Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-24

Block Island, r. 1.-The United
States tug Lcyden, bound from San
Juan, Porto Rico. for Newport, ran
ashore on the south side of this ISL
and at noon and is total wreck. she
is fast going to pieces.
Six of her crew Of 81 men left the
wrecked tug in small boat, which
was dashed to pieces on the rocks
short distance from the shore. They
We're rescued by the life savers.
The remaining 20 men and l.ieuten-
ant Chester Wells. her commander,
were taken Ia the breechcs Duoy with
great difficulty by the New Shoreham
life saving crew. Seaman L.aylamb.,
who was in the small boat when it
was demolished, swain until he was
rescued, but he is not expected to
live. as result Of the injuries he re-
ceiyed in the heavy sea. The call fer
help reached Capt. Littletield at |
o'clock. and he Immediately set ont
with his crew and Il complete set OF
apparatus. A persistent effort was
made to cast line aboard the tug, and
it was finally successful.
The end Of hawser 100 feet long
was made fast to the iuremast, and
the breeches buoy was put into op-
Grafton.
One by one the remaining members
of the crew were drawn through the
surf, and shortly after O'Clock the
last man was hauled safely upon the
shore.
Lieut.. Chester Wells reports that
during the night he picked up Shinne-
cock light and laid off until daylight,
when he got MOntauk light In Il very
short time the fog shut in very thick.
He had intended to go two miles south
of the light, and as his patent log in
dcatcd that his position was correct,
he proceeded.
He shaped his course for Point Ju-
dith whistling buoy, all the while eX-
pecting to hear the fog whistle at the
south light. He was running at the
rate of six Knots per hour, when, with
terrific crash, the Leyden brought up
on the rocks.
The life savers sighted the vessel in
distress soon after the accident, and
to their prompt response the captain
and crew owe their lives.
A heavy southeast swell was run
ming and the surf dashed high over
the wrecked craft. She bagan to go to
pieces in less than half an hour after
she struck.
The crew will be taken care of at
the life saving station and sent to the
mainland.
Washington, u. C.--The Leyden was
of the largest type of naval tug
schooner rggcd and of 450 tons dis
placement She was built in Boston
in 1866, of iron, at a cost of about
100000. She was 1877 feet long, 2G
feet beam and drew 8 9l-2 feet of wa
ter. She had no double bottom and
| made a speed OF 10 knots an hour.
Newport, r. 1.-The steamer Sea,
board of the JOY line, while on hen
regular trip from New York to Bos-
ton, put into Dutch Island Harbor
owing to thick and heavy weather, ant
in trying to make an anchorage near
| ly knocked the little lighthouse on tho
south end of the island off the rocks
| The steamer was 50 badly damaged
that she will probably be Il total loss
Her bow lies high out of the water
and is less than 30 feet from the light
| house.
| AS she Is we'll inside of Narragan
sett bay. her captain and crew decid
ed to remain on board, and assist il
lightering the cargo.
The fog at the time was very dense
and the guides were only the bell
and whistles of the buoys and befor
the captain realized it the little irol
lighthouse on the south end of Dutcl
island. about three miles from the en-
trance of the bay. lOomed up out o
| the fog. not only dead ahead, but yer.
close aboard.
Before the ship could be stopped o.
her helm put over she struck on th'
ledge and, with her bottom timber
smashing and grinding, pushed far VI
on the rocks.
Atlantic City, n. i'm four hours
wild surf pounded into shapeles
mass of wreckagc the American barl
| Abiel Abbott of Boston, which ran al
the beach near Ship Bottom life say
ing station about 10 p. m.
Four of the crew of nine men per
ished in the sea. and five of them wer
picked UP from floating wreckage, Il
which they had lashed themselves. Th
rescued men were unconscious, nearl,
dead from cold and exposure. and al
of them were more or less bruised b.
pieces of wrockage which wer
whipped about by the wind and sea.
One of the rescued men died fou
hours after he was put to bed in tn
station, while the other four remained
in an unconscious or comatose stat
until late in the afternoon.
The men lost were First Mate ]. N
Pierce and Seamen Henry Carter o
New York City Timothy Bradt of Ger
many and Asher Palmer of New York
Saunderson, r. 1.-The schoone
Jennie French Potter. which on Sun
day last Collided with the Joy lin
steamer Old Dominion. when six mile
of NauSet light. has reached anchor