The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-27
ONLY ONE SURVIVOR
OUT OF a cR1w OF EIGHT MEN.
Ths Story Of ths NIsek Of Brls-Ths Tragic
hsnoraadam Of ths Second nass-FrIsads II
Dilas b.fors His Eyu, and hs Coatd
atS Not Aslp Thsm-Th Rescued.

| NEw YoRx, March 2G.-James Pratt
late second mate Of the brig A. G. Jswelt
ol Belfast, Me-, sent home as destitute
aeaman by the United States consul al
Aspinwall, arrived at this port yesterday
morning In the Pacific Mail steamer
Acapulco, and gave reporter the follow.
Ing particulars Of the loes Of his vessel
which were also communicated during the
voyage to Dr.. Q. H. wilkinson, the surgeon
Of the Acapulco: lsI.5 rs
The brig A. G. Jewett, Captain Joseph
Reed, sailed from Philadelphia on Feb!
ruary 10. bound to Matauzae, Cuba, with a
cargo Of coal and machinery. Her crew
consisted oi the captain, first mate, Clarke,
second mate Pratt, four Heamen and q
cook, whose names are unknown. The
brig passed the Delaware breakwater Feb.
ruary 20. ,.l Gl1 oBT @8tsN
WRECKED IN THE Gully STREAM. a,
On the evening Of February % in the
Gulf Stream, latitude and longitude un.
knowr, violent gale commenced from
the southeast, soon shifting to southwest,
In which the brig labored tremendously.
Daring the night OF the - the cargo
shifted and the vessel sprung leak. At
O'Clock on the morning OF the 23l an at
tempt was made to wear ship, but 1t failed,
and at hall.past tiyeA. N she was struck by
q very heavy sea and thrown on her beam
endp, her. lnastB being even with the water.
Soon after another sea struck her wssh.
ing of the crew from the weather Hide,
and turning her bottom up, when sheBank.
The captain and. crew disappeared when
she capsiz ID. :, iTsy5ls7 - 4. II ~! Y!
'ir'='s4', ,AFLoAT IN A LEAKING n,AT. 5sia
: The rest Of the crew succeeded In reach
ing one oithe boats that 4 ,atsd OF when
the brig went down. Ths boat was stove
in and filled With water, but, fortunately,
spar to which the boat had been laahed
or deck still remained and thus served to
help to keep her aaoatia She had uo calls
or oars and the men were without provis.
ions or drop Of esh water" The westher
wss very cold and Is they had 10 stand up.
on the boat and hotd on to her guuwales,
which were Just above the water, with the
sea constantly breaking over them, their
suffering was intense. @,!9 .~s
VA Nv DYING ONE DY ONE.
The mate and two seamen soon became
exhausted and died during the afternoon
Of the % !; two more died the next day, the
last ono in the afternoon [24tbl. As soon
as the men died their bodies were thrown
overheard to tighten the boat. The sole
survivor, Pratt, ives alone in The boat from
the afternoon OF the 24.b, when, after Drift
ing in all tiity.iour heura, he saw vessel
standing directly toward the boat.
''''l' q - Y RESCUED.
j lie was too much exhausted to make
any signal, but he YVES seen from the ves-
sci, which proved to be The barkentine
Edward Gushing, Captain Bickmore, OF
Camden, Maine, bound 10 Aspinwall. A
rope being made fast to him hs WAS soon
hauled on board the yeeael more dead than
alive, but with the kind treatment he re-
ceived he soon began to revive and regain
strength. The balkentine arrived at AS
pinwall on the lith inst, and by that
tune he had recovered, and Upon reporting
himself to the United Stats Consul he WIS
sent home, leaving Aspinwall on the Aca-
pulca, on the 18th inst. Pratt halls from
Gardiner, Maine, Tor which place he will
start as soon as possible. fsFS vs.