The sun., 1896-02-06
SIEIMSHIP LAMIN1TON ASHORE.
Smashed Across the Bar At Great South
R-nch-Cre~ ami Passengers Saved.

Smashed Across the Bar At Great South
R-Hch-Crew uni Paasengers Saved.
PArcHoGuE, l.. l.. Feb. 5.-7he British steam
ship I.am!ng,on. bound from Mediterranean
ports for New York. lies embedded In seven feet
OF sand ineide the onter har on tho Fire Island
beach. about four miles across the Great South
Ray at point opposite this place.
She took ground in the fog last night while
heavy surf was running and began sending up
rock cts and firing her cannon. Patrolman Jede-
diah PAYNE of the Blue Point life saving station
saw the plight Of the freiChter. and after burn
ing his red Coston light to let her skipper know
that help was at hand, he ran TO the station and
reported to Capt. Frank Rourke. The life
savers dragged their surf boat and apparatus
along the beach to a place opposite the stranded
vessel. and after several Intellectual efforts shot
a line over her. The line was made fast aboard
the ship but none OF the ships company cared
to venture ashore In the breeches buoy through
the roaring surf
Before they made the brooches buoy line fast
the I.amington's crew. believing the ship was
In danger OF breaking up. launched life boat.
which was dnshcd to pieces against the ships
side. At t,.awn to-day the sea had gone down a
good deal. and tho brseches buoy in work
ing order James Holbrook. an English lad. ls
years old, who has served in the British training
ship Formidable. was the first to come ashore.
ne bGetCne5 DuOy llHe SaRRen bOileWn nat anu
he got chilly ducking In the combers. Eight.
of the crew were taken ashore In the
breeches buoy without m.shap. Cnit. g. w.
Duff, the chief officer and two engineers re-
manned aboard. hoping to float the ship of. with
the assistance OF tugs. within few days.
Two OF thr seaGlcn brought ashore with
them q Scotch terrier and n nineteen-pound
black Venetian cat Frank Loper of this place
The animals were sold to the highest bidder.
James Brady OF Buffalo. who was tho only
hFa rli,.ah ND
He said he boarded the LamingIon at Constan-
tnopie., He had ap?cnlel 70 the American
,he Laminst9n =, struck the weather had
had been steering by dead rcck oniug, or nautical
Enesswork. On Tuesday afternoon. Brady de-
had thirty fnthom. Of water under her Tho
then then pot POT u"dsr % fnil speed and at r. H. smasIsd
III the sond. Brady says that the ship Was short
Of provisions. This may be trp" but there va:
plenty to eat in the cargo. which consisted Of
900 cases OF oranges. 200 cuse. OF onions, l.Doo
tons Of dried currhnts, and 40 cases OF wine.
when sl,e sailed from the Mediterranean. one
Of them died on on the voyage and was tLr"wn
into the sea- the 9ihsrs M nrS s,!l @ %bIah. If
ponies will be either lowered into tho surf and
permitted to swim ashore or brought To tho
beach in canvas sings attached to the breeches
The Great South Beach in this neghb?rhood
II oi nara, uhyleiulHg Siihu anu low Vessels thAt
have been stranded on II have been hauled OH.
There arc many wrecks cast and west OF tho
place where the Lamington rests. including
that OF the steamer Gluck- Auf and four-masted
| schooner Randall.
Men who know the coast say that the Lam
| ington has small chance OF floating. She is a
schooner-rigged iron vessel of $3.50 tons. Nnd
| was built IN Glasgow In 1881. She 10 owned by
! Reyburn K Co. of Glasgow.
FIRE ISLAND, Feb, o. Capt. Rourke the Blue
| Poin, Life Saving Station reports;
The wreckers are preparing TO- lay Hedge
| anchors Capt. Duff thinks that the steameI
will get off Tonight"