Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1892-08-31
ECHOES FROM THE STORM.
Tire Seas Cause Loss os Iife-Eightcen
Mnrr Victims TO BE Added to the II Z.


Tire Seas Cause Loss nj Lre-Eightcen
More Victims to Bc Added to the Ii 4.
NEw N"Rk. Aug. 81. Pilot stephen
Cooper came into hart or Friday morn
ing. having been out through the
storm. lie reports that ON Thursday
afternoon, about O'clock while TWEEN
~ miles Of Sandy Hook, l,e picked ny
, man clinging To the ma,st-head of n
sunkcn wreck. lie proScd tn IL,
tn only survivor of the schooner
N irragans.tt, Capt. Cha 81, bound
from Philadelphia Ia Narcham,
Mass. coal laden, which fnun,icrcd that
morning during the hurricane. The
crew Of five men were all lost and the
survivor was for seven hours ON the
mast before being picked up. lie was
taken aboard the pilot boat in an cN-
hausted condition. The seaman. when
discovered was dashed I" the sch's,ners
ma>ts. which were standing out ~ the
water. The pilot boat lowered a boat
and took him aboard.
His name was Henry Su2a. - iortu-
guess The schooner Nara gaIr~sit, lls'
saws. went down ahput ? a. m. August
u. and capt. Chase and five men wrr"
drowned Her position WAS "irhtcon
miles from Highlands. y. J.
Charles kletshergcr. " Tia" hshifiS
smack Malinda Wood, which r1> t"w'ed
in Friday morning. reports that 'n
"Wednesday night while about fourteen
miles out, the vessel WAS struck by Il
hurricane, the vessel driven on hsr
beam ends. the fnrrma>t carried away.
and five of the GREW swept oyrrhosn
of eight in all Two of the survivors
wore badly injured. klrtshcrgcr j..
the only member ri the crew who came
through uu>cathrd.
Those who lost their lives in the
storm were: John N"gan, first officer:
John Henderson. able seaman: Arthur
Johnson. able seaman. The only per
sons on board who were saved Were
Capt. 4. 4. Peterson. Charlie, 'risper.
the cook AMI Charles llast red seaman.
and all three "f them were H,nre ar
less mi urrd Capt rctc--nn ana fook
CriSpcr had To- have their WOUNDS
dressed al the HAMMERS street hospital
a. soon a. the ambulance could carry
them from the dock. They were
thrown ahuut tn" deck during the
hurricane
III. Melinda Wood belongs to Wal
lace n keency. of Fulton Market. and
la Capt. Peterson. She was built in
lss3. has a tonnage of twrnty-siN tons,
is fifty-scven feet long over all. has six
teen feet beam and is five feet deep.
porter: The second sea swept
overheard every man except the
captain. who was fortunately
hanged up against a mass of broken
thinkers and tangled ropes forward Of
the deck house. The sea. receding,
carried back with il llastrcd and
Crispcr. the cook. The other five men
were never seen again. The waves
that washed them from the tossing
smack into the ocean threw the other
two men aboard again. hut left them
almost lifelcss. a. capt. Peterson. who
continues the talcof the Melinda Wood,
will testify.
The poor fellows were nearly
killed" said lie Friday morning. - he
nurscd his injured limbs, AT the time.
however, did not know they had hecu
saved. for ! saw all my men 90 over
board when the second sea struck
First. ! was tangled among the "a Hing
rigging. and then. a. the sea washed
Crisprr and liasIrrd back again, was
swept down into the f"rccastlr.'
\ turhnat with eight loaded >eows
went to sea early Thursday morning.
and reports losing seven nf her scows,
each >cow containing one man