The sun., 1894-12-28
WRECKS ON LONG ISLAND.
sLooPs AND sCHooNBRs LINE TIE
SOUND SHORE.

ths niseontinuanee OF the BsnGs Foist
Ihsh,-Ne Certainty that A-y Lives
nav. Re.- Lo.t-ersst Damage Desc.
when the gale abated about noon yesterday II
l.ft Long Island knee deep in mud and slush.
Trsfic Of all kinds was obstructed, and during
the height Of the storm several vessels came
ashore at different points, and others dragged
their anchors and created havoc among craft
anchored close by. There was but little delay on
IN. Long Island Railroad, however, save an
accident which befell the Northport train due in
Long Island City at e:03.
Tho locomotive of the train jumped the track
at Hicksvills, taking two cars along. No one
was injured and after several hours work .
vreoking crew cleared the track and trafio was
resumed. The high tide flooded the lowlands
around Bowery Bay and carried small craft
lying in winter quarters far inshore. In Astoria
the tide came up almost to the top Of the high
sea wall.
PoRr WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.--Thres wrecks
occurred of Sands Point in the binding snow
storm OF last night. and two of them are attrib-
uted directly to the absence Of the light on
Sands Point, which was discontinued some time
ago. When the storm broke this morning the
freight steamer Tuckahoe of Providence bound
for New York, was found stranded . short dis
tance orshore In bed Of sand. Aboard of her
we're an angry lot Of officers. Capt d. A.
lost their bearings In the storm all on ac-
count Of the absence Of Sands Point
Light. The mate said they made Execution
Light. which Is about amile distant from Sands
Point and. while cropping about In the darkness,
came ashore within . mile of the discontinued
Sands Point Light. Had the light been burning,
the officers say, they would now be safe In
port instead Of aground on Long Island sand
bar. The steamer is in no immediate danger,
a. Il = 49, -
morrow. She was light and lies within twenty
Eve feet Of high water mark.
In the same storm the two.mssted schooner
aboard, Lost her way and was also driven Into
sands Point Tho two men were rescued By .
vessel enc Is badly stove % At the stsrD' but Il is
thought that she can 6e noated With little dim
% tsins that Ss Lost his way owing 70 the he's absence
Of Sands Point Light
AZ e. nsi5h, Of hs storm The Goa, :chSensr
which had put into the bay for shelter. dragged
her anchor. and wss driven driver ashore st Kings
eans % iS The rsefns Until %ornfns. | When % sSst
,has took Oh the crew o. the shsdan The
and LoS
will Se = complete wreck.
NoRTHPoRf. Dec. a7.-Ths schooner Ise.ta.
YoPS %as driven SSa on s: sSols :. E.toS
Neck east Of the ssayIs stst0p this m9sr
the wa. lying the S1psH and
ias iasy ' ssa sks ds:S.S sSs. .Ss cabin
sRS Ssg ssa 8: & ar' rhs The as
life saving CREW was sienalled and all
tened % fops h % the boom. @ MAJ and threw % he other
tSet sSe 70 nass n sud by s.ns of ths. 20
the men went lahore. The breechss buoy was
csnans fS sS Sss ss
:sss.d {. ss:. IsisS S %
:'s but as &. n and
Ter, Capt. Elmer Hisbis, DRAGGED he: anchor
fender Madeline. doing her serious injury.
Miller va. snsiix caught and hauled bach, to
her anchorage. The high tide of the morning
GLEN COVE. Dec. a7.-A sloop, nothing, of
whose cargo, crew. or destination Is known, lies
Soa as ss fs5s Sn Of sss Z s
sS! III: %$;.IHs Y & PPsysSs; II TiSP: :,
IN a small boat. They could learn nothing.
however. OF her name or the nature Of her cargo
merged. Her. sails, which were stin set, were
In shreds. A blue pennon was attached to her
BY the shrouds. No trace OF her crew could b
found. At low tide tomorrow the men viii
visit her IN the hope OF discovering something
fhe schooner Viola. bound from St. John, N.
upon the beach near MStinecocF Point. Her
crew came ashore today, but returned TO ne
tss and m dssTss Of
Captain said The vessel was driven ashore a j
gone to pieces had not the wind shifted TO the
northwest, leaving her in the lee Of Matinecock
n PnIonoSTs 1ss Dec. De a1MTks k % heavy 'A south: i
westerly gale here to-day did great amount OF
her mOorings and was washed high and dry |
Into smith street, whore she now lies. Several |
now lie several hundred feet from the waters |
edge; A portion OF the outer edge OF the |
Down At swan River the nearly completed |
bTeAkwAter was partly destroyed and the gut |
SAC HARsoR, Dec. a7.-A feet of scsll9p
sloops were sunk and bsaehsd at New suffolk, |
IL the storm. The wharf at the Shelter Island
worked by the high tide.
FAR ROCKAwAY. Dec. 27.IAn unknown
three miles on this village during the storm last
night hoisted sail late this afternoon when the |
toward % New YORK. The vssssl W was sighted
early this morning tuEging at her anchor chains |
great pillows occasionally swept her decks |
Owing 10 the heavy sea the lffe-sAvinF crew |
from Aryerns were unable to 20 10 her as
sistAnce, but when the weather became sum-
csntly clear the vessel signalled for pilot and |
. tugboAt
The signal WAS taken by Capt RinehArdt Of |
the life saving crew, who immeliAtely wired /
20 New YORK for assistance. At no time was the |
vessel considered in imminent peril, and the life
savers were Of the opinion that as soon the |
wind shifted and the sea became less bOisteriOus |
she would get under way again unAssisted, as |
she finally did. Her anchors held we'll during /
her long struggle In the heaytnE seas, The bill \
lows broke far out from land aud 81 times went /
boiling broAdside over the ship. hiding her from /
view save her tall mAsts, which stood out alone |
from the water.
CRY IsLAHD, Dec. 27-Ths steam lighter l
Lizzie NJ. COnklin. from Staten Island for New
Haven. with cargo OF hrebricks. while At Piep- /
grAs dock this morning parted her lines and
went ashore. She pounded heavily. line was /
mads fast h. the deck and she Vas pulled on. /
She l. not leaking, and came under the lee Of /
the island for hATbOF, where she will remain |
until the gale ahAtsa.
The schooner Ann Amelia. Capt. Burke, Port |
Jefferson Tor New York, dragged her anchors /
ahd Neht ashore, she wAA tosed on a high /
water, Nith slight damage.
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