The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-21
ALL SAVED But TIE DOG.
CREW or THE MART r SIMMONS RES
tCED OFF The JERSEr COAST.

TIE Sehooaer, necsnisg watsr.iegeea
Was Uamapaseasis asd was Drtnins
iato the Breakers when the Ole DoUia.
los Came Aioag saa Took or Capt. Tsy.
Tor aud MIS- win and Grew.
Capt. John Taylor OF the two.masted
schooner Mary L. Simmons cast an anxious
eve seward on Thursday morning and told
his wife he didn't like the weather. There
was mighty fresh breeze blowing then for
an old boat with bulky cargo on lee shore.
and 1t looked rs II there would be more OF it
After breakfast he concluded that big nor
east blow was on. and began to make long
leg, TO starboard. with the intention Of
putting as much water as possible between
him and the shelving Jersey shore. whose
white breakers lie could see from the quarter
deck every time the schooner rose on wave.
There was some reason for anxiety. for the
Mary E Simmons was twenty-six years old
and mono too tight. Besides. her hold was full
Of lumber and she carried a deck load Of
boards. which made her cumbersome She
was bound from Norfolk to New York. Be-
sides the crew OF ak men. the Captain had
aboard with him his wife and dog.
Presently 1t began to rain and the wind
heaped IN great choppy waves. among which
the schooner hounder6d. making little head
way. Some OF the waves swept clean ovor her.
and. on the port tack. struck tho deck load such
mighty blows that It was broken UP. and q
trail OF planks 1oated in the schooner's wake.
Tho wind became half gale. and thcn 1t was
discovered that the schooner was leaking
rapidly. Men were nut Mt the pumps. and
lookout was kept for a SAIL
"A tug to starboard." shouted the watch.
and Capt. Turner hung two. blankets In the
standing rigging on the starboard eide. The
tug. WHICH was hound in. approached within a
As noon approached the schooner began to
had the water risen Not ss Sr cloud Of
schooner ceased to answer her helm: She was
like log, on the water; and foated at tho
on swell and slipped down its back to meet
short OF. The foretopmast went with II. The
schooner was then two miles out. just abreast
sal. ;" shouted man in. the rigging. A
seen of the starOoard quarter. For m hour
eight anxious pnirs OF eyes were liked on tho
pos ss hs
Tho sehooncr's deck forward was almost
her. and the criss: crosscd timber on deck was
being rapidly washed away The little party
gathered ait and watched for a sail. which did
At 3i ; O'clock smoke was seen to the south.
Presently stea% PER- aRps care She vas ga
York. After an anxious half hour she was
s sfS neS Ths fso
quarter deck stood up and waved their hands
and shouted when the steamer hove to within
: Send r US boat" shouted Capt Taylor.
Better come to us in your OWL" replied
deck. Meantime the steamers boat was low
cred. but before IT was got ready the schoon-
nTs pSt
nimSiy. Second 0hiser Earle let down . hSav-
Taylor threw around her waist and was up on
the steamers deck; TIL, Captain went up last;
Second ass in hS RnSe btee in
W%teE ioy us fsI,ow
POST nsE 'f1sSs .ns o nay eastery
Now jersey coast. ana BY noon the waves had
assumed threatening proportions; Shortly
Yesterday tE seho %nm
Longstreet 81 tho ,sauan lie saving station
lon Steamship ,i hove down upon the schooner.
She lay by her for more than an hour Through
81 ye d sns ss
was undertaking, tho hazardous task OF re-
m!ovinE the vessels crew to her own decks.
and d' soon Il was evident Tia! the crew had
abandoned the vessel to her fate. With sails |
ths shSrs Ss liz Ire
readiness thinking that some sons ore Of the crew
K IN the the
bar. and when, the mist would clear for a
the defSs Saso to be
%sk TE K ssaaFH @eE ss
'Snssauan 'fI liver: any Her hulk is now Being
bounded to pieces by the waves; She proved
% be the Mary Mar A. Simmons Of TusL.hoe
.bout three miles further south was seen to
e almost surrounding to the heavy seas. and
tation quickly mustered q volunteer crew.
earring u wreck. After hard struggle tho
70 view Sepe
Witch was one Of the most severe in years.
hoe sso!% Soe S'sff isf
nd at . o'clock yesterday. when of Egg Har:
she e sss a Her Sest tssy
anne weter-ioaGed. The wind and current
niie south q Manipulating. Wow" A'''' oA0
liant a fisherman. who notified the fishing
rev with WHICH he worked: and also Keeper
'ruex Of the Mantoloking lifo saving station:
0 the wreck. bu. before his arrival the fishing
rev had secured one end OF a line floated
essel's crew managed to get safely ashore.
seems almost miraculous that the lives OF
10 sailors were saved In this way. but your
10 unfortunates who were snatched from the
cry Jaws OF death.
Stand Railroad. and was bound from Paumon-
ey: Va: for New York. Her Captain. Martin
riflth. is q fourth owner Of tho vessel. His
,Winslow. mate Oscar Grlflith. steward:
lilors George Lane. Alex. Olson. and one
zach. and she will probably soon 60 to pieces.
ears are entertained that the extent OF the
orm's destruction is only partly known.
orm. among them pilot boats. and It is not
kelly that all OF them could live out such Q
rrible wind and lido.