Milford chronicle., 1912-01-12
BOWERS.

A tale Of intense suffering from expo.
sure to the cold frigid weather from Fri
day afternoon until eight O'Clock Satur.
day night of last week, and that coupled
With the TACT That they were cl;nging to
the rigging OF a sunken oyster pungy at
least tve miles ont in the Delaware Bay
with nothing but the rigging Of the boat
To- hold on to and an ice berg Bling up
on the deck of the boat underneath them
TO stand on whenever the condition OF
the tide would admit This is the ap
paling experience of a boats crew that
was rescued from exposure and death by
the private guard boat, Protector" that
harboTs at this place.
The following is the story as related by
the captain Of the crew that was rescued;
The schooner James Thomas, OF Port
Norris, n. J in command Of Captain
Thomas E Morris, and James BuTnes,
William Swans and Thomas Morris, Jr
the crew, all of Greenwich, N. were
engaged in dredging for dams in Blake's
Channel when the frigid cold wave struck
them with such velocity that they con.
cluded to anchor their boat and wait de
velopments, but instead of the winds
lulling or calming down, il Increased in
force until the vessels chains parted, and
she went helplersly on one Of the many
sand shoals of the channel. where she
bursted up and sunk about five O'Clock
on Friday evening When the crew found
that the vessel had sprung a leak snd
was fast filling with water. they went for
the cabin and secured all OF their blankets
and bedding they could make uss of, and
took it on deck in order to have some
thing to protect them from the cold.
Well, with them that they did, for had
it not been for the protection they got by
their blankets while exposed to the bitter
elements for nearly thirty hours, cling
ing to the rigging, or standing on an ice
berg that was piling up and forming on
the deck of their vessel, with not a thing to
eat OF drink; III the meantime they surely
would have persisted before rescue came. |
The vessel went TO wreck about Eve
miles off shore Of kits Hammond
The most inhuman thing about the
whole matter was that there were three
other sChOOneTs at work at the same busi- !
ness within hailing distance and anchored /
their boats at the same time, and they /
rode it out all right and on Saturday [
morning got underway and left without I
offering OF rendering any assistance I
W hateveT the first two OF the sChOOners |
20 leave, and also the ones fsrthest away /
were the Schooner annie NJ. Frame, iu I
command Of Captain John. Tweed, and /
the other schooner Annie r. Shiuings.
being ID command Of Captain John Fern; /
these two boats were fsrlhest away from
the wrecked boat with the crew ciiDgng
to the rigging and giving all tbe distress
signals they could, but they made no
effort 70 help, Notwithstanding they were
equipped wiih power beats The remain
ing boat, Schooner Mary f. Hewlett, in
command Of Captain John Cagen, other.
Rise called "Reddy", being within less
man q quarter Of a mile Of them, got
lndeT way abOnt ten o'clock Saturday
morning and left without making any
fort whatever 90 rescue them. Tins
hey we're left without any visible hopt
4 rescue, but they held on and battlpd
gainst the cold and hunger until about ,
even thirty O'Clock on Saturday night.
About four clock Saturday afternoon
word was telephoned here 10 Captain !
simpson, Of the Juard Boat Protector" |
hat boats cTFE Ess in distress ont in i
Slake's CbsBDs- sz5 -s and his engineer, a
A. Erdle, ser F-t1-- % sac what they q
oUid do lE r=-E s1eU. Harold
)aldRell sn- LaGri=s -,.llard- tzo active f
nd res0luts Hysa- uar 7oiunfper-d 10 r
o with lheE Eu- rg- their heroir A
forts baig lE v -e ~ zad wind f0r G
yer three h1E- assr -zacaec f1e wreck
nd rescued -1s 1rar f1E 1r1nght them d
shore.
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u hope Wb-E f-s tn-az rs
ght upon tleE er 1aals aad feet ir
'ere more Cr ssH 1.-z-r zaen 1te1zHt
shore. They Esrs sar-,- i1F -8r Wan ~
ay Of this w@e Ca1ea slaauaon. s,
I. A. Erdle. G -1ort zaE Harold =
aldWell Tnss -z@rs fzke1 10 the ref..
BAD on Mondss s5l =is ilr saer homes u
] Greenwich. H- Fl
The schooner 0e.0ng-7 81 Hozar5 &,
ockwell, OF Porn Eorfiz s q. aa.-er I. q,
total wreck. The cargo which cnns-t.
/ Of fifty thousand cisms, belonged 10 I,r
le captain and crew, and vas worth a, 8
asst three hundred and fitv COLLAR. rr
hich was quite q loss 70 them