The daily gazette., 1881-04-16
wreck of a DeiasOore Tesset.
GRAPHIC STORY oE THE SURVIVORS.

GRAPHIC STORY OF THE SURVIVORS.
Captain G. f. Seward master, A. A.
Thompson, mate, n. Hearn, steward, and
James w. Allston, seaman, OF the
schooner A. B. Goodman, wrecked on
Inner Diamond shoal, near Cape Halter
as, on Monday, April A, arrived in Balti-
more yesterday in the Bay Line steamer
Florida, Capt. Whittle. Capt. Seward
resides in this city and the others in
Laurel, Del. Capt. Seward gives graphic
account of the wreck, the sufferings, and
the loss of one of the seaIneD, Louis
Beck. The Goodman left here March 29
for Newbern, N. O., and after a rough
experience in the bay got to sea on Sat
urday, April 2. "On reaching Curri.uck,"
Capt. Seward says, "the wind came
southeast and worked to southwest, until
Monday noon, when it was south-south-
west, and blowing hard, the schooner be-
ing buckled down under two-reefed
sails. At o'clock, in the afternoon the
wind came north, and at 8 o'clock to
ca t, blowing lively gale and raining
by bucketfuls. We were near Hatteras
shoals then. AT $50 the mainsail gave
way and tore into shreds, and ha hour
later we struck on Inner Diamond shoal,
four miles from shore. The force drove
the rudder up through the deck when
we first struck, ,and tie second time yawl,
davlts and stem were broken, The
schooner began TO settle, and in twenty
minutes the water was four feet over the
deck. We all five started for the rigging
of the maintop. Jumped for IL from the
top of the deckbouse, but it was IL feet
of, and missed it and fell under the
mainboom, catching hold on ring and
crawling to the rigging. Il was a race
between us for The rigging. Beck was
caught by wave and crushed against
the main boom. He must have been
stunned, as he foated about for fifteen
minutes and sank. He must have
drowned on top of the water. 1t was dark
when the other four OF us got into the
main rigging, aud it was raining, snow
ing and freezing. We remained there
almost frozen, without anything to eat or
drink, all night and part Of next day. At
daybreak Tuesday the keeper of Halter
as light, Thompson, saw us, and the
crew of life. saving station No. %, b. b.
Daley, keeper, came off in their boat.
They reached us after three and a.hali
hours work, and made three attempts
to get at us, but failing, anchored astern.
They then shot their graphing iron
through the main rigging, and by means
OF the line drew the boat along side at
11.30 o'clock. Capt. Daily sang out to
drop and we dropped all in a bunch
from the main rigging into the lifeboat.
We had been in the rigging six cen
hours, and without food or drink twen-
ty-eight hours. At the light-keeper's
house we were given warm fire, dry
clothes and plenty to eat. That night we
went to station %, staid until Thursday
and started up along the cost in company
with Capt. Mooney, of the schooner
Nellie Crowell, wrecked on the beach al
the same time. Capt. James, OF the
| Baltimore schooner II. l.. James, at Hat
teras Inlet, gave us half bushel Of grub
and $25. We worked our way up, walk.
| Ing sometimes and sometimes in opeI
| boats, to within 1S miles of Norfolk
| where we got a carriage and drove ovel
to Norfolk, arriving there yesterday
| wednesday, On the way up we stop
| ped at one house and when refused ad-
mittance told lhe owner l was going tC
stay there or die, and he lets us in anC
kept us three days and would take ne
money. Capt. Whittle, of the Florida,
would take no money, bat gave us thu
best to eat and good sleeping accommo-
dations." Capt. Seward is very gatefu
to the crew of the life-saving station, tn,
keeper Of Hatteras light, Capt. Jane
and Capt. Whittle. The A. b. Goodman
was 122 tons register and belcnged t,
Seaford Del, Was valued at $4,000, anC
owned by d. J. & b. F. Fooks, DR.. W
Wolf, Danl. Hearn, J. b. Guillan & Co.
and Johnston Moore, of Delaware Capt
Burton, of Philadelphia, and Capt
Seward. Beck was S5 years old iron
Nova Scotia and was good seaman. =
| Bait. Sun.