The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-19

sweeping over the rigging. In the mean
tlne' the 1te-Savlng crew, reinforced
toy a half dozen of their men
n,3 Tau made ready their lines.
Inc nrst rocket took effect, and
one Dy one the men were brought ashore.
Whlle Inc thousands made their voices
neard above the roar of the water. When
the eight men had been rescued, il was
discovered that the ninth member Of the
crew was missing, and Peter Enfight
ana matthew Peterson of the life-savin2
GTeW Nolun teered to go to the vessel
Ihey found the missing man
pinned down in the forecastle by
a pile of lumber, but Just as they
were about to extricate the body,
the vessel made lurch, and they were
washed into the water. Ropes had been
wrapped around their waists, and floating
Cmoer lmpended the efforts to pull them
ashore, and it was not until fifteen min
utes Iater, that more dead than alive, the
gallant men were brought to land They
We're carried insensible to their officers,
and were then taken home Both were
Dadly cut and bruised and in addition,
suffered severely from internal cramps.
Inc BOAT was the John Thomas McClaren,
lumber carrier of Chicago
SIX MORE DROWNED.
AT 9 O'Clock another of the lumber fleet,
about two miles out, was throwing out
distress rockets and was apparently com
ing ashore About the same time, the
schooner Myrtle was seen drifting ashore
near Iwenty-ninth street. Six half
frozen men were clinging to the rigging
with the desperation only the close ap-
proach OF death can give. The schooner
leaned over on her side heaving in the
trough of the sea while wave after
wave swept over her. The life
saving crew was busy mile away and
could give no assistance. Nine officers
and plenty of ropes were on the shore,
but having no rockets with which to cast
their lines they could not help the doomed
sailors. The captain, whose name was
Warner, was the first to go. The waves
swept him overheard and he was not seen
again. The men then took refuge in the
cabin on the main deck. The schooner
had drifted to Thirty-fourth street, when
her main mast was carried away, taking
with it as 1t fell one side of the cabin.
SWEPT AWAY ONE BY ONE.
Deprived of this shelter the remaining
sailors were washed overheard one by one
in full view Of the thousands on shore
until but one was left He took off his
clothes during lull in the storm and
jumped overheard striking out for shore.
He had gone but few yards, however,
when he was carried under by the waves
and did not reappear. Soon after her
decks had been swept clear of this human
freight, the schooner fOundered 200 feet
off Thirty-1fth street.
Forty lives were saved by the crew of
the life-saVing boats and the tugs of the
Chicago companies during the day.
Twenty-Five of these lives were saved
from a watery grave by the crew
from the life-saving station at the
oil xTfnA nF lt,lVy g,f H..
lar crew were available for work in the
morning and the other five members of
the brave crew were made up of volun-
teers among seamen and others who hap
pened to be in the neighborhood of the
station.
The first act was to rescue from the
south pier twelve men who had been in a
perilous position all night. They had
gone to the pier for fishing during the
day. The only man drowned was Thomas
Kerso, a tailor, who had been fishing for
pleasure.
THE CYCLONE AT KUNKEL.
Toledo, o., May 1S-Much difficulty
IS experienced in getting full particulars
oAlast nights cyclone between Kunkel and
Montpelier, 0. All modes of communica-
ton have been interrupted, but from
meager reports which have come in, it is
learned that two met death, thirteen are
injured and much property is destroyed.
It devasted about quarter of a mile
wide and six or seven miles in length A
great funnel-shaped cloud travelled in ir-
regular southeasterly course.
THE STORM ON SHORE.
Washington, May 1S.-Severe storms
yesterday visited Massillon, Cleveland
and Alliance, O., Decatur, Ill, Anderson,
Ind, Naperville, H., Indianapolis and
Patriot, Ind, Bloomington, Ill, Kalama-
ZOO, Mich, and Wabash, Ind. Consider
able damage was done to property, but no
lives were reported lost.