The evening world., 1894-06-25

shoe. told them that as there was
Inference OF opinion as to where they
wanted to go. II had better be re-
ferred to the Committee in charge.
This was done, so | understood, and
l was told to make for the Horse
SHE.
IT was about 1890 when we got up the
anchor and blew the whistle to notify
the crowd that the boat was about to
m3Te. gTS, ,,,r, r,s ,,o, n,r,,oo-,,o,s,
l headel directly off shore 81 as to get
into smoother water. The wind was
little on our starhoard quarter, and al
though the sea was rough, only spray
was breaking over the boat. We were
perfectly dry. and there was no particu-
lar danger
II k.p, the tugs head up into the wind
as we'll as ] could and headed of shore
for about thrce-quartcrS of an hour.
The crowd kept on the port eide Of the
boat to escape being wet by the spray.
repca tcdly told them to got around on
better.
"EyerythIng was ali right until sud
denly heavy sea came right over the
how. The tug keelrd over from the
weight OF water. and before She could
right again II second sea broke over her
bow.
eeas 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 l leaned out Of
the window Of the pllot-house and called
out TO the people: For Gods sake Iet
over on the s'arS"sri 1iici ioH 4n'Tx wos ,o
cause everybody TO rush tor the llfe;,pre-
servers. Beckhand Hammond and ! got
out ?t the piiot,h1usS as Ms qHneK'Sy S as we we
board side to the deck.
I'VE ran around to the port Side,
which was then all under water. and
uniashed the llfe-raft. We got 1t over
! -. ..l t,tlt nl thn
| The raft was grabbed by all who could
get hand on It and wns overturned;
Il vast brown on, but caught hold OF
the Sayre. Who threw me line.
The report htat a boy had the wheel
when the sea struck her l. false. i had
the wheel myself all the the time. Inc ,r,,,,,u
ia also false. ! did not taste drop Of
liquor until Twas landed, and then took
n lttle whiskey to warm me up.
window ont he port side. l did all In
my power to save the boat and the
people on board of her
Capt Hyatt denied that the boat was
overloaded. There We're he thought,
about stxty-three persons on board, In.
cluding the crew of ilve. He said that
a county was made after the second
landing on the way out and he found
that ilfty-cight persons had come on
board.
| ne NlChl, ne sall, WIS lCeHStu u
carry sixty-hvc people. This was sub
stani,GtT4 Wod,as rd,iSr by Capt Ra'p'n' of the
While Capt. Hyatt was telling his
, | story young man came to the ONCE
l to inquire after his brother. Henry
Bishop, sixteen years old. of 92j Garl"r
, street, liobuken, 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
5 house.
. several employees of brennan &
Whites shoe factory. at tlassrn anC
l'mshing avenues Brooklyn, called a
capt. Reeves office this forenoon I,
learn what the could OF three missins
friends.
The missing men were John Fisher
eighteen years old. of lO2 Ciassen avenue
William Truesiell, twenty-five, of IS Clas
sen avenue. ana John llarncy forty-ilve
who worked At brennan & Whites, bu
, TTucedcll can hc Identified hy an artl
fetal right leg and the fact that the IL
of his right foTeinE"r is missing.
n Capt Reeves who owned the Nicol
q said to-day that he h".d noth Capt
-, HYATT and Engineer Farrell in higl
esteem Both are competent. sober men
y ne said in whom he places implicit con
l. | ndenCc.
Capt Reeves added that as soon n
! he could locate the sunkrn tug he shoul
set about raising her, 1t would, h
c thought. be several days before n
- could get to work on the wreck,
y Before Capt, Hyatt took command o
y the Ntcoi h" pilotcl the tug Grapcshot.