The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
LIFE SAVERS
 RESCUE SEVEN Three Masted Schooner
 is Ashore. SAILOR Dslg OUT TO SEA
  Efforts te .oot Life Line to Vessel in Vain. Ry ns Boat Through Heavy s.rf, I Life Savers Take Men From Dan-
 gerous Positions On Bow.
 spirit Of ship.

New York, Aug. 17-In q heavy easterIy gale which piled the surf high upon the southern coast of Long ls- land, three masted vessel, believed to be the Arlington, of Boston. went ashore on Long Beach before daylight today.
 Her decks were swept by the break ing seas and the crew of eight men took refuge In the bowsprit while the Long Beach life saving crew tried vainly to shoot line over the vessel or to launch their surf boat. One of the crew launched raft in an att tempt to bring line ashore but the raft drifted seaward and along the | shore instead of coming on the beach The condition of this daring sailor was worse than that of his shipmates clin&ing to the bowsprit above The breakers.
 The Lyle gun of the Long Beach crew was dragged a mile from the sta- tion to the scene of the wreck and a fruitless attempt was made to shoot the line over the rigging of the vessel. buoy in this fashion were abandoned and the life savers dragged their surf boat On to the beach some distance east of the vessel and waited a fa- vorable moment to rush the boat through the surf. Five hours after the discovery of the wreck the life savers were still waiting. The vessel seem ed to be resting solidly in the sand and in no immediate danger of breaking up.
 Madden Pierson. the Swedish sail or from the Arlington, who set off in life raft from the stranded vessel, was washed ashore alive at Rocka- way Beach during the morning. Eight men in all were rescued from the schooner by the Long Beach life say. CTS
 The eighth member of the crew Madden Pierson, Swede, who put of from the schooner on raft with the hope of reaching the shore with line was swept out to sea by the tide and lost sight of. It Is believed that he perisaed.
 & Guests Cheer Rescuers. New York. Aug. 1.-The rescues were witnessed by cheering guests oi the Nassau Hotel at Long Beach an6 Ay.. hunaraas sof cottagera.s EtranKely the hotel was indirectly responsiSfe foi the vessels plight for Captain ! Irs Small, after having lost his bearings mistook the glimmering lights in the structure for those of liner in mid ocean, and thus misled, ran aground
 The schooner, heavily laden with an thracite, bound from this port for May port. Fla, struck a sand bar 800 yards off shore while the rain made the dim early morning light more impenetrable Pounded by a heavy sea while a ter rife easterly gale was blowing. she began to yield immediately.
 Boats and life preservers went with the first crash and the masts, which went to the gale, and appeared likely to go down at any moment. seemed an unsafe shelter to the captain. He and the crew accordingly climbed out on the bowsprit
 The life savers reached the scene soon after day break. After six futile attempts they succeeded in getting a surf boat through the breakers to the lee of the wreck and the rescue of the tmperiled sailors followed.
 Aside from a broken ankle, sustained by the cabin boy, no one was injured
 The Arlington will be a total loss