New-York tribune., 1896-02-06
ANOTHER SHIP IN THE SAND.
THE CREW OF THE LhMINGTON SAVED BY
THE BREECHES BUOY.


THE ORDEAL OF THOSE WHO
WERE BROUGHT TO SHORE
THROUGH THE HIGH SEAS.
The British steamship Lamington' captain
DufTleld grounded the beach Tuesday hieh'
and is now hard and fast In the SAND WIN SIM
chances Of getting off for some time 10 come her
master and crew have been taken OH Dy the me-
savers There Were two passengers on Doarc anu
they too were landed. The steamer Is lru''-
laden and her cargo Is valuable 1t IS IN sooo
condition and will ba brought ashore as soon as
the sea mOderates.
The steamer took the sand twelve miles east OF
,,,ro Island light at 8 o'clock last evening she
les two miles east of the Blue Point hie-ssN iis
station in shallow water Her position is rela-
tive,v the same as that of other ships that have
co,,e ashore on the beach off this place. and the
most OF them have never left H.
Tho lifo-eavers saw the vessel about the time
ebe went ashore and tried to warn her, but IL was
too late and the Blue Point crew summoned 'i'eii
fellows from Bellport and Lone Hill s'atohs 20
aid In the reecue Of the crew. There was "re'cneu
announcement on board the steamer 'he '"e-
savers say, for. although line was sho' 10 '"e
shin within short time after she struck IL was
not fastened and 1t was not until yes'eru"!
morning that the breeches buoy could DE rlSseu
although the life-saVerS urea u nave 'i'V ''N' "
board fasten the line Tuesday night ana hau INC
annaratus all ready to send on board
1.vasa rough night on the coast Tuesday night
ond when the sundown patrol went out 10 'aNe 'iie
last look the men were warned TO keep carel"i
,ro,ch The patrol had been made and Patrol
man Jedediah Payne OF the Blue Point stauoh
bad exchanged greetings with the man from the
citation hevond and was on his way back 10 'he
station when he sighted the steamer ne hile"
.he coast well enough to see that unless 'he snip
tent offshore more and headed dlHereh'i! 9'e
would soon be aground. He burned MS Nos'o"
uoht and signaed to go further 10 sea NJ AZ
.ention was paid to his warnings anu oei0ie
pavne reached his station the snip hac pi""eeO
fulI tilt into the sand ana was fast. Ever! wave
.hat brobe sen. the ship higher and higher on the
beach. s
kent her whistle going all night. although '"'
mon on board the ship knew the life-savers were
- ,,,a Tho limo which had been sent out by
the life-savers by means OF 'he gun ""' va
bst was not fastened.
u-,o, tho steamer continued to make distress
;,ols and TO fail t. make the line fast. 'he
Nfe-savers set fire to the remains Oh '"e o''e
Harry Ouray. which went ashore four year "eo
ond suffered the common fate Of vessels on 'hese
shores.
The night was spent trying to make the men
49,, t,r ha,l on the line so that the hawser
and whip line might be sent out Wheh morn
dawned the ship lay Just about as she s'ruch'
The ufe-savers finally had their ha"sei O'
the ship and within a FEW moments '"'
brooches buoy was travelling toward the vessel
r, have attempted to launch lifeboat would
,...o ,oa, useless as NJ boat could have lived
On the storm. The sea was high. and the water
crew volunteered to make the attempt 10 go 10
.h shin during the night In one of the poa's
hut tho cantains saw the ship was in no I'M
,,,odiate danger and realized that an attempt 10
,.unch q boat would have resulted in the oro"n-
ing of the men, .,o
The first person to make the trip on 'he
breecbes buoy was James Folbrooks an Ehg"sh
lad who was on his way 20 this countr! as an
immigrant. He is only sixteen years olo' anu
being the youngest aboard. was sent 10 the s'oie
first He reported there were still tweh'y-tniee
men on board. including the captain ana hnrs one
other passenger. The second man aShoie (
was James Brady. the second passenger. f1e -
an American who claims Buffalo as his home
He says he was assisted nome Dy .n an Alie' '0'''
Consul when he was stranded IN LuIope'
The work Of rescung the members OF the ere"
xas slow The sea continued high and rough'
and the ship pitched and '2sseu so r6 ,na. severa
times the anchor had to be resunk Inc men "iio
made the trip were all subjected to much haru-
ship before they reached me shore' me! VIZ
al one moment jerked high into the air. ana the
next sunk FAR into the waves. The work OF
rescue went on all day. -
The Lamington is a schooner-rgged steamer
Of $50 tons burden. She measures 2l4 ieet from
Stem 70 stern has 81 feet beam and is 20 rect deep
She is of iron. has two decks and nve ouikneaus.
sba sa lied from Newport, England. on November
oS with a cargo of coal for Venice After that she
cruised in the Mediterranean Sea and hnally
shinpei a cargo of fruit at Valencia, Spain con-
signed to New-York. She has on board large
ouantity Of currants 900 cases OF oranges and zoo
hoxes of onions. The crew Is composed mostly
Of sailors from the south OF France and from
Portugal ~ .ho ,os,
sonnding was made at O'Clock on Tuesday af-
ternoon There were then thirty fathoms OF water
and ne was surprised. he says when captain
Dufeld ordered the ship 10 proceed al fuil speed.
II was then hazy. Brady warned the captain
No. tho Long Island coast lay close by and told
him how dangerous II was to attempt TO make
any speed with such shallow water. NO attention
vas maid 10 the warning. he says, ana the snip
forged ahead for a couple or hours Delore sid0n,
ening Then she was running at half speed ana
maintained that rate until the engines were
stopped just as the nose OF the snip iah iii'o "e
sand. ,,,
Brady alleges that the captain had been drink
ing on Tuesday and feeling the effects or MS
rotations when the warning was given by the
lead of the shoaling water. Brady also plleges IL
was the fault of the first mate OF the steamer thas
the hawser and whip were not hauled on Doaru
during the night. .
one OF the sailors denies that the captain was
,ntoxics s.G and says the line when 1t reached the
shin y,aj not made fast because there was no I'M
mediate danger and Ii was thought best 70 wait
for daylight. Captain DuineId also uehies '"e
statements Of Brady.
FUNERAL OF GOUTERNEUR ". MORRIS.