New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30
MOTHER AND BABE
SAVED FROM RAGING SEA
Mrs. MazeriII, Wife of Skipper
OF Schooner Aver, Tells
Story Of Peril.
BEATEN BY TERRIFIC GALE
Lashed TO After House of the
Schooner, She and Her Babe
Are Washed by Heavy Seas
and Almost Frozen.

Boston. July 29-After a night Of
terror % water-lOgged and dis
masted vessel, Mrs. Jennie Mazerill,
wife Of the captain Of the two-masted
lumber laden schooner. y. F. Aver, Of
Bangor. Me. and her fourteen-months-
old baby boy Albert, We're brought
here to-day by the steamer Bunker
Hll, which took them from the schoon-
er's boat of Cape Cod.
Captain Albert Mazeril and the crew
Il the vessel returned 70 the lurching
craft. after they had transferred the
woman and child 70 the steamer and
stuck to her until the revenue cutter
Gresham arrived and lowed the water
logged schooner 70 Boston. where she
arrived in the lower harbor at mid
night.
Lying safe IN a cabin on the Bunker
Hill this afternoon. with her baby In
her arms, Mrs. Mazerill told the story
If the most terrible night OF her life.
The woman was weak from exhaustion.
bat the baby crowed occasionally to
show that II was none the worse for an
experience that would have tried strong
men.
Night Of Terror.
.T never expected TO get TO shore
alive" said Mrs. Mazeril All night
we believed we would perish every min
ute All yesterday. the old schooner was
wallowing In a heavy sea. beaten by a
fearful storm Of wind and rain.
AS night came on the storm grew
worse The ship was leaking badly.
Then there came an awful crash. and
both masts went overheard. The vessel
settled 10 the level Of the water.
MY husband and the men OF the crew
took baby and me and lashed rs on top
Of the afterhouse. The waves swept
over is constantly. Sometimes We could
scarcely breathe
Then the lashings that held US on
the afterhOuse broke We would have
been carried overheard If two Of the
men had not held us. Ny husband made
the ropes fast again. They broke once
more. and then he took us ON 20 the
quarterback and lashed me there.
All I could do was 70 hold the baby
10 my breast and try 10 protect him with
one Of the oilskrs that had been given
10 me. All night long we were there,
cold and shivering. waiting for the
morning and for help. l never want 20
60 through such thing again. II al
most crazed me-. The men were all good
and kind 70 me, and kept up as comfort
ing talk as they could. bur I was think
ing about the baby all the time. About
= o'clock IN the evening the wind became
stronger. and in moment the foremast
was snapped off.
we thought al that time We were
doomed. Fortunately, no one was hurt
a the mast was carried away. The lit
tie ship then lay in the rolling waters,
helpless and barely ahoat.
Were Almost Frozen.
AS the night wore on the wind
shifted and come from the northeast. Il
was intensely cold. We We're almost
AI0Ltflls ~ Alif ~ hNF1 AViitA NN'I Us
time and time again. We shivered, and I
thought that the baby would not be able
10 stand the ordeal until help reached us
that is. II help ever reached us, for in
those terrible hours il took the strongest
faith % believe that We would ever get
20 shore
1t was o'clock in the morning when
We caught sight Of the big black hull Of
the Bunker Hill We were then at an
chor. ana a distress signal was flying
from the stump Of the mainmast That
ship was the most welcome sight I ever
saw. The men jumped about and
eheered and cheered; but my throat was
so filled that | could not utter a word
Tears Of Joy streamed down my face.
Il made this trip continued Mrs
MazeriH. in the hope Of doing my baby
good. The child had been suffering from
a form Of skin trouble. and we thought
that the sea air would do him good. l
thank cod the little darling is safe and
sound.
The Toll Of the Storm.
The West Indian hurricane that
syooped down on the New England
coast from seaward yesterday left In its
wake the wrecks OF four schooners and
ipnumerable Yachts and small boats.
and caused az least two deaths by
drowning
The dead are James b. Whpley. cook
If rho british schooner Tay. which went