hennessey, the owner
Of the Webster, and the men In the Office OF
her charterer, Capt John A. Maurus at %
south street, have any hope that the Web
ster's crew OF ten men have been taken OF.
The general opinion on the street is that
none OF the ten will ever be heard OF again.
Although the rescued men on Boat No. II
say that their consort, No. :, Is certainly still
anoat, search for her seems to have been
not go out again after docking Boat No. Il.
rhe william f. Chapman, which was sent
out by the Street Cleaning Department came
III last night, and at her Office, 10 South
street,this morning 1t was said She would not
60 out again unless ordered.
The l.. Luchenback, which went ont shortly
after the Edgar F. Luchenback got in his
morning with Boat / :, returned at 10 o'clock
Rnr "a
snback Towing Company's office, Broad and
south streets, 1t was said 1t had not been de-
clded to send out either of the big Tugs again,
as there was thought to be little possibility Of
picking up Boat NO D. and none at all Of find
ing the Webster.
supt. Burdette, OF the Barney Dumping
Boat company, after consultation with res
cued Capt. Dahl, said he would send OUT
another tug to look for No. !.
The names OF but four OF the Websteps
crew are known. They are capt. George
Clark, Engineer Theodore Wall, Pilot LnSher
home is in Willianstown, \. j. Besides these
there are four tremen ard two deck-hands on
board.
An EVENING WORLD reporter boarded the
Edgar +. Luckenback In Atlantic Basin this
morning. capt. keane told this story OF the
rescue OF Boat No. Il:
1--WE started out shortly after midnight
yesterday morning. after bringing in BoalS
Nos. 3 and 10. We cruised on sandy Hook,
keeping close watch with glasses until
about 9.3O o'clock yesterday morning We
were then bout ninety miles southeast Of
Sandy Hook, and saw scow drifting head on
before the wind
"SLe was flying little red flag, but there
was DO sign Of lie on board. We ran up to
her and blew our whistle, which brought two
men out OF the cabin.
I'VE heayed a small line aboard and they
pulled on one OF our big hawscrs ana made It
fast. II was about an hour from the time We
sighted her until we 60, her IN tow.
a. th,rl fhnr hnI hn nd I,xr
east and heavy cross seas were running. We
made slow trip home, getting here at l:.3O
o'clock this morning. The men on board
were very glad TO see us. you may be sure.
capt Dahl said they would have lett the boat
the day. before II they had been afforded
cnancs."
again II he got orders. He thought No. ), II
SIN afloat. was drifting not less than ~,
miles east OF sandy Hook: He did not like TO
ray anything about the Webster. as it might
destroy the hopes OF the families Of tn. crew.
Boat No II lies alongside Nos. 3 aud l6,
which were FIRST brought In. She is an iron
scow. The three Others that went out to sea
With her are wooden vessels.
Both capt. Olaf Dahl and Mate William Lar
rettson had thrilling tales TO tell OF their ex-
perience.
ut was about > O'Clock Tuesday morning"
Capt Dahl said, " when We dumped our load.
About O'Clock the haWs"r got tangled In the
We0sters wheel.
The Nicnol, took hol ana tried to tow
US all. but hnally had to drop the line and
put In with her two.
"rhe Webster hung on about two hours,
when the hawser parted: We dropped QUE
anchor, and as We began drifting lei go No. i
10 prevent colliding. We driltcd al ia,
Tuesday and Tuesday night. and Wh.n
hwokc Wednesday morning we we're still
drifting.
When we lost our anchor we got ou' ovr"
two hundred feet OF hawsrr ard fastening
about sixty fathomS OF cnnin to 1t PUT It out,
and II keTt the boats head on to he sea.
:. The last We saw OF NO. > was about Il
o'clock Tuesday evening. She was bearing
away southeast Of us about i've miles and
laying stern 10 the sea.
I'VE saw the Webster the same afternoon.
She was anchored away to The south Of Rock
away Shoals. NaNesink Highlands wa, then
just in sight.
"lthink the Webster has gone under. Sue
probably went down Tuesday night"
eve hCiStcd our flag by day and h" lam
tern at night" said the mate land capt.
Dahl divided watches with Inc. We had
three barrels OF coal ON board and plenty ot
oatmeal. We still! have one package LEFT. but
the coal ran out last night.
The only vessel we SAW the WhOl" MY
two hours we dr,red waS one schooner.
was just cooking oatmeal for breakfast When
we heard the LucEcaback's whistle.
No Is men may 0c picked up by some
sailing vessel or steamer. and woul1n giv"
up hope for them II didn't hear OF them for
month.
I'VE still had three gallons OF water left
when we got in. No. IS lncn were no worse
on and are good for twenty.fJur hours yet,
be fore real suffering Will begin.
for The effort he made 10 help us He couldn't
have taken us ABOARD II We had then been
willing to leave the boats"
capt. Dahl and his mate both said that the
Webster was still disabled when las1 seen by
them. and that Scow No. . was apparently