The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-11
From Sundays second Edition.)
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YORK. Feb. 9.-The life-saving
crew from the Lone Hill station. on the
great south beach opposite PASSPORT, L. l.,
were out at daybreak to-day and down the
beach in the teeth of the storm to make
one more attempt to reach the men dashed
and frozen in the rigging Of the unknown
wrecked schooner. Nnen the life savers
left at dark, seven men were still hanging
in the rigging. AS the icy wind had not
abated, and as the waves Were washing over
the grounded ice-locked wreck. the life
savers felt that the men surely must be
dead. Captain Baker fixed his glass on the
ice-draped rigging of the wreck. The seven
during the night. But three of the men
were hanging head down. Evidently they
had lashed their legs when they went up IN
the rigging to escape the fury Of the deck.
During the night they had died, and their
fingers relaxing, their bodies had fallen
to hang by the knees. The life savers
Ice and the surf made that effort vain.
A line was then nred into the rigging. There
could reach it, and it was within a few
feet of each of the five upright figures.
Soon the life savers saw one of the men
stirring. He painfully and slowly olsen
tangled himself from the lashings and
started over towards the line. He took a
few steps downward, paused, hesitated, al
most fell and climbed back to the surer
supports he had left. In a few moments
another man began to work himself loose.
and succeeding, set out in a slow. stir
little further down than the first man, and
then he too, stopped. He almost lost his
balance. regained his hold. remounted and
ging in the place he had left.
The life savers were in despair. It was
clear that the men in the rigging were too
weak. too stiff, too nearly frozen to do any
thing more than fasten q line, If it fell
a aeain ana p pon,e5 the 81 inn 1ae f canh inao was ,hs n r,el
ging near enough for either of the men to
have reached had it gone so near In the first
trial. But neither. Of the two stirred this
time. Captain Baker could see their eyes
turned. toward the shore. but their black
time until dark the life savers sheltered by
the mounds of ice, watched and tried to
think of some way of reaching the schooner.
Al dark they went back to their station
again. The last CLEAN of day showed the
s .ven figures g still hanging; three head
fe N them TO make the release from their
horrible living; tomb a matter of hours.
wrecker arrived off the coast end began to
run and forwards off the wreck
Her lights can be seen from the shore. She
and then backed away. She was evidently
feeling her way anG touching bottom each
time. The life savers think she can reach
the wreck. If she waits until high tide. it
is thought the Merritt boat can run close
to the wreck.
Union Station Burned
ST JOSEPH. No. Feb. 9,The Union
entering the city. was laid in ruins by fire
tonight. The loss will reach 100000: The
States express department of the station.
At first the blaze was so small it was
supposed it was not necessary to call out
the department, but in this case the delay
was fatal. The flames worked their way
through the floor into the Union Depot
Hotel ON the floors above, and in an hour
the structure was a mass of ruins. TIL
hotel, which occupied the two upper stories
crowded with guests, and a number of them
had narrow escapes. Major j. b.. Laughlin,
VIII conducted the hotel. loses $4,000. The
May /, 1882. and cost $3.50. 900. The total
amount OF Insurance Is $4,000. The guests
The real loss must remain a matter OF
conjecture for some time. that suffered by
the railway and express companies on bag
railroads entering the depot and who are
the losers are: The Hannibal & st. Joe.
Grand Island. the Kansas City. St. Joseph
& Council Bluffs. the st. Joseph & Des
the Burlington & Missouri River. the Union
Pacific and the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe.
Many pouches Of mail were also consumed,
thus greatly adding to the loss. Among
the hundreds of trunks burned were all OF
those belonging to the Lewis Morrison Faust
theatrical company. containing valuable
dresses and stage paraphernaiia. But few
Of the guests saved any of their personal
effects.
Five People Burned.
ARDMORE. /. T., Feb. 9.-News was
olOu5Al ms AOu LiieS
southwest of here. Of what appears to be
the murder of the family OF NJ. NJ. Tucker,
consisting OF himself, wife and three chill
dren. The skeletons of the victims We're
found In the ruins OF their home. which had
evidently been set af1re 10 cover up the
crime of ROBBERY and murder. The murder,
If such 1t was. was committed Wednesday
night, but was not discovered till to-day.
Fred Wilson. who had often threatened the
dead man, and has now disappeared, is
suspected. The fuckers. father. mother and
three children, two girls. aged. respectively.
eight and twelve years, and a boy aged six,
lived on a small farm In a cabin two miles
from any other habitation. Their sudden
falling out in their usual intercourse with