New-York tribune., 1910-12-07
CREW SAVED; BARGE SINKS
Storm Delays Coastwise Liners
The Thames First in Port.

The seasons first real storm, besides de-
laying coastwise liners. sank a barge in the
swash Channel Just to make their path the
thornier. Incidentally the barge had three
men aboard who got a ducking and chill.
The ocean-going tug Margaret left Nor
folk last Saturday towing three barges. the
Margaret DOna hue the Hopatcong and the
Dendron in that order, bound for New
York. the Donahue and the Hopatcons
loaded with railroad ties and the Dendron
with box shocks for the Standard Oil Com
panv. Last night with 200 fathoms Of haw-
ser between each boat, the tow ran into
the strong northeast gale, accompanied by
snow which caused all the trouble.
At & o'clock in the morning the tug az
-;rad off the Hook with the wind blowing
fifty miles an hour. The seas by this time
had y-axed 40 heavy and fierce that they
tnre off the matches Of the Hopatcong, ana
she filled. The first thing Captain Fau1
knew Of the danger TO the middle barge
was when he saw her stern rear in the air
and her bow take her last dive beneath
the waves
The Bopatcong used TO he LsckaWanna
ferryboat She Was owned by Captain John
Dalv. of the tug Walter Luckenbach, and
carried A crew of three. consisting Of Cap
and Arzie Mfzall. two negroes. Knowing
better than Captain Naux the danger TO
their craft. these men unlashed their un-
sjnkable lifeboat. which the barge carried
on top of her cabin aft. and took TO it just
as the Hopatcong got ready for her final
plunge.
The surtion caused iIy the sinking barge
not only e-apsized the lfeboat, but turned
hsr completely over Captain Farrow and
Williams were dumped out into the churn-
ing waters. while Mizall. instinctively grip
ping the tlrwart which he sat, bobbed
up. still III n sitting posture, with the
riglted boat
The two men In the water were unable
70 swim q stroke They caught hold each
of a floating railroad tie and choking and
aching with the cold, washed up and
down. regarding their helpless colleague
in the lifeboat with an unfold envy. But it
came his turn to envy them when the
Margaret. casting loose the hawser binding
her 10 the good barge Donahue. put back
70 pick Captain Farrow and Williams out
of -he waves. and passed him as if he
didn't exist.
he shouted. he shrieked. he tore his
throat in an excess OF panic thinking nc
was 10 he abandoned. Then hue got down
on his knees 4-+lls open boat and prayed
for deIiverance. When the Margaret had
4eesciIed the others. she returned tn him.
The two other barges anchored on the
edge of the Swash Channel. IN the very
middle of which the HopateonC had found
her i,ed. The Margaret. rushed her survi
z-ors 10 south street. and then went back
after them.
La Gascogne, Of the French iEne. slipped
inside the Hook Monday night before the
storm had worked itself into a. fury, but
II took her until $50 o'clock 10 make her
berth al West 18th street. She didn't leave
until O'Clock because the snow
So blinded the captain and pilot that they
did not dare take her I'D with convoy.
some of the vessels due yesterday which
were held outside the Hook By the fifty
mile gale we're the Clyde liner Algonquin,
from Turks Island; the Ward liner Ha-
vana. from Havana: the Southern Pacific
boats. FL Siglo and FL Cid. both from New
orleans. and the Indiana, Of the Lloyd
ItaIiano, from Naples
Lexington. KY. Dec. 5.-Oue Of the heav-
est SHOWS for many years fell in this sec
tion of Kentucky last night and to-day
The fall in the mountains was two feet,
while the Iowiands were covered with ten
inches Of snow. Business in the mountain
districts is entirely suspended