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Show VESSEL BURNED AT SEA. Unknown Schooner Destroyed By Eire About Six Miles off Cape May, N. J. Capo Ma), N. J, Peb 10 A three-misted three-misted schooner, the mmoof which has not been learned, was burncil nt so i tonlRht. 'llio llrrs which wns pi ilnl) visible from here, started about 5 o'clock this nftcrnoon nnd burned until after 9 o'clock. The schooner enme to a point about six miles oft nhnie In n northern direction from Capo Mny lighthouse during bnturdiy night, nnd wis caught In the Ico fields flouting out of Deliwaro II ly. As soon us tho crews of tho llfe-siv Ing stations at Capo May Point, Cold t-prlngs and Turtle Gut Inlet saw tho lire they minned their )nvvln und nt-tempted nt-tempted to go to the rescue of tho sailors sail-ors on the schooner lco prevented tho crews from reaching tho schooner, but It la believed from what can bo sin through glasses that tho men nre In their smnll bo its floating around In the Ice, wnlllng for assistance. Up to the time darkness covered the ocenn tonight no big craft which could have tendered assistance wns seen within two mile nf tho hurnlng vessel Tho llfe-sivlng crews hnd not returned up to 11 o'clock tonight. Tho vessel cemed to bo burned to tho water-line. |