Show Bill lf STEAMER ON THE ROCKS Italian Liner Vincenzo Bonnano Abandoned to the Waves CREWS CREW'S THRILLING RESCUE Captain Stays s 's on oil Hoard Until Last Minute Then HC Rescued I by Breeches Breeches- Buoy Fire Island N. N Y Yo June 18 Hh With mighty mIght seas battering her hull hul with wih tho the force fOlce of a the thc Italian steamer Vinconzo lies abandoned aban aban- of cloned on the sands between and this place to tonIght tonight to- to WOOlS Woods lighthouse night a deserted wreck and as s the It Is both rising wind and sea arc rising feared the liner will wi never n again bo be men floate floated Her crow cre of thirty six stood by nil all da day r and worked hard nI throwing 1 overboard her cargo of oranges oranges or or- o she and lemons In the hope that anges enough to permit could be lightened coull hl high h tugs to pull pul her off oc the sands at tide A strong wind from flom the ocean drove ro e the tIme vessel still farther Carther Into the sands until at nightfall it J was plain dangerous that her position poston was el Lifeboat Back Bad Captain Cant Baker akel and the crew of ot the Woods oils life saving station had A staton stood throughout the day In on the sands watching tho the ship lead ready to take talco off of the crew if It I became necessary and at 5 o'clock the thc crew Clew hoisted a signal that they ther be brought on shore By that time the waves were running mountain hi high h and it I was plain that the work of rescuing the thc cr crew crew w would be a serious task Captain Baker aker ordered ordered ordered or or- dered his men to make male the attempt and the they promptly launched their big metal lifeboat The first attempt was wa unsuccessful however and tho the waves drove crOe the boat bont back upon the sands throwing the thc occupants out out A second second sec see ond attempt was better and the thc boat rode out on a receding wave The captain caplain cap cap- rain lain then steered his boat bont to th the northward north- north ward of the stranded st steamer amer lying bow end to the land and anti taking advantage ad ad- vantage of or the tide he managed to tooling bring oling his lifeboat up UI a against the side Ide of Jf the Bonnano All Al of the crow crew im- im took their position In the lifeboat with the exception of or Captain and his chief officer who an- an their intention of remaining m 1 fl the steamer The Thc trip to land was ii Li extremely hazardous one but it Lf vas as va finally finaly made In safety and the thc etu ees were taken to the Fire Island l where here the they were cared for oon after the wind began legan to increase e en n strength anti and the thc waves aes began tom to m reak ak over o the decks of the stranded rossel essel Captain then signalled hat he ho wanted to be taken talen off oc but hut buty W y that time It was unsafe to launch L i lifeboat and anc Captain Baker aker decided to ro resort ort to the breeches buoy With lh an excellent shot from the small smal gun gunthe bun bunth th the light line lne was thrown acro across the deck deek o of the steamer and promptly I cu caught ht b by and his companIon com companion tom com panion who ho drew the other lines out and arid soon fastened the pule pulley high on the mast of the steamer which was then taking water In large large quantities and anti listing badly batly to starboard The two men were then drawn across g to toland toland toland land and joined the crew In the Fire Island lighthouse Grounded During ro Tog Fog The Bonnano lies les In a bad position and It I Is feared cared that her plates will willbe willbe wi be started by the tile high seas sens that now prevail She Is a steel vessel vesel of tons toils burden 45 3 feet Ceet in length and was built bui at New Castle En England lant In 1894 She belon belongs s to th the Sicilian Steam Navigation company compan of Messina and was consigned to Phel Phelps Brothers iS fc Co New No York As told in those theo thos dispatches dispatches la last latt t night she grounded during a dense t fog g while trying to tomake tomake tomako make mako port just before midnight Suna Sun Sun- day a |