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New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
SIX MEN RESCUED AT SEA.
r,vrx OFF 4 SINKING SCHOONER BY THE
STEAMER MACKINAw AND CARRIED
PHILADELPHIA.

srrAMER MACKINAw AND CARRIED
TO PHILADELPHIA.
phuedelphia. Nov 20-The crew Of one Of the
vessels which were wrecked in Saturdays ana
Sundays storm ore safe tonight In this city.
They are Captain Dobbin. OF the schooner
MAYNARD Sumner and his five men, They
were rescued from their dismasted and water
logged vessel yesterday afternoon by the
steamer Mackinaw, which left London on No-
vember II and arrived here Tonight Inc rescue
was accomplished by Captain Flnley Oh 'ie
Mackinaw sending a boats crew 10 the "reckeu
schooner which the lookout or the Mach'lla"
sighted at 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon seven
ty-five miles south southeast OF Montauh RUM
The rescued crew are Captain F. J. Dobbin, of
Rockland. Me-; w. =. Stewart of Rocklano' ana
William Carter. c. F. valsen p l. Quinn ana
F w Mooney The four last named are lor-
eigners
Tho MAYNARD Sumner cleared from Salem
Mass November 49, for Sones Sound Me-
where she loaded thirty-fve thousand paving
blocks and sailed on November IL for New
York. the blocks being consigned to John Pearce
of that CITY. On Saturday afternoon the Sumner
ran into the big storm when off Marthas Nne-
ward The wind was blowing A fierce gale. east
northeast. and Captain Dobbin concluded to run
for Block Island. A binding snowstorm was
raging and he mistOOk a steamers llght lor the
Block Island light and was thrown off his bear
ings The gale increased. and soon carried the
forecastle and main rigging away, and the seas
broke the steering gear, leaving the Vessel heip-
less For thirty eight hours the dismantled YES
sci lay in the trough Of the sea. Two steamers
were sighted on Sunday, and distress slgnaIs
were waved The crew declare that they must
have been seen by those on board the steamers
but that no attention was paid TO them Inc yes
sci was filling rapidly, and the unfortunate men
began to lose hope. On Monday al q p. m, now
ever when they felt the schooner could not re-
main afloat another hour. succor came with the
sighting Of the Mackinaw, In rev moments
they received signs of recognition from the
Mackinaw. and were taken off When on board
the steamer the men received dry clothing ana
were made comfortable. Captain Dobbin re-
mained aboard the Mackinaw tonight, ana the
sailors went ashore. The captain VIII probably
go to New-York tomorrow morning
The Maynard Sumner was of 3Ob tons She
was owned by the Bodwell Granite Company.
and was valued at about $1,000. Her cargo OF
stone was worth about 50 600 There was no in
surance on either vessel or cargo.
Captain Dobbin says H. saw no other vessels
in distress. The steamer MackinaW ran into the
storm on Sunday, but experienced no difnculty
in breasting H.
ware Breakwater station to-day that While she
was towing the schooner City Of Augusta in the
Delaware Bay Sunday afternoon. the hawser
parted and the schooner was blown to sea. She
has not been reported since. The City OF Au-
gusta hailed from Boston.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
HOW THE CENTRAL FARED.
wREcKAGE FROM THE HUDSON BLOCKED THE
TRACK NEAR TARRYTOWN

