New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-11
THE PURITAN STILL FAST.
TUGS AND STEAMERS PULL on HER IN
VAIN
THOUGH THE SEA Is ROUGH AT GREAT GULL
ISLAND THE VESSEL Is IN NO WORSE
rosITION-FURTHER EFFORTS

TO SAVE HER
New London, Conn. Nov. 1o.-The steamer
Puritan. of the Fall River Line, Is still heiu
hard and fast at Great Gull Island, where sne
went ashore at o'clock Saturday morning Inc
splendid boat lies just where she struck not
withstandng combined efforts of three poweriu'
tugs and two steamers of the Fail River Line
the City Of Brockton and the City OF Iauh'o"
which had powerful hawsers out to her 'o-u"''
The Brockton came from New York TINS nioi"-
ing and was held to await the coming Oh '"c
City Of Taunton from Fall River. These steam
ers. two of Captain Scott's tugs and tug OF 'ne
Chapman Wrecking Company pulled ions an"
hard at the Puritan but she would not yield 10
their combined efforts. and lies as firmly agrouhu
n when she struck.
A fierce sea was running all last Night anu
the wind which had been on the southern poaru
during the prevalence of the fog SHIFTED 10 tne
north and then to the northwest. carrying t"c
Puritan's stern a little to the ncrthward so ti"'
she shifted A little inshore. The wreckers oe-
lieve that she is lying in no worse condluol 10
night than when she went on. and nope II en-
tertaned that she may be saved.
SUPERINTENDENT Gardner and Captain Scott
stuck bv the vessel from the hour they arrived
there until tonight when they came 10 this
city Captain Davis. of the puritan anu ne ~,
crew are aboard the steamer. and VIII stay uh.'I
vessel. All the freight on the Puritan was 10
dag taken off and forwarded 10 Stonrgtoh LOT
shipment to destination. At high tide last nish,
tugs tried 10 move the puritan. but she would
not stir an inch and the effort was abandoned.
The steamers condition was improved somewhat
by running big anchors of the poat so tne! ~ caIi
be "heaved' on and the steamer kept rom %
swinging further inshore. The sea POUNDS hel
al the stern and lashes her sides.
Captain Scott and Superintendent Gardher
were interview by "A United Press reporter To-
mad lnI
Puritan would be got OFF If good tide iaVorea
tomorrow, when Scotts and the Chapman
Wrecking Company's tugs. and the most power
ful tugs tie Merritt Wreoking Company can fui-
nlsh. will be on hand. 1t will be high tide at
O'Clock Monday morning, but nothing can be
done then. the tide must be waited for Wheh
IL comes T. may decide the fate Of one OF the
most expensive steamers over run on Long Island
Sound. Messrs Scott ard Gardner say that the
Puritan will come off, but they want all the as
sistancc they can get. Divers employed by Scott
and the Chapman Wrecking Company were un-
der the Puritan to-day They report her bottom
not badly damaged. The rocks do not pierce
through her outer skin. Breaks in her outer skin
have let 1.0e0 tons Of water into the space be-
tween the outer and inner skin. and the steamer
is weighted down as if she had a cargo In her.
This water cannot be got out. neither can IT get
inside the inner skin and further damage the
boat Superintendent Gardner and Captain
Scott will return 10 the wreck In the morning.
The wind tonight is from the northwest. but
has not attained a velocity that will lessen the
chances Of saving the steamer If the Puritan
Is hauled on ner fpnQlllon Will uTl'illIHr NH''r
she will be taken. If she can go through the
Sound all right she will be taken direct to New
York. If this trip Is deemed unwise. shc VIII he
towed in here she can be- patched up and
temporarily put in condition for proceeding to
New York
with the wind from the northwest the Puritan
will get the worst shaking-up possible. but at
o'clock tonight the winds velocity is not great
enough to alarm those interested The water
has been very rough over Great Gull all day.
The Merritt wrecking steamer j. d. Jones left Sta
pleton Staten Island last night at 10 o'clock TO
sst in getting the Fall River steamer Puritan OF
the rocks on Great Gull Island. The Jones IL one
of the most powerful steamboats, in the wrecking
business. She VIII carry fun crew or wreckers
commanded by W. @. TOoker.