The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-11
PERISIED In TIE RIGGING.
Six Persons Die Oh Ship in Sight OF
Rcscuing Party-lIeroic Efforts of the
Life Saving Grew to Launch Boat Arc
Thwarted by the High Waves.
By tho United Press.

Thwarted by the High Waves.
BY tho United Press
Patchogue, l.. l., Feb. 10.-In the rig
ging of the three -masted schooner, be-
lieved to be the Won Tillson, when dark
ness fell last evening, there clung two
men, half dead while five bodies
lashed to ropes. swung against the liv-
ing in the angry wind. Three life
saving crews have labored since yester-
day noon to rescue the men. Nine We're
in the rigging when darkness set In last
night. At daylight Saturday morning
it was seen that two had dropped into
the sea during the night one body
was tied under the arms. The line was
fast - the crosstrees, and as every sea
lurched the vessel the body thumped
against her side. AS the life gun was
rolled into position last night. and
aimed at the schooner's rigging, the
voice of a sailor was heard to cry out:
80 God. save us! Three are alive.
For Gods sake save u.s.
The echo of the gun drowned the
cries of the man. After the life line
had been hurled across the vessel and
when no one aboard her tried to grasp
1t, another cry was heard. This morn
ing life lines were shot across the YES
sci again, but the two surviving sailors
on the foremast were too cold and eX
hausted TO take hold of it. At noon an
other line was shot. One of the men
caught hold of it, but he was too weak
to haul the whip line of the breeches
buoy aboard. On this line depended
the saving of the two survivors.
When the tide went down at u dclock
both men jumped to the schooner's deck
and ran to the mainmast. one, who
seemed to be the stronger. then helped
the other into the shrouds and lashed
him fast. Every few minutes he
climbed the rigging and pounded his
shipmate to keep him awake. Attempt
after attempt to launch the lifeboat
proved unsuccessful yesterday. The
life-savlng crew made one more effort
just before dark, but the high seas
tossed the boat back upon the ice
bound beach. All efforts to reach the
two sailors We're abandoned at o'clock.
Part OF the crews of the three stations
were left on duty, while the remainder
of the surfmen went on their regular
men in the rigging could be seen going
through motions as If in prayer.
Signals OF Distress.
The crew of the Patchogue life saving
station had taken the last man from
the wreck of the four-masted schooner
John +. Manning at about $50 yester-
| day morning. One of the men was re-
turning to the wreck when he discov-
cred three-masted schooner rapidly
| drifting toward the shore. She was
! heading northwest, but her crew
| seemed unable to control her. Her sails
were torn and the remnants We're flap
| ping wildly in the winds. A torn faa
was flying from the leeward rigging
The flag was bottom side up, showing
that craft was In distress. All hei
sails, save the mainsau and foresail
were torn to ribbons, and the booms
We're swinging first one way and ther
another as the schooner rolled in the
trough of the sea. The tired patromer
FASTENED back to the beach.
The schooner struck on the outer bai
just before the life savers arrived, anc
then she worked in toward the shore
|
attached to the Manning, but the crew
heroically set to work removing 1t
and in two hours they were in a posi-
ton to throw a line to the newcomer
Meanwhile the poor wretches on the Ill
fated vessel were running franticall,
about the decks. From the shore they
could be seen lashing themselves to tn,
rigging. Three climbed the rigging o
the foremast, tying themselves there
Two others climbed the mainmast, ant
dragging the ropes after them finall,
lashed themselves fast. Two We're al
ready lashed in the mainmast rigging
The men on shore worked hard to reacl
the vessel, but the surf prevented tn
launching of the life-boat, and line afte
line was shot out to her. Captain Rork
and Captain Sim Baker realized tha
all their efforts were of no avail.
While this was going on on~shor
some of the poor fellows lashed in tn
rigging. who could plainly see the work
ing of the life-savers. died. The thre
men In the foremast were hanging limr
The life-savers made signs to the sur
vivors to tie the life line around thei
waists and jump into the sea, but the
would not do 1t.
Two of the Crew Rescued.
Fire Island, N. Y, Feb. 10Th
schooner ashore at Point of Woods Lif
Saving station proves to be the Loui
V. Place. of New York. Captain Squires
. from Baltimore for New York. Goa
laden. Captain Baker, of the Lone Hi
station and the Point of Woods crew
succeeded in reaching the vessel at
, o'clock last night and rescued two c
, the crew, which had consisted of elgll
men. They were In a badly froze
| condition and had been In the riggln
) two days and a night. The other 81
{ men had either been washed overboar
: and drowned or frozen to death in tn
: rigging.