Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-31
TOSSED BY THE TEMPEST.
PERILS AND SUFFERINGS OF
THE TOILERS OF THE SEA.
A Crew from Pensacola Seventy
eight Hours without Food or
Drink on a WaEerlOgged Wreck
Tales of the Recent Terrific Gale.


FERNANDINA, FLA, August 9O.-Mallo-
ry's steamer the City of San Antonio, put
into this port last night to clear her dis
charge and bilge pumps and fasten down
her after boiler. In the storm of the 9th
inst. her iron shutters were stove in and the
saloon flooded from foot to bulkhead.
She will make the necessary repairs and
proceed to Galveston at once. Capt. Bur
rows reports that the storm was the most
terrific he has ever experienced.
PORT ROYAL, s. c., August 3O.-Capt.
Hines, of the steamer Western Texas, re-
ported the Martins Industry lightship gone.
All buoys at Port Royal have been shifted.
NEW YORK, August 30.-The steamship
Hudson, from New Orleans, arrived here
to-day. She reports having had heavy
weather off the east coast Of Florida lasting
thirty hours. August 28th she fell In with
the ship Sandusky, from Pensacola for
Liverpool, with lumber, dismasted, water
logged and stern 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 Sandusky, says: "We left Pensacola,
August 18th, for Liverpool. On the 25th
the wind increased to a heavy gale from
the northeast, and the ship commenced
leaking badly. On the 26th the gale in
creased to a hurricane, the leak gaining so
fast that both pumps could not keep the
vessel free. At 6 p. m. she had ten feet of
water in her hold, with both pumps con
stantly going, but to no purpose. At 8
p. m. a squall Of great violence threw
the ship on her beam ends, when the m2sts
were cut away. At the same time every
thing was swept from the 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 after seen,
and must have been swept away
when her deck load went over.
The ship slowly righted after
the loss Of her top hamper, but was COM
pIete Waterlog2ed wreck, the crew remained
on the mizzen rigging until daybreak, the
sea continually sweeping over them and
threatening to carry them off every moment.
At daybreak we were enabled to better our
position somewhat, but as the ship was
constantly breaking up it was a day of ter
rOr. About four D. m. we saw a brig
steering nearly for US, but she passed us
by without noticing US, though her people
were plainly visible to us. The wind was
still blowing heavy gale, and tremendous
seas were breaking over the ship. When
nearly dark, the whole stern frame broke,
aud was swept away with the after part of
the main deck, and the timbers commenced
coming out from between decks. We were
obliged to abandon our position aft, and
after great risk got forward and into the
foretop, where the night of the 9th was
passed.
"The next day was fine, but with heavy
seas constantly deluging the ship. AT $50
p. N. we saw vessel, which proved to be
The steamship Hudson, from New Orleans for
New York. The crew and officers were
taken off after being seventy weight hours on
the wreck without food or water. Every
kindness was shown us by Captain Free
man, his officers and passengers, the latter
making up purse, which greatly gladdened
tue hearts of the destitute 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 a danger to
naVigators, although she was abandoned in
the track of northern bound vessels.
The steamship Chalmette, from New Or
leans, also arrived here to day. She reports
that on August 28th, at a. m, she fell in
with the schooner Lucie Wheatley, Capt.
Sipple, from Jacksonville for Baltimore, in
-
tain and crew and brought them to this
port.
Captain SippIe says: "We left Jackson
Vile August 13. At 1 p. m. the ship was
struck by lightning, shivering her fore
mast, fOretopmast and miZzentOpmast, and
damaging her hull. The wind was west
southwest. We fixed the foremost and Sc
cured it, but it was not safe. Fitted up
jumper stay and set spare jib as a main
stay sail. The wind was variable on the
10Th and partly calm on the 18th. On
the 10Th the wind was west and
the weather haZy. On the Goth
the wind changed to the northeast, and,
increasing from the 21st to the oath, we had
heavy seas, and the wind was blowing a
hurricane, the vessel leaking, and the
pumps constantly going. On the 26th and
9th we threw over part Of the deck load.
On the 25th, at noon, the vessel was full of
water. The masts were swept away and the
hull righted, but she was wholly under
water, and all hands were obliged to look
out for themselves, being part of the
On the 2Sth, in the morning, the steamer
Chalmette, from New Orleans for New
York, sighted us and came to our rescue.
She launched her boat with two officers and
four men. At $3.50 a. m. she had all of
Us on board. The schooner was then
breaking to pieces so that the lumber was
coming out. She was then In latitude 80,
longitude 78:45. The schooner was built in
1874 at Frederick, Del. and was owned by
Governor J. w. Hall 81 Son, of Frederica,
and Mrs. Wheatley, of Lebanon, aud was
100 tons register"