Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1892 — A Strange Story About a Schooner [ARTICLE]

A Strange Story About a Schooner

Philadelphia Record. The two-masted schooner James ~A7FiSher,"whiuh strnck on the Jersey coast, near Cape May Inlet, forty-nine years ago and sunk 1 in the quicksands, will soon be put afloat again, a perfect vessel as of yore. She was buried so deeply in the sand that not even her masts or rigging have been visible, but the recent storm unearthed her. The vessel is in remarkable perfect condition, not even a bulwark being crushed in. The cargo of corn was dug out of her hold a few days ago, black, but in perfect shape. Watches, shoes and the clothing of the crew were brought to light. A watch showed the exact hour at which it had stopped ticking, and the pipes and tobacco were just as left by the ill-fated crew. The cargo consisted of a full load of corn shipped a Duck River, Delaware Ba; , for New York. She sunk so soon in the sand that the crew’s clothing and paraphernalia, as well as. the entire cargo, went down. Capt. Andrews and several of the crew were frozen to death, and the steward** drowned in attempting to reaeh the mainland.