The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-16
A THRILLING INCIDENT,

Loss Ot the Schooner 'sEC. B IHnyvicrt" OF
philadelphia - The solo suryIvor OF
the Crew Picked Up NJ sea-ISiinseIr
aud - Dead Nan Adrirt on "a Fragment
of WRECK.
or CHAEtrsToN, Saturday, December 10,
lsGL-ln the course OF my wanler.ngs for the
Times, / have me. with varied adventures by
"iood and field" and had supposed that, as far
as l was concerned, the entire stock Of scnsl-
tious was eShausted-that there was "nothiny
new under the sun"
This was a vain notion, for there yet remained
for me 10 witness the thrilling incident nm
about 10 desert e, an incident shOwingin a signal
manner tie in'erpos.t.Jn Of Divine Providence in
the rescue from death of o shipwreykcl man out
at sea, who had been iiOntng for days With dead
gumrade, on fragment Of wreck, nc the mercy
Ol the augry waves
l was on board Colonel NIuford's despatch
steamer Eh-a HlHC0r, Captain POs', this after
noon, on the way from Port Royal % Charleston,
having been detained no Hilton Head yesterday
by q, heavy % northeast gllg ls has he IN expert
CHC. u ON the CpGst for years, leaving Cd Oselu's
name to-day ashing turiOusly. No sun was visi-
bic, and dense fog shut Ia our horizon To very
rauOw limits. We arrived of ElstO Island
about il O'Clock, having passed on the way up
immense pieces Vt wreck, which were signih laus
of % recent disaster at sea.
Just as thc darkness was closing around US,
plot llErdT OF tlH HHlcUJ, discovered or 90 sea-
ward q larger fragment of the wreck than any we
had yet seen, ana made the suggestion that we
should run down to 1t and ascertain if it sup
ported human being. Captain Post a'c,led
and we had scarcely changed our course when a
thrill Of Joy passed through all on board, a. the
SIGHT of poor creature running l'ranticAly around
his narrow raft Ike an Imprisoned animal In
cage, and waving his hands implOringly.
Ever and again the man wOuld be hidden from
our view ms mighty wave, with curling crest,
curlcd over his iruil support. The HlpcOrs bout
was lowered and CALAMITY manned by volunteers
from the crew. who did not weigh the risk to
themselves in brayng the angry sea, while thoy
s'urdlly pulled towards the shipwreCkcQ sailor.
With some difficulty they laid their boat along
side the raft, not only getting the wing man on
board, bur in obedience 10 their hunlnU Impulse,
bringing of the CHASTITY corpse that lay bound TO
the wreck beside him.
The boat returned in safety to The HEnc0T, and
after thercsCucd man had got the chlls out Of his
u.ues, Dy the aid OF hot coffee and warm clothes,
ne told the following story -
His name he gave a. John II. Cruise, of Dor
CHESTER y. D., and said that he was "A hand on
the schooner u. B. HJiC'cH Of Philadelphia. Ihe
vessel had been lying two months or more inside
Charleston bar with cargo of coal for the
block ding feet, and had recently been anchored
N the Chaunel-wny, and used AS the inside light
ship. Her crew list was follows
Cultiu--lamcS Brewer, of Ab5ccom, n. j..
Male-A. II. Dean, who hailed from some port
"DoWn East"
Crew Charles Winslow, of Port Richmond,
Pennsylvania; Lewis MucOu Of MiIlyille, n. }. /;
John r. Cuse, of Dorchester, N. j. EnOcd
Tanner and another seaman had left the schooner
n DAY Of two before.
Cruse, continuing his narrative, said that on
Friday morning, about O'Clock, they expert
cuctd the full Jury of the hurricane. The sock
Of the anchor which held the schooner broke
through the force OF the gale aud the vo sci began
to dpg. An attempt was then made 10 let 80 the
anchor, bnt the chain fouled 40 the haWse hole
altCr two and half flthOms had run out, anu it
was impossible TO eXtriCute il.
In this plight the vessel began 10 drive towards
the northern BAR, when Captain Brewer made an
JnOrt 10 get her under slil but sac would not
"wear" owing TO the dead weight Of the anchor,
and nothing luTther could be done 10 slYe her
from going ashore. Presently she struck, and
the first blow knocked her stern completely out.
HteuDg over on her bugc, the second blew
snapped all her lee timOers like ppe-stemS, aud
in half an hour afterwards she Was broken to
pieces.
The entire company got on the foremast while
it renamed standing, and when u fell all man
aged 10 secure small pieces OF the wreck, hIt lhe
sea ran so high, and an gbb tide setting Oh sDOre,
made It impOssiHc Tor q human beng % long
escape drowning under such Circumstances.
For an hour or more Cruise aud his cOnp1-
Mons buiieIed the waves, gradually becoming
separated by the angry sea, and the last thai he
saw Of them convinced him that not one could
hold out great while longer
Dean, the mate, was on piece Ofthe pCOp-dC X
and Cruse dIiit,d near him, and succeeded ia
getting upon it, thus Obtaining better support
than the dlck plank which he had seized when
the vessel went to pieces. Upon this small piece
OF the deck he and his companion were carried
on 10 sea, passing through the breakers Of StOlO
Inlet, where they were several times washed OF.
Dean had been severely bruised on the head by
q plank when ho was thrown into the water, and
only survived the injury and his desperate cir
CumsanCes until OB O'Clock on Friday night.
For hours before his death he was sen5eless aud
helpless and Cruse's strength was nearly eS-
hausitd In his attempt % hold hin on the raft.
Afer the deCease Of his companion, CruSe
comfort, and lashed the corpse 60 the wreck,
having already contemplated the horrible neces-
sity Of feeding upon II, II ano her day passed
without relief coming to him. When we rescued
Cruise, he had been thirty-three hours without
food or drink.
The remains of Dean were placed in coffin