The evening world., 1894-06-25

o,oib5R. ikhs. H,Sa .hsd freshsned, 70 q
gale OF thirty knots an hour and the
Nicol was pitching and rolling SO oadIy
hAS woaid mshaser se PRUDENT to turn into
more sheltered place.
II was two hours. later when, after
angry words, from the. thoroughly ex,
siskersnen, Capt. Gyatt turned and az
tempted to go around Sandy HOOK into
But the tug seemed to be constantly
IN the trough OF the sea, and as she
pitched and rolled the seasick fishermen,
empty beer kegs, cakes Of Ice and other
movable things rolled about co,eas IN genera az
the rescued passengers.
swnmped and Engulfed.
The Nicol had reached a point be-
tween Scotland Lighship and the High
land Light, about two miles OH shore,
when the end came. ao.a,,
the efslne-rbom and putting out the fire.
see the danger. He pulled out the
sea engulfed the little craft.
The first sea had started panic
among the passengers. Some one yelled
s1erysody sSer bod e'PHsSed PPasSed WaS 70 the ra The
second sea swamped the Nicol She
keeled over to port and settled very
Engineer Farrell seemed to be the only
man on board who kept his head. sein-
ing an axe he cut the fastenings OF the
ANAL boat the life raft and other things
that would float, yelling:
Every man must look out for him
It was not more than a minute be-
stifed by the waves, and the Nicol had
sunk out of sight in the ocean. But the
long. shrill scream of the whistle had
attracted the attention Of Capt; Plat. Of
a 10 IN vf,uht N Al0nnntttn
had passed the Nicol a little while pre-
yiousiyl and was half mile ahead on
her way to New York from Savannah.
other Craft to the Rescue.
The tugs Wm; Z. Fletcher, Jas. $; T,
my and the big railway tug Robert II.
Sayre, all out with excursion parties,
turned back to the rescue.
perateiy STRUGGLING for their lives in the
eea where the Nicol had gone down.
Several had been carried under, never
TO rise again. by the suction when the
s'f The st ssyre ewG Was first to reach the scene
of disaster. She was already loaded to
her full capacity, but Capt Slattery and
thirty0four hi men from watery gravesJ and
10 the prompness and intelligence Of
Capt Joe 'slattery,, Of the tug Robert II:
In rescuing the unfortunate people OF
Capt. siattery maintained perfect dis
s9ne ss2yes nss excited
and frightened. There were, about lsO OF
them. Naturally, they all wanted to
rush to that side OF tn the saSIe, sayre, IRON rom
Die. Capt. .Slattery divided them Into
two parties, half on either side Of the
Sayre. Then he allotted
crew and passengers into an effective
crew, the result of which was
the saving of thirty-fcur drowning men.
First Officer Evans put out from the
six men and succeeded in saving nine
men, placing them on the Aigonquin
The tug Sammy rescued six men. In
Guiding Charles Kirchner. the manager
OF the excursion for the Herring club.
The Fletcher, the Stranahan and the
other rescuing tugs saved several otners
from the sea, but SIX men were ni ueau
others undoubtedly lost their lives In the
: Charles Kirchner says about the dis
.The Herring Fishing Club is com
posed 'of seven men: My brothers, Gus.
Wnliam and Fred 1--WE all live at l49i
Second avenue); Charles Eberharn. OF
who Is the President: John HOFFMAN, of
S45 East Seventy-eighth street; Oscar
Piening, of First avenue and forty-nrst
street, and Edward Cabe, of ia Eldridge
street.
How Many Were on Bonrd?
ssThis was our tenth annual excursion
10 the Fishing Banks. We sell tickets
started from the pier at East Fifth
street at o'clock. and i took up sixty
three tickets there. We stopped at pier
North River and took on a few others.
] don't know how many. There was no
breeze then. But when We got outside
the wind had freshened, III at 10 clock
It was d!sagreeable. Everybody was
we Were going full head towards
the Horseshoe when we foundered. I
was on the port side with most of the
side because We would get drenched.
We listed. The boat righted a little,
but not to an even keel.
Then she went down again, and
had reached the high side. l saw that
she was going TO sink ! can swim, 50
dived out as far as I could. When /
came up the tug was gone:
There were, scores of men in the
water all around me. serugglng and call
ing wildly for help. 1 iloated until was
picked up"
Licensed to Carry Only Sisty-hve.
Capt. Hyatts crew consisted Of En-
Eineer John Farrell. Hoboken; Louis
Flemming. cook, Of this city. The Nicol
was licensed to carry sixty-ive per-
sons. Accounts differ as to the number
on the excursion from seventy three 10
ninety.
When the sayre reached the scene the
sea was full of men, clinging to the
nearest bit Of floating stun. Two men
TOO fragile, and after a brief struggle one
OF them released mis- hold and sank be-
meath the waves.
A few were sustained by life preserv-
ers. Among these was a white-haired
clutched 1t. but his strength gave out
before he could be hauled on board, and
sight.
Others clung to chairs, bits OF timber
and beer kegs, while there were many
ability to swim to keep .afoat. There
were many young boys IN the fishing
party, and they had small show in the
struggle for life in which every man
had to look out for himself"
In the struggle to get into the one
little lifeboat towed by the .Nicol a
dozen men swamped her, so that she
was sunk in the water to her edges
Drowned In the Lifebont.
Walter Buckridge alone had managed
20 board her. The others clung TO the
sides and We're. rescued. Buckridge,
exhausted by his efforts to Chamber into
water that filled her. When the poor
fellow was taken off by the Algonquin
he was dead.
George Graham, of l75 East Fourth
street. a real estate dealer, and his
brother Charles leaped into the water in