New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-23
RFScrE or 4 SCHOONrRS CRET

Five MN rAKES FHoN THE cnossTRFF' or
WRECKED vEssl... 1FF THE JERSEY COAST
Seabrich,. July o. For two hours this afternoon
the summer istors along the Ncw w-Jers~y coast
f. tho vicinity OF S.ahrlcht raced up and down
the shore. watching I've men cling 10 IN" cross
trees OF vessel which hat Just gon" down IN"
five men were saved without dlhcnlty. aS INC H'h
was fairly smooth and calm. Tho vessel was the
,vo-rnasted schoone. Robert II Mitchell. of balil-
more She wax OF IS tons. and bound from New
YORK 10 Norfolk. Iicr hold was nnoc with l." tons
OF salt I'm bulk The schooner lay In the Horse
shoe overnight. and this morning proceeded 70 sea
After a while IL was discovered nat she WAS l'hk
ing All hands called TO IN" puinpr Inc
captain headed the schooner inshore as rapidly
as possible. A signal Of distress had been holsted
and although a number OF craft ran within "A
mile Of the schooner. they paid no attention. one
tug within quarter ot mile OF IN" schooner;
anu -, b.r ,he men ON hoard waved their
hands and went on Al l2.30 O'Clock she bcsan 70
settle Captain Ben Pratt ordered his men INTO
the rigging They cimb'i 10 th" crosstre"s ana
held fast. In ten minutes the schooner settled
down slowly and easily. The schooner sank IN SIX
fathoms Of wntcr about midway between IN" iotrI
Norlnandc and Lif"-Sdying station No. .. at sea
brirht she was about four miles rom shore.
Some on the porch Of me N"rnandlc was
sweeping Tho sea with his glasses ahout nan an
hour after The schooner went down. when hy good
forum" IN" TWO inasts OF inc S'h"on.L 'a' am @ I,o
tn" line Of his glass. ne '"ul So tn, nv. il'I'
clingng to the crosstrce' and bnr.ly ahoy" "aier %
L.
the hotel to the llfe-saying station.
captain \ II. West was the only lii"-sav"r on
rnnnt docs not care to bear the cxpcns~ of keep
ing the during tn" summer months. captain
had n volunteer crew Of hardy fishermen and boat
men The toat was row"l out To- IN" wreck ana
made fast TO Of the maSs. The sailors dropped
down ana were picked az. l. was 2.s, when the
las, Inan ", an,ain IA ,s raft were Mnt N - rvs
ford John Massey the steward Edward Brown
and ! II. PAUL They were taken ashore and
%nrmandir where they were fed by General Earle.
The Gc5sra al g"o ococR ~ for %m ;aS @ b"rnS h
afternoon General Earle ana the guests al the
be given TO The men who manned The lfeboa, and
the 20 ne @ A. 4" the cr@s
trees TO which the men clung were submerged.
The i've men who were rescued from the Mlichea
arrived in Ncw-York on the $40 boat from Atlantic
ii.gnlsns,c 'Thn mate. VI H. TwiforI' and
y%'"F wcni into to- ihc cabin for dinner about noon We
had been there on.y little while when he said he
would haye the pumps worEr naN hc he" m"9,G hsG
a good deal OF water aboard When fe;t ne
na''p w. Some OF the boards found 1t really
Al FIVE Of rs then minn"d N" pumps but we
faster than We could get i out Of her We con,
tlnucI 10 pump until a. h,t-pasi she gave a
eci into the rigging four of Ms IN the main rigging
and one In the fore. the schooner being two
master. It Was Just 10 minutes Ar aner whch w. w.
ashore with ~ ne aa ot c9Pan VIZ Wrs s ana s
in the rigging We made efforts TO attract the al
,enfIon Of a steamer and a tug which passed Us.
hui both sailed by without seeing our plight We
finally perceived that had been seen from the
shore AZ we the lifesavers getting boat
ready We ef;erward learned that the man who
had nrst seen ~ had a mLe and half to the
station 20 tel the men.
,ars each man had In his pockets The ships pa
pcrs and Instruments gone. and liJ tons OF sat
In bulk which we were shipping TO Norfolk. !
don't know what could have caused the leak She
was thought to be a trustworthy boat, ana
never had any trouble with her before
The peOpe who had assembled at the beacn
from Seabright and neighboring Places made up II
purse Of $50 for Captain Pratt and his men