The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-23
SAVED, BUT LOST HIS WIFE.
A Tragedy OF TIE OCEAN rows IN
THURSDAYS HURRICANE.

Capt. wyrnn's nprge Fouuderea and r,s
wife and Two Men Were Drow.cd-The
Tug. the f.. Luckenbach, saved the Others
aud brought In One Barge OF Its Tow.
In the fierce ~easterly gale that piled tbs
breakers high on the shelving Jersey coast
on Thursday. the coal-laden barge Plymouth
foundered. and two OF her crew and the wife
Of her skipper. Capt. A.. Wyman OF Brooklyn.
were lost. Capt. wyman and two men we're
saved by the fearless crew OF the ocean tug L.
Luckenbach. which arrived hero yesterday
towing the crippled barge Corsica.
Can't. Harry Williamson OF the Luckenbach
told the story OF the giant tugs tusslo with the
great gale of Barnogat There were three
barges. the Corsica, the Milton. and the Ply
mouth. In the tow which the Luckenbach
hauled out OF Norfolk on Tuesday morning.
The FIRST signs Of the storm were observed
when the tow was about twenty-five miles
south Of Barnegat at 2 A. NJ. on Thursday.
The wind was from northeast and heavy. Az
$40 A. NJ. when Barnegat was i've
miles to leeward and abeam. n gale
came out Of the east. permeated with
rain. and to keep the tug and her tow from
making leeway. Capt. Williamson changed his
course. heading moro to the eastward. The
blufr-bowed barges labored heavily In the
sens. shipping much water. At 10 A N. the
foremost Of the Corsica went By the board.
carrying with It all her head gear. She be-
came manageable a few minutes later.
her steering gear was carried away. and she
fell broads!de into the trough Of the sea-
Capt. Williamson brought the Luckenbach
around and headed down the Jersey coast.
with the gale over his port quarter. He gothic
three barges Strengthened out. and. to give
them a chance to make better weather OF he
stored to the southeast so that the force Of
the seas would be ON the port pow;
several, hours. Capt Wyman's barge. being
tho liehtest. made bad weather Of It, She
sssSne q 7 isss' p wnafs ,oer rsiieSs. 0s AND CAPT sps
Wyman aet her ensign In the main rigging.
S WIIIIa@ aswn' s an sp ts.s to Se be wt ssk9n not ri 1be os Sai
eight souls aboard. as he feared these eIeht
hs should risk ,eisSI iIiyes e save ivs: he deeId.
ed to wait and see II the seas would not calm
Capt. Wyman did not launch his dory and
make an effort to come aI9ngside the tuE
ia At last last Car Capt ee Wili tmns@na saw az that hat the Ply.
mouth could not live much longer. Capt
S %y%ts'n and nd,t h,s %ise % and 9Se I psek sDPsslssd IA a
Corsica and Miitcn to save &c Mynoath's
adriit close to the bits Just as quick as 10
over the Plymouth. and Il was q, question q
minutes only o when she would 20 do W.
hold. A Blow Of the axe Wounded The
fhe sSrprissd ssaHSinssSS, I Selew va: startled
at full speed. He pulled. the throttle open, and
the tug leapcd forward. She was within .
s iseTsGi q. IN" 'T in9 ha%ser ~ eoane sai Gsa nss with Win
the Milton held her nose up for q second or
Capt. %y9an and his wife were standing to-
ggstnsr, o on decs a TIE tsW "a m nlair sy.. before y %.,ti fns
tho pr0spact Of idlonaRA altar ha ahOui0 lO9A
r. bent ssst His T s.s f hIsasa n hin Rs up slo sh' .t tS!S
4. Asnss eihllaSsn n bsSokbn could iiyS %
craft began 70 crack. and shs sank deeper g
t assk sec house Ths ana Safp ssns out %''' WIZ Msni as ,n's Sle az
wrapped around her. They saw then that the
i isIf i Ts' s At 1.s sl sHf%!n %ss sS 1h hs.a .Ss%i ts sss .fs.
waist. spd he found himself 9sttIine g. her
fni a swimnsr. but The embrace' 81 his VIE,
who could not swim, had nearly s1haustsd
aliits wp rom ne t ia" fIHm = SaHo' H hss sapp waaSa ne Sse
with one arm while he held TO- the hatch with
t asv st assu t2r t assf hatch S5 t ssa . %ta S I away 4 f From
him. Then he saw the Luckenbach onlya few
yards ards. Wy e o and Vel fsit 5 + ilns st sbosr ain e.. t as
Capt Williamson, saw Mrs. wyman sppar-
emily uDcOuSClOus uOhtIuR bhloEu. u LUZ ,
engines were reversed and she backed down.
The, suction o., the churning propeller drew
thrown out. but the body eiuded them and
vanished under the Luckenbach's counter be-
fore the eyes OF Capt Wyman.
One Of the crew went down with the barge.
Another. who was drowned. was seen floating
on his back near the Luckenbach. A line
opened his eyes and feebly attempted to grasp
tn. line, but he was too 70, gone 70 help him
seen sitting on a hatch cover with o life buoy
around hts body, He was saved.
Then the Lnckenbach steamed back to b
There wore seven feet Of water In the Corsica'S
hold. and her crew had signalled that they
and the tug lay to near the barges until Friday
morning. The CAPTAIN and two men were
key engine going and reduced the water In
her hold to three feet. The tug, Pilot Of Phila-
delphia came along and took. the Milton
Luckenbach brought The Corsica to this city.