New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-23
STORM AND STRESS AT SEA
FR0sTBITTEN SEAMEN BROUGHT TO PORT
THE G. +. GERRY ABANDoNED-sIGYALs FOR
HELP CSHEEDED

TIE g. L. GERRY SIGNALS FOR
HELP USnEEDED.
FIR nny-fvc years Captain stephen conldin, q
the brig DcoI eana L. Gecly, has sailed the seas but
ne never experienced such gale, he says, as thai
which wrecked his vessel on sunday las, and CON,
relied Lim aDd his crew t' trust ther lives to
l.lky yawl boat. The steamer Guyaniotte, CT The
CD Duninion Line, brought Lin and his eight se.
mon to tlis port Yesterday. The men were In
iiiaLle plight They were weak and exhausted, and
their fingers and ears were frosibitten. The
Gcorgiana L. Gccry was caught b. hurricane %
sunday. and at D. H. she attempted TO put In
at Hereford Inlet, hear Cape May. she fund no
refuge there fom IN" hieh winds and the heavy
cross seas which swept h,r decks and Hooded her
cabin with freezing water. Fer ten miles she
dragged her anchors and vas carried along the coast
by the ncndl,h spirits OF tie storm.
AZ last tile captain ordered the foremost TO b
cut away. IN its fall it carried with 1t tie main
mast and smashed tie yaw Tie heavy mast and
wards fell upon the deck with crash which shook
the helpless vessel from stem 70 ste:n. Her cecas
were Covered with masses # tangled rigging. Then
She Strung a leak and with the water rushing rapidly
into the hold she soon total wreck The
captain decided to abandon the ship and u make for
the Five Fathom liehisaip which Was two miles
10 the lceward. the yawl boat was repaired by
"A
this fail craft the crow uird 10 make their way 10
tie liehtship. To prevent the yawl Icing s"ampa
she was stecIed stem foremost several times ue
boat WAS nearly oycrW hclm,d by giant waves, and
she made slow progress. In desperation the crew
took their lives In their hands and brought the
boat around and made 4 run direct 10 the hshslp
when was pitching and rolling about mt tie emu VI
her cable. Her crew saw the yawl and threw out
lines Finally the shpwrecked men got safely on
loard They were benumbed by the cold and almost
exhausted The Old Dominion Line steamer Dayan'
dotte came in sight few hours later, and the sht'
ship crew sgnalled TO the steamer hat she iaa ai''
trc,sed seamcn on board, and the steamer promptly
answered the signals and took the men OF.
The crew OF the Gccry complain OF tie neglect Of
the steamer CITY of Birmingham u give them as
si,,ance The City OF birmingham passed on Mon
DAY. and the crew say, took 10 hotlce 81 uer
sisnal OF distress A. the signal vas red 'aole'
cloth. # +, probable that it was not seen By Inc
crew OF the city OF Birmingham. - they say
The Georglana T. Goery was built at Nog"a..
Conn. IN 1861. she Of 3)j tons ouruen V'
feet In length, IS feet beam and 10 STU iee'
deep Her value was about Sl,oOO. me wa
londcd with lumber When last seen by nr ee"
she was rapidly breaking up.
The Guyandottc picked up the schooner paEa
Brown between the Phoenix Island light ana us
Delaware lightship, and lowed her 10 this port
The Daniel Brown passed quarantine yesterday il0sW
ing dismanled and dilapilt,d. llcr dechS had pera
swept clean by the rushing s"a,' li'r loen ~.
mast and jbbOom We're gone the malhooom wa .ss
broken off short. the hulWHrks we're stove III, ~
fore and aft sails were living IN confusion on nv ns
deck and the dlvus swuls dFOu"u 'nP''' -
lifeLoat Lad been tern away by tie storni'