The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-28
AT THE MERCY OF THE SEA.
sEARCHERS BRING NO WORD OF THE
LOST STREET CLEANING FLEET

Al Least 10 Men were Aboara-Rescus or
81 Italians from Another Fleet Stranded
In Graveseaa Bay-Ths Removal or Ash.
es Interrupted By Ice AID Low Tides.
At IL o'clock last night thirty eight hours
had elapsed since the tug Edwin Webster and
four dumping scows disappeared beyond the
horizon of Rockaway. There were two men
on each scow. It Is not known how many
were on the tug. but there were ut least seven.
Nothing has been seen Of these men since
$3.50 2. nj. on Tuesday. when the tramp
steamer stranton passed two scows and tug
boat four miles of Long Beach. the scows
drifting and tho tug disabled or at anchor.
But even that was more than thirty hours ago
at midnight. and all that time the wind had
been blowing out to sea at the rate Of from
thirty to nifty miles an hour. The men had
provisions for twenty-four hours. and each
scow had little house aft with stove and
coal. but at midnight those provisions were
probably gone. and the houses. II not demol-
ished by the wind and the waves. could afford
| little protection against the terrible cold.
| The little fleet may be 200 miles from land
now. and II that is true there can be little hope
| that the crews are still alive. All day yester-
day tugs of oil sorts and sizos put out to sea In
| search OF tho missing scows. but'returned be-
| fore the day was over without having discov-
| cred any traces OF them.
| The tugs Nichol and Dassori were sent out
by Commissioner Brennan ut . o'clock ycster-
day morning. At o'clock In tho afternoon
Nsh pd I'd that had
S% tss a.
! bach put out to sen early in the morning. and
sSst shs sa sesH q
could not BE- verified. TwSS barssss were WERE seen
Oot tSs eSenns
Chapman out to sea in search Of the missing
| bonts.
90 e Is
| sible to learn just how many there wore. Capt,
In and addition to the
least three deck hands. though. probably. four
or five. There are. eight men on the missing
manned ar eapt kiai pull and AN Mate wiss
SH and sam aa anu
s4s sar ee sSsx TO '2s
! years old. His wife and child live at 81 Frank
as tas IA 81 y9
Canali's wife Is in great distress about her
4 few hours after the Webster with her
in ths service Of the street Cleaning, Depart:
fashioned scows with thirteen italian laborers
boats
The Municipal rounded Coney Island Point
ming high tho wind was blowing at a terrific
rate. and the air was biting cold. The tug was
m e eRsrt
The Italians huddled around the stoves in the
crossed and PRAYED yi Can't
| and make for the nearest shelter. 1t took near
Y an hour e g ST the boats into line and then
ia!I q Tan1nins iss. and shs wind sTept across
Eosnsa tse ens
te tns
Then the Municipal came back to New York
and reported to Commissioner Brennan.
Bay d an sr remain en
Ssis%i r. ,s In MSSns%Pa If
solid and was covered with 9 film II ice that Tia
ing, lines Of Ice. and everything was glitterine
loose ZOOS si from the stakeboat and grounded in
water where tie running h ice kept
light for the Italians: on ons scew they could
consequently they imagined, that they Era Era
her four hours to get q l.OOO foot hawser and
an extra barge, and then she started back for
Grnvesend Bay to get the Italians. In tho
mean time the White Star Towing Company Of
"a South street had sent the tug Charles
Runyon TO the rescue. and when the Municipal
yon taking the last man on board and getting
ready to return to New York. The story Of
follows:
aground. with all the Italians standing on the
dirt heaps watching US. They waved their
arms when they saw US coming. We found
we couldn't get near them on account OF the
high seas 80 we put out to q schooner that
had anchored further down and borrowed a
yawL Five men were put in the yawl and they
rowed out to the scows. We made thirteen
trips. taking four OF them every time, and
some OF them were SO stih that we had to lift
them on to the tug; Our men get pretty stiff
work. The whole Job took US three hours
the refuse all night long, They looked 1t. You
ought to have seen the way they fell to when
we passed around something to eat"
At 1:l5 the Runyon arrived and landed the
laborers Mt Old slip.
Owing to the low tide at docks OF the Street
Cleaning Department yesterday ana tine Ice the
loaded scows in dock could not be taken out.
For the same reason the empty scows could
not be moored and filled. At u o'clock yester-
day afternoon there We're nearly q dozen
loaded scows at the docks Commissioners
Brennan expects that II the scows cannot be
empted to-day or ut the latest. tomorrow.
find that their ashes are not removed. There
| 10 M halp for and the mis-