Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-04
SAVED FROM THE SEA.
A Thrilling Night Of tie New
Jersey Coast.
The Captain and Grew Of the
Schooner Henry May Taken from
the Wrecked Vessel After Many
Hours Of Extreme Peril ~ The
Story as Told by the Captain.

Atlantic City, October 3.-The crew
OF the schooner wrecked on Long fOrt
last night were rescued to-day and
landed on the beach at Ocean City.
Inc luck.ess craft was the Henry May,
captain w. 0. Perry, from Portland,
Me-, with cargo OF railroad ties.s For
nearly tWenIy-lour hours the captain
and mis- nve men faced death. mat
they did not meet it is little less than a
miracle. The story of their dread ex-
perlence was tod by Captain Perry after
food and warmth had restored them.
The vessel ran into the violent north
east gale. which ragged along the coast
Friday night, when off Barnegat. She
was headed for Delaware Breakwater,
but the storm grew IN fury and
She SPhANG A LEAK.
All haDQs were caI.eu 10 The pump, but
they were Feeble against the roaring
waters. Head on, the weakening ship
drove crafty before the storm wnen a
crash SOunQed above The screaming OF
wind a..d wave, and the painting marin
ers knew that the sail had gone. A mo-
ment later the ship swirled in a ire
mendous sea and capsized. This was
off Long Port. Meanwhile she was
sighted from shore, but the task of res
culng was hopeless. 1t was clear that
no boat couIu brave the "a for more
than a few minutes. The Ocean City
he saving crew determined to try, and
the Pecks Beach crew turned in to
help. The life boat was launched and
almost Immediately
A HUGE WAVE BROKE OVER HER
and flung her angrily back upon the
sand. Again and again was the at
tempt maze only to be met with the
same fate. Eventually the futility OF
the work was recognized, and the
Would-be rescuers were despairingly
compelled to abandon it. The news
OF the wreck had spread and the beach
was thronged with persons helplessly
gazing at the tossing hull. She drifted
slowly down the coast, her anchor
chains dragging, and wave after wave
breaking over her. When she capsized
a thrill of horror went ger the on
lockers. A moment later the forms of
the sailors were seen clinging to the
plunging hull
Captain Perry tried to give some no
ton of what they felt as they watched
TIE ldlllLS attempts DIT rescue. DedLu
LOOMED BEFORE THEM,
but they PRAYED that il n,ieh.-be -bailx-
ed. Night fell like pail. With the
cola oenuz.at,ing their very facult1es anu
exhaustion creeping over them, they
chung to the spars with the desperate
nerve of life known only to those who
have faced death. Thus the awful night
passed. With welcome sunlight came
a lull in the storm and they knew their
prayers had been heard. At the first
streak of light the weary watchers on
shore put out boat, safely reached
the wreck and carried the weakened
seamen back to land. There was a
burst of the Joy that is akin to tears
when the gallant boat crunched against
the sands and the storm-bound sailors
were tenderly lifted out Women
Rugged the life-savers, men danced
madly about and a cheer went up
louder than the breaking waves Then
all were fed and warmed
Captain Perry says this is his last
sea trip. He thinks the hull of the
schooner is worth saving. She was
owned by the Berlin Mills Company, Of
Portland