Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-01
A STORY OF THE SEA.
Details of the Sufferings of the
Crew Of the Sandusky.


New YORK, August 30.-The steamship
Hudson, from New Orleans, arrived here to-
day. She reports that she had heavy
weather off the east coast of Florida, last
ing thirty hours. On August 2Sth she fell
in with the ship Sandusky, from Pensacola
| for Liverpool with lumber, water-logged
and her stem gone. She took off the crew,
who had been seventy hours without food
| or water, gave them clothes and made them
| as comfortable as possible.
| The report of Captain Lowden, of the
ship Sandusly, says: We left Pensacola on
August 18th for Liverpool. On the 25th
the wind increased to a heavy gale from the
badly On the 26th the gale increased to
fast that both pumps could not
had ten feet of water in the hold, with both
pumps constantly going but to no purpose.
At s p. IN. squall of great violence threw
the ship on her beam ends, when the masts
were cut away. At the same time every
thing was swept from the deck, including
| both houses, with all stores and fresh water.
| All the officers and crew reached the weather
mizzen rigging except two seamen and the
cook, who were never after seen and must
have been swept away when the deck load
went over The ship slowly righted after
| the loss of her hamper, but was COM
plete water-logged wreck. The crew re-
manned on the mizzen rigging until
day break, the sea continually sweep
ing over them and threatening to
| carry them off every moment
At daybreak were enabled to better our
| position somewhat, but as the ship was con-
| stantly breaking up, it was day of terror
| About p. m, We saw brig steering nearly
for us, but she passed US by without
noticing, although her people We're plainly
visible to u.s. The wind was still blowing a
heavy gale and tremendous streams breaking
over the ship. When nearly dark, the
whole stream formed, broke, and was
swept away with the after part of the main
| deck, and the timbers commenced
coming out from between the decks. We
were obliged to abandon our position aft, and
after great risk, got forward and into the
foretop, where the night of the 27th was
passed. The next day was fine, but with
heavy seas constantly deluging the ship.
AT $50 p II. We saw vessel, which
proved to be the steamship Hudson, from
New Orleans, for New York. Tho crew and
| officers were taken Off, after being
| 10 Ou l1S "T0Ch, WITHOUT
or water. Every kindness was shown
us by Capt. Freeman, his officers and pas
| sengers, the latter making up purse which
greatly gladdened the hearts of the desti-
tute mariners. The gale was one of the
most severe, so Captain Freeman reports,
| that he ever experienced The wind
reached the velocity of hurricane on the
evening Of the 26th. AS the ship was fast
breaking up, she will soon cease to be dan
gerOus to navigators, although she was
abandoned in the track of the northern
bound vessels. The steamship Chalmette,
from New Orleans, which arrived here to-
day, reports that on August 29th, at 8
o'clock a. m, she fell in with the schooner
Lucie Wheatley, Captain Supple, from
Jacksonville for Baltimore, in a sinking
condition, and took off the captain and
crew and brought them to this port
Report of Capt. ]. W. Supple, of the
schooner Lueie Wheatley: Left Jackson
vile August 13, at p. M; was struck by
lightning, shivering the foremost foretop-
mast and mizzen-top mast and damaging
the hull wind w. S. w: fixed foremast
and scanned it, hut it was not safe fitted up
the jumper stay and set a spare jib as main
| stay sail wind variable on the 10th and
partly calm. On the 18th to 10Th wind s.
W. and weather hazy. On the Goth wind
changed to N. E., and increasing; 21st to
oath heavy seas and blowing hurricane,
vessel leaking and pumps constantly
| going. On the 26th and 27th threw
overheard part of the deck load. On the
9th at noon the vessel was full of water,
the masts were swept away and the hull
righted but was wholly under water aud
all hands were obliged to lookout for them
selves, being part of the night up to our
waists in water. On the 29th, at s a. m.,
the steamer Chalmette, from New Orleans
for New York, sighted us and came to our
rescue, and launched their boat, with two
officers and four men. At $50 a. m. they
had all of us on board the steamer. The
schooner was then breaking to pieces, SO
that the lumber was coming out. We were
then in latitude 81, longitude 78o, AS.
The schooner was built in 1874 at FREDERICK,
Del, and owned by Gov. j. W. Hall and
Son, of FREDERICK, and Mrs. Wheatley, of
Lebanon, and was 100 tons register.