The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-22

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NEW YoRx, January lS.-Reports con
tinue 70 come In from up and down the
coast o. dIsastcrs 20 small sailing craft
engaged In the coastinR trade. The Her.
aid prints the following: s'The schooner
Seabird, Captain Haskell. Of Ellsworth,
Maine. which cleared on Thursday with
= load Of pig iron. bound from New York
TO Boston, was wrecked % Gull Island,
Long Island Sound. on Saturday morn.
ing during : binding snow-storm. The
Captain and the crew, which consisted
81 Z cook and four seamen, were rescued
BY Z farmer named Corwin, and landed In
safety At Fresh Ponds, . small set.
Element near Batting Hollow. The
rescued men had thrilling ex.
perience and It one time had given up all
hope. The first two days d the voyage
ere unevcntful, the sea being as smooth
- glass. On Friday night, when Oh Gull
Island, . binding snow storm, accom-
panied by q northwest gale, set In. The
waves swept the decks and made Il dam
gerous for the crew TO attend to their du-
lies. The wind. which had Increased
In velocity, whistled through the
sails and tumbled the fright
ened sailors about the decks.
Toward morning the men who had been
On duty all night went below to ret some
food. To their horror II was discovered
that the ship had sprung q leak. and that
the water was rushing into the mold at .
frightful rate. Again the men went on
deck and the unequal struggle between
endurance and the angry elements was
renewed. All set to work battling out
the ship. Forty tons Of pig iron were
thrown overheard, and an attempt
was made TO anchor the ves-
sci. The huge anchors, TWO In number,
were lowered into the sea, and Just rs the
captain was congratulating himself on
having accomplished the feat successful.
ly, q terrible gust Of wind snapped the
chains. Then q huge wave carried away
the yawl and another broke the rudder.
The wind, not to be outdone, put out all
the lights, so darkness was added to other
misfortunes Of the terror-stricken crew.
stu. the men did not give M all hope.
They continued 70 work, although with
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The schooner, without . rudder, with
frozen sails, her yawl washed overheard,
her anchors gone and manned BY .
starved and exhausted crew, drifted
about In the storm and wind. The out
look was black, and the Captain, although
he tried to look cheerful In the presence
Of the crew, inwardly felt that all chance
Of saving the ship and all the men was At
an end. The baning out Of the water In
the hold was kept up all night. % when
the day dawned the Seabird was still
a6oat. Captain Haskell gave orders 20
have the signal Of distress hoisted on the
main-mast. Luckily for him and the
crew the signal was observed BY Z brave
Long Island farmer living at Fresh Point,
who was on the beach 1t the time and saw
the signal, and, without hesitating Z mo-
ment, Get about constructing . raft Of
The surf was running high At
the time, and II required dauntless cour-
ese to reach the wrecked vessel In such
weather. Nevertheless, the brave man
made the venture. On board the Sea-
bird all hands were eagerly watching
rescuer. The raft rode safely over
the waves and was loon alongside the
ship. As II was very small, only one Of
the crew It q time could be taken on
board, and six successive trips had to
be made before al were landed on
shore. The crew, who had suffered in
from hunger, cold and exhaus-
ton, were taken to Mr.. Corwin's house,
and given food and shelter. The vessel
IL . wreck.
A solitary Survivor.
NEW YORK, January l3.-The schooner
Cassie Wright, Sos tons, with guano from
70 Savannah, on T--'reran
Shoals on Friday, the sth inst, and while
badly, was struck BY q heavy gale
Of wind from the Southwest. Captain
turned his ship and scudded for
Beaufort, but was compelled to beach his
vessel on Friday night, about six miles
Of Cape Lookout light, and three
miles east Of Beaufort Bar. The Stew
ard was swept away soon after the vessel
One sailor was drowned In It
tempting 70 Get ashore, and another was
knocked overheard and lost on Sunday
BY the breaking Of the mizzen mast.
The Captain and mate froze to death
Sunday, and one sailor on Sunday
night At eight o'clock. Another sailor,
the only one Of the crew left, was rescued
yesterday about ten o'clock by . crew Of
The natives, to the number Of
nearly hfty men, with several boats that
they carried across the banks, stayed on
the beach from Saturday until yesterday
In the worst spell Of weather that we
have had for many years and made every
effort In their power 10 reach the sufRer.
en-, but the wind was blowing : gale
right on The beach, making a tremendous
sea in which no boat could live.
The rescued man did al In his power
TO keep his companions from freezing.
He beat and kicked them constantly, but
to no purpose. They would sleep, and
sleep brought death. The crew Of the
schooner were without anything 70 eat or
drink from Wednesday night, the 7th
instant. IL Il reasonable to suppose that
II there had been : life. saving station q
Cape Lookout the six lives would have
been saved.
EMeisney 81 Lafs-saving Service.
WARRINGTON, D. c., January lS.-Re-
ports received at the ONCE Of the General
Superintendent Of the L~ife-0aving Service
show that fifteen vessels were driven
ashore within The scope Of he operations
Of he service on The Atlantic coast 10
the great storm Of Friday night. The
crews Of fourteen vessels were rescued.