The New York herald., 1876-11-20
STORM AT. SEA.
SIX sHIPwREcKED sAILoRs PENSILEss IN
NEW YoRK-THRlLLING NARRATIVE OF THR

51A bdlPWhEckED SAILORS PENSILEsS IN
NEW YoRK-THRlLLING NARRATIVE OF THR
FRANCIS p SAGE DISASTER.
On Saturday afternoon about half past Ave O'Clock,
group OF shpwrecked sailors entered the Fifth pre-
cncs station house and asked protection and sheHer
OF Captain Cafery until tonight They all
strong, brawny fellows, their being Drowned
by the sun as TO give them almost the appearance OF
negroeS They gave their names as follows:-william
smith, Francis Trig John Henry, Sim Savage,
sevenia Cosco Cook and Joseph Petty The young
ess OF them. Cook, could not have been over
twenty-five years Of age. and tho oldest not over
thirty-hve Though young their faces bore evidence
OF rough usage Their rough dress, in which they had
weathered many storm, presented curious contrast
to the bran new uniforms OF the police officers They
not the less comfortable for thai. however ap-
pearing quite At their tho wooden beds IN the
male lodging room OF the Filth precinct station house
THEIR HISTORY.
They said that they sailors reccntly on board
the ship Sage, which wrecked near the Banks OF
Newfoundland They on their way home 10
Boston They arrived in this city without money
and asked Captain CaGery for protection until
this afternoon, when they will take tho
boat Tor Boston. They 100 late for Saturdays
steamer, and having friends in this city demanded
shelter the station house. Captain Caery promptly
granted the mems request, as he saw that they
honest weli-meaning fellows and their story evil
IDENTIFY correct A HERALD reporter visited them yes
terday al the Fifth precinct station house and from
them learned the following thrilling story which for
The hardships that were undergone has rarely been
excecd even in the annals Of nction:-
Tho six men formed part OF the crew Of the ship
Francis p Sage sne was built at New York. city in
1850 The captains Randall and that Of tho
first mate Rawhn. The ship sailed from Bangor on
had m hoar
cargo of 400 tons Of coal largo quantity of mis-
cellancous merchandise, machinery ana tho like The
vessel was bound for the island OF st. Thomas Part
OF the cargo consisted OF planks OF thin wood with
which To make orange boxes they expected to return
with a cargo OF oranges. This circumstance is i'm
portant. Il 10 Identity q disabled vessel
OF the voyage liner than they expected at this
son OF year For the nst seven days OF their yoy
age they sailed under cloudlcss skies with strong
| wind blowing The right direction. On the eighth
day OF their voyage Thursday November ?, the vessel
sprung leak This unfortunate accident happened at
n most critical moment On the morning OF that day
small cloud, which had been noticed the horizon
before breakfast, spread over tho whole sky rendering
il as dark pitch and the sailors found themselves
The midst of a violent storm. The ran very high
and the ship became entirely unmanaseabc. Gusts OF
wind coming from every quarter OF the compass,
would blow across the general track OF tho Storm,
which moving In u northeasterly direction. In
one CT these violent gusts the mainmast by the
| board The other masts soon followed, anu the
ship was tho mercy OF the waves Tho violence OF
the storm increased the leak, and the mbers of
| 5,
! officers cooks and oihcrs-in all twenty-five men
! were now summoned deck 10 work the pumps and
! II possible tho ship IRON sinking
/ There wcro three pumps on board, and the men
licved other by turns In working them. Notwth-
standing all their efforts the water In the hold in
slant working at the pumps they managed 10 keep
at tuis level Whenever they stopped. however, the
water rushed through the open seams Of the sides
at the rate OF foot minute, placing tho vessel IN
danger OF being waterloggcd
ANOTHER HORROR
was now added the situation. The water In the
hold prevented the sailors from getting 1t the greater
part OF their iood and that which could be obtained
was almost spoiled by tho salt They lived thus
for days wet food and brackishwater, without
sleep rest. Fearing that they would be eneuphed
in the ocean at any moment, they dared quit the
pumps. Al the CONNIE encemcnt OF the storm they had
placed their Two boats on either side OF he ship In
| position to lower them at any moment One OF these
large iifeboat, and the other small yaw, OF
! lighter construction.
waves. the spirits Of the men began to nag. The
pumps which had to be worked by hand added to the
want OF food, had rendered them weak IN body and
mind. Tnelr limbs and they sadly iot tho
loss of Sleep On the night OF Friday the Sd ns tho
men began 70 dcspair and spoke OF trying 70 reach
! They, however, decided TO wait twenty-four hours
| more before giving up all hope.
For tho three days Thursday, Friday and Saturday
they all the time in terrible storm About dusk
latter day the storm cleared up ana tho clouds
rolled away Tossing on the still surgng bilows
tho horizon poor, weary deserted sail
wipdward. Signals Of distress displayed well
as could be done under the circumstances, and they
were fortunately answered BY the stranger sail Tho
latter bore down upon them, and proved TO be
ship Themis, OF ST. Johns, N b., bound Tor
ST. Thomas. The sailors, now nnding rescue at hand
quickly lowered the boats and prepared TO abandon
the shin Here IL found that the boats would
not mold the entire oil twenty Two The re-
mainder OF the crewwas consequently transferred to
the Themis in Of her boats The captain of the
Thcms kind enough TO depart slightly from
his proposed route to land thom at the Delaware
Brcakwaicr, whore they arrived on the 14h inst
In the hurry Of their fight, and owing to the dif-
Guilty OF getting at anything below deck, the sailors
saved nothing but inc clothes they had on them
They passage last Thursday by boat from Phila
delpha TO this CITY.
They have boen treated very kindly by Captain
Gallery, and express their indebtedness to him In
terms Of the warmcst admiration.
The rest OF tho crew. besides the six In this
city, separated at Philadelphia and returned their
homes.
THE LAST HEARD OF THE
The ship Francis 2. sage, Avcllar from Bangor for
St Michacl's, Azores, was abandoned early on the
morning OF the 9TH inst in north latitude Al deg.
10 min., west Longitude SO deg. 80 min The vessel
of !, 234 tons register. She was worth about
81 600 and the value OF her cargo estimated at
$4,000 The cargo was insured but the said
TO be a total loss.
On the 10Th inst tho schooner Samuel wackrill,
from Surinam. AT Vineyard Haven, passed the aban.
doncd vessel in north latitude 81 deg "A min west
longitude 10 deg. OS min. She was pain black and
apparently lumber laden. Her gone. anu
her decks clear nothing remaining but her oowsprit
The stump OF the mainmast BRIGHT as II recently
broken on
CENTRAL AFRICA
COLONEL GORDON TO PUSH FORWARD INTO
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