New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16
ADRIFT ON A STORMY SEA.
r,,r STRANGE PLIGHT OF THE SCHOONER
GRACE X GREEN.
,rp CAT AND DOG ARE IN CHARGE AND CAPTAIN
AND CREW AsHoRE-TAkEN OFF BY THE
yoRKTOwN-ONE MAN IN THE
HOSPITAL.


Dr,ft,ng helplessly southwark off the New
rorsev shore with cat and dog as sole navisa-
,o,s the three -masted schooner Grace h Green
made bad weather of ii last night IN the
Nnr,,ar,v gale that whipped up the seas along
,,o Atlantic Coast. The Grace Green Is good
,.osseI but when with her full complement OF
,oren men she left Philadelphia on Sunday
oorrinr heavily laden with coal for New-ia-
ren there were Ill omens TO warn the crew
..o, tho, would have TO abandon their ship and
chat one Of them would lose a leg in doing So
Tho vessel made Barnegat without mshap.
although tie gale that sprang up yesterday
rolad ND lively sea through which she beat
nor,hvard with difficulty When Captain
charles ". Frisbee had made his way against
,hs gale as far as Long Branch by noon yes
,araav he decided that the assistance Of a tug
wos necessary TO carry him into port here. SO
10 ran No a signal in the mizzen rigging but
l., q moment of confusion the flag was hoisted
1-r,on down This is signal of distress pure
ond simple hut the mistake passed unnoticed
bv all on the Grace Green for the time. 1t did
o. escane the crew Of the Old Dominion Line
steamer Yorktown. bound from Norfolk to this
NOR, however The Yorktown passed the toss
tne vessel shortly after the signal was hoisted
and Captain Dole lay to- in order to lend. as he
supposed needed assistance.
The schooner Numbered alongside. and then
began the disaster which left the schooner
adrift on the New-Jer;ey shore. In the heavy
rea the Grace Queen caught her port quarter
on the starboard bow anchor of the steamer.
A, the moment OF fouling four men jumped
from the :, hooner to the steamer. one OF them,
Peter {. Isaacsen. slipped as he made the
spring and his right leg was caught and crushed
below the knee between the sides Of the rolling
ships He was dragged aboard the Yorktown.
DR.. Holloway. a surgeon. who happened TO be a
passenger on board. took charge of the injured
man. dressing the broken leg best he could.
The Yorktown Immediately steamed away. the
schooner dragging out of her the steamers an
chor and chain. She tried TO tow the schooner by
the chain but ii could not stand the strain and
quickly parted.
Then a curious proceeding was adopted ny
Captain Frisbie. of the schooner. and the three
men remaining on board with him. They
launched boat. abandoning their vessel. ana
rowed to the Yorktown leaving the schooner
in care only Of the cat and dog TO ride out the
gale as best she could. The Yorktown steamed
10 New-York. where she landed the schooner g
men The Grace Queen when she was last seen
was heading southward on the port tack under
fore. main. jib and fore stay sails and reefed
spanker. with the representatives Of the canine
and feline races running wildly about the deck
The Yorktown landed Captain Frisbee and his
mon AT her pier. No 2S North River. at 9:3O
o'clock last evening Isaacsen was taken TO the
Hudson Street Hospital, where the doctors am
putated his leg above the knee at once. On land
ing Captain Frisbee FASTENED to the chapman
WTecking Company and secured a tug to go In
search of his ship. She will doubtless be over
banled and brought to town by this morning
The men with Captain Frisbee were the first
mate Edgar Frisbee. his son: the second mate.
John Ling: the cook. James Cordan and the
seamen. Joseph Olsen. Thomas Johnson and the
injured man. Isaacsen. The Grace Is. Green was
bniIt in Portsmouth. " H. in 1894 and is owned
by John s Rand. She is a centreboard craft Of
$50 tons burden.