The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-14

TIE SCHOONER tSrELLE BUFFETfD BY wind
AND WAVES-TJWED INTO PORT.
New York Herald. IAN

1 THE StF'ONEk fSl fllsh Wv bf VIM
AND wAvES-TJwED INTO PORT.
New York Herald, 19lh
The steamer Breakwaler. Captain Gibbs,
from Norfolk Va. for this port, while off
Barntelt on Tuesday az ernOon sighted Il
vessel di>mas'ed and fying signals 81 dis
trc>s. CAPTAIN Gibbs bore down for her.
She proved to be the French schooner E.
tellr. Captain Faure. from Martinique, West
iudle>. bound for New York. The crew
were IN an exhausted CONDITION and the
schooner without sufficient sail TO make his
port. She was token in tow by the Break
water and brougn TO Quarantine early yes
tcrday morning. From Quarantine she was
towcd 10 Il lite stores, BROOKLYN, by steam
tugs.
! Captain Faure says that the E>teIle sailed
| from VI lrtn.que on December On, win II
carao Of gar bound 10 New York. The
day Of er CHRISTMAS dav. when IN lalltude
80 uorih. lOneiiude 30 west, The wind,
which had bten fre>b, increased 10 Il heavy
! gale from ihe northwest. AT - DEL 'ck The
s'orm was a. it, worst. and The ID and fly
| iDg-jIb were blown entirely away and The
mtiusiil split. Tue sea constant, broke
over the >cnoOn,r and she made a great
| deal OF water, 40 that ii was nee ssary 10
| keep The crew ~ tue pumvs all night. Tn
| j iuuaiy 1St the fri mate ana Two >elmen
| fell iii from exposure aud lack OF sleep,
leaving the captain, tirae men. and boy
10 work The vessel aud man the pumps.
Mex day the wind set StiOng from the
sou Invest, increasing by noon 10 hurricane
force aud shifting around to TIE northwest.
The lib was blown into >LreGS, ana the sea
again swept over the vessel. The leak in
creased. and c'n.iaut work was required ut
the pumps 10 keep the water from ne cargo
OF sugar. In the afternoon the pDrt-main
sDr1udS were wrenched from the CHAINS,
and toe ma'nmast TarIed i've feet from the
deck. The mast. with all it, rgolDg, was
swept awuy by fhr seas, leaving her wreck.
The only remaining sail. the lOreSail, was
also carried away, 50 that III TIE worst Of The
hnrricane the schooner was wllhoul a shred
OF canvas. The crew suffered acutcIy from
exposure. The StIrm lasted forty-twO hours
before it was possible to clear away the
wreckage aad endeavor 10 puf some slil on
the vessel. Al that was left wa> >t,Isail.
winch WIS bent as a ID. With this spread
OF canvas the schooner, with a moderately
fair wind that followed, made the Jersey
coast.
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