The New York herald., 1878-01-17
SHIPWRECKS.
TIE WILLIAM II. PRENTICE ABANDONED : STORY
OF HER RESCUED cREw--Loss OF THE HUD-

TIE WILLIAM II. PRENTICE ABANDONED STORY
OF HER RESCUED cREw--Loss on THE HUD-
SON.
A sad story OF the sea was told yesterday IN the
snug little cabin OF the schooner Adde G. Bryant by
her captain ''we latitude 90 deg 80 min
and longitude 10 deg. 80 said Captain Stubbs
"wheu We were spoken by q Whaling schooner. the
William Wilson, Of Marion. Mass. Tho weather was
very bad but when learned that tho sch ooner had
passengers 'on board who wished be transfer
red managed put out small boat and take them
board. rIey Captain S. H. Prentice, OF
Bristol Me-; 4. Robbins. Of Castinc, Me-,
anu young lad from Albany. They had
been members OF the crew OF the William
II. Prentice, which was wrecked on December 81, in
latitude IS dog so min. north and Longitude "a deg
They said that they going from jack
sonve, Fla, to Kingston, ia. with cargo OF lum-
Der for SALE For day two after leaving coast
the weather was fur, but after they got well
the Gull they were overtakcn first by a storm IRON
the southwest and aitcrwaId by another from tho
wcst The winds were continually changing, and the
captain lost hts reckoning. In addition to this the
ship was leaking badly and the pumps had TO be
constantly manned. the captains brother, Parker
g. Prentice, was going forward to fulfil this duty
when heavy sea struck the vessel, carried away
tae wheeihoase and everything portable upon tho
deck Mr. Prentice was washed overheard at the
time and was not seen aiterward II was, conse-
quenty, Impossible u make any attempL ut rescuing
him. Following TINS came another heavy sea. which
threw the unfortunate craft on her beam ends The
remainder oi me crew CUT away the nass and rig-
glng and tho vessel rished, but the cabin was iound
be IN and he hold hiied with water leaving
the schooner worthless hulk The sulcrings Of tue
crew at THIS time were very great They spent tour
days hoating about upon The deck. Fortunately the
weather moderated me next lay or they would not
have lived toeil Their sad story Hy diut vi perse
verancc they managed 10 nsu out OF the cuon tho
mates trunk and some lard and Indlan meal. ono
barrel oil water mad been saved TO Quench their
thirst. Their New YEARS. dinner was made
dry Indian mea,, apd one OF the
remarked, tho rest OF the day spent in
tally framing obituary notices OF themselves In the
mates trunk was found glass, by the ad OF winch
they succeeded IN gnting some cotton in an ola pipe
and finally made quite u little III leck This lre
they Kept burning ali day Midnight, Tor they know on
1t depended III great measure their safely. They
expected that the unusual ignt might DO uOliced by
some other vessel, and thus DC the ueaus OF their
The result proved that their anliCipatons
cOrrec. Captain Baisow ol The SCHOONER Wm Wilson,
who was bound from Marion, Mass on wnaing cruise
to wnat s known .Ine ~ aeg. 40 Ground"
Cape DO Veruc Islands, saw the wrecked vessel, and
bearing upon her. took or the three castaways"
Captain Barstow reported 10 Captain slubbs that ho
live barrels oil oil since leaving port The q. Bryant
Toll IN Win the Wm Wilson alter the lormer had
left her port IN Jamaica. The lost vessel is small
schooner owned by Captain Prentice and father,
and valued ut about O00 insured Tor half that
amounI Captain Prentice did save anything
from the wreck except tho clothing he wore. On
reaching New York yesterday morning tho mate
sought assistance AT tho Seamen's Home ana Captain
Prentice anu The young man remained on board tho
Bryant, winch now lies of RoDnsou's stores, Erie
Basin, Red Hook.
THE SHIP HUDSON.
The ship Huason, Captain knight, which run
down at sea, was owned In New York ana was ono OF
the handsomss. vessels sailing OUT OF .his port
She was 1,S00 tons burden ana quilt
tor the hrm OF Grinnell, Minturn Co. Her
present owner Captain Ross, values her at $40 600.
ana sue was ouIy partially Insured Tho loss IS
heavy. Fortunately NIL hanas were saved and have
landed safety ut Madcira She carried quantity OF
chalk Tor ballast and mud miscellaneous cargo. The
Hudson left London December % and Deal
Dccomber rs, aud no particulars OF the accdc huvs
YET been received furncr than that sh1 down
by vessel "name UNKNOWN" IL is not known
whether the vessel that c0llided with her
steamer or sailing vessel Captain Ross and his family
had made two or three voyages 10 Europe the Hud
son, winch was very commodious and well ltted
ship.
Captain Prentice desires to return his thanks TO
Captains Stubbs and Barstow Tor their Kindness to
himself and crew while on board their vessels. The
w. IL. Preutcc was soventy-lour tons burden, owned
in Bristol Me-, by W. IL. Prentice ana others, ana in