The evening world., 1892-01-28
ONE OF THE MISSING sCows.

boatmen on south street that the Webster
has foundered and that her crew OF ten men
are lost, although all admit that there Is a
bare possibility that the Wcbster's men
have been picked up. 1t is deemed certain,
however, that the tug itself has gone to the
bottom.
THE RESCUED MEN.
The names OF the rescued men on dumping
scows and 10 are:
JOuN JOHNSON, captain OF NO. 8.
JONAS HANSON, mate OF No. 3.
JoHN ROBSON, captain OF No. 10.
SAMUEL MOORE, mate OF No. 10.
MISSING CREW OF THB WEBSTER.
According TO capt. William A. Hennessy,
owner OF the tug Webster, there were on
board OF her.
GEORGE CLARK, captain.
THOMAS WALL, engineer.
- LAsHER, pilot.
Four flremen, two deckhands and q steward,
whose names cannot be ascertained.
MISSING ON THE sCows.
on board her tow, dumping.boats and II,
wcre
CHARLES CRUMP, captain OF No. ).
FLAvIos CANALE, mate OF NJ. :. married,
his wife and three children living at 81
Franklin street.
ALAF DAHL, captain OF No. II.
WILLIAM LARRETTsOS, mate OF No. II.
At the Barney Dumping Boat Company g
Office 1t was said that the addresses OF none
OF the men on the boats are known.
The crew OF the tug Webster was new
one, and Capt IIcnnessey says he does not
know the addresses OF any of THEM. Some OF
the men he had hired In Philadelphia. Engi-
neer WALL he thought, was New Yorker,
and Capt. Clark lived IN Brooklyn.
THE RESCUE A DANGEROUS TASK.
The capture Of the drifting boats . ana IL
was dlllicult and dangerous task, and the
rescued men and the crew OF the LuCkenbach
have thrilling tales totell Of their experience.
The Luckcnbach Is one OF the largest and
most powerful tugs on the coast. She is
owned by the Luckenbach Towing Company,
OF 4 South street.
The Luckcnbach started out early yester.
day morning under command OF Capt. j. A.
kcanc. She returned at IL o'clock last night
| with boats 3 and 10 IN tow.
When the dumping boats Were towed into
the Atlantic Basin, and lines from them were
| made fast, one Of the men on board cried
again!"
| They had been drifting on high sea. In a
terrible, freezing gale, for nearly thlrty-six
hours before they caught sight OF their res.
cuers, and had almost given up hope Of being
| saved.
| THE LCCKENBACH's SEARCH.
Capt. heano briefly told the story Of tho
| rescue before starting Out again III search OF
the Webster and boats > and II. lie safd:
alt was bad weather when we started
away, and when We got outside We made W
our minds that the chances Of the Webster
liylhg through the gale OF Tuesday night
| were very slim.
" 1t was freezing cold and n high sea wa
running. We crused of the Long islanl
coast all forenoon yesterday, keeping u sharI
lookout with glasses
THE sCOwS WE'RE SIGHTED.
| "ADOut 10 oCIscE in the forenoon, wheL
about nlty niles OF Fire Island, We sightcc
two scOws drifting rosethCr before the wind
| There was no other boat IN sight.
"SIgnals Of distress were IIi!ng from tnt
cabins on the scows, and, putting on ful
| speed, we made for the drifting boats.
"Wheu We got near enough 10 see the Mer
| VIZ Nh' 'NNNA, NlA'.N h'l' "e'ihS hu'p tuS
coats ana shouting win all tAclr might
! They were ovcrjOycd al our approach.
I'VE ran W within about twcn,y-n;c feet
OF one OF the boat : amt heayGl II small l!nc ol
| board, It was not all safe Yet, though, fu
The seas We're running very nigh, and scyera
/ times the big waves breaking over our stern
drove our men On a run forward TO say,
| themselves.
The men on the bumpers were In pretty
( good condition, however, and we finally got {
/ haWaCr fast AMI started ahead. II Woulc
have been impossible to take the men off th'
/ boats even II they had been willlng TO come.
"Thc seas were too high to make such al
attempt, az VIC couldn't get any nearer thar
/ 20 be able 10 hcave a small line.
TOWING THE pEgELIoTs HOME.
! "It was about ? o'clock when We got
started, and we made reasonably quick run
considering the tow and the weather.
"The scows were covered with Ice anc
looked like small icebergs The men OF
board bad been very much frightened, and
truth TO tell. II we hadn't sighted them theJ