Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
Ten Drown as Elizabeth
Ship Grounds Off Long
Branch, Two from Tug
on Raritan Bay.
ONLY SURVIVOR Is HAULED
ASHORE IN BREECHES BUOY
Hundreds on Shore, P0werIess
to Aid, See Crew of Elizabeth
Schooner Drown Amid Wreck
age-Captain's Wife Among
the Victims.

Twelve persons lost their lives by
drowning in a terrific northeast gale
ana a driving rainstorm that lashed
the Jersey coast yesterday and early
today. The captain, his wife and
eight members of the crew of the
lumber schooner Charles K. Buckley,
OF Elizabeth, died when the vessel
dismantled by the wind, went ashore
off Long Branch after being driven
down the coast from Seabright one
seaman was saved in spectacular
fashion.
The men were drowned off South
Amboy, when the steel tugboat Aries,
of New London. Conn. was dragged
under water by barge she was tow
Ing. The barge was struck by the
wind sheered to one side eTand plunged
under water. She was being towed
on a short hawser,! and as she went
beneath the waves dragged the TUG
with her. Seven members of the tug
boat crew we're rescued.
Especial TO the Evening star.I
LONG BRANCH, April 16.-H. G.
Hardy, captain of the lumber schoon-
er. Charles X. Buckley. from Jack
sonyiile, fla., for Elizabeth; Mrs.
Hardy and eight members Of the YES
sells crew We're drowned shortly be-
fore daybroak today when the vessel,
Which had been stripped of her rig
sing by the seventy mile northeast
gale that was sweeping along the
coast, went ashore off North Broad
way here. Emil Ma:kuson, a seaman.
was hauled ashore In the breeches
buoy line bS hfe-savers. He is in the
Monmouth Hospital and is not ex-
pected TO 1.-Two.
Captuin and Mrs. Hardy and the
other members of the crew were
s@ept from the deck when they were
lnunching lifeboat in q desperate
sttemptato save themselves. The l!fe-
beat was dashed to poeces in the
breakers. Hundreds Of residents OF
the shore saw the frntl craft dive be-
meath the waves and the Intellectual
efforts Of the coast patrol TO make
5escues by the glare of searchlights
and automobile lamps directed at the
la kteped schooner from the shore.
signal lights and boniires also bla2ed
along the coast.
The rescue OF Maikuson, was one
of the most spectacular ever seen
along the coast The life savers
guns were booming above the roar
of the wind, the dashing of the rain
and the creaking of the vessels TIM
l5ers, as the members of the coast
patrol directed the breeches buoy
lines at the schooner's bow. Time
after time the line shot out only to
miss the mark. Finally one shot car
ried the rope, straight as, an arrow,
across the vessel. As the line fell, it
twisted like huge snake and wrap
ped itself around the seaman's body,
Selling the line, he tied 1t about his
waist. Just then a huge wave car
ried him overheard, and he was haul-
ed ashore.
He was unconscious, but still alive
when lifesayers picked him up. A
wealthy spectator of the rescue took
Maikuson 10 the Monmouth Memorial
Hospital in his automobile. This af-
ternoon the sailor was conscious, and
the hospital surgeons said he was
showing signs of Improvement. His
condition was not such, however, 2as
TO warrant Questioning him about the
wreck.
Owned by Elizabeth Company.
The wrecked steamer is three
fnasted vessel of 430 tons owned by
the Heidritter Lumber Company. OF
Elizabeth. She was bound for the
&Ei1pdnN 5 ydlNs III ISllDhlclb rum
Jacksonville, Fla. laden with a
cargo valued at $4,000. The amount
of lumber the vessel was carrying
was larger than her usual eonsign-
ment OF freight, and the planks were
piled high or her deck. The lofty
Timber piles offered great resistance
TO the winds, and when the vessel
was caught in a seventy-mile gale off
Seabright she sheered and soon was
nnfnanagable. The schooner was
driven TO the beach. For a time 1t
appeared she might be grounded
but the heavy wind caught her,
dragged her off the sands and drove
her dewn ths coast.
.Aachor Cable Snaps.
vs---Nain Hardy ordered his men to
attempt to cast anchor The anchor
7, az dropped overheard, but as its
prong caught in the firm sand of the
beach the vessel was lurched back by
tie force of the gale and the anchor
cable snapped. The seamen were
working like Trojans shortening sail
and securing the cargo on the decks.
II was imperilling the lives of all on
board, as the heavy lumber was cast
about By the force of the waves.
Every now and then there would be
a tremendous creaking above, fol-
loved by a crash on the deck and
hoarse warning cries as the topmasts
and trucks were torn off by the wind
and fell.
Signal lights were burning from a
dozen different places on the vessels