Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11

"oiu VI cOHlHldHU might put IL ulOcr
the curling edge of a breaker or slew
it around in the trough Of the sea. In
either untoward event the boat would
fortune won the day. however. and the
party landed without mishap. The
schooner became total loss.
Caught in fierce southwest gale
out of her course when nearing the
end of an eight-thousand-mile voyage,
| the 683-ton schooner Admiral, en- route
from Valparaiso. Chile, to Grays Har-
Dor. Wash. was driven to destruction
on the morning Of January IL last
against the jetty at the mouth Of the
Columbia river. Such was the force
with which she was carried to her
doom before the storm that she passed
entirely through the jetty-tearing
asunder many feet Of its superstruc-
ture-and continued on her way to-
ward the treacherous sands of Peacock
Spit, subsequently capsizing in the
breakers. The place where she struck
was midway Of the length of the jetty
and some three or four miles from
land -s-@<..--s,-- s--a-- 49, -
The life-saving creW,-a4 Point Adams,
whose station lay at a distance Of seven
miles from the scene Of the casualty, first
learned of the vessels misfortune when
word was received by long distance tele-
phone at 8:45 a.m--shortly after she
struck-to the effect that a ship was in
| trouble in the locality of the jetty.
-
Capt. Oscar Wicklund. the station keep
er, Immediately sent message to Fort
Stevens, near the shore end Of the jetty,
asking an employe at the fort, named
Tenbrook. to have a locomotive put in
| readiness to carry him out on the jetty
| in search of the vessel The keeper then
GOT ont f<, he Inc ~ c
| men to be prepared to follow him on call
| with the breeches buoy apparatus.
Arriving at the fort, the keeper boarded
a locomotive In company with Tenbrook
an engineer and a brakeman. and started
seward on the narrow track Of steel
| stretching out over the sea-swept jetty.
When they were half a mile out from
the shore they met and took on board
man with child in his arms. The
! man proved to be the mate Of the Ad-
| miral and the child the captains son.
Both were almost ready to succumb from
exposure. The mate stated that the cap
tain, with his wife and child, the cook
and himself. had jumped from the YES
sells stern to the shore end of the jetty as
she plowed her way through the trestle-
board, composing the crew, had succeed
ed in escaping to the jetty on the OPP
posite side of the gap.
A short distance farther out the res
been with the mate. The woman was in
a pitiable condition having only a night
robe to protect her from the heavy down.
pour of rain and the spray Of the over
into the engine and made as comfortable
as possible, the keeper and Mr.. TenbrOok
sharing their clothing with them
| Arriving at the beach in the jetty. the
rescuers found that nothing could be done
| with the means at hand in the way Of
| saving the men on the other side. The
| locomotive, therefore. put back for the
! shore. On reaching land the keeper
placed the rescued persons under the care
of others, and sent in a call for his crew.
| AS soon as they arrived men and ap-
| paratus were loaded upon a fiat car and
the locomotive started a second time on
| its errand of rescue.
| Within a few minutes after they
| reached their destination a shot from the
wreck gun placed line in the hands OF
| the marooned sailors. The apparatus
was then quickly set up and the oreeches
! buoy hauled out across the fifty yards OF
| boiling sea The entire company Of seven
men gathered on the opposite end OF the
| jetty. We're soon brought over to the
| shore side and placed on the engine.
| They were taken to the live-saving sta
ton. where they remained several days
recovering from their hazardous expert
ence.
The night of January Is, 1911, the
| 433-ton schooner Harry Prescott, on her
| way from New York to Wilmington N.
| C. with cargo of salt, ran into a fog
! while passing Cape Hatteras. mistook
| Hatteras light for the Diamond Shoals
| lightship, got off her course and struck
on the inner shoals, one and a half miles
| from the beach. An hour after she
stranded she was discovered by the pa
troll from the Cape Hatteras live-savins
station.
! When the patrol reached the station
| news of the discovery was telephoned to
the Big Kinnakeet and Creed's Hill life-
saving stations. to the northward and
q outward. respectively. The Cape Hat
:eras power surfboat was then hauled by
team to the north side of the cape, where
launching might be made under the
protection Of the land. Here the Hat.
teras crew was shortly after midnight
joined by the crews of the two other
stations
Owing to the state Of wind and sea-
darkness and danger OF the course, II
was decided to remain on the beach until
daylight.
At $50 am, the sea being still high
and increasing. the life savers launched
their boat. After an hours struggle
through breakers and against swift cur
rents. with the assistance of both engine
and oars, the reseuing boat arrived II