The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-02
MORE STORIES Of WRECK.
GALLANT WORK OF LIFE SAVERS
IN REsCCIyG CREWS.
WReckage and Dead Bodies Line
the Beaches OF the View England
Coast-yews Of Additional Disas-
tiers Continues 70 Come In.


York, and the Clara Leavirt. OF Portland,
Ne. were wrecked Saturday night near
the Gayhead lie saving station. The cap
tain, mate and four seamen from the Leav-
lit ard one seaman from the Ireland were
drowned.
1t was about $50 o'clock. In the aercest OF
the Storm that the Gayhead life saving
patrol saw the fash OF a torch In the direc-
ton Of Dog Fish bar. AS quickly as pos
sibIe Capt Hayman mustered his crew.
and in a few minutes q lie boa and all the
apparatus necessary, drawn by a yoke OF
oxen. was on its way to the nearest point
Of the bar, which was two and half miles
from the station.
1t was about $50 O'Clock, in the fiercest OF
the position they sought. They were too
tired. When they came TO the beach
wreckage from the vessel was coming
ashore giving evidence that she had gone
TO pieces. A fragment showed the vessel
to have been the Clara Leavitt- Later.
chnging to a broken plank, one man was
driven in and rescued from the waves. He
was carried to the station. While the life
savers were peering into the storm to dis
cover another possible survivor another sig
nal torch was seen from vessel which was
at that moment almost upon the bar. The
next instant she struck but went on in a
position a little less exposed to the fury
OF the waves, and she did not go to pieces
hu dltSihpS WdS uldUS 10 l0ulc0 the Ike
boat. but ii was swept back like chip.
II was then decided to try shooting q lire
10 the wreck, but this could not be done
until daylight With the first appearance
OF dawn the gun carriage was drawn UP
for service. Seven men could be seen cling
Ing TO the rigging Of the vessel. A line was
shot toward the schooner. but ii fell short.
The attempt was twelve times repeated
without success. Meanwhile the wind
shifted more TO the north and was colder,
and the snow had turned to hail.
Spurred by the sight OF the men and the
increasing severity of the storm another
trial of the surfboat was made. The craft
was tossed back on the beach. Several
times the boat was launched and the most
persistent efforts of the crew to breast the
waves were of no avail. On the eighth
trial, however. success came and under
the tremendous strokes OF the men the
boat was driven from wave to wave. till
she reached the vessel One seaman had
persisted, but the captain, mate and four
sailors, who were barely alive, were res
cue0 and taken TO the station. The YES
Sci was the Amelia c. Ireland. When the
messenger who brought the story Of the
wreck and rescue left Gayhead. the ship
wrecked men were all In a serious condi-
ton from exposure. Several other mem
bers of the life-saving crew were more or
less injured while engaged In their al
tempt at rescue.
The Clara I.eavitt was a three master
OF 3s5 tons. 12s feet long and was built at
Cape Elizabeth. Me-. In 1877
The Amelia G. Ireland was also a three
master. She was owned by the Tidewater
Oil Company, of New York, and was
bound from Bayonne, n. j., to Boston.
with cargo of oil in tanks She was of
27o.3i net tons, 12i feet long and was built
In Somerset county. Md, in 1866. She will
be a total loss
Four SchOOners Go to Pieces.
BuZZARD'S BAY. Mass. Dec. IA
member of the life-saving crew at Cav
head. who reached here this morning. re-
ports that on Sunday morning the schoon-
ers Queen Esther. Vivian and Clara c.
Baker went 10 pieces on the rocks off
Gayhead. where the City OF Columbus per-
ished some years ago.
The life-saving crew, during forty-eight
hours OF unceasing and unbroken efforts
succeeded In launching their surfboat and
succeeded In rescuing nineteen men OF the
crews Several. however persisted before
assistance could reach them
Wreckage and Bodies Line Beach.
BARNSTABLE, Mass, Dec. 1.-Great
masses OF wreckage have been coming
ashore on the inside OF Cape Cod since
Sunday. piece OF a vessel marked En-
ma, Philadelphia" came ashore at Sandy
Neck, near Barnstable light. and last
fhnrA
on the beach.
Much of the wrecksge appears TO be that
OF fishing schooners
The Entire Crew Drowned.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec I.-Inforuatton
was received here today that the schooner
Ieander V. Rehee. from Phiiadelphia for
Boston. has been wrecked of Black Rock.
Mass the entire crew was drowned.
Fears for Two Vessels.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec I-Grsve fears
are entertained for the safety OF the hsroe
Enos Soule. ard the schooner CITY q, An
gus'a Nothing has been heard from either
since the recent billiards. The Augusta
had eight and the Soue four men.
insurance Companies Lose n Million
NEW YORK. Dec, MARINE underwrit-
erS Of this city estimate rha. the insxas
sustained by the insurance companies as
tae result or the storm beginning last Sit
urday will probably reach something like
81. o00.ota.
steamer Gate City Is Safe
SAVANNAH, Ga. Dee. 1.-The ocean
Steamship Company's steamer Gate CITY
from Boston. fears for whose safety have
been expressed. arrived here this morning.
Hig Schooner Founders.
BALTIMORE. Dec. THE B,ack-sheri-
dan-Nilson Company. Of this city received
telegram today from f. r Norton the
boston agent or the firm, saying the COM
Qany's schooner. King Philip, which LEFT
this port November Is with 1.7s7 tons OF
coal for Portland, Me. had foundere,i IN
the gale Saturday nigh, OF Highland Light.
Mass, and that all were lost Her crew
consisted ~ twelve men. all told
Yachts Ground tn kindiing
NEW YORK. Dee. Port Jefferson L
:. has jas; emerged from the Snow en-
barge.
The story 90 the havoc done on Port
jefferson hay 0y the Storm came with the
frs. train. Wrecks Of pleasure yachts anf
commercial craft are Ssrcwn about the
scores or ite on tbe bottom. All the sioons
auH cat boats housed in the basin acre
ground into kidding wood.
The damage "a shipping at Pert jefferson
hay Il estimated at more than $40 80