The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-31
Officers. Crew mud Two Women Took
to the Ynvvi Boat and Were sorcIy
Bunefed by the Seas.
DIFFICULT JOB To SAVE THEM
STORMY SEA AND. A HIGH WIND
CAUSED Much DELAY.
Tug Finally Used to Carry the Life
savers to the sccne-women Near
Death When Rescued.

NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-During a strong
northeast gale, eight miles off Highlands,
~. j.. at half past 10 o'clock Saturday
night the three-masted schooner. Henry
II. Mason, from Perth Amboy. n. J., for
Portland. Me-. loaded with LOO tons of red
clay. struck. il is believed. a submerged
wreck, and At 1:30 o'clock this morning
sunk. The crew and two passengers o. the
schooner took TO the vessels small boat
end after being buffeted by the heavy seas
nli night and part of to-day were rescued
by Captain Paterson and the Sandy Hook
life-saving crew. who were towed out to
tin boat, one mile off Galilee, by the New
York Yacht Clubs committee boat, Navi-
gator, on which was c. Oliver Iseln. man.
aging owner of the yacht Reliance, and
Bert &. Leeds. The survivors reached
Sandy Hook at zoo o'clock this afternoon
on board the Navigator. apparently in good
condition. and later were brought. by the
same vessel. to this city. 1t is believed the
schooner will be a total loss.
Those rescued were: Captain A w. Frost,
Portland, Me-: First Mate John III. Smiley,
Boston: Second Mate Charles Johnson.
Baltimore: Steward Preston Grover and
wife, Tenants Harbor. Me-. Mr.. and Mrs.
n. G. MasiIous, New York, passengers, the
latter sister OF Captain Frost. and the
following members of the crew: George
w. Coffin. Nantucket. Mass; Henry Roth,
New York; Michael Sylvester, Norway;
Gus Franklin. Finland; Michael Halsen.
Finland.
- When the Mason struck the mainmast
and mizzen mast were broken off short and
the vessel began to leak badly. At o'clock
~ .,.ho.. x.-ae dror,pad overheard hut IL
was soon discovered that the vessel would
not keep afioat. and the crew and passen-
gers took to the small boat.
For time they held TO the stern OF
the schooner, but as there was danger of
her going 10 the bottom at any moment.
they cast OF and drifted. About a mile
on Galilee, they made fast 10 nsh pound,
where they remained until they were res
Cued-
Repeated efforts were made by the life
saving crew to launch boat TO gOtothe as
sistance of the shipwrecked. but the heavy
SEA running made the task impossible.
Meanwhile word had been sent 10 SANDY
Hook for assistance and Mr.. Iselin volun-
teered the services OF the Navigator TO
tow the life-sayers to where the small
boat was momentarily In danger Of being
sWamped.
IL was IL O'Clock this morning when the
Navigator located the twelve persons I'm
their pe-ilous position. and IL was fully an
hour before they could be rescued. 1nis
was accomplished in as daring manner
as. has been. told I'm any tale. fiction
or fact The big tug made several at
tempts TO get near the yawl and then
finally going to windward of 1T. cast OFF
terity a line was sent from the iife-boat
10 pole i'm the fish pound and then was
paid out until the yawl was reached In
ones that they could not help themselves.
aEd Capt Patterson and his crew had to
simply lift them out. First came the two
women and then three sailors.
Meantime. under the directions OF Mr..
Iselin. the Navigator's crew had thrown
dozen pals of oil overheard to the wind
ward of the yawl so that the sea was
calmed. and the big tug had taken a posi-
tion so that the wind did not catch her
on the beam. The women, when brought
aboard. were carefully attended to. Mr..
1seiin having taken along chambermaid
from the tender Sunbeam
Captain Frost. OF the Mason. said that
Just before the Navigator arrived they had
concluded that the women would die i'm a
few hours, and they had decided to try for
the beach. He said that on Saturday. when
tisey were out near the lightship at anchor
the Old Dominion line steamer Hamilton
offered to take them on and he urged the
women to go. but they declined 10 leave
without the men. The men thought the
storm would abate and they would get the
beat to harboT> In safety. He believes the
Mason struck something during the night
Thousands along the shore watched the
clever work of the life savers Twice fine
l1eboat was filled level with water but she
is self-baiief aaid Cleared herself The
going down in tow OF the Navigator was
tn Itself perilous thing i'm such n sea
When the men returned Mr. Iselin said q
special word OF praise TO them. and i'm re-
turn nc was heartily cheered
When Captain Patterson "A sked for the n
sistance OF the Navigator, Capt Charles
Barr. OF the Reliance. stood by. He added
Il have fifty men: every one of them will
volunteer to help IL you want them
Captain Patterson explained that 1t was q
tug and not tie men that was needed
The Henry Il. Mason was built i'm Bath
Ne in 1854. and hailed from Bath Sbs
was 1852 feet long. S5.1 feet nodded heam
1876 feet deep and of 30 tons gross and IS.
tons net register