The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-21
THE Loss Or.THE Z CLYDE I'd,

months. Ylrgtnt1st. ~ IS, s ~.
THE Loss OF THE CLYDE. e..
THE MOST SERIOUS DISASTER, CAUSED BIZ THE
EQuINocT1AL sToRM--HIsToBY OF THE YES.
Sell AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND CHAR.
ACTER OF HER CARGo-soME ACCOUNT OF
TIE MEN WHO WERE DROWNED.
The Baltimore Sun says: The most seri.
Gus disaster reported Is the wreck Of the
steamship Rebecca5 Clyde, Captain Daniel
C. Childs, from Charleston,;S: c., vi1; " il.
mlngton, n. Co, for Baltimore, and the
drowning of her captain two mates, and
others OF her crew. 49,. iif..s-i
The steamship left Charleston last Tues.
day, went to Wilmington, and started fo1
Baltimore on Saturday. Uneasiness for her
safety existed here on Monday, which was
intensified yesterday, and at P. N. a dis
patch was received from Beaufort, N. c.,
by Mr.. William Wilson, underwriters
agent in Baltimore, which confirmed the
worst fears The dispatch was as follows
"The steamship Rebecca Clyde, Captain
Childs, has gone to pieces at Portsmouth,
n. G.. Some of the cargo is scattered on the
beach. Captain Childs, two mates, the first
engineer, and three men are lost" Ports
mouth Is in, Carteret county, NC, on the
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miles east of Newbern. The inlet is south
probably forced to 60 in for an harbor re.
fuge, which, however. unfortunately, was
not found. a@~s -
Captain Childs was veteran and popular
coastwise steamship commander. He was
formerly in the steamship Sea Gulf, and
only took command OF the Rebecca Clyde
on her last voyage. Besides Captain Childs
the officers lost are Samuel Ely, first mate
Jesse Hennicks, second mate; Oliver Jones,
first engineer. The officers and crew num-
bcred seventeen men, nearly all belonging
to Baltimore. It is stated that there were
two or three passengers, Oh board. The
steamship had a full cargo, as follows /:
From Charleston-215 bales cotton, II rolls
leather, - bags roots, roll bagging, 4
boxes sundries. From Wilmington-142
barrels tar, 1,414 barrels rosin, 16 bales
yarn, ID bales warp, IA bales domestics,
packages merchandise, 96 cases tar, pack
age shocks, 81 empty ale-kegs and barrels, 9
barrels wax, 81 bags dried fruit, 100 cases
| spirits turpentine, 40 casks spirits turpen-
tine, 105 barrels pitch, 6 bales sheeting,
bales cloth, 400 pounds metal, 2 bales rags,
package roots and herbs, 275 bags, pea
nuts, 4,57S feet lumber. The cargo was
generally insured, {H&2 ';i u. fr
The Rebecca Clyde was built at Chester,
Pa, in 1868; her hull was OF wood, and OF
443 tons. She was originally employed in
one OF the Clyde lines out OF Philadelphia,
and then sold to the Baltimore and Whining
ton line. She was rebuilt in 1870, and was
valued at $4,000; no insurance. The Bal
timore and Southern Transportation Com
pany, to which the Rebacca Clyde belonged,
was only recently re0rganized, and the fatal
voyage was her first in the line between
Baltimore, Charleston, and Wilmington.
The Rebecca Clyde was three-masted
propeller of 392-horse power, and did not
carry passengers regularly, although she
frequently had several on her trips who
were generally patrons Of the line. 1t was
her first trip for several months. Her COM
pIement of men included captain, two
mates, two engineers, four firemen, one
| coal-passer, one oiler, four deck hands, q
steward, and cook, the two latter coloreG-
seventeen in all. .....i .-..,..
Captain Childs was fifty-nine years old, a
native of Baltimore, and leaves one daugh-
ter, the wife of Lieutenant Travers, Of the
United States Coast Survey. Captain ChiIds
commanded in the Baltimore and Whining
ton steamers from the Inauguration of the
| line, ten wears ago. Previous to that time
he was in the steamship Worcester, between
Baltimore and Liverpool. Second Officer
Hennick was brother Of Chief-EngineeA
| Hennick, of the Baltimore Fire Department!
First Engineer Oliver Jones was. a brother
of the late Captain Thomas Jones, OF the
| Baltimore schooner Serene, lost in the hur-
ricane of September II, 1876, at Nayassa.
The other steamships Of the line are the
Raleigh, D. J. Foley, and Lucille. The
Raleigh left Wilmington for Baltimore on
Monday or Tuesday. $50 :. 49,,
| [By' Telegraph.I :, !, ,s,%,i 81;
LIST OF THE LOST AND SAVED, &C.. -:
WASHINGTON, September 20.-The signal
officer at Beaufort, N. c., reports the fol
lowing as the names of the lost on the Clyde
steamer: Whilden, passenger; Childs, cap
tain; Elye and Hennick, mates; Jones ano
Winfore, engineers; Fred. Williams (co
lored), steward; Hubbard, fireman; Con
nelly. coal-heaver; John T. w hite, seaman ;
two seamen unknown. IS, -. I..t5;ti
A dispatch from Wilmington, n. c., says
"The name Of the passenger lost on the Re
becca Clyde was Whildon. He was iron
Charleston. The saved are Messrs. j. w.
Crouly, Walter Parsley, and Fred. Price
all Of this city. The ship has gone to piece:
and parts Of her cargo have washed upon
the beach near Portsmouth ss;4 ..:.r
FULL DETAILS OF THE DISASTER. ,r7 3,
WILMINGTON, September 20.-The steam
ship Rebecca Clyde sailed on Saturday
morning loaded with naval stores and cot
ton. She became-lisabled of Okracock in.
let, twenty miles south of Hatteras, Sunday
morning about z O'Clock from the rolling
deck load breaking the. steering gear, and
the hshing OF the deck load becoming en-
tangled in the propeller. The; wind was
blowing perfect hurricane from the south
east. In the effort to heaye the deck load
overheard Mr.. Whildon, of Charleston; 2
1 Five. first mate ); Fred: W. lliams, steward
and two .seamen, names unknown, Were
washed overheard and Instantly drowned
! nv the heroic .efortsioi the Captain, The
CHEF engineer, second mate, and cook,
| the spanker i was raised, and gaat
most instantly thrown - g Gear, Iron . n
the mast. They next raised the +, maln q.
! but it was soon blown to ribbons. aTheJ
! were unable to clear the foresaIl halyards,
but succeeded in. getting the !io, TWO t1lrqs
ND. Engineer Jones and Second Mate hen
hicks then went astern to try TO &. clear tne
propeller, but were washed overheard, ano
immediately disappeared behind hugt
wave. The survivors chung to the Snip Will
the sea washing over her fore and ant
| About O'Clock Shore appeared in sight
ens t Mspd beach h Captain and tie sopl
then managed to clear the port-boat, but i
got away with OILY one in it and one cling
ING to her stern. The breakers soon. swamp
ed the boat, but the two men-soi. w mt.
lev, an oiler, andIa cotored iman managed
| tn roach the shore. The rest chung to the