Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-16
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Hynes says that one dav Lac, ~.
wnile he was walking in the .tra 10y
; Caicutta, having ntelv boan - "a, y
charged from his own vsssel H. ' u,s
invited by two strange mon =, wa
drink. The next day he awosa ,,S y.
go 1S,e.''s ss,e OF the Freeman Clarke
Iaps' Wllli1ms, with a cargo of lnte
tht uu 'or boston; The Clarke was
.nlr.y Years old and very leaky. Ronrh
Weather followed, and the crew hsd
~ heep at the pumps all the Tim"
Aoout July l2th, after ROUNDING tbe
oape, neaVy weather came on and liza
captain lost has reckoning. While in
.uls ulienn@, al . O'clock on the amer.
uVpn Oh july 10th, Il fire was discover.
su oy the captain in the la2orette All
r ra were put 10 work at The punns
lhey fought the fire until Q n -,
Wnen The flames seized on the inflan,,
troll. 'n" CON
When the fire was discovered they
We're forty miles off what was am.
posed to he Port Elizabeth light hnt X
proved to be Cape st. Francis lirbt The
iiiost dangerous and exposed part of
the coast. pay vi
Az . o'clock the crew took ia tba
ooats, being then ten miles or shnr.
In the captains boat were Mr.. Boyle
seconu-mate, the steward. "A Chinaman
,hies sailors, all the ships papers and |
instruments, and plenty of provisions |
IN the other boat were First-Nata
Weymouth and the remainder of he |
crew. by some oversight no provi.
ions but bag of ship biscuits were
taken along in this boat and no water
fhe boat being leaky the biscuits he
came wet and unfit to eat. Ii was
death To attempt to pass the breakers
so the two boats headed for PORT
Elizabeth. 1t came on heavy wealth
er and they parted, this being the last
ever seen OF the captains boat and its
crew,
Having nothing to eat, the men he
came exhausted, The weather was
iearfully cold and it rained all the
time. On the 18th of July the cook,
Boston man, died, and his BODY was
at once thrown overheard. Another
victim, a Norwegian, shortly followed
Several more days passed, and it was
for them TO work Longer
Those able bailed out. Just as desper-
atlon had seized them, Port Elizabeth ,
lght was sighted. a signal of an old ,
jacket on an oar was recognized.
ihree iishing-hoats put off and picked ,
Ihem up The steam-tug James
Searles towed them in
The castaways were kindly treated !
~ the American consul, who took :
ARE of them until they were able TO \
raVel They say that when they last !
Jaw the captains boat il was headed :,
or the shore. A searching party went
overland to look for this. but found .
nothing but n part OF the wrecked :
hlp's boat which had been splintered !
~ the breakers, and a few fragments n
My were left to tell the sad story OF o
he unsuccessful effort to beach the 4
'oat. She must have been capsized h
nd all on board lost, ~ nothing has
zen heard of theni since, n
The survivors We're afterward sent L
o Cape Town, where passage was Sc n,
ured for them by different vessels
iines was put ON board the Roma, n
ihich had already on board the crew :,
f the wrecked steamer Dauntlesl, and al
rcught to Baltimore. Hines lives in r,
liverpool aud has Il sister in New I
'ofk, whom he is anxious to see be-
IRE taking passage for home. He tells
strange story OF the origin of the
re. He says 1t was whispered cl
neng the crew that the captain
arted it, intending to destroy the II,
Zip, and thus get the insurance The
re- broke out where he himself was, in
nd was allowed to get terrible head II
ay before it was reported or any eff
1T made 10 check it. Death, how fr
'er, now covers all trace of the hi
inle if crime il was. On