New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-28
VESSELS DRIVEN ISHORE.
\ SCHOONER sMAsHES INTO THE COOK
HOUSE oN ELLIS ISLAND.


LIVES LOST WILD NlGiiI 'N Ihh "''""
ANp ~ THE uANron
When The Storm was raging yesterday morning
tho two-mas,ci schooner hiner, Ma d. "n ''is
Island dragged her luca1r. arI "r"i p'lnF'n- 1871 '
,n. si, ~ the cook nous" connected wt1 50" l.i.,
Island Hospital Tnc schooner ~A' t'"S % t'h'
on a cargo f,r virginia. ana Wa incaofel on 'h"
no-tte,s, point % ,hc island. about h1i q milo
,r,r, sn,r. At $50 o'clock she began O. drag. ana
in sri,e Of the fact taa; thcy hai t"' an'h'fs
down she went rapidly TO 90" shore IHr t'' "'.''-
unusually high anl the vessel BENG b''"h WIN
erea, force 10y the fierce northeast wind s"" went
broa.lsllc on against the cook house. smashing III
the side of the building AMI creating cons4icr'n'e
excitement la the hospital There was a woman
cook getting breakfast In the place when the
s.hooner came dishlng through the side oi the
hullllng II l. unnecessary % say tflt nor H''''9'
In tho breakfast ceased IIlcny. ami sne n'd win
great precipitation. The schooner 10" les h''"''h
rocks a. low water hleh AMI dry. E'o''S were
n,,io - 90, IN. schooner Of the beach yesterday.
hut they were unsuccessful The Albert Mason vas
commanded by Captain Edward Gale. who was
r,r, owucr u her Captain Richardson, OF 80 ~
Vcs,-s, owns the other part. She carried a ere"
of SIX men AMI registered AT ~ tons An''h'r
oc ri Viii be made to-day 70 g.; the steamer "''I"
The canalboai Hart. with $50 tons OF c"' ON
board WAS sunk AT O'Clock yese'""y "'o'"'"
,vbile living at a pier at East Twenty -eish'h-S'.
"
,,.,s -, hoard AZ the time and so was his daughter
Mrs Lillian Walters wife of the mate OF the poat
Walters and Schlfcr had Just arisen ana wrre W"'N
ing about the cabin when there came TREMENDOUS
crash and bic rush Of water down the 'oihp'n-
torv,v The two men struggled to the deck. reach-
lu, il lust as the boat wen, down. Mrs. waters
VA In bed at the time OF the accident ana went
down with the boat Schifer and Walters houndere'
about for "A while in the cold water uhth 'hey were
rescued by a rope thrown from another '""a'p'""
They both declare that they think their boat was
struck by another craft Of some kind. Ano'her ca
naIboat the property Of captain . NeII' was s"''N
Al O'Clock In the morning at her pier East lhir'S-
sixth-st There no one on board Al the u'h''
The freight steamer Tuckahoe Of PROVIDENCE
T. T. went ashore on Sands Point III the S'"''n v.
Yesterday morning. She struck the p'a'h J"H'
east OF the lighthouse. The TuchahoeS ''P""
was exceedingly angry yesterday at the a'''"'n'
TO his boat lie said that II the lisht In the SANDS
Point lighthouse had been burning they would rot
have gone ashore The light was discontinued
some lime ago but peti,Sin, has zen was s"., sent
from this city to haul the Tuckahoc OH the pc"'"
yesterday afternoon ,,..,,,, ,ror, oI.r
cove laden with coal was wr'chcd IN me hsni
by tae storm of Kings Point The ph c%p,alhh ahI i
his CROW, of two men were nearly drowned NJ
night they cung 10 their half submetged vessel
and were in constan, dahgrr ana nt nv. hv ''a me
At f., "y ~ heavy gale Of "Wednesday night large
British bark went ashore on Lawrence Beach bar
rn 80, y,ns sn high that the llfr-saying crew were
unable To- reach her until later in ihe day The
Merritt Wrecking Company sent the tux J. j.. h"t
ritt nom this city to the assistance of the bark
Yesterday afternoon. . ,.,
Rolus hound from Bangor Me, to New-i ORR
with 800 tons of paving stone. went asiior" ~
c.cnck I'm the morning in the midst or the snow
torn The captain and his crew OF xix were taken
~ hv the EaIons Neck llfe-sav!ng crew The task
U ",. dincuii one as the seas threatened TO dash
,rn 1fehnat against the sides OF the schooner m"
vessel Is in apparently good condition ana WIZ De
hdu.cd OH. ,, H. .,, t,,,r,
sn;,nd OF MatinlcOck Point. near Cen Cove, !" l..
nm Wednesday night. She sank in hve fhthoms oI
wafer and II II believed that the entire crew were
lbs, m. schooner Viola went ashore AT Mdtnl.
cock Point Yesterday morning. The crew escaped
i'm small boats IN" vessel IL loaded with lumber
and will probably be got on