The evening world., 1894-04-12
Three Other Vessels Reported
Ashore Further South on
the Jersey Coast,
DAMAGE AT COMFY ISLAND.
Again the Poor Man Gets Some Of
the Rich Mans Sand by the
Storms Freaks.

POINT PLEASANT, n. j.. April IL
After hours Of peril in the terrific storm
OF yesterday the captain and crew Of the
schooner Susan II. Richie. which was
driven ashore here early this morning
were rescued by the life-savers of the
Bayhead station.
The Richie had been watched an
through the night by the li~fe-savers.
They saw the brave effort Capt.
Priest made yesterday afternoon to
save his vessel, and when night fell It
was apparent that she was doomed. II
was then believed that all on board
would be lost. The schooner was drag
ging her anchor, and was slowly but
surely being driven ashore by the storm.
How the crew managed to keep her
afioat during the night Is n mystery to
shore men, but she was still riding the
storm at daybreak to-day, but was then
near the bar.
At S o'clock the schooner struck the
outer bar. The big waves began to
break over her. and all the l%ife-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 towards the stranded craft.
All the natives from miles around gath
cred on the beach to watch the men.
After half a dozen fruitless efforts a line
fell directly across the deck of the
Richie. and a great cheer went up from
the men on snore when the word was
passed that 1t had been made fast.
The breeches buoy VAS soon rugged and
at ? o'clock the first man from the
schooner was brought ashore. Half a
dozen men rushed INTO the surf to help
him ashore. Whiting ten minutes Capt.
Priest, the last man to leave the
schooner, had been rescued.
The men were nearly dead from ex-
haustion. They said they did everything
In their power to save the vessel. but
It was impossible for a sail to hold In
such a storm.
They knew there was a ledge of ocks
five miles off Pleasant Point and they
tried to get there, believing they could
get their anchor TO hold. but strive as
they did It was impossible TO keep of
shore.
The men had no sooner gotten ashore
than a tremendous wave caught the YES
sci and drove her high and dry on shore.
Her masts and railing were snapped
away like so many straws. Her cabin
is also a total wreck.
The vessel is now fast on the shore.
and unless the weather m%oderates very
soon, she will go to pieces entirely. Her
crew, in charge of Mate Sherman Mar
tin, are watching her, and If possible her
cargo will be thrown overheard, and an
effort will be made TO save her.
Capt. Priest came to New York as soon
as possible and reported to A. T. Henry,
Of q Coentles slip, the agent OF the ves-
sci in this city. He was seen by an
Evening World" reporter and said:
Yes. We had n pretty narrow escape.
We first struck the storm early on Tues
day off Montague. l.. l. All day long we
worked TO the w~indward. On Wednesday
the storm ragged so hard that we hove
TO, and early in the day we shifted most
Of the deck load
Finally We were forced to run for
Sandy Hook. am at 6 o'clock we arrived
Off the life-saving station at Bay Head.
We sIgnaled the life-sGvers, and they
sent us aid, but | did not a 10 give
up the boat as long as there was .
chance. All night long we worked to
save her, but she dragged her anchor.
and at 5 o'clock this morning | saw that
the jig was up. | ]signaled the life-sav-
ing crew, and we were taken ashore.
The vessel is almost a total wreck now.
but II the weather ahItes, we may be
able 10 save some portion Of her.
The Richie is a three-masted schooner
Of I6 tons, She is l5S feet in length, 80
feet beam and a l3-foot hold. She was
built in Boston in 1851 by j. NJ. Grant.
and is owned by George S. Cushing.
OF Florida. She left Richmond several
days ago with a cargo of oak for st.
Johns, y. Is. She was in charge of
Joseph L. Priest, and had the following
crew on board: Sherman Martin. mate;
w. Fl. Priest, steward, ard Charles
Phipps, Hugh Stevenson, Z. Hanna
berry, Robert Lindsay and Charles
Barker.