St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-29
AWFUL SUFFERING AT SEA.
TEN PERSONS IN THE RIGGING or A
WRECKED SCHOONER.
QUARTER MILE OFF SHORE.
Llte-saving Crews After Working
All Day Are Unable to Rescue
the Unfortunate People-They
Will Probably Die From Hun
ger and Exposure Before the
Storm Subsidies.


Storm Subsidies.
BAYPORT, N. Y, Nov. 2S.-Patrolman
Harry Corwin, of the life-saving station
at Smith Point, Great South bay, on
coming west on his sunrise patrol, at
'daybreak this morning, saw a four
masted schooner, stern down, in four
fathoms of water, about quarter of a
mile Off shore. Only small portion of
her forward bulwarks was above water.
len persons were in the rigging. One
woman and three men were in the fore
rigging, four men at the fore masthead,
and one in the main Shrouds, and one
at the main mastheak. Word was i'm
medlately telephoned to all the stations
along the line. The life-saving crews
from Fargo station, Smiths point and
beilport hastened to the beach at a
point opposite where the vessel lay.
Ihe breakers were solid, and lashed
Ike fury on the beach. and it was i'm
possible to launch lifeboat. The life
saving crews shot out their life lines,
out, although they were we'll aimed,
the lines either turned or fell short.
Inc attempts to send them across the
rigging of the wreck were all unsuc-
ceSstul. but the trials were continued
until every cartridge had been used.
Capt. Frank Rourke arrived on the
scene i'll the afternoon with two rockets,
but these were just as Intellectual as the
other shots. The wind was blowing
from the west, aud although the
ROCKETS WERE Erred
across the wind, the lines were blown
wide of the wreck. Mrs. Samuel
Newey, the wife of life saving patrol
man, picked up bundle of letters
which had been washed ashore during
the forenoon. They were all dated about
twelve months ago, and were addressed
to Capt. w. Ii. Randall, schooner Louise
II. Randall. Portsmouth. Boston and
Few York. Many of these were of
purely business character, and were
from c. r. Jennings, No. 4S Park
avenue, New York, who was evidently
part owner in the schooner.
From these letters the identity of the
schooner was learned. The beach is
strewn with wreckage. Two portions
of an oak and mahogany bedroom
suit were washed ashore, which evil
IDENTITY came from the deck cabins of
tho Inflated vessel. Among the drift
wood were number of broken piano
frames, tops and ivory keyboards, and
the men on shore think the schooner
might have been laden with partly COM
pieted pianos. AT nightfall the unfort-
unate people were all at the fore and
main masthead. All sorts of rumors
are heard along the beach. Some peo-
pie Say they saw two men clinging to
a floating spar early in the morning,
but
A HEAVY SEA
struck them and they disappeared.
From the size of the vessel the life-sav-
ers think there may have been twelve
Or fourteen men on board, and that
some of them are lost. 1t was also said
that boy was seen with the four men
at the foremasthead, but if such was
the case, there was no sign of him dur
ing the afternoon. The Merritt Wreck
ing company's tug had not been sighted
at nightfall. The wind is piercingly
cold. and there is no doubt that some of
those in the rigging will succumb to
hunger and exposure before morning.
If the tug reaches the Vicinity of the
wreck tonight it will be almost impossi-
bic for her to get close enough to the
Randall to take the crew off, and it may
be we'll into the morning hours before
she will make the attempt.
! The breakers were dashing over the
wreck when night set in and the peo-
pie in the rigging were drenched.
When daylight faded the wreck was
scarcely discern;ble. and darkness COM
ing OH swiftly hid the unfortunate
beings, who clung tenaciously to the
rigging in PLAIN sight of those on shore
who were willing but helpless to render
them any assistance. Louis E. Randall
belongs to Newport, R. [. She left
Philadelphia Nov. 90 for Boston. She
was carrying coal, and registered 1902
gross tons.