The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-27
HELPLESS IN THE STORM.
A TUG AND FoUR scOWs BLoWN OUT
TO SEA.


Their Crews Provisioned for Twenty-four
Hours At Most-if Not Rescued by This
Morning All PROBABLY VIII he Lost.
A feet OF ocean tugs is cruising seaward of
Rockaway. in search Of the disabled tug Edwin
Webster and four buoyant dumping scows
used by the Street Cleaning Department. There
are Ave men on the tug. including her owner
and pilot. William Honnessy OF Brooklyn.
and two men on each scow. If the helpless
craft are not overtaken before this morning
y, nrain
The Webster started to sea with scows Nos 8
and 4 laden with refuse, at 4 o'clock yester-
day morning. No. 6 was in charge Of Capt:
was steered BY Capt. Aiaf Dahl and william
Frank stsobins Of . South street followed the
Webster WIN seow5 NOS anu To- I.nn an m re-
speetiveiy oyoohh Johnson anu jonas 81, hahseh
and John Robson and samuel Moore Mheh the
was blowing out OF clear SKY; Ihere were
ana 1ae on aOs
on the scows. which are of the self-dumpine
kind let tho refuse slip through the sliding
RETAINS into tha sen Nv this time about =
o'clock. gale. varying in force from fifty to
seyenly miles. was screechinC out OF
A. ,,u4h,,.t m, oaur,, -, ,hn ,,n.
the no1nwes. me eousSo oi .ne Jugs
was nearly In the teeth OF the blast
They made no appreeia . progress
,Aen Sow lliaue VI wv pon.oons s', Hpen.ns
tho wafer when relieved Of its load. present.
,no 49, s.a, " -, aisht ,,st ~ tho ,and Th.
ing lreeooata Oh elsn. .ee' 10 .no VIM mo
efforts OF the tugooatmen We're cohhneo TO
p ,vard Thsv hnnod TO contnuo tha wars O,
making port after the Wind Should 90 down
HOWE Tls ths seas a ne h !ne DroaI
there re TSIid haEe onen l h trouble
come entansied in the propeller Of the tug.
Msr fpsnss st9Hnsd and shs a became YS Hnma R;
osts n Ssa a san e bore ns s s
Ing against sea e.. and Wind w on the L in
ne2l Gbf i say the ar pEhs
$a% ssst,ps 81 lis 5a%ss5 stss%ss s%t e
made fast to the tnrppdleh tug which had
ny, ne nwin sa mnstws RI She str Eu a 'ne
her hawser pufed ana snorted herpeay but
di not gain an inch; Then hsr water began
city hs ns tank fd anl lns
gave q iareWeiito0 OF cheer r TO me men on the
webster ana Steamed n hom NV, s a.,
=, MeanWhlie. inc mug On the seows ana .ne
,MSpfster new unai'h u u, ns ,mey startsu
neiPlessS seamhru. ne iie sH'eFs IN we
tnp st2iy ol lnS noshaWuy Slation Watsneu
fueiH thTouEn siaeses uh'ii IheS 'anisheo De-
ION mil, .ne mosiZ 20 m o,,,oo, ros+.u,,v .,,,
uhas was nt 10 s3ea YESTERDAY morning.
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n ihan h ny s + nr nm eP S
anu 'iich noisteu ~ uuioit W" T., auef nANliI
run IN AS near as she Iared toward
ANo' hhMoS' AhS hVpoA. " VIC .hio oaNSio
coached ms G,ty Just before noon:
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i nIunpihs h9at SomPany Gco2n n tnac
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ms rsonfn es me eis Nieh1i cary IN me aisGf
ate.y despatSne1 Motah Ptg ocean tug ' t,so
Durgn q seafcn 1or me Mebster ana the
Vsh; "er ,afluE III wH ar lo
loweu tne nospgtsh. S0mnilsoi3ner brennan
sent out the street Cleaning Pepartments
DON o;MMeTtul tuE Odasor!: aTu NJ. r. y: Dalzell
shiu thae ING boston doWo3aI COMPANY;
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MEM of Gt INC on drninr cra as ene OF any
neutrality-suspicious. hnousdant o9 Rr5... cot, .,o. mn,
.n SupeF hnH ouTue,s saiu thar eacn
lnUS ~ tu With ''te ItoWs o aIoue rhe
I men nau PROVISIONS LOT twentyiour hours;
me sc si; were stanen, oul cG1iu noe sIand
at t ro,nE tati seas: NE Iuraest ifareu
aiey lhii. EtI iar ora in'o .iie
houses on. IN ,Wnlcn event me men aboard
pr M hnad @ 70 uea,n TTey we're
not SSGTSSrEW NM Dy tnS waves. me sc9Ws