New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-04
SAVED FROM A WRECK.
THE CREW OF THE HENRY MAY RES
CUED WHEN DEATH SEEMED
CERTAIN.
FOR TwENTY-THREE HOURS THEY HAD BEEN
BUFrETED BY THE WAVES OFF THb NEW
JERSEY CoAsT-THEIR VESSEL
MAY YET BE SAVED.

MAY YET BE SAVED
Atlantic City, ~ j.. Oct. 3.-The schooner
which was in distress and dismas'e" OIL I'll.
coast yesterday proved to be the henry May Vi
Portland. Me-. bound for that port HUN .se" wv.
port News with spiling. The captain was "''
lam o. Perry OF Portland. and ne hau ''e" Vi
FIVE men, All were rescued 'o-u"' N'
three hours OF exposure
The May had a good voyage up the coast ana
ros nakiny good time when she ran into the
,,orro on Friday night Under short sail she
headed into the storm. and swept along untll
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. when the we'll
soundinp showed that the schooner was making
water. and the pumps were set at work the
water continued TO gain, however and WITHIN
..rn,e q, hours the schooner was partly water
logged She labored badly, and the men were
forced TO remain constantly at work She finaiiy
went over on her beam. owing to the shifting ot
the deckload Of spiling. The spiling went over
hoard but the schooner did not rlgh'' anu tne
crew was set at work cutting away the masts'
This WAS slow and difficult work. owing to the
position Of the vessel. but after several hours
hard work the masts were cut off ana they
fioated away.
The freeing Of the schooner from her top ham,
nor caused her to right and she began to drift
CAPTAIN Perry feared the schooner would go 10
nieces in tho high sea which was rur ming, and
ordered the anchors let go. so as to hoid her
head 10 the sea- AS long as the ship ala not
break I'D there was no danger to the men from
drowning unless they swept from the
decks Owing to the vessel lying almost a"ash'
because Of the water in her hold there was great
danger that the men would be carried OH py
the seas which continually broke over her' Inc
anchors held the schooner fairly into the vino.
but she drifted slowly down the coast. her
anchors finally held, when off Ocean City
This morning the schooner could be plainly
seen riding the waves, but from the shore IL
looked ss though every dive would be her last.
At 3 O'Clock the Ocean City life-saving crew
determined to make a desperate effort to reacn
the side of the endangered vessel. The schooner
lies about three miles out. and the sea, all
though much smoother than last night, was sun
rough. After an hours hard work the lifepoat
rounded under the lee of the schooner
At first the lfe-savers feared the men had
been swept from the decks. The night had been
a terrible one for the six men on the schooner.
They had nothing to eat or drink. as the capih
and cuddy flooded and they had Deen
forced to lash themselves to the stumps OF the
masts to prevent themselves from being car
red from the decks. They had been exposed
all night to the wash Of the waves and were al
most dead when the hail OF the life-savers was
heard.
The crew consisted of Captain Perry. Benja-
min S. Randall. of M1rshville. Me-: George Jones.
cook Herman Faroch and Gus Peterson,
Swedish seamen. Jones was nearly dead ana
had to be lifted over the side by his comrades
and caught by the men in the surfboat. The
others. although nearly exhausted. were able
to help themselves They were landed In safety
and taken to the lfe-saving station
The schooner may BE- saved II the sea goes
down sufaciently for her to be picked UP by a
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