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Show 'Wrecks r the KIe t I f N TUB rlepartm.n the life-aavlnil life-aavlnil avrylixg at Waahlnitton thry aometlniea wnk of " a filKhfa work on 'ho Jeraer ronat," whlrh, to acatuaJ lltten-i-r, rarrlea no ..nal alunin-V alunin-V ttV'" "n"'' 11 only tlin one la iwS.' ' ' mrl'iiia "liliUKh to prnhe lanhlllal --ja f 'he niatri-r-nf fart eri'iiale nf tlm I ii'partinTit nffli iali. nr ill Into , i I th" tlnm yellower) e.paarta of tha j I mn it patrol that ina ntitalna a ' ullninifr nf what tilt brnnrh of KiiyiTiiment aervtat. upeita of Ifa aerviinta, anil of Ihn uiienintlnal hernlun that la a ntia-, sli d In that raaiinj phrnae "a tni'hi a ,,,k ' J rniii v ii.liltiKinn, If you o doxa r n'a the life-aavlim life-aavlim amili'iia alona the J,.raey ikr.'. yon will hmi tie anni,. inaunl Inilllfi.renixa latin, atory nf rim. mailt vxht, i la now hlatort' at iiullfTiTenrai thin iniKhi Iiii.I tn the hilli'f thai b" ocraelon una a trill", were It mil for the fat that In Hie in. ninria a nf ih,. iihl nu ll nf the arvlm Ha do-Inlla do-Inlla at" anil xlvnl , It ana th" llilr.l aif fa hrilBrjr. ISkn, 1 an atorma xv, ra rn.lilliK alniiK tlm Ailiinllr; riinl They mi't n(T Hi,. Ja ia..y almr.'. a howllnc, r.irrliiK ninllul nf lml nml xxi'iitha r, aiiow r.,nt i aliei riven Aa ilaikm aa aettlril the life aavlnaj ri'a In tho atnilnna iiIimik the ulnil awi pt roan, ..m il. d tho a, n ulili fun tmaliiiK In I heir heartaiat nildnlalit th" at, ,mii ana al lla helKht. ) In th,. Hi-it lai ln. haiura ilurlnn li "ii'lniinni e Ih" iippiilK'iialiiiia nf the Jeraey Jiirnl fnumt n fill. ,11, Hi Within thoaii twelve hmai llnT" Were five ai.ika Klthiti th arnpn of fnuf ' nai'ilillvo a'ntliitia. uhll,. i.iniili, r dlanater ennipil n atntiun a luul iliainiini ha yaiiid The men of he atnilnna r,aaii,i fort) -threw laraiina, loll, a) i unary and half friiti-ti In ilarkn, aa anil tenipnl rainhllahi il a Mninlniil nf hrnviry unil fnrtltudiiij.t la nnhiiin nml a, ni thrniiKh Hie iirdenl v. Il hi nut nlTlinnil rnr. h -an. ra ,,f rannnl rlak whlrh I ariirierltea lima.' nf their anlllni: f At una In 'I... in," Min; Keeper Cr,(i'a II. Val i iiIIii, nf S' HI, ni No I Iny Knively I hf plenrlay. At I :in Snitiinin Van liiiini. atnuKa ik Into :ho ilrlft nf ll,,- k-iIi' mi Ih" weal palm rniiKht tho red i'Ii inn nf n Imhl In I he hrenka , S,i llnree xvna tin, wind, til- .t vvHh driven u u nml aleet, Hmi In- . ..ni, i i... i i.,k into ita i, .ii, hut hy i-l .n I.1 1 ii ir hia ,. nml IniikliiK am i It he auw Hie iniiliii.. ,,f a Iiiik" aihiiiiner. xvna the I-: f i.'ili,ik nf Smin ra I'nlnt, in lie waa nn u h.ir 1 1,,-,, tn .In.,.' Vnn liiiini r..n faar the aimlnn I envo the nli,, in In , pit,, l,i. illnena, K.i'pa r V i.ntlii,. roao frmii hta l-, ami In petann lad lili aw to the r. a. ne. Ilium d hy Hie annw w Hi ), Iny thick iiI.iiik Hie tnnrh, hy the rule that li i ai'niiia In Ihelr fin-, . nml hy the Intenae rnlt Hili h frona hot line and Win li iippnrnMn. t)i f an vera fniiKlit fur two limira lo Ki t a lir atnnrd tha airntided venae!. At lenKih they aun'edeil. and a mini i nine nahnro In the hrei-rhea boy. He aald Hint the niptnln nf the llnha-oa-k lad hla wife nml Iwo mull children on Imurd. Hia tireechel Imny waa aent out nicnlti and tha-npialn came a.hnre In It. hla all vearuld ilniiKhtv la hla until, Ilia wile followed, linn rnme thainU- with tha other i-ii tlil l.uat eiiiiii' the reat of lo crew. Hie life aavera Went hack lo III atntlon, and In lite early In. ura nf Hie atnruiy dan were haatllr r, iiiinntltiK the upparaitia xvlien na of the men enw n Inr tirlc cinnliiK hend on hr tha ahore. Keeper Vulentiiie luul aaaiie hack lo ki-d. but onca mure he iinia" ami Inalated on kidnx hla men llKiilll to the aeei f ilnliKlir Iti fure the new could Kel tin half prepared bench appaiuiiia to the aurf. i hi brlii. ruiinlim fiirlinialy lai'lore Hie treniiiiilniii a-i. her aalla Pill nml tiilter.il, airuik with ttrrlflc Impact. 