The evening world., 1894-06-25

| though the sea was rough only spray
was breaking over the boat. We were
perfectly dry, and there was no particu-
Il Kept the tugs head up into the wind
as well as l could and headed OFF shore
| for about three-quarters OF an hour.
boat to escape being wet by the spray. l
| repeatedly told them to get around on
the starboard side so that she would trim
better.
Everything was all right until sud
denly n heavy sea came right over the
bow. The tug kseled over from the
weight OF water, and before she could
right again second sea broke over her
bow.
Held down as she was; by the frs,
sea which. came on board, the second
sea proved too much for her and she
gradually settled down on her port beam
| ends and sunk.
When she went over leaned out of
the window of the pilot-house and called
over on the starboard side, quick
1.-THE only effect this had was to
cause everybody to rush for the life.pre-
servers. Deckhand Hammond and got
out Of the pilot-house as quickly as we
could and climbed down ON the star
board side to the deck.
I'VE ran around to the port side;
unlashed the life-raft. We got 1t over
board Just as the tug began to settle
The raft was grabbed by all who could
get a hand on 1t and was overturned;
II was thrown of, but caught hold OF
a beckett and held on until picked up by
the Sayre.
THE report that a boy had the wheel
when the sea struck her is false. i had
the wheel myself all the time.
1.-The story that l had been drinking
Is also false. I did not taste n drop Of
liquor until ! was landed, and then took
a li:tle whiskey to warm me up.
II didn't leave the pilot-house until
the water began to come in through the
| window on the port side. l did all in
people on board OF her"
Overloaded There We're, he thought
about sixty-three persons on board, In
count was made after the second
landing on the way out and he found
that hfty-eisht persons had come on
The Nicol., he said, was licensed to
stantiated by Capt Halpin. of the
Reeves Towing Company. .r,u ,,
to inquire after his brother. Henry
| Bishop, sixteen years old, of 925 Garden
street, Hoboken. who has not returned
| home.
Capt. Hyatt said that the last he saw
OF young Bishop he was standing out
side on the cabin roof near the pilot
house.
Several employees of Brennan &
Whites shoe factory, at Classon and
Flushing avenues, Brooklyn. called at
| Capt. Reevess obce this forenoon to
learn. what they could OF three missing
| friends.
The missing men were John Fisher,
eighteen years old. OF lO2 Classon avenue
William Truesdell twenty-five, OF IS Clas-
son avenue, and John Harney, forty-nve,
who worked at Brennan & Whites, but
whose address they did not know.
Truesdell can be Identified by an arti-
fcial right leg, and the fact that the tip
OF his right forennger Is missing.
Capt. Reeves. who owned the Nicol.
said to-day that he ho.d poth Capt.
Hyatt and Engineer Farrell in high
esteem. Both are competent, sober men.
he said in whom he places implicit con-
fdence.
Capt. Reeves added that as soon as
he could locate the sunken tug he should
set about raising her. 1t would, he
thought. be several days before he
could get to work on the wreck.
Before Capt. Hyatt took command Of
the Ncol he plloted the tug Grapeshot