The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-12
MANY SAILORS DROWNED.
THREE BIe scHoONERs DRITEy ON
THE JERssF CoAsE

The Albert w. Smith Msit- out or viev q.
the Surf without Havins shown q sis-
or Life on Bo.rd--sevon Msn Cou,ted a.
They Were swept fro- the Kate Msrkes
The schoops,'s Three Ms-t- Top-
pie Into the Fo.~irs waters. Carrying
the Ciinsius sailor. with Them - The
Lille Line Missed the RigEing-n Fen
Aeros, the Deck Twice, bot Oh. D.eh
was Covered with Green water - A.
other Three--s.ted Schooner Drive-
Ashore at Poi.t Pisssaat The wIra
Biowins SIXTY Miles an Hour. nd Al
Hands Probably Lost-The Tug Undsr.
writer wreoxsd mt u BrooLiyn Pier.
MANAsouAN. N. j.. April 11.-No norcer gale
than dashed the shredded surf high on the
sandy beach along this part OF the Jersey coast
to-day can be recalled bv the hardest and
most griZzled surfmen hereabouts. About
dawn. when the snow and sleet drove northeast
and the storm was at Its worst, Patrolman
George ". Green Of the Manasauan life- saving
station saw dimly through the tempest two
masts projecting above the ferment on the
Quiet bar about one-auarter Of mile north Of
tina life-savinR station.
He burned his red Costen light to tell those
whom he supposed were on the wreck that
notified the keeper. Capt X. r. Longstreet and
his men. They leaped out OF their hunks. got
out the apparatus. and through the driving
sand that cut their faces like needles they
made the beach opposite the wreck within
twenty minutes after Patrolman Green first
discovered her. It was now pretty light but
Capt. LonRstreet and his men could see no
sign OF life on the wreck. which was that Of .
three asted schooner. One OF her big sticks
the mizzenmast. had been pounded out OF her
when she struck. The manmast fell to lee
ward while the life savers were preparing to
send q shot across her. The foremost with
all rigging gone. stood alone when Capt.
LonRstreet sighted the mortar and. allowing
something for the influence OF the wind. sent
the proiectile flying seaward.
Tho tremendous force OF the gale sent the
shot far to leeward OF the wreck. and tho mon
got ready to shoot again. Just then the fore
mast OF the schooner toppled over the side
and. as Patrolman Green said. she melted
away like piece Of Ice on red-hot stove.
1t had been already seen that there was not
. living person aboard the wreck. Within
half an hour after she went to pieces her
three stout masts were lying on the beach
with her quarter boards bearing her name.
Albert ". Smith OF Providence. The surf was
blackened for q mile or more. and tho life
savers knew by that that the Albert W. Smith
was a collier. The register showed that she
was bound from Philadelphia. whence she
sailed three days ago for Providence. The
namo OF her Captain was Derry. The opinion
Of Capt. Longstrset 10 that she was
struck by the gale while well to
the eastward OF the coast. and that her crew
were swept into tho sea By great wave that
boarded her. She then became unmanageable
and was swept In shore. Her timbers were rot
ten. A. sho was tSenty-one years old. and that
partly accounts for her sudden disappearance.
The surfmen patrolled the beach until dark.
searching for bodies. hut mono was found.
This confirmed the life savers In their belief
that the crew had been washed overheard be-
fore they were within several miles OF the
coast
1t is supposed the Smith carried crew q
seysn or eight men.