New-York tribune., 1909-05-02
SCHOONER GOES DOWN
CAPTAIN md CREW ALL
DAY IN Y4WL.
Lifcsarers, Unable to Breast Surf,
Summon RcUenue Cutter to
Rescue Ten Men.

Moriches, Long Island, May captain
Mitchell Reed Of the fve-masted schooner Will
lam c. Carnegie and the nine members of his
crew lay to in their yawI all day to-day and
watched the ship slowly pound itself to pieces
because Of the savage assaults of heavy seas.
| They We're rescued by the crew Of the revenue
cutter Mohawk, which had been summoned from
New York after the livesaving crews of the
| Moriches. Potunk and Forge River stations had
exhausted every means Of getting assistance to
the shpwreCked men.
It was about , o'clock this morning when
! Captain Charles T. Gordon, OF the Morches sta
tion, peered through the mist and made out a
vessel trying CLAW off, the lee shore to the
safety Of the open sea. Without waiting to see
what success attended the efforts Of the des-
perate he informed the captains Of the
other stations. He and his mer were ready for
action when the schooner finally stranded broad
side TO the beach and about eight hundred yards
from the shore an hour later.
Captain Gordon ordered out the breeches buoy
/ apparatus, but eight attempts to shoot line
aboard the vessel resulted in failure. As a last
resort in spite of the fact that 1t almost
suicide to launch a boat in the mountainous
seas, the lifeboat vas brought out. Captain
Gordon and Captain Isaac Gidersleeve, Of the
Potunlt station, called for volunteers. and eight
men were selected to man the boat.
No craft. however. could pass safely through
the seething line of breakers. and scarcely had
the boat been launched when it capsized Mar
Gus Tuttle and Charles AIbn We're caught under
the boat, and We're rescued with difficulty.
Seeing that there hope Of rescue from
the shore. wireless messages Were sent for reye-
nue. cutters.
The members Of the crew Of the Carnegie
alarmed 10y the whip and bend Of the masts with
/ the lash1ngs of the waves upon the hull. and
air-f-
help them. finally launched their yawl and put
offshore, anchoring about a mile from the
stranded schooner. where they spent q long
dismal afternoon
The men on shore had done their utmost but
- the crew of the little boat was stIr beyond the
breakers. The was swept by a strong
southerly gale, and the waves were running so
nigh that IL was a surprise 10 the veteran lie
savers that she should survive
The courageous ten managed to keep their
frail craft aaoat and appeared to be waiting
patiently for the help that they knew must
come from the sea. the terrific surf pre-
cluded any possibility Of their reaching shore
alive
Their patience was revurd d. when about :
o'clock the Mohawk poled her nose through
the darkness. The crew Of the cutter expected
that the task of taking of tie men would be a
perilous one. but tic seas abatcd long enough
for the rescue To be made without difficulty.
the men being apparently little the worse for
their exposure.
The William c. Carnegie was owned by J. s
Winslow & Co. OF Portland. Ne and was built
at Bath, Me. IN 1906. She had cargo Of i 400
tons OF coal. and bound from Norfolk for
Portland. She valued at $4,000 and in
sured for a comparatively small sum. She
grounded within an eighth Of a nile Of the