TRACK NEAR IAlsKl 4OnN'
All trains on the New-York Central and Hudson
River Railroad were running on schedule tiihe y'7
ter[ay The Hudson Division OF the road OF whlch
u B Mccoy IS superintendent. suffered more from
the storm than any other section Of the road III
speaking about the delays TO traffic caused ny 'he
storm, Mr.. Mccoy said yesterday that hearly an
the trouble in moving trains on the Ne"-io'h
Central was in the Metropolitan district, as twenty :
1--WE miles north Of the city the storm ulu "'''o
damage Wreckage from the river was blown
against the wall and across the tracks III sue"
a manner as to knock down telegraph poles and to
break the wires in many places. Superintendent
Mccoy said that at places between Tarrytown ana
Irvjngton and between Dobbs Ferry and Hastings
the southbound track was completely blocked by
wreckage from the river. Near Hastings huge
three-masted schooner driven ashore. and the
masts knocked down the telegraph wires and then
formed a barrier across the tracks. 1t was an easy
iump from the sea wall to the deck or the schooner
Canal boatmen In fear OF losing their lives ana
being dashed against the sea wall abandoned ther
boats which eventually were carried hign on the
shore. Opposite lrvington tug went Gown ~ liz t!Ie
storm and the tugs tow was set adrltt NtarIy
aI the boats that were abandoned and went ashore
are so badly damaged as 10 be useless -,
While the storm at its height on Saturuay
night gangs Of employees Of the New-lork 'entral
were struggling against the elements along .he .he
rivers banks. They were unable TO keep tie n
southbound tracks clear. and trains were run on
the middle tracks Mr. Mccoy said that there had
been some congestion at the Grand Central station
and great deal more at the freight terminals
esnecially i'm the freight yard at Thirtieth-st II
the storm had come on WeekuaE, ne s'lu ~
would have been a much more serious matter lot
H. comnanv and even under the present condl-
tIons the company would have Jared lar worse IL II
had rot taken heed Of a warning received az p III.
dangerols storm was expected. In view or me
warning ali freight trains were only partly loaded.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
WORK or THE LIFE-SiIERS.
WHAT WAS DONE IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR
TOLD BY THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT.

WHAT WAS DONE IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR
TOLD BY THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT.
Washington. Nov. 2e.-The General Supe-inte
dent OF the Life-Savlng Service. I'm his annual re-
port says that the close of the last fiscal year
the establishment embraced 25i stations-S2 on the
Atlantic 56 on the Lakes. Is on the Pacific and
at Falls OF the Onto at Louisville. The number
OF disasters to documented vessels within the field
OF operations OF the service i02 There were
board BIB persons. OF whom l2 lost.
The estimated value of the vessels and cargoes was
s. l6s 800 OF this amount Sdil0.530 was saved and
s757 $50 lost. Six hundred and sixty three ship
wrecked persons received at the stations.
The number OF vessels totally lost So
There also 3s5 casualties small craft
board of which there S7i persons. of whom
10 were lost. The value of the property involved
was sls9 705. OF which sl7IS26 saved. Fifty-s!x
other persons rescued who had fallen from
wharves. piers. etc. most OF whom would have
perished except for the aid OF the fe-savng crews
The crews saved and assisted 10 save al vessels.
valued with their s. s6ssJo and rendered
assista OF minor importance 81 other vessels
IA distress. besides warning from danger 10y the
signals OF the patrolmen 226 vessels. The number
OF lives and the amount OF property saved through
these warnings cannot be determined, but Il is
certain that many disasters were thereby avoided.
The Investigations made Into the details Of al shtp
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
LIFTING LONG ISLANDS BLOCKADE.

