The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-25

yey boat, was tod III at the end OF the railroad
pier. The st. Johns and tho SANDY Hook Of the
Sandy Hook line were also at tho pier. The sun
went down on as fine and as calm a stretch OF
water and or rs altogether peaceful q scene as
| an Atlantic Highlander ever sees.
| Tho fury Of the storm struck the Highlands
at 10 o'clock. For an hour before that the
wind had been kicking UP high jinka High
landers are used to flve-foot waves At mid
| night these waves beat i've feet II the High
| landers who were seen yesterday are to be be-
!eved. And tho rain was coming down In
streams that would have discouraged the fire
boat New Workers. biggest. But with all this
the I first c cry OF distress came from any
81 the bouts. and then :, it was from
Re al Gs . Ss s Sns
of the big waves had smashed over her stern
and carried away part OF her woodwork. The
| noise OF the breaking timhors had awakened
thu, crew. and they dashed on deck in their
undsrclothes just as another high wave broke n.
The captain thought to save his boat by
other side. so she might face the gale. Drench;
cd 2: the men were they got the d Io re- h amd
tS9 ID S sRSsy td nHy
her. pouring tons and tons OF water into every
opcning. She yayered moment, 4 fresh
gust OF wind and another wave struck her and
went down stern Tst The men had hSaL in 1.-THE the
| were heard by the men on the st: John. who
went out to the rescue. and found the vet and
shivering crew huddled on the end OF the pier:
| made them com Portable.
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SnsnE sS HsH Capt H William FeFra
chored 300 Yards TO the windward OF the coast
seas cas-. we'll. They seemsd now to break, right at
fsF serR aa@ n aneS s s she
| dragged. She was almost upon the coast sur
TRsr. wdHn Zee a bit o, bot
Fiye minutes after the third anchor was put put
Brenda e were awakened with a Jolt and luckily
ior them mighty crash fSll9ySd IT before snir
ornment boat. Bowsprit had struck b9wsprit,
ana e9Is Ree aspGs had
masts had snapped almost even with the deck
s snd fell Rta one been on dock he would
Teller dTted r, an and n I've minutes
ed by Cant. John HiRgens. and had pleasure
party Aboard, ,consistinG OF Thomas O'Brlen.
Telier's already damaged bow cut hole in the
her aflont. The lights OF both boats were out.
af dnt fnow ths h or
he qt h hsrs he
Sn liz it. BY Ht the Hash Of that he saw the rail-
road trest!e on the pier not twenty feet away.
cracking sIi a WOOD. The. Earl had been between
TWO az" The men en- on board Of her had to take to
the piles. They didn't have far 70 Chamber and
The Teller swung around broadside to the
She was strongly built and took the beating
~f About t the sG time The Teer started on her
destructive Journey. the Iona: +5 ,t yawl
Smith ( Brewster Of Bay shore l. I, beean, to
drag her anchor; Mr.. Brewster. with his wife
lands lam i and had come aboard early in the even
! ing intending to sail In the morning. Capt
Sad se By
boat before the anchor Iost its hold But they
iuEch., began to act as il she was adrift
they they d did ' no s good Mr. Brewster wanted to
he didn't know. but he guessed they'd strike
the pier and The CAPTAIN says that Vas "a about
I 5se SodJ Ht6 TN tSsS child had been
Calling for help was useless, Nothing could
OIsen's prediction that they'd hit the pier was
right. They struck it At - , O'clock tiity feet
eame on m deef nsn s the struck w.
Brewster seized a pile and the Captain boosted
Ms. BrSSster o The Captain abandoned the
II? The Telfer,s gun had awakened the men
xyho all ant In ho Pm ypnia Nanht Club hOuaa mr.
wax an inch at time ever the tFest5e tha.
ss5 sn avg S. ife s5s nsy sse
Club The was as boWg h
eight or forty miles an hour. and half the walk
that In the ss storm
took more terrifying journey than that one
and ont of E Mrs. cs
was reached ut last. and the ladies there cared
While hi the rescuers were taking care Of the
Brewsters the watch on the Sandy Hook made
out 2 small boat drifting helplessly toward the
apparently thinking about jumping. The
watch called, the Captain. and Can't Miller
rescue, The crew responded as quickly as II
the high >, sea had been a mill pond. They
sandy. Hook. where they Kent them the rest Of
the night. but they neglected to get their
The good luck Of the Yacht club rescuers en-.
couragcd some Of tho Atlantic H'ghlanders to
make their way out on the pier. One man
so dark. he aald. that the light Of the lantern
only, made Il darker. The wind kept up its
bowling and the sea it's beating all night. and
when daylight came at last, and the, High:
landers looked around for the fine fleet OF
vessels. 1t was gone. OF the sixteen yachts OF
the Pavona Club only four remained.
They were the Phantom. the Atlanta. the
Brunhilda. and the Sea Gull. Lying over
were. ,besidss the Teller tho Earl and the
Iona, c. N. Henson's 42-!oot schooner rugged
George Laurie's sloop. tho Winnefred. The
Winnstred was breaking up Rld half an hour
klndine wood. Henry Peters had been aboard
watOr. The other boats, that we're, sunk or
ashore Just s6eye The lighthouse: Mr.; spears
Qui Vive. 24-foot catboat. ashore: Frank NJ.
Whitney's Falcon. Henry Halls siren Mr.
Douglass's EuphOnia, Capt. Bert richards
Yankee Girl. DR.. Brcwn's Midget. Mr.. Clarke
Admiral. and the Ekase. owner unknown.
These were all boats under thirty feet in
longth, A mass of wreckaGe along tho shore
told where some OF them had gone. OF the
others there was no trace They had prob