'I he Hile una v,.ry hlth. nml the brj, the Aumn-lln.1 Aumn-lln.1 from lluvima. a nine up clnae the alnllon ami xxell Inalde Hie brenkeri. Jut before aha truck the life aavera Id a,) i man at tha wheel, apparently an-crlni; cnnipoielly, hla faca I'lUlillnlll, aa. a pipe III hla teeth. When the hock .nine n mrrrm 0f frolhlnx aa na hrnke over tfje veaa. l tern, covering tho Ii, lina.in: hut a innnn nt later ha mgld be aeen atnnillliK til the x heel, u I wn. , v erl T,,n ihn brig awuiiK hrnnilalilii to iln. fuallliule (huiidcrliiK aurf. and her crew fled fnraard lo th bltla. Ily thla time tin. life aui. ra rn i thai tiench with their mm, whlln a email of icioa hutulreda nf IHIantia Hutched limn the ahellernf the hlKher ililliea The hrlK nna an . to tboro that Hurf tiinii llurreti While, iniinvxi,,, i rtccdlim aea ihiwn the l,.,i, h. am, I,, I Hi lliroillt. henvlim itli k nml lliie nn tmnrd her Thla Hie crew w . ur. il. ,n,,l nM th hl llne on linnrd. hut. k'1iiiik the unblock, did not know Klin! lo do ii, xi In vain tb life aaveri alkiiale.l and ahnui.d t Hi,,,. Tbay were Spnn-lh. Spnn-lh. nml the dlr.cilnna m, ,, w attached to the lima were In Italian nml KnliB only. At thla moment the In,. ,.., jM m,,.d w)ln hiirmr The cre nf n. Krnundd brln. unnblo to nlve tin. myaiery nf rlKiin th brechea buoy, were preparing in ink., a terrlb, rlik One of Ihein a,'ld the lln,. ami aiuneij ,,e attempt of entiling in on It hand over tinnd Meiinlltne Ih,. wre, k nf the ll,,, , qunrtr of a inlle up the he,,, h. h, bnift ,,, h. frK.nenta of UN- vcaa. 1. ,,..&,, , nep ,. or cordxxond, were heme ....p, . H) rurP(.t down about the AuKat,i,. mM, ,urf wh tumbling d.hrl. whi,, wn .,, .nured death of anyone txho r. II , , , .( the whip line, over which tl Mlc wer pre-paring pre-paring to cntne In. fl , ,b, W,K,. ,.. rcK.-inllng the .bout. .,, . tnt )lor. c.d only It. . i pair of trnuaer.. , , . gnu working hi. x-n, 0 , oy .,, mailing walat deep ,, ,,,, WnU, .elreal ,he man. ami n, ,h. br1 nnd the lln, .In.-ken.,, , , from the aallor . neck The next M..-o,,d hn, ,r, h ,. ru.h of xxood and aa-.r ,rd , . to Ih. hurled beneath ,) brk ' . , r. rlttc effort White aim. , " "', !L, , "7 . , , . "' "IUn n h a foot- Kig and .till .'lutchtng ,1, M,,0, dr,,iKed him out nf the .urf ' While Ihl. atrtiKKle ana uki. , . , ,, . . . "H d ica two mora .allor. hud ai.rii',1 ,! ,h . lr" . r-rtT ,v"n'" 1 -itro::. e.obr.'d i,n,.T. .1 ."n i v y f ,Kun,b,",,i yard., when. . BM,n, .t;." in, n.. h.. .. a a. ., " thou dcred him up m th. b".un At the .,,., Vw 1)niut.J pcn I ----- i-v - ' ' i wn. ncognlied by tho.n on .hore, Hurfmun Cutler Cut-ler leaped to hi. uaal.tnncax. only to be hlni.elf tiufooieil nnd Hung on ,o a rinntlng muaa of dtlft Aa ho lay there trtiKKlliilg lo get to hi. f.. i,a Hue ami, I, ply laiiiened In the i .irreni and fnlllng acn.aa hla breaat held hltn pinioned under water, r'nr fully a milium he Iny there lulpleaa In alitl.t nf hi. comrade. ,,m .lowly drowning. At laai. Iienrlv dead, a wave wnahed hltn free. .Meantime ottn of ll.o two aiillora wn. torn fmin hla hold on the roo unit wnahed aahnre unenn-acloiia. unenn-acloiia. Siirfinan KerKitaon wi nt for tho other nnd I, mucin him In. Hinlnmn l,mkwni react.ed tlm fourth man. And an, one by on". In grim hnml to h.tiid com-but com-but with the atiirni. Hie crew of ihn wrea ked lirlg wero readied. Iloura Inter alio una huardeil in the aiirfhiiiii. 