The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-22
| NAHUM CHAPLIN LOST
COALING SCHOONER RUNS ASHORE
ON LONG ISLAND.

| Spectators Watch From the Shore
Powerless to Help-Crew of the Land
ras Adrift-Other Vessels in Distress
News of Accidents-Day's Record OF
Crime
New York, Jan21-The three-masted
schooner Nahum Chaplin of Rockland
Me-, coal-laden, from Baltimore for Bos-
ton, went ashore near Quogue. L. l., al
| an early hour this morning and her en-
tire crew-consisting Of nine men were
lost in sight of hundreds Of people, who
| had gathered on the beach but were pow
erless to render assistance.
| The vessel went ashore a. 4:3o a. IA.
| At that hour there was a thick rain fail
| ing and, while 1t was not foggy, there
| was a mist sufficient to make objects
| very indistinct at distance OF 20O
yards. The wind was blowing from the
| southeast at a velocity OF about thirty
| five miles al hour, and serf was roll
| ing upon the beach. The vessel pound
| ed over two hours after she first struc:,
and the waves drove her gradually in
| shore and finally she went 10 pieces,
| crunlbling before the fury of the mighty
waves as if she were an egg shell.
About O'Clock Charles Norman of the
| Quogue life-saving station, assisted by
! his men, brought their apparatus from
! the house TO point just opposite the
| wrecked vessel, but when they shot out
| their life-saving line it was too late 10
| be OF any service The sailors, who,
| from the moment that one Of the patrol
men had sighted the schooner, were in
| the rigging. had dropped off one by one
| into the seething waters. and soon af-
ter one of the bodies, that of a big swar-
| thy Swede, was washed ashore.
The life-savers worked manfully; their
| first line fired from the mortar fell across
| the yards but slipped away over the side
| and was lost.
The second landed in the rigging, but
| the sailors were unable 10 secure il and
it was lost. A third attempt was also in
| effectual and then a crowd of villagers
who gathered on the beach saw the last
of the men fall from the rigging and dis
appear in the serf, which, at that time,
was running unusually high.
The life-saving crew made an attempt
to launch a life boat, but they were re-
pulsed each time by the breakers, and,
although the bystanders encouraged the
brave fellows in every possible manner,
the hardy men had 10 desiSt. After all
their struggling, half-frenZied by the
appalling sight of their fellows being
drowned within such a short distance Of
the shore, they pushed the boat high on
the beach.
There were in ali nine men seen on the
Inflated vessel. 1t was generally surnlis-
ed that the first body. washed in was
either that Of the captain or first mate.
Three hours after she struck the schoo-
ner went to pieces.
Up to noon, when the fury of the waves
had abated somewhat, no other bodies
were sighted There is no doubt that all
on board persisted.
The name of the schooner was learned
from pieces of wreckage which were
washed upon the beach.
New York, Jan. 21.-A dispatch re-
ceived from Fire Island says that the
storm which struck Long Island shore
yesterday afternoon was the severeSt or
the winter.
The schooner Nahum Chaplin was first
seen on the outer bar about O'Clock by
a patrolman from the Quogue life-sayinS
station About 8 O'Clock the vessel be-
gan to break up, and in less than four
hours from the time she struck she went
to pieces the masts falling into the sea,
carving the crew who were clinging 10
them. along The 9ife-saving crew are
patroling the beach looking for dead bo-
dies and thus far have found two, which
came ashore near where the vessel
stranded. The bodies were taken to the
life-saving station and have not yet been
identified.
The principal owners of the schooner
Nahum Chaplin were Peter Mcintyre &
Co. of Boston. Captain S. h. Avery,
who commanded the vessel, was part
TIL oc no n
in rum.er, were shipped in Boston last
November The names are S. z. Avery.
cantain. Maiden Mass; 4. f. Davis, first
mate. Maiden; /. A. Maddox. second
mate. Cambridge, Mass; Seaman John
IIeibcr, Albert Lowe, r. o. Anderson,
Victor Strachen, Oscar Olson, Antonio
Aacvanich. The residences Of the lat
ter are not known.
CAPTAIN AND CREW ADRIFT.
ST. Augustine, Fla. Jan. 2i.-A bottle
was picked UP on South Beach, seven
miles below here this morning, which
contained a message, stating that the
bark. Landras had foundered a. sea on
January Is. The message was written
on several small pieces of paper and was
signed by Captain Gonzales. 1t was a
log of Ire vessel from the time she left
mort until she foundered. According 10
the message. the Landras left Boston
January 3. in command of Captain Con-
zsIes. and nanned by a crew Of twelve
men. January y the vessel sprung
leak but the carpenters managed 10 par
tally stop the influx OF water. On jan
navy Ia however the water began 10
polIr into the hold in great volume. Inc
pumps we're manned and the men WORK
I'd day ard night, but al noon, on Jan
nary l., il was apparent that the vessel
-,iY nd then
took 70 the boats. and had hardly go'
cIsar az me vessel when she sunk. The
message concludes: I'VE have little food
and water and must perish unless soon
Dic,ad nm" !: : believed by seamen
that the cark went down during the gaie
tha, prevailed of the Florida coast iast
week The fear is also expressed that
inc boat with the crew was swampeu IN
the same gale.
OTHER VESSELS LOST.
Nav York. Jan. 2f.-Three barges, the
(-1ristiana. the Raymond. and F. r.
Sharp. belonging 10 the MERIT wreck
ing company. arrived az the company
dock at Staple;On, Staten Island, having
on board 4.7io bags OF sugar from ina
steamer Bausworth, which went ashore
on January Is. near Beach Haven y }.
The captain o: the cargo saiG tne Baus-
worth WOULD ttoadpiE - Aioatcu S'S.4-
Havre. Jan. 2l.-Tha isVltlSh OF stean-
g. Oriaamme. with 5ooo tons OF petrol
cum on board. for Rouen. Is stranded
eight miles southeast % this port Tbe
steamer caught fire and Is regarded as
lost. She nails from London and Is own
ed by A Stuart & Co
New York. Jan. 2l.-Noth'ng could
be seen from Sandy Hook this morning
OF the steamship Alverds's deck houses.
Parts OF her masts. stack ana the point
O: her lsowsprit are the only things Wis
ibie. The sea washes is between these.
WORK OF THE FIRE FIEND-