The sun., 1892-07-10
SUNK BY A TEN-INCH SHELL.
THE SCHOONER 7IL7ON HAS A VAR
IIPEhIEN CE At SANDY NOOK.


Army Esprit. Were Trying th- Di.app,ars
lag Gun nnd the Eesui' Was = btsAp-
Pear.nr sichoon-r-No LILO L,st-w Wet.
ness nd SBi~nt-hment ana Bin 60 Ray.
To be wrecked In placid sea under smll-
ing sky is a tute that has seldom overtakeu
even the skipper Of u Yankee schooner. But
IL was under these propilious con hi ms that
the trim three-ma-ted centrcboarder Henry
h. Tiiton came to grief four miles OF the Jer- /,
sey coast, Just below sandy Hook. yesterday !
afternoon.
1t WAS not tho thunderbot from a clear sky !
frequently mentioned in fiction. but q 500
pound she'll from the huge lO-inch disap- /
Tearing gun at Uncle SANS Sandy Hook
proving station" that caused the trouble. A
few minutes after the gun disappeared tho
schooner did likewise. except for her masts
and spars.
Luckily for Uncle Sam. who will foot the ,
ILL OF damages. nobody aboard the little ves> I,
sci was hurt.
The Tilton LEFT Nav York early Yesterday
morning. beat down through tho Narrows, ,
and started down tho coast for Phlla.
dclphia. Capt Y. L. Harris who had
been in several wrecks. but mono like /
yesterdays. had command. with crew Of
six men: Charles Goss. mate: Walter Centies.
stewart. and Ssancn Richard Smytholl, wills 1
linn Dwyer. lan Johannes. and Lewis Ger
rlsh. vino came from al! the world" The
ifitoH was sailing close to tho wind. after tho
manner OF Yankee centrcboarders on the port
tack. heading in toward tho beach. The seA
pu!snted e enily. AS II It were enjoying slosta.
Four mi es on his starOoard h ,nd the man
at the whee' could SOC thin white line that
sh wed whero the sea and shore were ex-
changing congratulations on the serenity OF
things. The skipper 10 ,k ed forward gladly al
the hrllyng canvas. and spec Al ited how long
4 W " taEe him to yet down to tho Delaware
About o'clock there came big white puH
Of smoke like cloud from thu POINT Of sandy
HooE. Ths m,n n, Oh deck saw i. and . few
ten inch di'ari earl rifle. one Of them sAw
something. or. rather. the effect OF something,
that ricocneted seaward from the pun OF
lnere, was an interval OF a few minutes. and
again. this tim" over tie srhooners starooard
uI.arter. ti,cre was II hlptch Of vapor on the
shore, and tn" boon. OF thr ten inch rihe came
nt to the scl"oncr again. Something else
No, oIy saw it i"r it did no fancy ricochstlne
thls TINE nef4rr It truck But everybody on
| It was rather likr IN earthquake. The man
! at he whee! wa knocked down and q sailor
doing In his L"nk in The iorecastle was thrown
Capt, Harris knew that he had neen hit by q
that lis csat had received . NOR.
man below 10 investigate The schooner nsgan
to .ink ~ the stern. Hehad tim, only to rush
f. n' Of era" a rs sa.et out amn
| the l ton began tn settle.
The American ensign. union down. was run
| up to the n zEen peak to attract help from tho
shore. and the men, made ready to lsunoh the
ssrho!nrners yawl When tne last man to lsaye
srhnoner gave Il lnrrh and nee I'd to starDoard.
nearly rarslzng tho yawi in the splurce she
s,,r,r.H ,smernaHrEh KnarMs nanhtha Iannch; the
M "F in the the ss"s .ot s:1 them u
| tow and took them TO ANDY Hook.
%s HnfrFaGs hsath Ta 'ss Es' s d: l1:
SSs III .sS.in II s"dy .S H,s tss i:
ss;ps! n%nins %S %ish IT, IT, n,S;s:P tss;,p:s "a:
f long. m. nrst snot was hre,l at O'clock;
| ara t. ,"nacct-d will the s'.re"n wera cleo.
VIZ arrIiaqs,,s Which IN !i.sted the second Of
Kissing ;en ward, rhe 10 kout on th", b.ich
coast wa clear He saw tie schooner bsati is
down the ,ronat but she was. as Capt
nil" out o The in" ' Of ire. whi:h was T. ths
soutnenst,, The second shot; like the hrst.
va, vas ir-h ho'iT N ,nt9Ily. an also t9re through
hich: hard sand duns, viii ch DETECTED itiust
""Ssh r "4 It nteuh hbo n' cSspsb sSo: e
| OF the sane kind had been Gr'd from the
| rifle bur nevnr uef,rn had any craft besn hit
| Capt. Heath is sati Il ID that tho proi.c.iles
| fre' from n-inrh rifles have n considerable
| velocity. n which opinion he Is supported. not
| with enthusiasm. Ny cart Harris.
| After nrirg the shot that knocked out tho
| schooner Cart. hoath. unaware that he had
ht anvthing sent another shell out TO sea.
| The mon On the srhoon hoard tho third re-
v"rberation, and !elt somewhat nervous. They
! did n s,'a " lere the shell! struck.
| Capt Harrs did not have Il ne to make any
thin. lUt II ca sorry examination Of the
, hole in the shnoncrs counter 1t was
| n pretty cl"a '-cut hole was juSt
! ut the water lin. and tho srn poured
| in like twin mountain torrents. She sunk to
! her rail. WhnI thr SIX pper anil his men W re
| clear nj the sinking boat sh" went over on her
| beam ends. Scvrra rs. VIII 80 pilots had
sen her, -san 81 distress: yut out from the
| II "k and u,ndc Enwscrs fnstto hfr. The Vos-
| was struggling a'bne win tina wa'er-logged
| crafi. towing her M the lower hay.
| Cast larris an his mon stuck to their
! vawI. VIII 'rh the Cove 'ument steamer John Il
, Wool t1wrd up from sandy Hook to Joel L
| Brown's dry d1rk at the fn It OF Essex street,
Jersey cry Mr. Erowu is third owner in
the 80 lnonar.
| lie went n church last night without know
! ing n" destru"tion his vessel had achieved.
EHrr" and steward Contres wer, tho only
| men nf the Tit N who saved ANYTHING The
good clothes of all the rest sank with the
SC ooHyr.
Gait Harris Gayn each man SIS after landing.
AMI each went - t. havo q good time. The
Ti!ton measured 4JS tons.