The Morning herald., 1878-07-04

A CAPTAIN LOSES TWO OF HIS BABES IN
TIE CHESAPEAKE, AND HIS WIFE AND
SONS FOLLOW THEM TO THE GRAVE IN
SIDE OF A FORTNIGHT.
From Baltimore News
Captain Robert Newell, who less than a
month ago was in this city with his schoo-
ner (named after himselD, having on board
a general cargo from Newbern, North Car
olina, met with peculiar and terribly die
tressing accidents both before and after his
arrival here. The schooner cast anchor at
the foot Of South street, Philadelphia, yes
tsrday. Presently her yawl boat came
ashore, manned by the captain and one man
and bringing, In addition to the two living,
five bodies. They were those of the wife
two sons and two baby dauph' ers of the
captain, all of whom had died under cir
cumstsnces so peculiar that added interest
is given thereby 10 a tragic event. Perhaps
the captains story, told in his own way,
most nearly expresses the rough eloqueDce
Of his grief, which no wrttn version can
do IA pre- than approximate Whsn he landed
the bodies cont aimed in four coffins were
placed In a wagon 10 he carried to the de-
pot for shipment to the desolste home of
Captain Newall, near Egg Harbor. This
sad duty having been attended to, Captain
Newall, told his story: II sailed for the
North Carolina coast last fall and traded
In oysters for spell, running into Norfolk
and York river, and going to Baltimore once,
took my two sons with me. Joseph, him
that lays thar in that box, he was 16, as
hand, and Frank, who was II, as cook. In
February my wife came down with the
twins and met me In Norfolk, and I had q
state room built in the cabin, and then
went down to Wilmington, N. g., where
had . charter to carry eighteen thousand
feet Of lumber to Newbern, and ten thou.
sand barrels of pitch to Wilmington. On
the 3rd Of June got freight TO Baltimore
and passed into the Chesapeake on the 10th.
1t blew pretty stiff and I came to anchor
on Frying Pan Shoals. The twins, Fannie
and Julie, four years cid within week
were playin' on top Of the afterhouse.
was forward, paIin' out cable and helpin'
to stow the jib, when hears q scaeam from
mother. l went rushin' aft. There was
the two little ones a-goin down and floatin'
out with the tide. The boat was on the
davits, swung inboard, and there was no
chance to get her out, 80 Joe and went
overheard at the same minute But we
was to late. The little ones were gone
We had hard work in getting back to the
schooner, but we did, and then we got out
the boat, and the next morning we found
the bodies OF them both, one in the wreck
ofa bark on the Virginia shore and the
other on the beach.
! had them buried at Hampton, nea,
Fortres Monroe, and then went to Balti
more. One day during the next week Frank
was helping Joe send o new throat halyard
block aloft. Joe was at the erosstrees and
Frank on deck. The block got loose from
the boys hand and 1t struck Frank fair or
the head, fracturing the skull. He died or
the 18th. Then mother and Joe got thu
typhoid fever and died, one on the 2Oth
the other on tho 2lst. You see there was
five inaide Of two weeks. / went TO Hamp
ton and got the two babies. l took tht
two babies. crk The other three with m,
and I've just '"e to-day. Yes, sir, II
is pretty rough. Ihere was six of us, but
I'm all that's left. I'm going to bury then
all down home. / live not far from Leeds
Landing and have little house and few
acres there. The afternoon train bore the