The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-10-19
who had been spending the summer months
at the North.
CAPTAIN KNAPP.

CAPTAIN KNAPP
| This officer left this vessel on her founder
| ing and entered 4 metallic life boat, in which
| he took number of women and children.
| There were six of the life boats on board,
and it is presumed that they may all have
| been put to use by the passengers Eigh-
teen men were III the boat with Captain
| Knapp. 1t capsizcd nine times, and at the
! sixth time be was lost. His brother lost
| his life in similar way, while he WAS
making a voyage across the ocean on the
| steamer Leviathan, Cantaln knanp was
an excellent seaman, and was held in a
| high estimation 10y the owners of the Eve
| ming Star and the Boaad Of Underwriters,
| OF which body he was Il member. He
! leaves a vile and children at Stamford,
! Connecticut.
n second boat took sixteen persons from
the steamer, aulong whom were the captain
and third mate This boat was capszcd
| twelve o, f.;oen times The captain
was lost on the fourth time. This
boat arrived at l'ernandina Tuesday NOR
ning with six persons and two dead bodice
on board.
New York Oct Is.
Tie responsibility for the loss of the
Evening Star continues to be discussed by
the daily papers. The following interesting
particulars are taken from the statements
OF passengers who were saved: About
midnight it began to blow Il hurricane, with
Il very ugly cross sea; ship lying in trough
| of sea. The night was dark, tra fully dark;
nothing but the most solid and gloomy
darkness all around 30 view to cheer
nothing To rcu''nd the terrified passengers
OF the deep sea over which they rode but
ti1n tf hp y.l,I r1,
showers on the deck. At this time the
hurricane was 50 furious and the steamship
Was thrown 80 completely at its mercy that,
for general safety, the captain was obliged
to send the women below and lock them IN
the cabin: We we're now abo,nt two hun
dred and forty miles northeast oi " aterelle
rect, and one hundred and eighty miles
from land, and from this time until she
went down she never once changed her
position
At A. NJ, Oat., Sd, we commenced bail
ing ship from The englnG room aud after
cabin, at which the women helped with all
their might. About + A. NJ the starboaru
rudder chain got ont of the shelves and the
wheel houses were washed overheard. At
5 A NJ. the engine WIS thoroughly disabled,
IN spite of the efforts T." the chief engineer
and his assistants The increase of water
III the ship hold soon drove the men from
their duty hy the cargo shifting out. The
hurricane was all this time blowing with 4
fury that vas fcariully terrific and appalling
in the extreme About ) A. NJ, the cap
tam went lnto the cabin and notified tnc
passengers that he had done all in his pow
CT, and that the ship would certainly go
down. Some Of the scamcn were at this
moment assisting III getting the boats from
their fastenlngs to the ship ANA the captain
was cXhorting the passengers in a most
fearless ANA Impressive manner. And now
came the most trying moment Of our trying
tine. The women. shrieking tlighttully,
rushed on deck in the most frantic manner,
tearing their hair and in many ways acting
more like lunatics than beings endowe
with reason, which, at this moment, had
certainly abdcatcI ter throne, and nothing
but the widest stage Of madness had the
poor beings come to. Men were equally as
vlo'ent, thoayl fjr sucl s;cne it might
have been worse. Women commenced d.
vesting themselves Of their clothing ana
wildly plunged into the fOaming surf, never
to rise to Its surface more The captain and
crew tried their best to prevent this, but to
| no avail. Despair controlled their actions,
| and, rather than face Il lingering death, ma
ny sought voluntarily that grave which
opened with such fearful Jaws to receive.
their moral all While these fearful
scenes were being enacted, which was about
y. NJ, the ship took a heavy launch, set
tllng fast; heavy sea boarded her, aud
with one iealful lureh down she went, and
all was over with the Evening Star.
Another statement says only four life
preservers were on board the Evening Star,
which were distributed among the ladies.
The members of the ballet troupe aud
French circus, not speaking Engli>h could
not understand what orders We're given im
relation to the boats, and very few, if any.
managed to reach them, The shricks of
frantic women could be heard above the roar
of angry waves, rushing to and fro implor-
ing for iid but it was each for himself.
ln addition to the French circus company
and ballet troupe, there were forty-two frail
women who, tUr various reasons, Were seek
lng new fields to prosecute their unholy
calling. Some with impaired constitutions
were nll2ralGg to Il warmer cline others
were suffering with cnEui, and merely want
ed d change OF scene. II Is stated that one
young girl had left widowed mother Sis
ter and child unproyidcd for, she being
their only support
john Thuno, Of New Orleans, one Of the
Passengers Of the ill-tated vessel, bought a
policy for $500 in an Accidental lnsur-
ancc Company, for which he paid ten dol
lars. Several Of the unfortunates had their
hives insured for the benefit Of those indie
pcnIent upon them, Ill various New York
companies.
Savannah, Oct. IS.
\ prigat" letter from NIayport Mills, Fla ),
says that Gondshy, second mate of the
Evening Star, had arrived there, he having
left the steamer with boat load OF ladies.
OF which all but two were lost before get
ting near the shore. In landing, the latter
were lost one named Annie, from Rhode
Island, and the other Rosa Howard, from
New York, both of whom became insane
from want and starvation. Their bodies
were washed ashore, that Of the latter near
Iy devoured by sharks. The mate Is barely
alive.