Evening star., 1894-04-12
Fears Felt for the Safety Of the
Grampus.
VIOLENCE OF THE GALE ON The COAST
Many Reports of Vessels on the
Shoals.
WHAT SEA CAPTAINS SAY

| heavy sea running outside.
| Incoming steamers reported terrible wealth
er outside. The White Star liner Majestic
and the Croft, from Dundee, reported a fear
full sea on. They were obliged to heave to
| outside the lghtship all night, not daring to
run up to the bar, owing to heavy and
thick weather. Capt. Robinson of the
steamer Croft stated that he was on the
bridge continually for the past twenty-four
hours never leaving the bridge during all
that time. He said that the sea was terri
| BILE, and presented fearful sight Fortu-
rately, his ship received no damage.
| The Ward liner Vigilancia, from Havana
encountered terrible weather. The hurri-
cane struck her early yesterday morning
| of Barnegat and blew with terrific fury
The enormous seas broke over her bows,
washing her decks fore and aft. Her star
board forecastle rail was washed away
The steamer Trinidad experienced heavy
weather also and was obliged to hcave to
outside early last evening. Capt. Frazer re-
ported that 1t blew whole gale from the
ca Stward with a heavy sea. The weather
vas thick, with much snow and rain. She
brings us passengers, who were badly used
up by the heavy blow, nearly all OF them
being Seasick.
| Although the storm was very heavy one
along the Staten Island shore, no casualties
have been reported thus far.
Fears for the Grampus.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, April 12-The
United States fish commission steamer
| Grampus, which left here last week with
| fleet of fishing vessels, has not been heard
| OF since. She has been out in a storm and
fears are felt for her safety, as all the ves-
seis which accompanied her have reported.
Supposed 10 Have Perished.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE. L. l.. April r.
Three men from this place are supposed to
hax ariS bod i,1t 81. III.
Mack and Carl Ayres. a wealthy plumber Of
Brooklyn, who lives here with his six
months bride, and Capt. James Hutchinson
| of the yacht The Sudos. The party left
here on the yacht on Friday last for Hem
| stead bay and Long beach A searching
party was organized. but could find no trace
! or the party along the shore. None of the
life saving stations had heard of them 1t
is believed that their boat capsized and that
all are drowned. Another searching party
will go out today.
Believed to BE Drowned.
EAST ROCKAWAY, L. l., April 12.-
Daniel DeMott, superintendent of the saw
mills here. and his son Robert, who sailed
oceanward in the yacht Joseph before the
storm began, are missing. 1t is thought
that they were caught outside by the gale
and that beth have been drowned.
FREEPORT. L. l., April 12.-Three duck
from this place and have not been heard
from since. 1t is believed they have been
drowned.
Pounding on the Sands.
BOSTON, April 12.-The Revere police re-
port that big three-masted schooner is
pounding away on the sands off Revere.
She Is about half mile out. According to
| the story, she went ashore at o'clock yes
terday afternoon. At that time the wind
was blowing fercely from the northeast,
and the surf at Revere was very heavy
She was apparently a collier bound for
Lynn, and was unable to keep her
course on account of the high wind and
sea-
The story is not seriously credited, since
passengers on the Revere beach trains just
| before daik repot that schooner was seen
at that hour at anchor safely out in the
stream, though rolling dangerously.
| SOMERs POINT. N. J., April IA large
| fOur-masted schooner is at anchor one mile
southeast of Great Egg Harbor bar and she
is apparently light and riding out the
storm.
Another four-masted schooner is at an
chor three miles off shore between Great
! Egg Harbor bay and CorSon's Inlet. When
| the gale subsidized a big ship was seen very
close to Great Egg Harbor bar.
y number of yachts were sunk in Great
| Egg Harbor bay and the yacht wharves
here were wrecked by the storm.
Ashore Near Ocean City, n. J.
| OCEAN CITY, N. j., April 12.-An east
ern schooner laden with ice ran ashore
while trying to enter Great Egg Harbor in
let last evening. The cargo will have to be
discharged before she can be hoated No
| damage has been done here beyond the
washing away of a small portion of the
| roadbed of the West Jersey railroad
! BLOCK ISLAND, April 1.-THE schooner
Earl and Nettie, which went ashore yester-
day, got off without damage or loss of life.
! GLOUCESTER, Mass. April 1.-THE
schooner Henry D. May, before reported
ashore at Folly Cove Lanesville has been
fioated and does not appear to be much
damaged. She will. be towed here or to
Boston for repairs
| The Markce Broken Up.
HIGHLANDS, N j., April 12-The
schooner Kate Markee, which went ashore
in yesterdays storm north of this point.
was all broken up this morning
The bark reported off here Yesterday
afternoon as being in a dangerous position
| Is still at anchor, and unless there is a re-
currence of the gale she will no doubt make
port all right. 1t is raining here and is
| growing thick off shore.
Crew of the Ritchie Rescued.
POINT PLEASANT, N. J.. April 12.-Af-
ter hours of peril in the terrific storm of
/
| schooner Susan H. Ritchie, which vas
| driven ashore here yesterday afternoon,
were rescued by the life savers of the Bay
/ head station.
| The Ritchie had been watched all the af-
| ternoon by the life savers At 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 toward the stranded craft. After half
| dozen fruitless efforts it fell directly
| across the deck of the Ritchie.
| The breeches buoy was soon rigged and at
D o'clock the first man from the schooner
was brought ashore. Within ten minutes
| Capt Marvin, the last man to leave the
schooner, had been rescued. The men were
! nearly dead from exposure, and had Irac-
tically given up all hope when they struck
the bar. Capt. Marvin and his men were
| housed in the Bayhead life saving station
| last night. The Ritchie was of 5GG tons l5S
! feet long, thirty-five feet wide and twelve
| feet deep. She is owned by George S. Cush-
| ing and was loaded with cedar ties. She
was built in East Boston in 1881 by j. n
| Grant
! This morning at daylight the schooner
was found to have been carried over the
| bar. If the storm continues she will Tn
doubtedly go to pieces, but If 1t moderates
! she can be saved without much trouble.