LIFTING LONG ISLANDS hi|cchHDT''
TRAINS RUNNING OK TIME-BARGEs AND scHooN-
ERs WRECKED NEAR PORT JEFFERSON.
The Long Island Railroad yesterday sue ,eeded In
getting all It's lines clear except the branch ROAD
into Wadng River which had not been opened up,
and the main line between Manor and Greenport,
which was last right still closed by huge drifts OF
snow Ploughs were at work on both bockaded
lines, and the prospects were they wouid ois o"'
the cutoff towns by this morning.
On all lines except the two partly pIoch""'
trains we're running last night on schedule uhe'
The main line trains running all night as lar
as Manor which was temporarily made the Ter
minus of that line. The road yesterday caush'
I'D on It's business and sent out freight uahs' ."
that by night only a few loaded cars were waiting
transportation
Word reached Port jefferson yesterday AFTERNOON
that three barges went ashore five miles east OF
that place some time between dark Saturday h's",
and da aylight on Monday morning. They are loadeo
with coal and sank in fairly deep water anu a.
only to be seen low tide. No one knows any my .
thing about the fate OF the crews. AS Se' "' Wv
Tho schooner reported ashore on ga risiu @ ~.
is the Hard Chance. of Salem. She had one mas @
carried away, and her hull Is stove ID anu e,l ne.
late Yesterday afternoon the body OF 'aPtaIh ~ :,
F. Weeks. Of Five Islands. Me. was fouhd en- IN ~ t
hold II was recovered and taken ashore 30 "a a.
as could be asccrtained the captain was .t 80
Word was received at Port Jefferson last night l,
that four-masted schooner is ashore near " aias
River No details are known. CommIHcati,omn III
win Wading River has been cut off since saturddy
night and even the railroad has not SucCe'"eu III
getting a train through to that place
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
BLOCK ISLAND SUFFERS SEVERELY.

Providence r. l.. Nov. 29.--The gallo at Block
Island was the worst ever known by any per-
sons now living there. The wind blew ninety
miles an hour when the recording instrument
became dsananged Its force seemed 10 IN
crease even after that. Fourteen craft went
ashore in the harbOr. and many wrecked fish
ernen took refuge in the lfe-saving station.
The steamer Danelson kept from going
ashore by the life-savers The fishing vessel
Earl and Netue is the only one afoat. Charles
Shaw. OF Fairhayen, was drowned in the cabin
Of the soop Carrie, but his companions sue
ceeded in getting ashore. The schooner Lex
lngton. from Machias to NewYork. went ashore
and the crew were rescued after long ex
posure She IL q total loss. Several hotels we're
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
STREETS FULL OF SLCSH.
MR. MCCARTNEY SAYS HE is DOING HIS
BEST, BUT CAN ACCOMPLISH LIT
TIE WITP THE FORCE AT

James Mccartney. the Tammany Commissioner
OF Street Cleaning declared yesterday that he was
doing his level best TO clear away the snow from
the streets Of the city but because II was impossi-
bic let contracts for the work. he said the peo-
pie OF the city would have to be patient and in
dulgent for a time. with all the force Of men and
carts at his command working. the Commissioner
had TO admit that only beginning OF the work
had been made. A portion Of lower Broadway had
been cleaned. and snow had been removed from
portions OF Fourteenth-st and Twenty-thrd-st, but
all the city the streets partly blocked by
heaps. the crossings swimming with
sush and the sidewalks were wet and foul
The attention OF the Street Cleaning Depart
ment turned first to lower Broadway after
the storm The shOvelled into heaps
along the cutters and about one hundred carts
were employed in carrying the snow to the rivers.
was swept and made clean SNOW WAS piled ia
Park Row, and some Of 1t was carted away. In
portions of Fourteenth-st. and Twentythirdst. the
work OF snow removal was being carried on AZ
rapidly possible with the force at Mr.. McCart-
ney disposal In several OF the avenues ana
streets in which the trahc is heavy the men IN
the employ OF the Street Cleaning Department
made heaps Of snow the cutters SO as to
permit wagons to pass in the middle of the thor
ouSnfares but there was no attempt to remove the
heaps Of snow.
Commissioner Mccartney said the cost of re-
moving snow by his Do partmcnt was much greater
than the cost of removing it by contract. because
he had to pay 81 day 10 the extra men employed.
cheaper He said he had not been able 10 get all
the carts he needed for the work. because the
snowst ,rnl came so much sooner than 1t was ex-
pecteo ana teamsters were not ready TO turn OUT
with their carts. Commissioner Mccartney said
he would investigate the story that men entitled
to receive 81 a day got only 81 -. He had not
heard of it. he said. until IT was unofiically
brought to his attention. The COMMISSIONER also
men were employed in crowds by padrones who
were getting commission from the men who en-
poyed them. He would see about that also. he de-
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30

