Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-08-31
MARINE DISASTERS.
Thrilling Narratives Of Suffering.

New YORK, August 80. Steamship Hud-
son, Freeman, New Orleans, arrived to-day.
She reports she had heavy weather of the
east coast of Florida, lasting thirty hours,
August 2sth, lat 81 25, long. 1925. She fell
in with the ship Sandusky from Pensacola
for Liverpool, with lumber, dismasted, water
lodged, and stern gone. She took o6 the
crew, who had been seventy hours without
food or water, and gave them clothes and
made them as comfortable as possible. The
Sandusky was 1918 tons. built at Newcastle,
Me. in '49, and owned by A. X. Miller of New
Orleans, and commanded by Capt. X. j.
Loden. Capt. LOden reports he left Pen
sacola, August 18th, for Liverpool. The
northeast and increased to asheavy gale.
The vessel commenced leaking badly the
26th. The wind increased to a hurricane and
the leak gained so fast that that both pumps
could not keep the vessel free. At P. NJ.
he had ten feet of water in the hold, both
pumps constantly going, but to no purpose.
At p. NJ. the ship was thrown on her beam
ends when the masts were cut away. At the
same time everything was swept from her
deck including both houses with all the stores
and fresh water. All the officers and crew
reached the weather mizzen rigging except
two seamen and the cook who were never
seen.
| The ship slowly righted. but was a complete
water-logged wreck. The crew remained on
| the mizzen rigging until daylight. the sea
continually sweeping over them and threat
ening to carry them off every moment. At
daybreak we were enabled to better our po-
sition somewhat, but as the ship was con-
stantly breaking up, it was day of terror.
About p. NJ. we saw a brig steering nearly
for us, but she passed by without noticing
us, though her people were plainly visible to
US. The wind was still blowing heavy gale
and tremendous sea was breaking over the
ship. When nearly dark the whole stern
frame broke and was swept away with the
after parts of the main deck, and the timber
commenced coming out from between decks,
then obliging us to abandon our position, and
after great risk got into the foretop where
the night of the 9th was passed. The next
day was fine, but heavy sea was constantly
deluging the ship. At 5 p. NJ. we saw a
steamship which proved to be the Hudson,
which took us of. after being IS hours with
food or water. The steamers officers and
passengers made up purse which gladdened
| our hearts.
Steamer Chalmette, which arrived to-day
from New Orleans. fell in with the schooner
Lucie Wheatly, Aug. 2Sth, in sinking con-
dition, and took of Capt. Sippls and crew,
and brought them here.
| The Lucie sailed from Jacksonville Aug.
18th for Baltimore, on the morning of the
l4th she was struck by lightning, shivering
the foremast, foretopmast and mizzen top and
damaging the hull. We fixed the foremast
and secured it, but we were from the 2lst to
the 2Sth in hurricane, which swept away
the mast. When the vessel righted she was
full of water. All hands passed the night
up to the waist in the water. On the 2sth
the steamer Chalmette from New Orleans for
New York, took us on board. We had been
four days without food or water. The schoon-
er was then breaking up. She was owned at
Frederice.