1.. i, rahln. lying in hi. hnk. n platol bullet through hla head, they found ihn cuptnlti. lln hint bich pnrt owner of the v ..a. . nnd when ho hail a. .ii that all,, una Inat. Im had gone below, a' ran led u note In Spni.l.l. a.. Mug he wna ruined, nnd .hot hltiii. If. Whlln lln. men of Htuilon No. i tti re hauling nl tin an two wi'ecka, Ihnae of Sinllnr. Nn. 2 xvern reacti.iig h, vtt man nnd ll.o cnptnlti'a wife from I ho llitea. innaled achonner Hicplien llafhtli: While live mil, a off ahore the Harding hint In. a In cnlllaluii ulth the a. hooner Knte Newman, which had gone down with nil lunula, anve nno man, who, ua the veaaela rnnto together, lenped over the biilwnrka of tho Newman on to the. deck of the Hauling. At tho an me lime Stnllnna Nna, 11 nnd 12 wera wnglng one of tlm grlmmeat nnd gntneat right, ngulit.t mnaterful odd. In thu hlatory of tha crvlce. Thla ainiirglo wn. at the wreck of the achooner (ioorga Tiiiilatie. The night before the big nlortn ahe wna off Nnvealnk. runnliiK ateadlly In the growing wind. An hour found tho anow hutting thick over the rim of the a, a, nnd the golo In-cra-aaed lo a hurricane. It waa two In thai morning morn-ing when llm craft found licraelf In dlalieaa. Al that hour the dick loud of lutnlicr, piled high, broke looae. The lerrlllc roll of the achoooner In Hie high acn aent huge lltuhera tumbling nhout her decka, iiiiiklng It nlmnat linpnaalhle for tha crew to aluy uhove halchea. Twenty nil mi tea Inter fltai wna (Uncovered on IniRrd. Klntnea nhot aft fmin the foiXMnatle. Igniting the deck load. With her progrean notnewhnt arreand toward hon- by the drugging nnchorn, the Taulnno bo gun dririlng parullel to the ahore, gelling In clnae lo It very alow ly. At Ihla time alio wn. dl.cov-ered dl.cov-ered by Hie life .aver, of Sintlon No. II. Thl. crew, leaving iH-ach nppiirntu. behind and knowing Hint no llfehont could live, lu I lie breaker., followed the craft a. ahe drifted nlnng the coital, ciilculutlng Hint ahe would ground near rllnllon No. I'.' and deM'inlitig on that alnllon for iippnrniii.. Khortly nfierwnrd Iho wreck wn. aeen by KM'Nr Chndwlck of Htatlon 12, who ordered out hla crew with beach enrt and gun. At thla time the venae! win nl.oiil half w-ny between be-tween the two .tntlon.. On one aide the crew of Hlntloti 11 were following her nhmg the beach; on the other tho crew of No. 12 were coining In to meet her. ll ua between nine nml ten o'clock when the two crowa met. The horaea Hint had turtid with Iho beach enrt of tho men from motion 13 hud rcfuacil to ford the alulcea between the hill, nnd luul btcn left behind, the men drugging lha curt tlieniBclvca The helplea. Tniilnne wn. then till holding off the bur by her dingglug miction, nnd .till drifting nlnng ahore. The two llfc-aav-I ti K crewa now Joined force. In a atrunge nnd terrible ter-rible battle. The veaael an. 4u0 yarda off ahore. her men In her rigging, the acn. drinking ami tumbling white nil over her hull. Hut .he wa. ait 1 11 moving, alcnillly. aurely, aloitgahore, her keel free of tha .and. The llfo aavera al once placed the .urf gun and n Hue which wn. tired fell ucroa. the Tnu lane mil of reach of her ahlpw rocked crew. He-fore He-fore utiother could be tired the veaael hnU drilled .outhwiird out of runge lauding the gun nnd npp.