The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-06-14

was recognized by those on shore, Surfman Pot
ter leaped to his assistance. only to he himself
uhiootcd ana hung on 20 a floating mass OF drift
As he lay there struggling to get to his feet the
NE suddenly nutencd In the current and falling
across his breast held him pinlonod under water
for tully minute he lay there helpless In eight
OF MS comrades and slowly drowning. At last
nearly dead. a wave washed him free
Meantime ono Of the two sailors was torn from
his hold on the rope and washed ashore uncon.
scious. Surfman Ferguson went for tho other
ana brought him In. Surfman Lockwood rescued
the fourth man
And so. one by one, In grim hand.to.hand com.
bat with the storm. the crew Of the wrecked brig
were rescued. Hours later she was boarded IN
the surfbout In the cabin. lying In his bunk
pistol bullet through his head they found the
captain. He had been part owner Of the weasel
ana when he had seen that she was lost he had
gone below. scruwlod q note In Spanish saving
he was ruined, and shot himself
While the men OF station No. 4 were battling
at these two wrecks. those OF station No were
rcscu,ng seven men and the captains wife from
the thrco'mastcd schooner stephen Harding
While five miles on shore the Harding had bccn
In collision with the schooner Kate Newman
which had gone down with all hands. save one
man. who, as the vessels came together lcnped
over the bulwarks OF the Newman on TO the deck
OF the Harding.
Al the same time Stations Nos II and ~ were
waging one OF tho grlmmest and gamest fights
against masterful odds In the history OF the
service
This struggle was at the wreck OF the schooner
George Taulane. The night before the big storm
she was on Navesink, running steadily in tho
growing wind An hour found the snow shutting
thick over tho rim OF the sea, and the gale In.
creased TO hurricane. Il was two In tho morn.
Ing when the craft found herself In distress At
that hour the deck load OF lumber piled high,
broke loose. The terrific roll OF the schooner
In the high sea sent huge timbers tumbllng about
her decks, making It almost impossible for tho
crew to stay above matches. Twenty mlnutes
later flro was discovered on board. Flames shot
aft from the forccastlc, ignting the deck load
with her progress somewhat arrested toward
shore by the dragging anchors. tho Taulane be.
gan drifting parallel to the shore. getting in close
to II very slowly. At this time she was discoy.
cred by the life savers Of Station No H.
This crew. leaving beach apparatus behind
and knowing that no lifcboat could live ia the
breakers followed the craft as she drfted along
the coast, calculating that she would ground near
station No, ~ and depending on that station for
apparatus. Shortly aftcrward the wreck was seen
by Keeper Chadwick Of Station H. who ordered
out his crew with beach cart and gun.
At this time the vessel was about halfway he,
tween the two stations on one side the crew OF
Station II were following her along the beach:
ON the other the crew OF No, ~ Were coming In to
meet her
II between nine and ten o'clock when the
two crews met The horses that had started
with the beach cart OF the men from Station ~
had refused to ford the sluices between the hills
and had been left behind the men dragging the
cart themselves The helpless Tauane was then
still holding of the bar by her dragging anchors
and still drifting along shore The two lifesav.
Ing crews now Joined forces In n strange and ter.
Tihle battle
The vessel was 400 yards on shore her men
In her rigging. the breaking and tumblng
white all over her hull But she was still moving
steadily, surely. alongshore. her keel free OF the
sand.
The life savers al once placed the surf gun
and a line which was fired fell across the Tau.
lane out Of reach OF her shipwrecked crew. Re.
fore another could be fired the vessel hau drifted
southwark out OF range
Loading the gun and apparatus into the beach
cart, the two litesayng crews started after her
alongshOre. laborng munfully In the sand and
flooded sluices to keep pace with the drift Of the
vessel to leeward. In order to do this they were
obliged to proceed at what was almost run
After twenty minutes OF bsoathess work they
were again opposite her, the gun was once more
planted and another shot fired
At this portion Of the beach the sand dunes
were low and the only point Of vantage from
which the gun could be shot was the top Of the
knobs. The knoll on which the effort was made
was in an iudcntation In the shore making IL
farther from the vessel. and. the line being wet
and heavy. It failed 10 reach the Taulane
Once more the crews OF Stations II and 70
loaded the heavy beach cart and staggered on
after the fast drifting schooner As the chase
led to the south the conditions on the beach
became worse. The surf washed In higher the
sluces became more numerous. and the dry sand.
dune tops further separated,
The nsSt dry hill Was 900 yards farther on.