The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13
THE STORMY SEAS.


scHwEIGAARp-A SEAMAN DROWNED RESCUE
or DEsPAIRING CREW.
After an exceedingly long and tempestuous voyage
of forty-two days from silloth, England, the bark
A. NJ Schwegaard, under command of Captain J. b.
Johnson. arrived in this port yesterday having lost
one man and rescued the of the bark Lord Car-
endon The latter vessel was met in mid
ocean in sinking condition. The schwei-
gard left Silloth on November IS, with
miscellaneous cargo bound for New York. The
weather squally and heavy when they set SAIL the
wind blowing from all points of the compass. On
the I'd of December the storm which had been gather
ing broke over the sea and the wind blew perfect
hurricane from the northwest All sails were i'm
mediately close reefed. During the hurricane
man, named Linus Gulbiandson ordered to
make fast the lower topsail. He climbed into the
rigging and had nearly completed his task
when terrific gust of wind struck the vessel.
In the excitement that followed thought of
the man aloft. the first mate who glanced up
just in time to the poor fellow fall backward
the yard which he standing and strike in the
chains the bowsprit. Efforts were made to save
him, but he fell into the sea- and the vessel which
was making about three knots an hour at the time
passed over him.
REscUING A CREW.
The storm continued with abatement, and two
days after this accident, while the vessel drifting
before the wind under bare poles. bark sighted
about three O'Clock in the afternoon with topsails
set and signals of distress flying The vessel in dis
tress had also sighted the Schweigaard and immedi-
atey bore down her. At five o'clock the
barks were within haling distance Of each other.
The sea running very high and both vessels
violently tossed about nevertheless, Captain John
succeeded in launching small boat and sent it
To tber Of fhe str m be fha
Lord Clarendon. The little craft and the two brave
seamen who tugged away at the oars were anxionsly
Clarendon, and no time lost III leaving the
sinking vessel Five of the crew made up the
board the Schweigaard a second trip was made and
five more men got off. The captain of the aban-
doned vessel. William Davis and his mate the
only persons left AS the small boat alongside
for the third time they sprang into it, taking with
them the ships ogbook and several other articles. 1t
about ten O'Clock at night when they pushed off
from the bark and lett her to DRIFT with topsails
THE BOAT CAPSIZEs.
The small boat came up to the ships side and the
captain and his mate had assembled theladder One of
the boatmen taking in the oars and the other
about to hand up the articles which the captain
trying to save, when tremendous wave overturned
the boat The two seamen sprang for the ladder and
fortunately gained the deck
LORD CLARENDoN's VOYAGE
Captain Davis related the story of the voyage of the
Lord Clarendon substantially follows The bark
with crew of eleven men besides the captain, was
bound from Bordeaux, France, to the Delaware
breakwater, in ballast. No rough weather
enough to impede their progress was en-
countered until the Gulf Stream was reached, when
heavy gales and high met. In making tho
Gulf Stream they were thrown back three times. and
before they cleared it the vessel sprung leak To
add to their trouble the ballast had shifted and the
vessel rode very uneveny. As soon as the leak
discovered the pumps were set working the men
continuing at them day and night Regardless of all
their efforts, the water gained steadily. By January
the Gulf Stream was cleared and signals of distress
were hoisted, the wind still blowing strong gale
from the northwest. On the evening of the 4th the
water four feet deep in the hold the cabins
flooded. and casks of water boxes and barrels foated
about.
DIsHEARTENED SAILORS
The crew, after working the pumps day and night
continuously, and seeing the ship steadily filling. be-
came dsheartened. and committee waited the
captain to ascertain what he intended TO do. The
vessel at the time Off Hatteras far from land and
the captain told the men that unless rescued within
orty-eight hours they must go down. When aban-
doned the deck of the bark nearly level with the
water the sea making clean breach over her decks
The Lord Clarendon owned by Mr.. Charles T.
Russell x Co., OF st. John, N B.
LOSS OF THE SCHOONER N. W. MAGEE.
While the ship Storkors Captain Thur Tallikson,
was standing down in a heavy sea, about three hun
drcd miles OF the coast of the Carolinas, the
night OF December 30 bound hence, the watch heard
signals of distress coming from schooner his
lea. The ship went her. but in the thick heavy
weather no one could be seen her decks. The
wind was blowing gale and the was running so
high that boat cCuld not live in it, The Storkors lay
to, and during the night the weather moderated In
the early morn boat sent out from the Storkors
to the assistance of the wrecked schooner's crew.
II learned that The schooner the n. w. Magee
of Camden. Nj, Captain Andrew Steelman, out of
Port Royal to this city, loaded with lumber. She left
New York for Charleston, s. c., with miscellaneous
cargo. in the latter part of November and then bal
lasted for Port Royal The story of the voyage, told
in the log of the lost schooner Magee and repeated
to a HERALD reporter yesterday afternoon by the
saved crew. is an unusual one and gives n fair idea
OF the stormy weather encountered by vessels trav-
eng at this season of the year. On the morning of
December ~ the wind blew terrible gale and the
ing and the men tired with the in
cessant pumping. For twenty hours they worked
steadily at the pumps The mainmast went by the
board and was dragging the ship out OF the way of
passing vessels, when it had to be cut clear. The
mizzen the next to go, and then Captain Steel
sent below to ascertain how fast the water was
making way II six feet deep and filling very fast
The lanyards began to chafe, and the captain then
knew he could not save his vessel. Abou. three
o'clock the morning of December 30 the watch
serted the ship Storkors who took the crew of five
on board and brought them to New York land
ing at her dock pier 43 East River, yesterday after.
noon.