The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-25
TUGS LOST OFF THE HOOK.
CREWS SAVED, nut TWO NJ UD scOTs
LEFT ADRLFT IN THE GALE.

There was q Mas o. Each or rheun-Nossdy
Aboard, n IL SAID. when They Came
Ashore ut Sones's rnict-sandy rlook Light
ship an ARK orsarety for the waIlace's Crew.
Two tugs of tho Moran Towing Company
foundered in the ferment created by a westerly
gallo of Sandy Hook on Sunday. They were the
James A. Dumont, Capt. Florian Romard. and
the J. K. Wallace, Capt. George f. Deming.
They left Wallabout on Sunday morning, tho
Dumont with three dumping scows and the
Wallace with two. After tho cargo of tho scows
had vanished through their movable bottoms
the tugs and their tows started to return to the
harbor.
The wind had shifted to the west and was
blowing a gale. Tho bluff bows of the scows.
against which the seas smashed, made the tow.
ing mighty hard. The tugs. which had been
used to fair weather and harbor work, had very
little freeboard. and the crests tumbled over
their bows. flooding cabins, galloys, and engine
rooms. Tho Dumont spranR aleak, and by 8
o'clock In tho afternoon tho water that
came in through the open seams and
poured over the rails had put out the fros.
Sho set her ensign union down, and the ocean
tug Arnott, which had been cruising near the
lightship in search of q tow. came alongside and
took the Dumonts Captain and crow aboard. A
hawserw was passed from the Arnott to the first
OF the three scows, and she started with them
for tho city at $50 o'clock. The heavy head seas
inipeded her so much that sho did not get to
Staten Island until noon yesterday. The Dumont
sank In about eight fathoms, in sight Of hcr
crow, q short distance northeast of Sandy Hook
Lightship.
After taking off the crow of the Dumont,
Capt Elw Of the Arnott went alongside
the Wallace, which was making heavy weather
of n and aakad ranf nap,ipr 40 ba IiJpst xvonf
to be rescued. Capt. Deming thought that tho
gale would go down with the sun and that he
could make harbor. His tug was not leaking,
and the Arnott left him almost stalled in the
combers.
Nothing more. WINS heard from the Wallace
until about 4 O'Clock. yesterday afternoon, and
been lost With ali hands. Then the tug Ocean
King got into port with the news that the Cap.
tain and crew Of the Wallace were aboard the
night at quarantine dock. by the steam pilot
boat New York. This is the story they told of
At @ o'clock on Sunday night the Wallace
and her tow were making leeway in the riot.
Capt, Deming decided to cut his two scows
adrift. There was q man on each, and 1t was
impossible for the tug to take them of. When
the hawser was cut the tug fell into the trough
sized, her. She got her head into it again
and found that she could make a couple Of
knots; The pounding nd Of the the seas opened her
Mindward Of the liehtsbip q mile or SO;
that she could not keep afoat half an
about and mako for the lighlship. He
S So1ssa ea paF annsfey ir saa thu ih' m sSP Of # the The lI RilSt
ship had been watching the tug al the
afternoon and evening and had correctly
the blow. The steam Of the tug gave out
just as she rounded to under the stern OF the
liRhtship. One OF the men hove q limo attached
to q hawser to the lightship and the crow hauled
after bitt, and tho Wallace strained at tho line
thirty feet, astern. No boat could live In tho
sens, so the seven men on the, tug were
into the sea ut the end of the heaving line
which was tossed aboard the Wallace. In turn
each man on the tug Topped an end OF the line
Jumped overheard. His transit from the tug
10 the lightship was swift. as thirteen men were
hauling on tho limo; Every man was soaked
aboard. All were taken into the cabin and pro.
yided with warm, clothing while their own
dried. and hot drinks were given to them. Tn
the tug. At midnight the deck OF the
tug was partly srbmsrged, and she was
attached a buoy to her. She was cut loose, and
drifted about 400 feet to the eastward of the
lightship. where she sank in about thirteen
The two scows towed by the Wallace were re-
ported aground yesterday afternoon in Jones's
Inlet. just west Of Short Beach. 1t was said
on the scows. II 1.-The men are there they have
plenty to eat, and are we'll protected from the
blast in the deck houses. which are strongly
stranded the men aboard are all right.
The Dumont was originally the Young Amer
lea; She is an old boat, but was rebuilt about
GEN. Rosencranz. Each tug was valued at about
$1,000.