-irntu. Intn the bench enrt, the two llfcinxlug crevvn ainrlcl nfter her nlongahorv, Inhorlng niniil ully In the annd nnd ItiK'iUd alulcea to keep pine with the drift of tha vos,-.i lo leewurd. In order to do thla they were obliged lo proceed ut what wna nlmnat n run After twenty mlnul. a nf h.-enihleaa work ihey were tigiilu oppoalte her. the gun waa once mora plnuti'd. and nnotlu-r allot tired. Al this pnr l inn of the hi ach the nnd dunea were low, ami the only point of tuning,' from which (li gun could he ahot wua the tup of tha knolla. The ktiull on which Hie effort wua tuada wua In an ludeuinitnn In the hore, making It farther from the veaael. nnd. the line being wet and heavy. It fulled in reach the Tnulnti" Unco more the crexvn of Stntlniis 11 and 12 loudcd the heavy beuch cart and atiiggered on after the fu.t drifting a, -homier. Aa Hie chaae led to the aouth. the condition, nn the hem'!, became woran. The .urf wnahed In higher, the alulcea beenme more nuuieroua. and the dry annd' dune top. further aepurnii d. The naJtl ilty hill waa 4011 ynrda farther on. and Ih.' I h that lay before ll wua wellnlch f linpiiaauhla-. After twenty mliiin. a of grlin effort It wua llnnlly gnllieal only to llml Hint the veaael f had paaxd It nml wna drifting on i l'erhii;. the h"t neeoniii of the remainder nf I the terrible ninr. h to Itn iilllmnte end la given f In thu report of the a. nice of lx., i. which any. of II' f "Krotn llrat tn laai the dllllcitlilea of Hie Ufa f aavera nnd the rlla which heaet them never I alack, Ml, al u mniiient The ivhccla of Hie cart, f In coaal phrnae. aai;ileil down" ao rapidl) that '.a ta, unik ao iiuli kly In the Itillltmted aaill thnl 'he f clilivevunce hud lo Im- kept on the move leal It j hoitlil Im. Inat. if l,-n the enrt hud to Im. partial- ly inilnnil.il and pnriliuia of ih,. npiuiriiiiia cur- J rl.d by the crewa to lighten It aullli la'inly to mnkn piain. ra paaaalhle, nml nt other llmea the men h wolllil 1,11X1. to lllng Ihett.aelv, a upon Iho Wheel f and Iniiil H ni with nil their aireugih to prevent I Hie anil ftnttl hellig nipalaal by the Ineitualltle of the auhinergi il gnnitid or ll verw lia linlng I liihiirai of Hie aa a mailing high over thu n i lea I "l ite i a. .,1MB were numeioua It wna with t great illll'u utlt that ihe tin ti a aillld keep their feet III thla collaltlllt oual.iUKlit mid ltlllg of llllfl- xxikiiI Hut not n man Id! nway or lliuahad from Ihe work before hint "Not ll.n I..I-.I alllllault nf ihelr laaka waa that of kc ping the lln. a. mid lull) the guna and powder, dry In the unlxeranl drench nmiiud them, and It la illllinili to unil, ra'uiid how they contrived con-trived li; for, nald" from the nuiiitier of actual llrliiga, wln revr u muni, iiiury pimao of the ve-cl ve-cl ti. .he grnd ban iiiin. or a .lowing of her motion, offered tin opportunity for action, al lea.t ii doen time, nml ptiihably more, Iho cart wn hurriedly unloaded on the nenre.t rinlnenc. lha gun plnnled nnd the arm! -line arranged fur lb ' eflort. when tho wreck would .uddenly roll away I iilH ii her eourae, nnd tho men would have to rev load ihe enrt unit toll on nguln after her. In thl 1 way and with Iheae Inlerruptlon., they worked I down along Ihe bench to .lutlon No. 12 and a iiunrter of a mile beyond It, when a chance offered of-fered for nnuihcr ahot; but