The evening world., 1894-03-07
Her SKIPPER DEAD.
Fishing Sloop Mary Duryea Found
Adrift in Rockaway Inlet.
Mast, Snapped Of by a Gust Of
Wind, Kills Capt. 0uryea.
Mate Matthews Rows Ashore, Aban-
doning Corpse and Vessel.

A despatch from Fire Island this morn
ing says that the sloop Mary Duryea, OF
Keypoit. n j.. was picked up at sun
rise to-day In Rockaway Inlet ad:ift,
by Capt. Smith Foster. oi Rockaway
her r,ast gone and sails overheard along
side.
In her cabin was found dead man.
who. 1t was later discovered. was the
captain. John Duryea. There was no
other human being on board.
AS fishing s,oops are manned by at
least two men. and the Duryea's small
boat was missing. Capt. Foster at first
suspected that there had been quarrel
on board and that the missing man was
murderer.
The sloop was partly loaded with mus
sells. She drfte1 into Dooley's Point.
a half-,aile west OF the Rockaway Beach
Lifc-SavinR Station. No &C. where she
was discovered by Capt Foster. He
promptly notified Coroner George s.
Smith
| According to the story told by Mate
| Matthews, who landed at South Beach
| in the Duryea's small boat late last
night, the sloop started down the bay
about Z T.. NJ. her destination being the
| Horse shoe nt Sandy Hook. where she in.
tended taking aboard n cargo Of crabs
| for delivery at Fulton Market this morn
| ing.
When the sloop was off the Romer
Shoals. pun OF wind struck her. carry.
ing away the mast, which. in falling
with gear attached. struck the captain
on the head.
he was rendered unconscious and
never spoke after being struck by the
failing spar.
His mate. the only other occupant OF
the sloop. was bewlldcred and almost
paralyzed after the accident. He stayed
by the little sloop, for nearly an hour
but finding that he could do nothing FOL
the captain hastily got into his smal
boat and rowed to South Beach. Is. J..
70 obtain assistance. He was directed Il
| inc Quarantine Station.
Health Officer Jenkins on learning hi
story At one, despatched his tug Charlie!
r. All,n to search for. the wrecked
sloop, The Allen proceeded down tn,
unable to lind any trace Of her. She re
Turned to the Boarding Station at For
sen shoe e the Ssfoss %saysas GOV p omnn snkn
abou. $50. having been unsuccessful ii
her search.
The sloop is owned by Peter Duryea. o
keyport. N j., and was named after hi
wife. The dead captain was his son
John Duryea, twenty-five years old. ant
the mate Is Joseph Matthews. twent!
The boat Is one of the feet run by M
wholesallng firm of L. Z. Strong & 20.
S the fSS5 S 5es Shf ano 5
Monday afternoon. and. according to MIR
Strong. started on her return voyage las
The elder puryea was notified Of tn
finding of the sloop this morning an,
also of the death Of his son. He wa
almost beside himself at the news, an.
for the derelict and to recover the bod.
MrsstTong was also very much affect
the was ne%s Sne Of Of Ss as Darss ssspss aea
industrious men engaged In the busi
ness" said he. " His father ioolized hin,
The boat runs for US the year round
and makes more trips than any other II
I" She was built only about two year
ago. at an expense OF about 5000. Sh
Z yacht; shaped, fortystwo feet long an,
engaged In the trade"
A dozen or more members of othe
crews gathered at Strong Co.'S thi
An were OF the opinion that Young Dur
yea must have been at the wheel whel
!, the masthead was Strapped off by a sud
den gust of wind.
The heavy timber, in falling. had, the,
concluded, struck him on the head
knocking him through the open hatcl
| into the cabin.
Matthew'S. the mate. Is very popula
| around Fulton Market. He In said to b
of "A very nervous temperament. and tn
fear was expressed by Mr.. Strong tina
In the unseatin OF his -rea son.
KEYPORT. n. T.. March 7.--Youn'
Duryea. with three companions. 'ef
keypoIt on sunday 10 60 to SANDY Hoo, loo
heard from since. until the news o
Capt. Dwyer's death reached here to