The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-13
OUT OF THE TERRIBLE SEAS.
THE CREW or THE sUsAS N. RITcHIE
WIRE SAVED.

Life saverr-Jcrrey's Wt.ter Hestaests
L.ise tn. esIe--wsp, Co.'s. w.tehi.s ths
Ristou- Surf s.d LooEine for wreeh.es
No Bosis- fret, tss a. w. Saith 80
K-te N.hse-DAmaEe to the coast Lac.
Hundreds OF the winter residents OF towns
and villages skirtlng the New Jersey coast
went down to the edge OF the riotous surf yes
terday to gaze on the havoc wrought BY ths
sea In Its unexampled wrath on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Their sleep had been disturbed
In the night BY the weird shrieking Of the gale.
the Intermittent vibrations OF their dwellingn
and the booming OF the breakers. Never be-
fore In the memory Of veteran surfmen had
the white talons Of the sea torn so nercely -
the shelving sands From Sandy Hook to Bar
negat along the line OF the eombers. bulk
heads were washed away, piers demolished
and the foundations Of summer residences
ruined. The sea had rushed into Its many In
let's with unparalleled i'm petuosity and flooded
meadows hitherto overlooked only By unusual
rains Bridges spanning slender streams
suddenly converted into rushing rivers. we're
submerged. and marshes that had been
crossed q few days before even without rub
bers were wide lakes. above the surface Of
which. here and there. the mere tops Of rail
fences protruded.
More alluring than the savage pounding.
rolling aud Kissing Of the surf was the vision
OF hpwreck on MAuasauAn and Bay Head
beaches. Down to these points from villages
and farmhouses several miles inland. all day
long ,hsre cam. processIons Of men. women.
and children. afoot in carriages and buck
boards, In carryalls. and in all manner OF nom
descript vehicles made for family use. The
public school at Manasquan was closed be-
cause the wild wind had blown out window
into Witch a chflIlnu blast from the north
nonr.s .Iving the room n touch az Arctio
,.mna,,,n,s ye.,,v ali IN, ibern,sd schol.
-. ,h,a,..a ,ha .hor. and o.,hsrsd r.li.s
- th. vr.ct.
tn. 80. no,h,r, "a h. .oe, AZ ,sou,r
p..oh s.va two n, IN. s.opt m .at. n, thu coll
H. aIhar, W smith. traomsnts a, hsr coal
stained umbers. and her battered FOG horn.
which the life savers OF Capt. Longstreets sta
ZION int" 10 repair anu Keep as me
Men and women and children looked ut the
rsNe' moarn'u'y; ana wIn a t,, II were pos,
s'o'e 'na' ans VI s.o. o'u eC'i'e e" eu
been taken of her before she struck the bar
at before dawn on Wednesday, CAPT Long
-, .n,,,,sad ~, ,h.ra v.s ms, h.r.
stree. sur, surmiseu 'Na. ehs,e was
felt pretty sure. however. that they had been
-, 80. ,.,ora ,ha 800, hor mast. un.nn-
ported br shrouds. disappeared under the
HON bardmsnt Of the breakers lust insIds
the bar
Four miles below 'Sauan. at Bay Head. lay
the wreck OF the lu m Der laden Yankee schoon-
or susan Ii. htchie, Whleh ieie NorIoik on
April 1 with 100000 feet OF Virginia oak. to be
80. ~. .u.st ,,,,,a 80, ,h., tn.
wick. 1t was this gallant little crait thAt tne
life savers of the ManAsQuan station observed
,ueeing a, h.r .nehor, /. mil. b.yond the
-, - yv.a..d. 7, %. a..
opinion Of Cant. Longstreet, who viewed the
plunpine In mber carrier through n telescope
~, ,h .Intnw - ,ha .ts,io, th., sbs
could not hold II the gale increased. IL
did increase nearly 70 hurricane force after
darkness had set In The Captain dld nos
know whether or not the then unknown
schooner had been able to Withstand the fury
a. shs disnlayed no nights AZ about nine
oeiock ne gos roru IpG f tne , nay s n1S
scrass SSnan Iniet that she had struck on the
bar. opposite the residences, OF Charles Maxon-
..y1na Station who bad bsen momsptariiy
sRpsrfins The schooner TO part her anchor
ena'n ss sna aoms ~ her crsH wnya sepo.sne
,"rc:hss in The sI,st- psrmeatsi air He ran
Inn Inn saIs'ey es rso Sad S arS
,ssra ~ hor.ss M haul the Iile-saytne npnara-
y. e the northEsFd a. I. wa: I'm e.
any headwsy In that direction. the team WAS
Hgood one and wthin neen m mn ,din yer
49, tnhnanar ~ NJ Psnrca and MS man Wsrs
opposite the wreck. which. superheialiy. did
nov MueT The man on he seSoon.r burned their
SGassns ,oreSe, on uneessinsIy and BIZ their
nfs. siI ~ yasssl's snars gsrs apparebtly in
tsct shrsSs Of her main and miszsn topsails
T Tn,;.,sd In he .tormt 1AN '0''-
Foetnnstaix for mar skIppsr Cant. Jo.eph
pit soS his craw shs nd struct rha mar az
htgh ill., stan ON drASgIng An anchor Her
bacI had been broken by contact with the bar,
aHe, h .hs fiieS and The bTeafe.s swept over
Ever H III '' ,hs msn into die riSginI hhs
HiY, "a ~ ~ lie eo,st non, h ar mile below
tba niscs whers she iumped across the bar.
tne pace i,hin 9On N.rds ~ the e51s ~ m:
sngt whsn Gnpt Peace and his hardy crew
Sea.n Shaotinv al 6ar The wind was from
, Iess n,h 49, ibIowing ar s.ysnty.Enot AZ
tn NJ ssysrs al their mortar 10 the north Of
tn no vrscs and sent the proIectiIes almost ii-
sgor.IIv .cross the wind down 10 tho stranded
sgohamy AeIT So .n somsSSSt nitsr mIdnisht
ILL., ~ Savsr. MnndsTsi why lie man
,bna5d Tie schooner did not haul in the shot
h0os'I et9 Mn wo1id have haen ed ths
MhIp lac Carrying the hs wssr Tor the 6rssshss
,Ss choonap Id not Know that any o. the shot
lines had fallen aboard. Capt. Psares liz red
tbs Siars OF which. magnided By the SNOWY