over to starboard on her beam ENDS INC c'."
scrambled over onto her bottom and hung on TOT
don, ufe They managed to retain this precarlous
hold for half an hour when the snip uecn
load was allowed to slide by the breaking OF one % -,
her masts ard she rghted herself siowy' the cie"
scrambllng back deck as she did so ,,. ,a
The storm aba ted gradually on sunday nisnt, a,
tho crew managed to find two cans or preserved
pumpkin floating In the cabin. This was an u my ~
had TO eat and. OF course there was no "aUi III, ~
drink Al little after noon on Monday tne raIht
appeared in the distance. and her lookout saw "a a
portion OF the maintopsail flying from .hnep .ha1 al
The foremagthead This fragment OF tne shl,
acted as signal OF distress and the Fslka changsd
her course and circled around the BAKER untl S'c
could lower a boat into which with INFINITE uouoe
the captain and crew OF the Baker managed ,1 10
iump The Falka altered her course agaln until y.
she fell I'm with the plot boat Hermann oerichs; 10
which She transferred the men she had saved me
Oelrichs In her turn put them ABOARD tue , ,us
Scandinoyian which brought the men 10 TINS port
Yesterday morning The Bakers load OF lumber ni,.,
was consigned to T. j. Booth Co.. OF this Guy
and the vessel to +. V. l.. Jones.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
THE WRECK OF THE SCHOONER DYER.
HER CREW RESCUED OFF CAPE COD ANp
BROUGHT IN HERE

The steamer Herman Winters. Of the MeropoH-
tan Line yesterday brought in Captain OTTO Jan
scr and fifteen men. the crew OF the gloucester
fishing schooner f. NJ Dyer, whom she had rescued
on Monday afternoon off Cape Cod. The storm
struck the Dyer off PrOynceiown on saturday
night and every effort TO leave to failed because
the anchor cables broke. The only anchor whose
cable held became entangled In the wreckage OF
IN. schooner's masts. and foated. AT length now
ever the crew managed to get the anchor loose,
and the ship sieadied against the storm a BIT. II
was Monday afternoon at l3o o'clock when the
Herman Winters sighted the Dyer. and an hour
later she spoke her. First Officer Grove ana four
men put off in the port boat and after two hours
work succeeded I'm taking off eight OF the crew OF
the DYER The fishermen themselves succeeded in
launching two dories, which took the remaining
eight. Just before the Dyer was left she was Wen
sprinkled with kerosene and set aire. She was not
long In foundering. .
II was with difficulty that the boats discharged
their loads on board the Waters. for the sea was
siil rolling high. Every of the three boats
was smashed against the Winters. ana the men
were rescued with difficulty AT last, however all
ha nds were safely aboard the Winters. The res
cued Included Captain otto Jansen. who owned
the Dyer; John and Ole Poiror Raymond Perry,
Morton Andersen, Olaf Nelson, Rett Porel. X.
Paker Rupert Isner. Charles A. Lorsen. Nell Nc
Neil Peter Burke. James Decosti. J. $. Mcdonald.
O. Monroe and Hamilton McLane.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
ANOTHER FALL OF SNOW.

Early last evening snow began to fall again. ana
the immense size of the fakes caused the peSsinis-
tic 10 shake their heads in fear OF repetition or
Saturdays storm. According TO the professional
oo,har nronbets that calamity IL not be
uected They said late last night that 1t would
probaby snow all night. and clear away to-day,
with attendant colder weather II was showing
last night far west as i'ittsbufs ana CIeIcianu
tonalIv heavy fan was reported. 1t was said. how
ever that there was low barometric press are
pretty heavy there. Accordingly, storm signals
were ordered set and warnings sent to every At
lantic port.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
RESCUED FROM THE SCHOONER BAKER
HER CAPTAIN AND SEVEN MEN BROUGHT IN BY
THE FALKA.

