Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-30
A NIGHT OF DEADLY PERIL
Thrilling Experience in a Ter
rifle Tempest.
LASHED SECURELY TO THE MAST
The Captains Wife and Nine
of the Sailors.
Seen From the Shore. But Help Could Not
Reach Theme Wreck of the Schooner
I.ouisa IL. RandalI--Disasters ON New
Engiand's Shores.

New YoRK, Nov. 2s.-Lashed fast to
the rigging. of the sunken schooner
Louisa FL. Randall, from Philadelphia,
nine men and a woman spent whole
night and day of terror off Beilrort,
l.. l., within full sight of life.saving
crews, who were powerless to help. To-
night they are still clinging to their
perilous perches, with the terrible pros
pect before them of having the battered
hulk go to pieces in the tremendous
breakers and they perish miserably in
the darkness. The life savers will watch
all night to give all possible aid, should
the vessel break up.
The Randall is four-master, aud one
of the largest schooners atioat 1t was
bound for Boston, and carried 9, 800 tons
of coal
Theavessel went ashore off Smiths
Point during the gale last night, and
was discovered by Patrolman Harry
Corwin, of the local life saving station,
on his sunrise patrol. 1t had gone
down about Il quarter of mile from
shore, only part of the forward bull
warks being out of water. In the rig.
ging were seen, desperately olinging, 10
persons, including woman, un-
doubtedly the captains wife.
Help was summoned from neighbor-
ing stations, but nothing could be done
with boats, owing to the heavy surf and
high sea, which poured in ON the shore
with greatest fury. Every attempt re-.
suited in the boat being capsized as
soon as launched.
Life lines were then shot toward the
ship, but fell short. When finally one
larger projectile shot over the vessel
and rescue seemed at hand, the line
parted.
At o'clock the life-savers on shore
had practically abandoned hope of
communication with the wreck for the
night. They were hopeful that the surf
would go down under the influence of
the Westerly wind, so that they might
be able to launch the surf boat and take
off the crew.
Thedanger, is, however, that the YES.
sci may go to pieces under the constant
pounding. She still holds together, but
/ the hNtches have been torn off and
wash& ashore. Up to nightfall the
waves were still washing over her with
great Violence.
The wrecking tug Merritt has been
sent for and may be able to take off
the storm-beaten mariners before the
schooner becomes complete wreck.
The Randall was commanded by Can
tain j. Randall, her managing owner.
She is one of the largest schoonors af1oat
and only a year old.
The schooner Mary l.. Crosby, from
Baltimore, for Providence, with 500 tons
nf nnal tntna1 tpf L..
with seven feet of water in her hold,
matches gone and boats washed away.
The captain of the vessel is injured.
A HOPE OF RESCUE.
NEW YoRK, Nov. 29--1 a. MAT a
late hour last night the observer at Fire
Island reported the schooner Louisa
II. Randall breaking up rapidly. The
Merritt wrecking Companys tug was
alonside the wrecked vessel at 8 o'clock
and it is hoped succeeded in rescuing
the captain. his wife and the crew.
TAKEN OFF. ~
United Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
FIRE ISLAND, N. Y, Nov. 29-7.45 a.
m.-Fhe crew of the schooner Louisa
II. Randall, Captain Hathorne, from
Boston, which went ashore off Smith
Point opposite Bellport, L. l., early
Tuesday morning, were taken off at $50
O'Clock this morning by the crew of the
tug ]. j. Merritt, of the Merritt Wreck
ing Company. They are alive and now
on board the Merritt.
The schooner is rapidly breaking up
and the wreckage coming ashore.
BARGEs ADRIBT WITH THEIR CREWS.
STANFORD, Conn, Nov .28.-Boat-
men say that last night was the most
severe on the Sound since the August
hurricane. The tug Mary A. Leyere,
with three loaded coal barges, was
nearly swamped and had to abandon its
tow and put in here. After the tug was
bailed out, she went to the rescue of the
barges, but was unable 10 reach them
owing to the heavy seas. There were
two or three men on each boat, and the
captains wife was on the Mum.
SCHOONER SUNK AND CREW GONE.
BosToN, MASS, Nov. 2S.-A two.
masted schooner was driven on Dread
Ledge, Swampscott, during last nights
big blow and now lies in 30 feet of
water She probably came fromEBangor
as coat was found, in the pocket of
which was cigarette card with the ad-
dress of Mr.. Hines of Bangor, writ
ten on the back. One of the schooner's
boats was found bottom up, and the
other had been smashed in pieces against
the side of the vessel. Nothing is
known of the fate of the crew.
An unknown two-masted lumber
laden schooner, apparently British, is
ashore near Deer Island, just inside of
Little Fawn Point Buoy.
WIND BLOWS go MILES AN HOUR.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Nov. 2S,-
Buildings'and overhead wires suffered
extensively in last nights storm. On
the mainland trees were uprooted and
late crops were badly damaged. A great
quantity of wreckage has been washed
ashore and the tracks across the mead
ows were under waller, but trains ran
nearly on schedule time. At Q o'clock
this morning the wind was blowing 60
miles an hour.