The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-05-21
JumDed for Their Lives.

A few minutes later the three-master,
Evening Star, of this city, parted her
chains and made for the shore like rock
et She struck the heavy piling of the
breakwater and her timbers crashed in as
though they were egg shells. AS the yes
sci struck the six sailors aboard jumped Tor
their lives. Five landed on pile or scrap
iron, going down on all-fours, but the sixth,
a Norwegian named Olsen, missed land by a
couple of feet and went down into the
waves. The cheers that had broken from
thousands of spectators turned into groan
the man disappeared from view Inc
next moment a succession or monster
waves had cleaned the deck of thousands
Of pine planks which covered the surface OF
the water and made any attempt to lcscue
the unfortunate men impossible.
Hardly had she struck when there was q
shout from the throng OF excited Onlookers,
and it was seen that another three-masted
schooner had parted her ropes and was COM
ing ashore. This the Jack Thompson,
also lumber laden. She followed the path
Of the Star and came head-tirst on the pre-
yiOuS unfortunate. The shock precip1tated
into the water the heavy timber on the
starboard side and upon which the five
members of the crew were standing. -Four
of them chung to the big plank 10 which
they held like grim death. meanwhile yell
ing at the top of their voices for help The
fifth man could not be seen for moment,
but was finally discovered hanging by one
hand to q spar q couple of hundred yards
north BY this time the life oat had ar
rived from Jackson park, but it was evil
dent that any attempt to launch it would
only result in it's being crushed to pieces,
and the crew turned their attention to the
rescue Of the men in the water. Several
unsuccessful efforts to cast lines were made,
but finally rocket was thrown across the
raft and caught by one OF the sailors The
throng held it's breath as the cope was
slowly drawn in for it seemed as though
every wave would wash the unfOrtunates
back into the water.
In the meantime another member of the
crew had been washed into a pier abutting
TWenty-secOnd street, where he managed to
cling TO the piling, and was pulled up by
some of the spectators
Shortly after o'clock the tWo-master.
Murphy, lumber laden, came ashore within
fifty yards of the Thompson. She was
driven so close to land that the crew had
little difficulty in jumping ashore.
The waves swept the decks of all three
vessels clean and within hour the beach
for couple of miles was strewn with lum-
Der. The Evening Star and the Thompson
are breaking up tonight
Thousands OF Spectators.
Shortly after O'Clock another big three
masted schooner, which had been riding at
anchor about mile out parted her chains,
and commenced to come for the shore a
Twenty-ninth street. By this time fully a
hundred thousand men and children lined
the lake front for distance of a mile and
tens of thousands more occupied the win
doWs and roofs of the private residences
and flat buildings that command a view of
the lake A babel of voices mingled with
the shrieking of the wind and the roar of
the waves as the schooner came nearer and
nearer the shore. Darkness was coming
on, but it was seen that eight men were
clinging to the rigging. For a moment
when the vessel was few hundred yards
from the shore, it seemed as though her
anchor had found abiding place, but
moment later wave bigger than all the
rest came sweeping down from the north
west and upon it's crest the boat was car
ried on to the ping. She rebounded like
a rubber ball, while another wave came
sweeping over the rigging.
In the meantime the life-saving crew,
reinforced by half a dozen of their men,
had made ready their lines. The first
rocket took effect, and, one by one, the
mon were brought ashore, while the thou
sands made their voices heard above the
When the eight men had been rescued