The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-24
.CAPN And NATE, THEY STUCK
H0i IDN'T orr LIGHTER THlT
ne RNED ~ RE SOUND,

,t DANIEL Gully. though no boy.
- .H .H mo burning deck Of his steam,
-r.rr i-rph 4. Stranahan last night
t.nr trge part % Westchester and the
..s. ..Ug reaches Of Long Island
~..t ....r" 10 save. Ne did not stand
INST ahaft Capt. Gully stood
'.I.r r.. Walsh. who would not desert
.-.t. ven when the fire was burn
mr. behind him.
,.nns and forty Indian tepeA.
..f M" cargo % the joseph A.
~r... which 10 owned by McCaldep
tho bghisring business at n
H.t -'ract. The lighter picked them up
~ n" station early IN the afternoon.
rl-r .- hey had come from tho West
and sr-terred them easily up 20 the
u0n 'oney Island which il tOlopen az
ysr Island on May ~ There in exchange
''r ra' Indians the lighter took on a
s1' Tgo o. half a car load Of pine
umrer With this piled on deck the
ln-au7 \ NtTanahan was making Il easily
doF0 fhe Sound, bound for the Gowanus
la.u
% was about an hour after the steamed
r.rrnys and steak had been served in the
sale Just 73D by thsl ships chronOme.
'er vas the exact minute 81 disaster
rHsn Mate Walsh hurried 20 the milo,
rr.ss
The boats afire. sir,' said Ma te Walsh
The fire hegan somewhere in tbs hold
forward of the engines Shall summon
'Js cf"w 20 quarters. sir,-
Ave ave, Mr. Walsh said Capt. Gully.
and he blew long blast on the whistle.
Tie crew assembled. They we're. besides
Mate Walsh Chief Engineer John Wilson.
~srnut Engineer and StOker Joseph Name
ant AnIe seaman and Deck Hand Gustav
lsinnght. Capt Gully direct I'd the crew
IN rm out the line of hose which was
stov"d at for emergencies The hose
vas nun. hut just then a barrel Of kerosene
IN the otherwise empty hold blew up and
the flames spread from stem TO stern
below matches. There was not time even
70 pnt matches on
The lighter was n corona. m the Long
leland shore. about opposite ItlSt street, /
when the FIRE was discovered When all I
fiands were A. work irving 10 donse the |
hames the craft drifted over - the north |
Weet, helpless Capt Gully tied the 1
whistle cord down then ordered the crew
~ man the lifehoai There was hut one
lifeboat aboard the Joseph 4. Stranahan
and thar not very large me II was
-yseedily IN the water and an II tho crew
nut Capi. Gully were az the oars ready 20
push "a and leave the illfated craft % her
iafs.
Are YOU coming. Ca1t Gully va, The
,ry ~ First Engineer Wilson ~ h. stood
.n the bow Of the liieboat ready tu push
NJ from the hlistering side II th. lighter
No. ] STAY with the ship rapl,ad
apt. Ciully over she roar II tho flames 4
hen STAY too, said valiant Mafa
" Abb and he clamberad from the life
,osi back 70 the burning ship VANITY
D" other memhers II the crew urged the
apiain and the mate. They took their ,
'and Forward by the PROV and refused
u move
Tho barninE lighter had driFter aIrro-,
mlle yith the hurrying tids and waz I
anldly barring down upon the Cla-on I
'1int Amusement Para A lona Disr ,
ms out into the water from this mark
here y q danC ing pavilion % wood on 4
ra pif !. Toward this nimsv STRUCTURE :
20 Joseph \ Stranahan was leartnR
smes nhOuting from her after deck and ,
r7Fka streaming from her stack Edward
lliRam. keeper II tho inn AZ the uars
iw the spectre 81 a flaming ship through !
10 low fog watched % approach nearer !
nd nearer the amusement PARK then
- On The telephone and rang up hr, ,
'adGuarters m The Br1nN
TIE did this instinCtively rather than ID
trough any well ordered process " '
aasoning Tho nearest lire house b. three
lilies away from & lasOn Point
Sergt Edwin West ~ the Westchsstar A
'atlon happened n he in the amusement
ara and n have sighted m" threatening %
- shin. He mount n hi horse and rode p
trough the wilderness of Cla-0n Point y
,ad in the direction Of civilization Iia "a
'et two engine- and a ladder truck two and &
half miles away and turned and pilnted
."m back through the fox hung marshes o
the point
Gilligan tbs inn keeper. and Clinton p
'erene. the owner Of tho nark mean v
milo had jumped into the naDhtha launch n
X a. their dock and had chuggod out Co NJ
scle the lives In peril on the burning u
Inter They encountered first the life u
az. which vas lowering about tho bow p
Tho Joseph A Stranahln From the u
ambers n the crew they learned that IN
~ AWAlAN uNA NuNF " MlHN INafN HNNllh DIV I y
. burning ship Then they chuEged
b ~ where tho captain and his triisrv
10" stood beyond the burning bits. all
t''ad by the flames They prayed
"a captain and tho maize depart ~
~ n ths naphtha launch. but IN vain u
lar lighter. with hames rolling from "a
~ cam except those under the feet e'
tne valiant two In the prov. drifted &c
n 'Ie lasOn Point dock. where lay the al
1'er Stanford. laden with l25OpO feet 90
Inhsr which IL 10 90 into the oonEtruc-
NJ / 4 ThOmpNon's roller coaster az
an .-.and A. tho burning lighter came
.~'-"b0ty Cut the moOTingz Of the lum- o.,
- -nier and allowed IL 10 drift a cables
gu out n Way 81 the haFnes %
7 ben ru-t a. thu Joseph " Stranahan ~
1h"i her hot nose 20 the dock Sergt OK
% nuArted her still uncOnsumed poop 90
< ana addressed himself 70 Capt pl'
v. Az
tpfsln aid he. Fyou are nov AZ
VII YOU leave your zhip'-
srF Gully thsn decided that ha could
" W ship and hs did ~ followed by
Walsh The engines then pumped we
'"- from the Sound into the burning Ind
tdsa later by a hreboat which had saf
"a ~ way ~ the Sound guided by "a
Fri-il@s Of the engines Presently Ne
IIk sank 90