The evening world., 1892-01-27
BLOWN OUT TO SEA.
Eighteen Men on Four Scows and
a Tug Believed TO Be Lost.
Street Cleaning Dumping Boats
oa.ynt in The Gale.
A Fleet of Tugs Sent Out to Search
for and Rescue Them.


Ih,rc Is great anxiety among the itsboat-
men to-day ,or the safety OF the crew of the
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disabled and driitcd GU, to sea yesterday with
the two Barney dumping boats Nos. :, and :;
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~ WV wa '''' I" W. w. '"e gu" WV VA
tach OF the Scuws.
ii WAS reported at the Maritime EXCHANGE
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.a'' ''. '''' IVY '''''l'"e '''' -'o>. - "'''
~, which HAD been anchored within the
Rockaway shoals, could not be seen this
morning, ,rd =, wac ,o,,,,,r,, o.r, ,,, ,h,,
'e' ."' Wv" '''.i'' ''i'''
lheS' too' had urlttcu out 10 sea. swelling the
umocr of men missing to eighteen.
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uri'tlhs Jug ana Sco"s' o''l thrrc Is Saia To Dc
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piln'-hn KNOW. TO ot cruising on me coast
s's,'ruay ana ne urlitihs o.htS are u'r'c'S
III me paw Oh 'hr European steamships.
me tuS Ncnsttr mas SNllCltht provision
and water ON board TO last week. but the
men on the dulnplhS-b,ats had not more nan
days supplies on hohru, ana theS nave
alrmadN been uilitinE thirty hours.
Thc Jugs EDWIN Webster ana the II. ).
Nichols lrit thc strrrt -cltahlhE docks early
scSlcrua' lnorhlis' ch,n WIN Two Sin"s III
| tow. The Webster had boat No. >, having on
| bOaTu 'narieS 'rulnp us captain auu r.
canal as mate. ana boat no. II OLAF bahb
| captain ana william ,'nrrc,' son mae.
| The Nlrho!s lowed GOAT No. j, Jphn ''ohn,
son, captain anu lanes manson, mate, ana
boat No. 10 Jnhii Robson captain, and sam
uel Moore, mate. ,.,.
quick run was lhau" 10 me dumping
ground beyond hocEaWaN; ana me SELF
| bumpers were sHulckly uhlnhdrn, Out when
| lhr Jugs slaItcu 70 return 10 !nla cltA the
gale was so strong that slow progress was
| maze.
| on Rockawav, apout 4. W. M Webster
suddenly stopped ana IN a moment lay rolling
IN me 'r9nsh ol the SEA WIN ne chNiSl
huiSttd mon down rs signal OF distress.
| Tht hawscr had parted between thc tue
ana the dumping-hoatS' and the tugs pro
pelIof hnd apparently oycolm" rntahS!yd WIN
the haWSrrs chd, when tlc waves WasheC
under her stern.
IN" NichulNS captain nu' IN aS near th'
| Rockawny Beach as possible, and, anchorinl
her scowS inside the shoals, plt out TO tn,
assistance or me NcbSltr
The high sea ana Wind, however, made II
lmpoHsip'ior hcr 10 hulu ON TO tLt AAWstr
which was gotten on board thc Webster, anu
getting short or water, the Nichols put Daci
10 tDls city.
After Notifying the barney Dumping-Hna
company, Of 80 broadway, which suppi"'
the street Cleaning department win scowS
and getting supply OF provisions ana water
the Nichols started out again at 3 oClnci
Yesterday afternoon TO Try to ma the drifting
vessel.
Meant Inc the WEBSTER ana boats - ana
had drilIcd ont to sea.
The Barney Dumping Boat company sen
OUT the ocean tugs Dassuil ara \usDurSn u
assist In the Search; the BuSt"h Iowbla
Company sent out from Newport The sea
going tug Dudlcy fray, ana several Othe
tugs went out on speculation.
1t was reported about O'Clock yesterh.
afternoon that the WEBSTER had been sighted
on FIRE Island, ana mat was the lust lleaIu o
her fuhls . ana |, nave not Deen seen sine
the Nichols put back TO give the alarm.
Boats . and ~ were reported oy the ili
saving crew al kucKaWay as urlttlhg iroi
| their anchorage early last evening, ana I'M
morning capt. Moran. WnD went out on IN
tug MlCnatl Moran, salu tnat ne cloSel
searched thc vicinity OF tnt anchorage. Du
saw nothing OF boats y ana lO, anu conclude
they had aiSp drliteu our 10 sea.
Supt. Burdette, OIL the barney company