The daily gazette., 1882-03-04
LOST AT SEA.

FoUNDER1Ne OF THE BRITIsH BARK
MARY LAwToN-sIx MEN SWEPT
OVERHEARD ny AN ENORMOUS WAVE
THE SURVIVORS RESCUED sY A
NORWEGIAN vEssEE.
PHILADELPHIA, March 3.
The Norwegian bark Norma, Captain
Matheton, now lying At her wharf at
Iherlow, on the Delaware, below Ches.
ter, brings the captain and four men
from The British bark Mary Lawton.
which was dismasted ct the mouth OF
the English Channell on the afternoon
OF February 2. A green sea of great
height boarded the bark and carried
away the entire deck bouse with six
men in it. The names Of the lost were
as fOllows:--
Andrew Gibbs, colorsd, seaman,
Thomas Lynch, seaman, Michael Nc
Afte, cook, Nicholas Nelson, seaman,
Francis Sydgves., seaman.
The Captain, Alfred A. Kimball; Chief
Mate Foster Perry, Second Mate JoHa-
than Rodney, Carpenter Hans Rasmussen
and seaman, CHARLES Barnard, were
saved by the Norma and safely landed
a, this port. They report that prior to
the disaster Of the I'd of February John
Mohair, an able-bodied seaman, was los,
overheard during heavy gale on JAN
uary a while aloft reefing the mainton-
sail. He wss Lost in latitude 81 deg. 40
min, longitude 90 deg. ~ mis-.
Captain Kimbail, of the lost bark,
was found at No. 13l Pine street this
evening and said:-"We sailed from
Liverpool on December 20, raa into Bel.
last on The 9th, leaving finally for Bal
timore on New Years night, with q fair |
wind fJr down channel run, but at
Six O'Clock 1t was blowing q gale from
the sol thwest. We were loaded with
salt. We beat down through the Irish |
Sea and were detained five days In the
Bristol Cham ell by westerly gales, We
passed FssLnet light on January ls. |
wind to southwark, and had continuous
gales ftom that tine until February Q.
nothing above double resfed |
topsails. At midnight of February l |
We hove to, with head TO southwark, OH
tack, under lower maintop-
sail and treble reefed spanker. Tue
wind was about west-southwest. On |
.be evening of the 2nd, at four O'Clock,
.he bark shipped g eat sea that carried |
away the star0oard stanchions and COW |
sring board from main rigging to knight
beads, dismastIng the ship aud bursting |
u the decks from frWard boase to the |
Knight heads, aud washing away the
Onward house with six men. The etar-
board watch was on deck. The carpenter
ind Nicholas Nelson were at the pumps
was holding on to the mizzen rigging,
tandlng ON The poop. saw the sea /
coming of the starboard bow. 1t was
10 high that could almost see It over |
he topsail yards. 1t was a great green
vail of water. shouted to the men to |
;ome aft In all haste. J
The seamen ran into the carpenter :
hop, but the carpenter sprang up on
he poop. AN instant later and the |
hip was eDRulfed. l had taken q
urn round my body with rope, thus
ashiDg myself to the mizzen rigging,
md so the sea went over me. Hum
reds of tons of water came aboard.
'ome idea of its weight may be had
rom the fact that it broke the four
eek beams from the foremast for.
ward, which were fourteen inches
quare. When the ship rose every-
hing went clear. Fortunately another
ca did not follow it, or we should
ave gone right down. I saw the
olUred man Gibbs come up, but he
disappeared. StranRest Of
II, there was not q hogshead of
1ater went inside of her. All our
oats except the dingy were smashed.
his occurred in latitude 90 deg, 22
lin. north. longitude 80 deg, 90 min. I
'est. That light we hauled the lit
% boat back TO the poop, for we
new we'd have TO leave the vessel. 9
We put can of oil in the dingy SO as
} oil drag. Then we started the t
jumps, pumped all night and the next '
ay till twelve o'clock, when the Nor
-egian bark Norma sighted US. She
ore down, launched boat in = heavy
bling sea and took US off. They
'eated us with all kindness, and her
Ulcers are certainly deserving of our /
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