the lino parted. Tha a a-rew again moved .tubbornly on. It wn now j noon, and .uddenly the mnn ao long an hang, lug In tho rigging fell Intn the acn and wa. gun. Tho crew .till followed Iho vr.ael with uualuck-ened uualuck-ened activity. Half an hour later they aaw another an-other man drop llfilea. from the ratline. "Idiborlng forward now for the reacue of tha ra-miilnliig ra-miilnliig five, Ihey aufferi'd a mlatorttina. In atag-goring atag-goring nnd floundering through una of tho woral alula-own) with Ihe rart. the gun toppled off Into Iho flood and wan loat. A frcaporata acarch wa nin.lo at once, and finally It wua found In four or Ave fi-ot of water, flailed up and wiped dry, and curried theiicefurih by tha ntotit k"oor on hi boulder. A man wnn dlnpntched back tn No. II for a dry alint line, whllo Ihe rrew, moved on to) a point ihree-quurtern of mile below tha ata-tlnn, ata-tlnn, whoro ihey got another chance to flro a hut, which, however, fell abort, the tlilu having forced the tiring puriy furltier and fnrthnr back on tho hill. a. they advanced, nnd tho line, too, being weighted with ninl.lure. "Tho curt waa nguln ri'louded, and the march reaumed. A nilln below the tutlnn tho man oviir-took oviir-took lln in with Ihe dry .hot line nnd, chance offering, of-fering, the Inat .hot wn. fired. Thl. time It wa a aucceaa! The line Hew between tho foremnat and the Jib amy, and, tho cut aw replug thu bight of tho lino In lo tho aide of ihe veaael, iho aullor got hold of II nnd fuati-ned It to the fore and nilln rigging ' "An the chuoner atlll continued to drift and roll, nothing could yet be done, but while tha greater pan of the force loaded up tho curt nnd t nidged on with It, three or four kepi fnat hold of the ahore end of the hot line, nml kept pain with Ihe wreck In lenah. At Ihe end of another quarter of u mile Hie veaael uii.l.iily ntrtia k tha lido "lllng north, topped, awung head ofMiom and worked buck to her anchor under Ihe cntnh of Ihe breaker.. Th tlmo linil mine at Inat; Mid the whip-line, with lln nr vurtcnuneca, waa bent on to the ahot-lltio, hauled aboard, and mnda fnat by the tall of the block lo the malnmuat head. "The wreck now allied around broudalde to tha en nnd rollid frightfully. The hawacr followed the whip line on botird, and Iho broorhoa hiiny wna rigged on, hut the veaael rolled ao thai It wua Impoaalhle to act the huwaer up on ah, .re la the iiaunl manlier, an H waa rove HirniiKli tha buir.-i'ye In the amid anchor, while aevernl t.,en held on to the end lo give and lake with each mil of the veaael. The work of hauling the aullor from Ihe wreak wua now begun with electric energy en-ergy After two tmn were landed, the veaae took the ground, but tho clrcumatance. Inrreuaeil rather thnn allmliilali. il her rolling, nnd tune con-ciajilou con-ciajilou of ihla powerful motion may be derived fmm the fact thnl In one Inatance the hr he huny with a man In II awuug In the off ahnr.. roll fully fifty feet In the nlr 'The at ruin and friction upon the hnwaer were o .rent that the lignutn vltue huH i-eye through which It rati nt the and anchor, deaplte the hard-ncan hard-ncan nf the wood. i worn fully hull nn Inch deep during 30 niliiutea of uo Within Ihoae 30 IHIIIUt.'a. however, the five men were aafely landed, land-ed, the Inst mini getting out of the buoy at hulf-p.lrtl hulf-p.lrtl two " And tn cloaca the atnry nf thai which In ihe depurunc ut ! Wiiahltiginn. ta apnka'ii nf caaunlly II aa "A nlglifa w-ork imi Hie .leraey cnal " HI |
