The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-28


Floating CauIdron-The Vessel q n d
Twenty-seven Hundred Bales OF Cot
ton Entirely Consumesi-TimeIy Res
cue of the Crew by the Belgian Ship
Charles.
from the New York Herald, OF Frlday.]
"Burned to the waters edge, sir.
"And the crew, captain3n
"Saved thank God every man OF 'em."
1.-THE cargo, OF course, was"
"Phew my dear sir, few minutes aftet the
men we're taken or the ship the fire burst through
the main hatch, and we had hardly squared away
oeed In the flames 1t was fearful sight, and one
that will never forget"
These were the remarks OF Captain Lachere, Of
the ship Charles, Of Antwerp. when questioned In
relation to the errble calamity .lch, on the 10th
Instant beiel the ill-!ate1 vessel A. B. Wymau,
bound for Liverpool from Savannah. The story
was, in many particulars sad realization OF the
numerous .romancss which, brimful or terrible
scenes and Incidents, often feed the fancy Of the
curious. No narrower escape from fire or the
mercless fury OF the ocean has occurred for years,
and although vast amount OF property has been
swallowed up by the disaster, 1t Is some consola-
Sion to think that
u
has, by the Kindness OF IN Allwise Providence
and the gallnntry Of courageous and sympathiz.
ing sea captain and his hepmates been res scued
from horrible death. The ship Caarles, ioS tons
register, left Antwerp On November 2, with bal
last, for this city. She came the northera pas.
sage, and enjoyed fine weather until she neared
the banks or Newfoundland. and when In latitude
SO degrees and longitude o. degrees 43 minutes
she hove to for the night In heavy gale. About
six miles to windward she sighted ship at seven
n.pl l,rE NO mr. distress
rom her fere-top and mlzzen.top. the Storm or
the preceding night had been accompanied by
LoUD THUNDER CLAPs
md vivid flashes or lightning, and, although the
weather had now moderated, mighty swell re-
NAMED The ship in the distance, which subse-
Ing south under topsails. As the two vessels
gradually neared ench other a
THICK COLUMN OF SMOKE
was seen to ascend from the deck OF the A. B..
Wyman, whose captain, bearing the same name
as the ship, afterwards stated had been allowed
to escape to attract attention. 1t was, indeed, q
melancholy signal, but dangerous as II was IL ap'
And so the two ships came close together. Loud
above the monotonous roar OF the rolling sea
came forth the shrlll and earnest cry,
"aY sBIP,s ON FIRE r'
It was the despsirng appeal OF the captain OF the
Wyman, and who could hcartlcssly turn deaf
events, aud quickly bore down upon the burning
ship, &c saw tile top Of her nainroya mast had
broken off and hanging down, but with that eX-
cePtioh ~ osl.e, w ,hn e1o -, tha SsSrnn tbare
puIens .snS "U snS e1G Toci,o1 tnr"ns
last visible symptoms Of The poor
sAILoR;s FoRLoRN HOPE,
the lfeboats-for they were suspended from the
davit., filed with provisions, AMI ready to be
launched with human freight amid ocean, and
in q raging sea. When the Charles hove to boat
u,as nnI or from the A. B. Wyman with the mate
and TWO men who though tossed about moved
Srsk,v over
.IyoTne over and see the shIp sir - sung out the
mate: "the captain wants your
The boat came alongside the Charles and with
q pluck that merits commendation, Captain La.
chere nromptly responded to the summons and
crossed over to the burning ship. Tie object lu
asking Captain l.achere on board the A. b. Wy
man was doubtless to reveal to him The true and
terrible state OF affairs. Captain Lachere states
tsat on coming close to the starboard side Of the
vessel the heat was oppressive, while thick vol
umnu OF amokc were 0ozinE on. t-rc"sh. % the
senns. Captain wyman welcomed M eii MS timely
and none.heartcd SuesG WIN III Inc Soruian.y
which the occasion permitted, ana QUICKLY ex-
plalned the cenulllon OF tle fesSsi. rue sitGa
was dreaalul 10 conten 1tG S,em, W t,in t
.ri,a ~ coston vo,neI mr. over sSoo ooo was
about to become a more terrible foe than the
maG nssncss stated that In the midst q dreadful STORM
two nights before the Iualnroyal masthead had
been
ernrcr ry'11curNIso
-, -
that the electric nula nad gone Lnrougn tne cgas
OF the mainmast anu passea uown inIo tue hoi9.
AT the time the Casualty occurrea ouc lttle notce
was taken OF It, anu II was NOT until tne SMOKE
began 10 ascend tnat the Ihousas l ~ susges.
oave orders TO make everything air.tlght below,
stutfing up all places OF ventilation, and, chang
ing his course. hoped 10 reach the land IN lime OF
been TWO days anu nl9nLs 10 Lnis conaltlon WIEN
she was sighted oy Captain Lacnere: arrived on
board, aller some dliuCulty, tiat gentleman iuuuu
everything VerS much neateu, tue capin suHocaGlng
and the crew Teady 10 lake to tne ooats as te lst
resort. The fire was raging 10 the lower tween
decks. having trlea Her lnaln pumps, ue w GOV,
cred that the water In the tanks, which contained
over ten thousand gallons, was almost 9olilhga g.
"nos enough sa shJ a,pnra s1p,a y,; @ loo
noii in NIL, Sa rnii NJ frs anI cmsderInT
InaL o.Ie sup pat ,nnni, Ionnsr an hoard ganp
IL uSae i ,tod w. ran-oin Wx,Sa5 and his crsw IN
tousH S t,,oo ~ rhdtnn norhone that tbero rva 10
saT .ae ,na io oet snmeFning on the osting canl
yeC lne ~ Wv nred uhet heT he shonid
uron, oap.u,u rynI.inno mi Tonrain Tonhere
Sl,nS sotre p'o'''i'A'' 'u' o"f'"'- =
aeenlne ~
DANGEROUS TO OPEN ANY DooRs
before leaving the ship, declined the offer, and
taking only few sails aud ropes prepared TO quit
the ship for ever. MeanWhie, q crew OF tne
Charles, consisting OF Randolph Schulte, second
mate, Edward Depaurl, william Jasper anu Cor
nelius Glow, seauen, put forth In yawl 70 the
rescue Of those OF their brethren on the A. b. Wy,
man. There was heavy swell nj INC time, anu
the terribly snflocatlng neat IRON the Vesse rem
dered the experiment exceedingly dlilCnlt. HaV-
ing examined everything, Captain Laclere, after
.Int1 OF