Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-29
SAVED FROM THE STORM.
Grew Rescued From the Schooner Ran.
dali.
Story Of Those Who Experienced the
Recent Gale on Long Is
land Sound.

FIRE ISLAND. Nov 29.-The crew of the
schooner Louise H. Randall, Capt iIathorn,
from Boston, which went ashore Off Smith S
Point, opposite Belleport, l.. l., during Mon
day night. were taken off at $50 O'Clock
this morning by the crew of the tug l. j.
Merritt of the Merritt Wrecking Company.
The sea and wind had moderated sufti-
GENTLY during the night to admit of an at
tempt at rescue at sunrise this morning.
All night the tug Merritt lay alongside
awaiting. daylight and the opportunity to
send a boat alongside.
AS soon as 1t was possible to see suffi-
GENTLY well a boat put out from the Mer-
rift and took off part of the crew in the
main rigging. After these were safely put
aboard the tug a second trip rescued those
in the fore, including the woman and boy
All were landed safely. The condition of
the rescued Is not known here on the beach.
The Storm in Long Island sound.
NEW LONDON, Conn, Nov 29-Monday
nights southeast storm was a terrific one
along this coast The Philadelphia steamer
Rattlesnake. bound to Newburyport Mass,
with coal, came in here yesterday for safety
The big new ocean tug Schranton, bound
from Jersey City to Boston with $500 tons
Of coal in the barges followed her in. The
barges were the Nayaug, Pohaticong and
Musconetcong. OF Plum Island the rain
completely shut out all lights, the sea al
most completely buried the tug, while the
breakers swept over the barges con-
stantly.
In the height of the gale the schooners
Wanderer and Jane NJ. Brainerd dragged
insnore in this harbor. They were foated
by tugs yesterday. The New York steamer
metropolitan of the Central Vermont line
was driven upon a reef near her pier here
aged.
The people on board the three barges
caught in the storm on Long Island sound
on Monday night. who were thought to
nave been lost were yesterday rescued by
the crew of the tug boat D. S. Arnot after
time of much peril
Capt. w. r. McElwell Of the Arnot, when
seen today. told this story of the rescue
He said: I'VE were coming down from Bos-
ION with barge in tow. and when we
passed Faulkner's Island at the entrance
TO the sound the wind was going southeast
and blowing half gale. AS we came down
the sound the wind shifted to the south
west and the weather became squally.
The seas We're running high and troubled
with force as dangerous as on the ocean
itself.
about o'clock yesterday morning we
The storm was still bowling the tug
buried her nose in the seas and came up
again with jerk from her tow line.
III the darkness we saw moving light
ahead. 1t seemed to be waved from side
to side. / directed our course toward it,
and as We came near / heard cries of dis
tress. After q time / made out in the dark
ness a scow and a canal boat pitching and
rolling about helplessly. The waves broke
over the craft, and it seemed likely that
they would go under every minute.
Going as near as we dared, voice came
from the darkness from the scow crying
for Gods sake save the people.
I'VE could not take them off in the seas
that were running. To run alongside would
be to sink them and ourselves too. We
shouted back to them that could not
take them on board unless they jumped
overheard. and they would probably drown
II they did 1t. I said we would take them
in tow. and after much difficulty got a
hawser to them.
II told them to wave light to us If they
were sinking while in tow. and started
ahead. Our course was set for Port Morri-
son and look out was kept for signals from
orr tow. Fortunately we got her in safely.
Upon reaching Port Morrison 1 found that
there were four men and a woman on the
scow. We lost the canal boat and the LASH
ings broke in the storm and II drifted off.
The woman wore only her night clothes.
She had been on the canal boat and barely
escaped when 1t sank. She had only time
to jump out of bed and scramble on the fat
boat when the canal boat sank.
"The scow was made fast to the Port
Morris dock. 1t and the two canal boats
were bound for st. Johns and Long Island
from Hammond Flats, and were in tow OF
the tug Mary A. Avere. To save herself
from being swamped during the storm on
Monday night, the Avere cut loose from
her tow and sought shelter in Stamford
harbor and those on board the barges were
abandoned to their fate"