The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-15
TnE SCHOONER MErkoR WRscKEr.
Her Crew Escaped nrowning, hut Were
Nearly Frozen 60 Death.

Nearly Frozen to Death.
GREENPoRT. I. l.. Jan. 14.-The chilling tor
nado OF Friday and Saturday. which has buried
rugged old Montauk Point In a coat OF Ice.
formed Of frozen sea foam. was followed to-
day By milder weather The stories OF wreck
and suffering resulting from the tornado are
now beginning to come In. The first case was
reported hero last night when Capt. Fred.
Keefs Of the two.masted schooner Meteor Of
New London. Conn, arrived here with the
announcement that his vessel was piled upon
n hugo mountain Of ice on Long Beach bar.
whore she dragged in the icy gale OF the nighA
before: that she was full OF water. and that
his crew Of four men narrowly escaped with
their lives after fourteen hours OF extreme
peril.
The Meteor Is a 125-ton schooner and was
built about thirty years ago at East Hsddam.
HAS "a owned by Capt. Daniel Crowley OF New
London Long Beach bar IL midway between
this city add PUN Island. Tho Meteor had
landed q load Of stone here. and was on her
way tnck TO New London whetf she was caught
in the northwest gale Of Friday night. Both an
chors were dropped and the vessels sails tight
ly furled In order to keep hor from driving on
the Icy lee shore. About midnight both chains
parted. and In twinklinR the old schooner Was
driven half mile in shore. to the centre Of the
sand bar. where she filled with water and set
tied down to the edge Of tho waves. The sea
made clean breach over her from that time
until last night. and was so rough that the
crew did not dare to trust their lives to their
small boats to reach shore. There was no one
near who could help them from the shore. and
the crew. to keep from perishing In the intense
cold went below and crawled into the upper
cabin berths. which were the only ones out OF
There they remained, hungry. cold. and
thirsty. In great distress OF mind and body, un,
sueientS 10 allow them m to reach the shore
from sro.stTses TO Tho water: 4 is E wonder
Of two Of the sailors were. frozen; Wrccker
wreck, In a largo tug to-day. He said the
stranded vessel was badly stove He made no
Another n vessel ss that may ye. be heard from
In distress was two.masted schooner which
was seen yins eastward through the So Tsse
loaded. badly iced up. ana was souddiuE un;
blown into ribbons and streaming in the wind.
Other of her sails were blown away. She
stesrSge way. and speedily was lost to sight
in the direction OF Block Island.
ing a large tSree-masted schooner " was C dis.
covered in the breakers on the outer bar oppo-
site Amagsnsett 6y surfman Of MecoH lie
saving station The surfmau notified his sta
tion. and the crew went down to the wreck.
There was very little sea running. and tho
Captain Of the crew decided to launch the life
boat and go to the vessel. The llteboat was
dragged TO the shore, opposite the wreck and
successfully launched.
The vessel proved to be the May Williams
from Charleston, bound east, loaded with phos-
the lfe-saving crew. the schooners skipper.
Capt. Connell decided to abandon tho vessel.
He and his crew OF twelve men were taken on
and landed.
Capt Cornell said he made the coast OF Long
Island last night. and was proceeding slowly
early this morning. The storm made Il very
ds1E &c s 5selfSEd ,a no r ssa
on he did not realize how near to shore he was
until his vessel struck.
The vessel was foated this afternoon with
the aid Of a tug which came to her assistance.
She proved to he little damaged that tho
Ca plain and crew. after boarding her, decided
II was safe to resume their voyage. Tho Mary
Williams Is nearly new. and Is valued at