CAPTAIN s $. Hewitt and seven men from the
schooner u X Baker arrived at this port yester
dav morning. having been rescued from their ship
on Monday afternoon by the steamer Falka. which
was on her way from Philadelphia to Limerick.
The Baker when last seen was in sinking condi-
,ton off the Jersey coast. The Baker sailed from
Charleston for New-York November 49, with
cargo OF lumber. and reasonably good weather
enjoyed until last Saturday. when the struck
the Baker IN Barnegat The wind came from the
northeast and blew very hard all day. on Sunday
morning II was found that the ship was settling
rapidly and three hours later. I'm spite OF all the
crew could do the pumps. the vessels decks
we're nearly flush with the sea. The vessel had
been hove TO. and all possible sail taken IN hut
lust before noon on Sunday the ship rolled slowly
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
on THE NE W-ENGLAND COAST.
SUM TOTAL STEADILY INCREASED BY
NEW REPORTS RECEIVED.
IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE ENTIRE EArENt-ihH
GRAVEYARD OF THE COAST CLAIMS

IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE ENTIRE EXTENT-THE
GRAVEYARD OF THE COAST CLAIMS
MANY MORE VICTIMS.
Boston. Nov. 29-The passing hours do not
seem TO bring an end to the reports of wrecks
and loss Of life up and down the New-England
Coast as the outcome OF Suld1y's terrific storm
All day places which were nearer the storm
centre got word to the outside world. and as the
tale unfoded IT was such as New-England never
heard before. 1t is from Cape Cod that the most
terrible accounts of ruin and death are coming
and Of these the loss Of the steamer Portland.
sde-wheeler plying between Boston and Port
land. with all on board, nearly one hundred
souls. overshadows all
What is rightly called the graveyard of the
coast" the treacherous bars and rips on 'he
outside Of Cape Cod. have claimed victims With
out number. Miles and miles Of coast line are
piled high with wreckage. most of which Is
ground so fine by the waves that identification
OF hapless craft is impossible. AS the fury OF
the wind was as great on the bleak sandhilIs
which make up the Cape. 1t will be many hours
before all places are heard from. Wires are
down. and the railroads cannot break out the
snowdrifts: and this feature is distressing, as
much suffering from cold and hunger must en-
sue among the poorer people in some OF the
hamlets Tonight the only means of reaching
Cape Cod IS by steamer across Massachusetts
Bay a dsagreeable voyage, as the sea is still
boisterous Word from Provincetown. however.
tells of nearly thirty total wrecks, with the
number of lives lost unknown.
Matters are improving slightly along Vineyard
Sound so far as means of communication s
concerned. The best summing up of the dsas-
ters in that section is told by Captain Hard. Of
u-bn has
along shore all day He says the sight In Vine
yard Haven is one OF desOlation. Hulls are pled
up on shore and those vessels which are afoat
seem mere shells The Dexter reports possible
additions TO the wreck list in two schooners
sunk off Menemsha Blight and two big ones
sunk abreast Of Prcsque Isle. The fate OF these
crews is unknown. There are three wrecklng
steamers around the Fairfax ashore on Sow
and Pigs Reef.
The financial loss in the various branches or
business is simply beyond computation at THIS
time. and attempts to reach conclusions on the
present seemingly meagre returns are useless.
When the worst is known an idea OF the sum
total can be suggested.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
FORCED TO RETURN FOR PEPAIRS
THE STEAMER COUNTY's ROUGH EXPERIENCE
WITH THE GALE


