The evening world., 1894-06-25
8 KNOWN TO
Be DROWNED.
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The tug was off Long Branch. at 10
o'clock. The wind had froshened TO a
aale rf thirty knots an hour ana the
Nlcol was pitching and rolling SO badly asay,
At would be prudent to turn into a
more sheltered place. .,.o-
angry words from the thoroughly exI
asperated manager and irightened
fishermen, Capt. Hyatt turned and az
tempted to go around Sandy HOOK INTO
But the tug seemed to be constantly
In the trough of the sea, ana as she
pitched and rolled the seasicK ismsrnlbem, n9 dibt
movable things rolled al out IN senerhl
confusion, according to the accounts OF
the rescued passengers.
S,ynInped and EnguIfcd.
!. The Nlcol had reached a point be
tween Scotland Lighship and the HiGh-
land Light, about two miles OH shOfe'
when the ond came.
A big wave washed over her. flooding
the engine-room and putting out the iiIe
Engineer John Farrell was quick L"
see the danger. He pulled out the
whistle lever full head just as a second
sea ergulfed the little craft.
among the passengers. Some one yelled
that an explosion was imminent, and
seeGd sga rgshGa the fee Neo a She
keeled over to port and settled very
fast
Engineer Farrell seemed to he the only
man on board who kept his head Seiz-
inc an axe he cut the fastenings Of III"
email boat the life raft and other things
that would float, yclling:
Every man must look out for him
1t was not more than a minute be-
fore the shrielSing steam whistle. was
stifed by the waves, and the Nicol mad
sunk out Of sight in the ocean. Put the
Inn tVl1 If
attracted the attention of Capt. Platt, OF
the Clyde steamship Algonquin, which
had passed the Nicol n little while pre-
viously and was half mile ahead on
Other Craft 20 the Rescue.
The tugs VIM. F.. Fletcher, Jas. s. T.
stranahan, Wallace T.. Flint, Governor
my and the big railway tug Robert II.
Sayre, all out with excursion parties,
turned back to the rescue.
There wera GtEhty or M. m2rH i'm, men dsS, th.,
sea where tine Nicol had gGn- down.
Several had been carried under, never
TO rise again, by the suction when the
tug went down.
The Snyre was first to reach the scene
of disaster. She was already loaded to
her full capacity. but Cant. Slattery ana
his men did ycoman service, rescuinS
thirty-four men from watery graves ana
bringing them to the city.
Capt Slnttery maintained perfect dis
cipline among his own passengers. them,
selves MISUNDERSTANDING excited
and frightened. There were, about 100 of
them. Naturally, they all wanted TO
rush to that side of the Sayre, from
which they c9uld see the wrecked @ Pee, ,r
two parties. half on either side Of the
snali-beamed sayre. Then he allotted
work to each AID thus organized his
crew and passengers into an enective
the result OF Wnlrn WAS
the saving of thirty-fcur drowning men.
y First Officer Evans put out from lhe
Algonquin in life boat with crew OF
six men and succeeded IN saving nine
.men, placing them on the Algonquin.
The tug Sammy rescued six men. In
Guiding Charles Kirchner, the manager
Tho Fletcher, the Stranahan and the
other rescuing tugs saved several others
from the sea. but six men we're asau
when taken from TIE water , anu nihhy
disaster.
Charles Kirchner says about the dis
.'The HerrlnE Fishing Club is com
posed Of seven me men MY nfIiner1 iine TG iiai
second avenue: Charles rbcrhard. Of
First avenue and Eighty-hrst street
who is the President; John Hoffman. of
s.5 East Seventy eighth street: Oscar
Fleming, OF First avenue and Forty-tirst
street, and Edward Cabe. of ia Eldridge
street.
How Many Were on hoard?
"This wna our tenth annual excursion
TO the Fishing Banks. We sell tickets
to all who buy them at 81 each. We
started from the pier, at East Fifth
sFst sbree At aV2 Ne up ST pr
3 North River and took on a few others
i dop't knOws how many. There was no
breeze then. hut when We got outside
t. rfF,.t Il .fEl.,
1t was d.saErceable. Everybody wa.
getting ssRsick.
We We're going full head toward;
others, We couldn't stay on the othe,l
side because we would get drenGhGd
Ne listed. The boat righted little
but not to an even keel.
, Then she went down, again, anC
Y never recovered. going clear over,
had reached the high Side. I saw tina
she was going to sink. j can swim. s.
dived out as Tar as I could. When
/ came up the tug was gone.
There We're scores of men In III
water Al around me, ,g;rugcliNe and caG
Inc. wildly for help. l tloated until | wa
picked up"
Licensed 10 Carry Only Torty-hv,
Capt. Hyatt,s crew consisted Of En-
giinesr John Farrell Hob9ken;, LonI
Flemnling cook. Of this city. The Nlcc
was licensed to carry forty-ttye per
cons. Accounts differ as to the nurnbe
on the excursion from seventy-three t
ninety.
When the ;SSayre reached the scene tn
sea was full OF men, CiiHEing II tn
nearest bit Of Heating stun. Two me
tried TO float on q small table II wa
too fragile, and after brief struggle on
of them released his hold and sank be
meath the waves.
few were sustained by life preserN
ers Among these was whitehall
old man. a rope was thrown to hir
from, one of the rescuing boats, ii
clutched II, but his strength gave ou
before he could be hauled ON board. an
with despairlnS look he sank out {
sight
Others clung TO chairs, bits Of timb,
and beer kegs, while there were man
others who We're forced to rely upon the
ability to swim to keep afoat TheI
were many young boys in the fshln
party, ana they had small show In n
struggle for life In which every ma
had 70 look out for himself"
In the struggle to get into the or
little lifeboat lowed by the Nicoi
dozen men swemped her. so that 81
y -. sk.r.