The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-27
LANDSMEN OUT IN A GALE.
COULDN'T EVEN LOWER sAII WHEN
THE STORM STRUCK.

left the 1901 OF Ihirty-nihth etreot, BROOKLYN at
10 o'clock on SATURDAY night she was bound
down the bay ana nea ABOARD a hshing party,
largely made up OF employees OF tho II. w.
Johns Manufacturing Company, makers Of as
ths schooner called.
In all there were twenty-six persons aboard.
At about IL o'clock on Sunday night the schoon-
or went aground on Romer Shoals in a squsll.
Then all but SIX OF tho party, including the so
called o .ns Srit,. ass "ho". u ,ne 0O O,ss .SoK 70 s%el
S0N.s'a O tn - ~. S. psAou u " -
S",s sT r.sco. ah and n ss. , ,sss %spI sroo sSS I .a OoT.'
Tho Georgiana Young is an old tub Of little
value, owned by samuel B. storer & Co., fish
tons burden. "a feet ,onr II FOE. ham, with a
IONS ouiuon, 40 teos ione, ieos oesn, "iIne
Me-, in 1851. She went out of commission at tho
commission since. She was too old to DO used
oy nor o"nere ? = nsnins snaoA' anu oinoo ."ss
autumn she had been tied up at tho foot OF
when this years excursion season opened
young Thomas Mcaury employed at odd times
mission to make what he could out of the boat |
during tho summer. McGury was reminded.
however. OF her nnseaworthiness. In giving tho
reminder one of tho firm said to him: ,
Make all you can out OF her. but don't take
her rear the water. She's become 'kitti'h of
t. wss not c,oar to the stor.rs NJ III, tim. ina,
us ~ WAS nsa MOI %. Sie"r u. %o 'nS s1 @sso Of =. t Tine s sa%o 'q Ts
was not a sailor. they. say, and, as far as they
Knew. he never had, been as far out to sea as
tho Captain Of a schooner.
o o0e he .R has S1 taken 9n s ons this SEASON aasSs wf Ho ' inv fssi
make Il te npneeossary for him q hire snec crew. "
than nn0 s sTaR aS 3 trip pne a sas z T'i i not s %S5S sSeh WSs
sighted carly on Sunday morning, and the
Ssof SiaeSsh 3o %e4e P thro Soou au Snd The fsSl asS vsess
biting, the sport was fine, and the spirits of the
PSf hasrda S%n. 5 5Sa the Ses seho pnsre with Mf' eV vsrio SAIL DfG sst'
managed to creep along on her course. Atabout
out ana the SshinS smack 81 iay SecaImed. The
boat was then OF a point midway between the
, Highlands 1Ess sh 81 Es sn 3 soms an" md. s sirssyi, aS %ot,v The
attention to the fact that unless somethinE 70
s Ssiors sb s1 sid The TSs1 gsu mould man d enaoi Sus T. tS Sss
was true and 30 he threw out two anchors. Then
.oma g aIesn 1 Y = y brsen. comss aion9 c a N ~ q
once: because ne captain must be on deck when
This sounded very seamanlike to the lands.
men. and they assured MeGury that at the arst
SanSdkerchief until about . o'clock that night.
ana tb sS% @o EosI rrn aiHappy"tt owara the becsaImei
fishine smack. AS the clouds came nearer those
M a srsu Snt IN an ineredibly Th lime IL H..
ersenasseed to pa a Fale whose Velocity was recorded By
the Ts sandy nGa1 aSG6 eS %S.n he as Ss StAa 5 %tlss IN Saa aG isft
ey rrS st HiteB' Of Canvas Wass set The wind SdII as it struck
the schooner alied the sails instantly. The little
anchors. e' The eexxeeu rsionis ssGsypMr promptly got fright
ened and yelled for the "Captain." McGury
= - deolr rnhh,nr M. a-oa and aftar a l;ttIa
nnIIed himself toSetser enoush to comprehend
the hs, si, :. 1aO1 =, T ,Ss 's sn Q 2 ar wsf hen @S oUsSos short f
was evident, even to McGury that the sail
m Ts be. Be 's 4. 1n IN f q; At least s4ss , Fssssd 1.esnr. For
some reason Or another the sails wouldnrt reef;
long that both they and the eatis refused to
Won. and no sails could pet DO lowered. filled
ists, The had been standing about The deck, saw
there was n manic. Twelve OF the party tumbled
&c soI sha ln %o 5as esn %ade t The s0p ppfson nsa tbs y slo a9ns
reached dry land be true, McGury lost his head.
s%e%affsss s su fh IS ie SflGw he hon sas the hossS Dsss qd zsii:
or wen ali be drowned.
each Of Which, is Calculated to hold about six
men. While the boats were being cleared away.
those who had been locked In the cabin were
licking and yelling to get out. When the boats
had been lowered the prisoners were set free.
b baen 'ne Eie Wes d men mem Sot into one ee and nine
into the other. Among the nine was
NcGury. There was no more room In the
boat where the eleven were. 1t seemed to be in
danger Of swampinR every minute as it was.
The waves were running high and everybody in
both boats was eetline a ducking about every
two seconds. McGury, so some OF the excur.
sionists sayJconcluded that nine were enough in
AZ his boat swung clear of the schooner,
McGuPy called out to the six left on board
one to take YOU of as soon as we get picked up"
When the eleven excursionists tried to take
omman of their boat they found that IL waa
provided with only one oar. All they could dc
was to keep the boats head to the sea by pad
ding, Tho two boats drifted about, getting
further and further apart. Finally, at about 2
o'clock Yesterday morning, pilot boat 20 camt
along and picked up McGury and his compan
ions. The pilot landed the nine men at Staple
ton, s. l., between 4 and 5 o'c ock.
About two hours later the tug Wallace. B
Flint, Capt. Walter Brandow, that was cruising
oeaward, picked up the other dory and landed
the men at Pier II. East River. As soon as the