The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-04-12
A Storm Of Great Severity General
Along the Atlantic Coast--A
r. Seventy Mile Gale.
Two Vessels Sunk Off the New Jersey
Coast and Eighteen Sailors
Drowned.
The Whole Beach From Sea Bright,
Three Miles North, Under
Water.

The life saving crew at Long Branch
reported early i'm the morning that
vessel was ashore near the Squan life
saving station and that she was in
danger of going to pieces. Shortly
afterwards another vessel was reported
ashore off Highland Beach.
a binding snowstorm prevailed at
the time and rendered it difficult to OBJ
tain the facts in either case. 1t is
known however, that a vessel, supposed
TO be i large schooner, has been wrecked
off Squan and eight of her crew have
beed drowned. The second vessel ashore
il also said to have lost her entire crew
OF 10 men, and both vessels
Have become Complete Wrecks.
The crews of the Sandy Hook, Squan
and Long Branch life saving stations
put out to the assistance of the disabled
vessels as soon as they were reported
ashore, but 1t is not known that single
life has been saved, as the furious sea
running, and the binding snow is pre-
venting any effective work on the part
OF the nfe savers. The vessel wrecked
of s5auan is the Albert w. Smith. sail
ing from Philadelphia to Providence
with coal. She was driven ashore shortly
be .sre daylight, the driving sleet and
wind pEeventing the crews from seeing
the light UP to the hour of filing this
dispatch, no bodies have been discov-
cred, though according to fisherman,
who was patrolling the beach shortly
after the second schooner struck, she
lost both her masts ana several Of her
crew were washed overheard with them.
The heavy sea and snowstorm prevented
any accurate view of the wreck, but 1t
il asserted that the men were swept
overheard with the wreckage, were soon
after washed away and drowned. Six
other men, according to stories told,
| sOnght refuge on the schooner's bow
spirit, bit were washed overheard one
By one snd drowned.
aAylS Esam1hed land
one of the seamen, evidently strong.
or and better swimmer than the rest,
made q gallant attempt to swim to the
shore. Throwing away the upper part
of his clothing, he made for the shore
/ and actually obtained foot hold, when
the strong undertow washed him off his
| feet, and in his exhausted condition, the
unfortunate swimmer was carried out
again and drowned.
Another Of the seamen succeeded in
swimming to the mast Of the schooner
which was nearest to him and held on
to it, though tossed up and down like a
cork by the heavy rollers for scme time.
But eventually wave swept the weak
seaman from his hold ON the spar and
| he soon after sank out of sight. The
| life saving crews are patrolling the
beach IN the hope of recovering some of
i the bodies which it is expected will
4 float ashore off Squan beach and off
i this place. 1t has been ascertained that
the vessel which went ashore off this
place was, the three masted schooner
Kate Market, and there seems no doubt
that all her crew were drowned.
whole Beach Under Water.
At the Normandie hall there is q
building In the sea going to pieces. The
whole beach from Sea Bright for three
miles north is under water. Wind has
been blowing gale from the east, and
it is thick and showing. Telegraph
! poles are down north ami south of the
Highlands ON the beach. The observer
at the Highlands says that this is the
worst storm he ever saw.
The ocean tug Underwater was sunk
as she was trying to make a landing at
the dock at Watson's stores, Brooklyn.
She was just entering the slip when a
big wave jammed her port bow against
the enfhdf the string piece. which jutted
out, and knocked q hole in her hold.
The tide was high and running very
strong at the time. Captain Clifford
and the crew OF six men were aboard,
and as soon as they saw the vessel sink
ing some scrambled up on the deck and
others got aboard a tug lying near by.
No one was hurt. The boat sunk within
few minutes after she mashed into the
dock and now lies in about 30 feet of
water.