The evening world., 1894-04-12
Three Other Vessels Reported
Ashore Further South ON
the Jersey Coast
DAMAGE AT CONEY ISLAND.
Again the Poor Man Gets Some Of
the Rich Mans Sand by the
Storms Freaks.

POINT PLEASANT, N. j., April IL
After hours Of peril in the terrific storm
of yesterday the captain inc crew of the
Susan II. Richie. which wns
driven ashore here early this morning
were rescued by the life-savers of the
Bayhead station.
The Richie had been watched all
through the night by the l~ife-savers.
They saw the brave effort Capt.
Priest made yesterday afternoon to
save his vessel, and when night fell II
was apparent hat she was doomed. II
was then believed that all on board
would be lost. The schooner was drag
cling her anchor. and was slowly but
surely being driven ashore by the storm.
How the crew managed to keep her
anoat during the night is a mystery to
shore men. but she vas still riding the
storm at daybreak to-day. but was then
near the bar.
At s o'clock the schooner struck the
outer bar. The big waves began to
break over her, and all the life-saving
crew got to work to do what they could
to rescue the men on board.
The mortar was brought out and the
line shot out towards the stranded raft.
All the natives from miles around gath
cred on the beach to watch the men.
After half n dozen fruitless efforts a line
fell directly across the deck of the
Richie. and n great cheer went up from
the men on snore when the word was
passed hat II had been made fast.
The brooches buoy was soon rugged and
at Q o'clock the first man from the
schooner was brought ashore. Half q
dozen men rushed INTO the surf to help
him ashore. whiting ten minutes Capt.
Priest, the last man to leave the
schooner, had been rescued.
The men were nearly dead from ex-
haustlon. They said they did everything
In their power to save the vessel, but
1t was impossible for a sail to hold In
such a storm.
hey knew there was a ledge of ROCKS
five miles of Pleasant Point and they
tried to get there. believing they could
get their anchor to hold. but strive as
they did 1t was impossible to keep OF
shore.
The men had no sooner gotten ashore
than a tremendous wave caught the YES
sci and drove her high and dry on shore.
Her masts and railing were snapped
away like so many straws. Her cabin
is also a total wreck.
The vessel is now fast on the shore,
and unless the weather moderates very
soon, she will go to pieces entirely. Her
crew. In charge OF Mate Sherman Mar
tin, are watching her, and II possible her
cargo will be thrown overheard. and an
effort will be mad to save her.
Capt. Priest came TO New York as soon
as possible and reported 10 A. T. Henry.
Of q Coenties slip, the agent OF the ves-
sci in this city. He was seen by an
Evening World" reporter and said:
Eyes, we had a pretty narrow escape.
We first struck the storm early on Tues
day on Montague, L. l. All day long We
worked 10 the windward. On Wednesday
the storm ragged so hard that we hove
to, and early In the day we shifted most
Of the deck load.
Finally We were forced to run for
Sandy Hook, and at 6 o'clock We arrived
OF the l~ife-saving station at Bay Head.
We signaled the life-sGverS, and they
sent us aid, but | did not want to give
up the boat as long as there was Q
chance. All night long We worked to
save her. but she dragged her anchor.
and at s o'clock this morning I saw hat
the jig was up. l signaled the life-sav-
Ing crew, and we were taken ashore.
The vessel is almost n total wreck now,
but II the weather abates, we may be
able to save some portion of her.
The Richie is a three-masted schooner
OF SD tons She is las feet in length. 90
feet beam and a l3-foot hold. She was
built in Boston In 1881 by ]. NJ. Grant.
and is owned by George s. Gushing.
OF Florida. She left Richmond several
days ago with a cargo OF oak for st.
Johns, y. r. She was in charge Of
Joseph E.. Priest. and had the following
crew on board: Sherman Martin. mate;
W. II. Priest, steward, and Charles
Phlpps. Hugh Stevenson, Z. Hanna
berry. Robert Lindsay n Charles
Barker.
Reports from down the coast say thAA