Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-04
NEW SERIES. VOL. L.. NO.l9.
AT SCI IN 4 CYCLONE.
Loss oil IA schooner-'rle Crew ises-
guet


New York Times. oct. -.
The B,eamsnip Ne1F0rt OF Wards Line,
which arrived from Havana yesterday,
brought rs passengers tie crew Of the
American three msAted schooner Jdc1b h.
RMge'1ay, which was abandoned 10 a sink
ihg condition OF Sept 20. Cattaia town
seLd yesterday gave Tie particulars of The
narrow escape cf himself aud his crew.
The Jac'5 h Riige~ay sailed from this
port for Para, brazil, ca s. p.. 5. wljb a
cargo Of t4ur, sos,I, oil, &o, SLich had
been shipped by Baraett ~ pvtd. of NJ.
Ia wat.r street Al - TT wen until the
27th, when the Vessel Was 70 the eastward
of the Bahamas Tine weather then
became very thrDs,cLiGF and the wind
Increased III viuieLcs At rapid r4is, until
tine scnuones was caught in tue very ctuter
of terrific ryclnuo. A irtiasndous sea
was running. aud tht vessel was thrown
on her beam md In ar 70 right her,
sll hsnos wont TO @ufk ara the .uastl
were cut A%sy She tL.u 'catue w Ike
a TOP rs Captain r5wnsvnd Z pre- I'D il.
but the spsys hung Over ner SD, and
beat against the hui IN Il d4L grruds man
uer Tbs rpidgr was broken, aud the
schooner hsGaulu unmaplg- It was
g
pumps wsrt manned nu they soon
became chote1 suo useieas Slma Of the
wreekage was lalbed together aud put
ever the hows for Grng. "a order tc keep
the vessels bead up 10 the wind. During
tle 26.h, tie ileA gained rapidly, aud The
heavy seas swept over tue disuAst, u hull.
Her boats wre swept away and The
hawHer attached 10 the drag parted Soc
WAS uDmansgeGtie Whily the seas swept
everything tt1ul her dncsJ uutil theru was
nothing left with which to build raft.
Tie leak Was g+iribg rapidly, pnd The
crew saw THAI waeu til, vess,l sank they
would ba compelled 10 swim for their
lives. Oa tlo .9.n tho storm passed
over, bur iue sea WAS yet very
high Gnd ron'u-ed. Ihe vessel was
setting down lower and lower Ia The
sea, An nttemp, Was made 10 b.il cut tie
water in this hold but the crew gave this
up ia despair The ina.. were fast hscom-
ing exhausted from uYlrwork and
exposure, with nothing TO sustain them
but partially spoiled provisions aud water.
Late 10 the afternoon barq1a was dis
covered heading toward the southwest.
She saw the dlsmHsted vessal, and
approaching her, hove to md lowered
boat, which TOOK Oft tht grew-seyun men,
sil tod. Thy ssvei little besides the
clothing which thsy wore. The stranger
proved to be tine Spanish haTqg6 SaatoRg,
Captain Lsarreta, n5uud from Antwerp
for Havana When her yards were again
braced Wy, the dismantied hull of the
schooner WAS seen drifting boPeiessly
astern and lying low down in the trough
of the sea. Sne must have gone down
within 3 few hours sftes she had been
abandoned.
The iSaBtDn0 arrived at Havana on
October 23l, aud th7 shipwrecked crew
weMt on bnerd the AtWpyFt winch sailed
the same afternoon. The men ali speak
highly OF the treatment which taey
received on hoard the Spanish baruue.
The Jac0b h Rdgsody measured 29l
tons, ana ~as built At Nya1k, N. V, seven
years ago. Air. Ridycway, ct Puuadol-
pnia, after Uhnm the vessel was named,
Was her principal o~ner,
The org -1t,tie Ingram, which arrived
from L'so0LID yesieraly, met with q
violent soa.neastsciy gale Oft Iont.uk on
the 22d. : portion ii tLs Gtcl load, which
consisted oi .aihs. YES washed overheard
by the heavy zees. Ou Tuesday last,
while off Fire liaDd, another heavy gGle
was encountered. aud mDre sails were
blown away r...
The ship Ic-5oyy, witch ergivs3 from
ll2ilp aud Batavia yesterday, met with b4d
weather wlile crossing the IGdiAu Ocean
and rounding TIC Cape of GolI HJpo. j.
u. Jensen, tae carpenter, d!ed oi Java
fever On May l-t, end WAS buried in the
Gs.ebe e sos. HAe schooner EGiH.a iPtuSDr,
which sr.lyAp itnu Sau D0uIiu 90 yestar-
Gny, had bad HeHt,Irr uflyr Ii4.sltiy iAti-