The tramp steamer County. owned by j. H. Win
chester Il Co. of this city. which left this port
bound for London with a cargo OF grain Satur-
day morning just before the storm broke. labored
painfully back to port yesterday morning and
dropped anchor off Liberty Island. Captain Tollach
declared that the ship had struck the most savage
storm he had encountered In all his rovings of
the sea and had sustained such serious damage
that Ii would have been folly 10 proceed. The yes
sci had returned. he said, for damage survey and
repairs The gale "A heavy one until the ship
got as far : few miles off Nantucket. Then II
Increased to what Captain Tollach described as a
bagful OF wind \ wave struck the ship that came
near ending the captains life. That officer was
on the bridge when the wave struck 1t swept over
the starboafd quarter and carried away everything
movable. II wrenched away the bridge struts ana
threw that structure upon the deck captain
To.lach was proceeding seaward at high rate OF
speed when he managed to catch hatch and hold
on until the wave had swept by: To add 10 nc
trouble the County's cargo shifted badly until the
vessel had decided list 10 port. Moreover much
water had reached the hold after some OF the
matches had been carried away Early SUNDAY
morning another huge wave got Into the galley
and carried off with IT pretty much every thins
there except the steward ana ne was odui'
bruised. , 49,
AT length the pumps became clogged. and the
captain was forced 10 throw overheard twenty
tons OF grain before the ship righted from her lst
AT ) O'Clock Sunday morning still another coniOer
entered the sa.oon and flooded the living quarters
Of the vessel The crew however. succeeded IN get,
ting the pumps clear. but when the gaze apatttl
late Sunday night Captain TOllach FOUND MS. snip
60 badly Injured that he decided 10 return to New
York for repairs The crew were hungry lol' IVf
until yesterday morning. excepting few biscuits
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New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
TWO BODIES TAKEN TO PROVINCETOWN

Provincetown, Mass. Nov. 29-Mr. Taylor, an
undertaken of this place. has brought here from
Highland Light two bodies. probably from the
steamer Portland. one that OF we'll
dressed man, in black suit and oyercoat white
shirt with gold stud. and an opal in the centre;
light blue necktie. tan shoes size ~; light hair
and mustache. A trunk key and stateroom
key, No 70: gold watch. gold ring. So in money.
two handkerchiefs. one marked w" in corner,
were found in his pockets. The man was
about five feet nine inches weight about 80
pounds. The other body that Of a woman
found with only shoes and stockings on. age
about forty years. weight about 40 pounds,
light hair. about five feet nine inches tall.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
MAIL SERVICE IN WORKING ORDER.

The mail service practically recovered rom ,he
snowstorm yesterday. The only pon; where the
trouble still existed was Long Island. Wnere the
service Is irregular. Only small quantity of mall
matter was received yesterday morning from some
stations II is hoped however. 10 resume the resu-
lar mail service between all points on the island
to-day 49,, -. o. -,
All OF the overdue mail from the East was re
ceived yesterday. but all day there was ~ aeiay
of an hour or two in the service or the New
Haven road All through Western ana southern
mails are now practically on time ana there Is
little delay in the local Southern mail service
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
COLLAPSE OF A RESERVOIR.

The large reservoir at Rockville Centre. Long
Island used by the Borough of Brooklyn as a
storage reservoir collapsed Monday evening.
The Merrick Road which is near the reservoir Is
now under three feet Of water. and all the country
for some distance Is submerged The reservoir
was formerly known as Demotts Pond and COW
cred an area Of twenty-three acres, and was six
feet deep. on account Of the recent h'aNy rains
and the quantity of snow. the water In the reser-
yor was higher than Il has been before for some
years Almost all the water escaped from the
resprVOlr
New-York tribune., 1898-11-30
RECORDER GoFF GETS TO COURT.
re OPENS THE TRIAL OF W. A. f. MOORE AND
HIS WIFE FOR sWINDIlNG.

Recorder Gor after being rowbound I'm Long
Island since Saturday last. reached the Court OIL
General Sessions yesterday and began the trial OF
William A. T. Moore and his wife Fayne on
charges of grand larceny and assault Moore
gree and for assault In the first degree His wife
+ indicted for larceny in the first degree both
'arccnv complaints are made by Marvin Mahon,
nronrietor Of the New-Amsterdam Hotel, twenty
hrst-st and Fourth-aye who charsss mat snT
me" NJ tho Hotel Grenoble The work OF getting
iIirv TO try Moore was begun yesterday but was
not finished.