Evening journal., 1902-02-26
ANOTHER Big BARK
MEETS WITH DISASTER
Became Stranded Oh The Hens and
Chicken ShOal Near IeWeS
Last Night
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Wtthh AEb NlAt Ilttih NAlllA uaik I rance
Marie stranded ON the point OF Cape
| IHenlopen Yesterday another French
tank bark, the Alice ct Isabella. strand
ed sixty miles south OF Cape Henlopen
near Assateague lighthouse. and last
night, about O'Clock. Captain Sal
mons, of the Cape Henlopen life sta
uom reports to the Maritime Exchange
in Lewes THAT a big four-masted bark
had stranded on the Hens and Chick
ems Shoals. just outside the point. IL
lccrtainly appears To be- an unlucky
season for harks along this part Of the
coast
The last one Is thought to be the
American bark Lyndhurst. with cargo
of sugar from Java. for the Delaware
lBrealSwater. for orders. She was hour
lly expected 10 arrive by her agents.
and Is more than likely the unfortunate
ship
The patrol saw The distress signals
From the vessel, and reported 20 the
station.
The mishap occurred during the
heavy northeast gale that was preya-
lent last night, and the seas We're run
ming with such fierce velocity that Il
was simply out OF TINS question for the
/ Ilife-saving men TO try to beard the ves-
Sci. and there We're no tugs in the har-
Dor TO help her. and II there had been.
III would not have been possible to get
a line TO her SO the ship was being
driven harder aground at last reports
The life station crew thought she
would cross the outer shoal and come
lcloser TO the mainland. so that they
could shoot out the lifeline and saw,
the crew In the breeches buoy, II neces
lcary. The vessel at last report was ap
lparently all right, and the crew IN n,
Immediate danger
The wreckers are doing all they car
Co get tugs here, They are seriousl!
Handicapped, however, because of M
telegraphic communication.
A northeast storm was in full fore
there last might and blew a terrific gale
photographic wires are disabled; i'm fact
( there has been no satisfactory tele
graphic communication from this plac
5 and the Delaware BrealIwater since las
; F'uday afternoon. The harbor at IN
Il lBreallwater is full OF vessels. storm
e bound and disabled
Il Last night the sugar laden steame
{ Ereza, from the East Indies for Phila
o delphla, was towed into the Break
q water, with her propeller gone. by th
q big fOur-masted British steamshi
O. Yoeman The Yoeman was loade
with cotton. bound from Galveston
d Texas for Liverpool. and sighted tn
! Ereza about 42O miles off shore fou
, days ago. with signals OF distress fly
I ing. A storm was I'm force at On
time, and the sea was running so hig
that the Yoeman simply had TO stan
: by for twelve hours The wind abate
i and the sea fell some after that. an
= they were able to connect with tow
5 line. For four days. with continuou
gales battling their progress, tn
, strange tow headed for mainland an
7 the Breakwater. and arrived last nigf
. without further mishap. The coal SUI
: ply Of the Yoeman will have to be II
8 lplenished before she can complete he
trip. The pickup is quite q prize fC
tht Yoeman, as the salvage allowanC
in cases of the same kind have bee
{, very liberal
N The schooner Arthur c. Wade. whic
y struck on one of the ice piers Will
, trying 10 make a harbor at the Breal
water last Friday night. and afterwar
!, grounded on Shears ShOal, full {
n water, was hoated last night by th
/, tugs Somners ~ Smith. Ivanhoe an
James McCaulley. After her deckloa
Of 10000 feet Of lumber had been jett
y soned. she was tOwed TO Philadelphia
by all three tugs. II is not thought th
vessel will be of much value, as her bO
y tom must be in bad shape from pOunt
!, ing against the rocks on the ice pier
The French tank bark Alice and Isl
I bella is ashore about three miles sOuti
! east of the Aesateague Life Saving Ste
\ ton on theVirginia coast. She is on on
of the numerous Jumps or shoals /
that locality, but as far as can be learn
ed, is not damaged. Her crew refuse
or did not desire to leave when Oh
llife-savers boarded her yesterday. a
4 her condition was not such as TO caus
- any fear. The station men reported
the L.ewes Exchange for assistance, an
in q short space of time the wrecdn
70 fraternity Of Lewes was all active an
n the tugs North America. WilliaI
I, Cooley and Teaser were soon in hC
= pursuit Of the prize down the coas
+ THE race was watched with interest o
/ THE Exchange by reports from the var
s It"' nv HtatlDAo etNAi7 N'-N W
the thick fog or rain Obscured the ra'
Il ing tugs from view.
" The Cooley started with the advaI
h. ltage, as she was already fifteen mile
n down the coast at the wrecked schoon'
N Anna Murray Yet it is Questions
I, whether or not she will not be owe
~ hauled by the Teaser, which is a vel
I. fast boat. and which overhauled q
Fifteen minutes lead Of the Nor
America in short order.
Iater-A northeast storm has been
r fun blast all afternoon and night. al
e. dt is impossible to get any informatiS
rs from the tugs or stranded vessel.
- no yoTr WANT A POsITIONq