New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23
SWEPT FROM HIS ARMS.
CAPTAIN wYM.,N's WIFE DROWNED AT SEA.
THE BARGE PLYMOUTH SANK AND THEY WE'RE
FIo.r,xc e,ppoRTED BY A HATCH.

THE BARGE PLYMOUTH SANK AND THEY WE'RE
FLOATING. SUPPORTED by HATCH.
1t was with heavy heart that Captain Wyman
master OF the b,rce Plymouth returned yesterday 10
his home In Brooklyn As he thought OF the many
Joyous home .comincs when he and his vile came
back from their trips the fiyhou.h 1t seeieu a"
the harder for him to tell his little children no"
the vile and mother had been swept rum N' "'"''
and drowned before his eyes.
The old barge Plymouth started Iro' -o''
Va. last Tuesday morning in tow. The big ocean
tug l.. Luckcnbach was towing the Corsica' 'iii'o'
and Plymouth. all laden with COAL 10 Ne"'io'A
The vessels had all been clipper shp' anu ''0' W.
not able TO weather the terrible gaze ""'0n NV
encountered of Barnegat on ThursuHy' az 80
a. III. on Thursday beating wind spr""s Wy va
Barncgat, which veertd around from lhe HUT
to the east and Increased In force ever! mimi
Inc gale tossed alou, the awkward parses' anu
uggcd and strained al the connecting hawser'. Ia"
foremost Of the Corsica snapper Squ''' ~ -
the Deck and mast and heade"ar "e''
overheard The steering gear OF 'he Oois""
thrown out OF order, and the vessel hou"ue'eu "
in the trough OF the sea. The barges were e'eei
in a southcasterly course and managed 10 rue ''.
seas Then the roaring waters burst over INC ~
bow OF the Plymouth and the angry WAVES s'"'"
the old hull blows that shook every rib ana unoe'
The barge began TO leak and the pumps "e'' "
Captain Wyman ran up the ensign union uo"n'
The crew OF the Luckenbach saw the sisnni Oh us
tress as II futtercd from the mast ana WIS "'" :"
ribbons by the gale. The captain OF ue '"s '"'su
to cut loose from the disabled Corsica and go 10 the
assistance OF the Plymouth. II looked IKE '"e,'e
The eight men the Corsica TO save Captain "Smni
his wife and the three seamen the iymo"'"
Finally the captain Of the Luckenbch ordered MS
mate TO cut the hawser connecting The Tug anu '"'
Corsica. II was then impossible 10 cast II on
Freed from her tow the Luckenbach went along
side the Plymouth Just as the barge was s'nh'"e,
one seaman of the Plymouth was dragged Oh ooa'u
The tug A line was thrown 10 a man VINO WIS
struggling in the water asern. 1t fell upon his iace
mt n. was 100 weak and exhausted TO save himself
Another seaman drowned before any aid 'o''a
be given.
Just before the Plymouth began TO settle. MIS-
Wyman turned 10 her husband and said we'll "
the barge founder, have slGO in the pocket OF NY
cloak which will keep until yon can get aho''"'
command, She went into the dechhouse ana re-
turned with her cloak wrapped about her. linen We
barge began go down amid swirlnS 'ddics anu '''
fury OF the storm ragged about tEc sinklhs VcSN'.
Captain Wyman clung 10 ha,ch with one arm Az"
supported his wife with the other lie hrId MIS-
wyman until great carried her away from
his nervelc,s arms. She gave sbricl. and then
her voice was drowned In the fury Of the storm shr
was caught up 10y The rushing sea, ana bo'hc '''
astern where she disappeared from view. ,.,t
The crew of the LuckrnDach threw line to Captain
Wyman. which he caught ahd WIS man! ulIrS', ",
hoard the tue. The dory OF the Tag could h"' 10
used I'm the work rescue. l. had been hihi'l"u
by the force 81 the waves. ,,,,,
The o-inch hawscr. which connected the Iym"ulh
and the Milton snapped Ike tWIi" when u" NV ',oa
went down. The Milton lrakin. badly, ana ~
,,,rh.ui,,ch Stood Lv her. Tie water pumped
from her hold ana She taken L. tow by M tns
Pilot from Pliladc pAia. the disabled 'of'.,a va
brought +, this port by H. iUchenharl Nts'eIun :
anian W,m,n /, heart broken over the death ~ us
wife He ircnib.d with emotion when lie 'on we
.,nrv Yesterday and hfU9r down and M'lt Fh" II
child Ills wife accompanied him Oh nearly an ms
rrIp, and in the summer time ia" i"o cmhr'h "i,'
to 20 with their father on his la, trip. hi' %" W"nn
no, take them on account o! the roueh's' "i VIC
Itcaf Of