New-York tribune., 1899-02-15
LOST IN THE STORM.
TWO BOYS AND A MAN MISSING FROM
EAST MARION. LONG ISLAND.
THEY WENT OUT AFTER DUCKS on MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND IT Is BELIEVED THEIR
BOAT WAS CRUSHED IN THE ICE AND
ITS OCCUPANTS DROWNED.

ITS OCCUPANTS DROWNED.
Three persons missing from East MARION
Long Island and have probably been caught IN inc
fee and carried out TO sea. or their fran ooal mas
been crushed between the icenoes and they nave
been drowned.
The missing arc Herman Kuehne gardener ana
caretaker for L. a. Fish. Of Brooklyn. who has a
,,,,,ner homo at East Marion Edwin Tuthin. son
~ Captain T. Tuthill and Daniel Brown, son OF
Atwood Brown. Brown IS fifteen years old ana
TuthIl eighteen Kuehne IS about thrty-tWo years
old. a..
on Monday there was an open space IN orient
Ray a few acres in extent. All about was snow
covered ice The open space was near Mr. flsh
MACE Several big cakes Of ice had 80 jammed that
this spaco did not fiji up. The clear water attracted
hundreds Of wild fowl and several Veh'uresonle
hunters baeged big lots Of game 49,
About O'Clock. in the worst or the s'o'In' Wv
brown and Tuthll boys left their homes with
,bc,r guns and went 10 the bay They were seen
late in the afternoon at Mr.. Fish's place hueine
had jolned them and the three put OF in a sKit
10 pick up the birds the boys had shot NO one
paid any attention them. as this had been sol"s
on all day.
When darkness came and they had not returned
search was made for them. and 1t was iealHeu
that tho last seen Of them was when they were
ont in the clear water Captain Tuthill with sew
eral friends went 10 the shore and shouted -hter
several trips along the shore response was oO-
talned. An answering shout could be heard' anu II
was understood that the person responding was
irving to say he was caught in tho ice Efforts
were made to secure communication with the poLV
and 90 send out aid, but this was round 10 pe I'M
possible. although several hardy baymeh tileu 10
10 out to the rescue. The storm was then DOWNS
TcrceIv and tho snow falling Ike solid blanket
Before daylight YESTERDAY morning Ddp"in ~ birc a
started from East Marion for Greenport To hic I"
steamer 80 c..s.u, ora
lie chartered the Teddy. from New-surolk ana
CAPTAIN Glenn. her commander. MADE the tlp
through the ice all along the shore but Wlthout
seeing any sign Of the missing ones: Mr.; Brown
joined in Chartering ANaliaDIe NessciS w iO' i''
the boys. ,,.-- l., .ho
Captain Tuthill walked the entire distance In tho
early morning from East Marion 10 GreehpOrI
plungng through snowdrifts The fathers re-
0uested the fishermen at shelter isiahu 20 mdhc q
careful eearcn for tho boat and It's three Occu-
pants and guaranteed the men pay Tor the Work.
The Teddy stopped at Shelter Island yosleIuag
afternoon at dark. but nothing had been dlscoNereu
there. - s...,.ob. mic
morning Several other steamers nave peen me- d
nm TO start out in the morning. Every bay ana
creek for miles in every direction Will be searched
Tho belief last night was that the search VIII pe a
homeless one cor the chances are that lhc iran
boat was crushed hy the Ice. ne DaNiheh gay
mo ice i'm tho bay indicates that little or none or y
went TO sea during the night, ana men accust3heu
IN the coast say the ice does not shift much Iney
believe the wind broke up the ice formauoni Whlcn
caused the open water, and the result was the nod
became 3ammed In the hoes ana was cIuSheu III o'
was sWamped. ,-,. ~. ~, co, rob
VIC lnracticnllv hopeless He said he, too, be-
iievod his lov and his companions We're dead. nut
there was chance that they had worked theis
Iyay through the ice and landed somewhere al!I
he would search for them while chahce reniai'eu'