The sun., 1893-03-12
RAN INTO JERSEY IN A FOG.
TIE FREIGHTER WELLS CITY STUCK
IN THE MUD At SEABRIGHT.

IN THE MUD At SEABRIGHT.
All the Village Turns Ont to See the Mortar
Practice of tho Life Savers mt n Target
Sbrouded In Mist-The Brcechc. Buoy mt
Work Bringing Ashore tho Thirty-eIght
Men of the Steamships Crew and Two
Pa.scngers-.An or by A. M.-Once the
Line Parted and Broke n Sailors Leg
A Schooner Ashore mt Sandy Hook.
The steel freighter Wells City OF tho Bristol
City line. from Bristol and Swansea. iabbed
her sharp nose in Jersev's sand and mud at
GAO o'clock last night. almost in the very SPOT
where tho French liner LAmeriquc struck
sixteen years ago. The pilot Of the Wells City
was steering by dead reckoning through n
thick fog driven in from the open sea on
strong easterly wind. A chilling mist came in
with tho fog. and most Of the dwelers In Sea-
bright were indoors The weird bass
OF the Wells City's fog horn cnme
down the wind and the citizens ran to their
doors and peered scaward Tho fog horn kept
up its husky wailing. and all Seabright knew
that there was n vessel on the beach. Her
outlines werc invisible. but from the glow in
the mist they calculated that she was steam
shin. Presently rockets went up.
A patrolman from Life Saving Station No. 4.
about n mile north Of the spot where the
steamship struck. burned a Coston light In
answer to tho appeal OF tho freighter. and then
ran along the beach to his station. Capt. Null
lican and his crew got out tho life saving mp
paratus and trunded it on the broad-tired
light wagon to a point opposite the freiGhter
This was between tho cottages OF John F.
Duncan and J. NJ. Cornell Word was also sent
to w. Saving station No. 3. to the south. and
Cat West and his crow camo UP with their
upIMutuS.
The surf was too high for launching a surf
nS oysr sna thp the was TO
that she was between $50 and 200 yards out in
about eighteen feet Of water, about 500 resi-.
savers and watched their opsrations. Among
tho spectators were Mayor Charles 1. Walters.
Dr J. J. Reed. Lee Irwin. Mr.. Nesbitt. and I.
The mortar was put in position and flred
short. This was partly due to lack Of, eleva-
tion Of the mortar and partly to the high wind.
nov apGIroasshinS oas gale. which the marksmen
Another line was sent toward the freiEhter.
which was working on shore, under the i'm
too. OBJ but at the fourth the line ieii across her
This nj AVH Was sat at ' oeocE TO tho first limo
thicker line was bent nnd one end o. this was
getting the sailors ashore began. They were
safe enough aboard ship. but 1t was
oSsr tne n Sg one Hf IN the
buoy.
| been rescued without accident at 10 80 O'Clock.
| They were all drenched and shivering. as every
one in rushing down the incline Of the life line
taken to Ocean Fire CCompanys engine house.
and the Kev. Marshall! Owens. a Methodist
rangemcnts for making them comfortable.
| The benevolent men and women OF Seabright
brought enough clothes to the engine house
tG Spink. Fl out a regiment. and plenty to eat and
lie breeches buoy line parted Just as the
| twenty-ninth man reached tho edge OF tho
crawl up tbs sand out Of the way q The next
leg Was broken. DR.. Reed took charge OF him.
Menmouti am 'd Hospital at Long Branch: W
For the nth time line was shot at the ship
faint faint GLOW c % SHOWED where @ she lay There @ csme
back a chorused "Hurrah!' down the wind
one Voice followed tho cheer. 1t was strong
and resonant A., and sounded near. and it said
| Then the work Of rescue went on. The rising
& s&iacE. !ndcatns @ that the ship was @ Coming Sss n
sors be he kn Ie
wias fns had
Everybody eS a was of at A. NJ The oGcers Of Of
the ship v,i;,, &re Captain. George SAVAGE; First
tSssi MeGaee; CHEZ Ensineer William Cottef: AS
. s!stant Engineer. irwin johnson Second As
FeWe Ernest Hssssten Has Thos
were two passengers.
JAMES The e an no
| the FOG yesterday morning. and when they
struck the beach they supposed they were on
aso4 A %s.Fs lat 5Iss Him IL
| II foli NV, Thn Iart rtaip toll,
however. to the life-savirg station for the
Sa sa stern Ths ftdFkns the Wei"
, The Wells City had rough voyage from
6y WSch rrSsd @ Fd lad
the unusual fortune TO- tow IN the abandS0ned
| ming through 500 miles OF tempestuous seas
and win salvage that may amount to $50. 900.
The Wells City isa fine new ship Of 1.sl4 tons;
to James Arkell & Co. New York. She brings
a large cargo OF tin plate and general mer-
The Merritt Wrecking Company will have It's
best steamer at the stranded ship this morn
1871. She was % driven t out OF her her dead reckon.
ing about twenty miles by a peculiar set OF tho
further west than her skippef e. and pilot II had
depth is the same as it is on the Cholera
Banks: and tho character OF the bottom Is
ings were made constantly after shoal
water was REACHED, and both her Com
aapd, Ler ,Eiiot we're, sure they were on ths
There is no BLUM there. and nothing to catch
the sight to warn 4 vessel that she is in dan,
ger except the cottages along the shore, and
far away the Highlands. In, fog, none Of
these would be seen. 1t Is perhaps the safest
place for vessel to go ashore on the coasts OF
America. The long peninsula Of Sandy Hook.
North IL Long Branch. g bank oi earth GOV. %
hroadside, on, the shore for ninety three
DAYS and all the damage she suffered
tremendous northeast storm came up and
pioughine through the mud ior 600 feet she
was not even strained She lay SO close 70
the beach that at low water one could walk
out and tough her side without getting in tho
tss be waves ~ S er wtsr cargo se was taken on in
wagons that were backed right up TO her side,
or four feet OF sand into the mud. and made a
dock for her. ell that was ns soft as muSh.
South OF that, at Long Branch and Elheron.
where tho husband went ashore in March.
or hall 4 Waat End Vntn has 4