St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-26
HORRORS OE THE SEA.
TALES TOLD sY THE FEW SURVIVING
SAILORS
SAVED FROM THE WRECK.
Grew of Five Washed From the
Schooner Narragapsett - List
of Those Who Went Down
With the Fishing Boat Ma
linda-Eight Scows Lost With
the Men in Charge.

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Pilot Stephen
Cooper came into harbor this morning,
having been out through the storm. He
reports that on Thursday afternoon
about O'Clock, while twenty miles off
Sandy Hook, he picked up man cling
ing to the masthead of sunken wreck.
He proved to be the only survivor of
the schooner Narragansett, Capt. Chase,
bound from Philadelphia for Ware
ham. Mass, coal laden, which
foundered that morning during the
hurricane. The crew of five men we're
all lost, and the survivor was Tor seven
hours on the mast before being picked
up. He was taken aboard the pilot
boat III all exhausted con litlon. The
seaman when discovered was IaShed to
the schooner's masts. which were stand
ing out of water. The pilot boat low
cred boat and took him aboard. His
name was Henry SuZa, a Portuguese.
The schooner Narragansett, he says,
Went Down
about a. m, Aug. "a, and Capt. Chase
and i've men were drowned. Her posi-
ton was eighteen miles from High
lands, n. j.
Charles Kletsberger, of the fishing
smack Mallnda Wood, which was towed
In this morning, reports that Wednes-
day night while about fourteen miles
out the vessel was struck by hurri-
cane, the vessel driven on her beam
ends, the foremast carried away and
i've of the crew swept overheard and
drowned. 1ne vessel had crew of
eight in all. Two of the survivors were
badly injured. Kletsberger is the only
member of the crew that came through
unscathed. Those who lost their lives,
in the storm were John Vogan, first
Of1lcer; John Henderson. seaman; Hugo
Henderson, seaman; Arthur johnson,
seaman; Oscar Gustosou, seaman.
The only pe.SonS on board who were
saved were Capt. Peterson, Charles
Criper, the cook, and Charles Hestred,
seaman, and all three of them were
more or less injured.
Capt. Peterson and Cook Criper had
to have their wounds dressed at the
Chambers street hospital as soon as the
ambulance could carry them from the
dock. They were thrown about the deck
during
The Hurricane.
The Maiinda Wood belongs to Wal
lace q Keeney, of Fulton market,
and to Capt. Peterson. She was built
in 1888, has a tonnage of 26 tons, is 81
feet long over all, has IS feet beam
and is 3 feet deep. kietSberger said to
reporter: "The sea swept overheard
every man except the captain, who was
fortunately banged up against mass
of broken timbers and tangled ropes
forward of the deck house. The sea re-
ceding carried back with it Hastred
and CriSOeF the cook
The other five men were never seen
again. The waves that washed them
from the tossing smack into the ocean
threw the other two men aboard again.
but left them almost l1felesS, as Capt.
Peterson, who continues the tale of the
Malinda Wood.
The poor fellows were nearly killed."
said he, as he nursed his injured limbs.
''At the time, however. did not know
they had been saved, for | saw all my
men go overheard when the second big
sea struck us. First, | was tangled up
among the fallen rigging, and then, as
the sea washed CriSper and Hastred
back again, | was swept down the fore
CASTLE"
A tug boat, with eight loaded seows,
went TO sea this morning, and reports
losing seven of her sc0ws, each scow
containing one man. The scowS have
probably drifted along the Jersey and
Staten island shores, as nothing has
been heard from them up to tonight.