Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-15

nelhing. Soon aiksr dark the rire-Is-
land light seemed TO loom up close q
hand. The men wsre surprised
% fnd II apparently 20 near
tbsm. Aitsr rowing for while they
fancisd themselves close TO the FIRE.
Island shore and almost within hailing
distance Of the lighthouse. They yelled
themselves hoarss; but received no An
swsr. Then they thought that the in.
mates Of the lighthouse were asleep and
that no one was on the lookout. 1t did
not occur to them ct first that the sspor
on the water had produced scmething
similar to mirage, and that they had
been deceived about their distance from
the Fire-Island light. At length they
stopped crying for help, and, with
feeling akin to hopelessness, drifted
aimlessly for some time.
Shortly before Q o'clock in the eve
ning the men were fast becoming ex-
hausted. Several had been frost-bitten.
Suddenly they observed q small light,
toward which they headed. AS they
made toward 1t they shouted Justify.
They thought for time that 1t was
lighthouse. Their shouts were unan-
swered, however, and they feared re-
petition of their recent experience.
They did not dare to row any nearer
the light for fear that they might be
caught in the surf and swamped. Soon
they discovered that their boat was
drifting directly toward the light, and
in few minutes they discerned the out
lines Of vessel 10 which the light be-
lopged. The stranger proved to be the
fshiDg.smack Woolsey. She grew
larger and larger until they could make
out that she was at anchor.
Throw your painter around her
cable cried Captain Colvin. One OF
the men tried to obey this order, but
failed. The boat was drifting by the
smack. - Help, there on board the
schooner 4" cried the boats crew. A
man sprang to the side Of the smack
and threw q line to the men in the
boat. They caught 1t and in moment
found themselves alongside the smack.
The latter's crew were now on deck,
and they assisted the exhausted men
out of their boat. Three were so badly
frost-bitten that they had to be lifted
on deck. The man who threw the line
to the drifting boat was Samuel Kee-
ney, cousin Of Captain Keeney, and
the mate Of the smack.
The half.frozen survivors of the Hyl-
ton Castle were taken down into the
cabin, where they found q hot stove.
A warm supper was Immediately pre-
pared for them by their rescuers, who
took off their own clothes and offered
them to the half-frozen seamen. The
smack was about six miles from Fire
island when she picked up the boats
crew. Captain Keeuey was not ready
to return from his cruise, but in order
to land the rescued people he took up
his anchor Tuesday morning and set
sail for this port. j. Thompson, one
of the firemen of the Hylton Castle, had
his fingers very badly frozen. j. Rees,
one of the sailors, was the man who was
sent to the hospital yesterday after
noon.
The boatswain exhibited his silver
whistle on his arrival at the Sailors
Home, and said with considerable glee
that that was the only thing which he
had saved from the wreck. She ship
wrecked men will be provided with
clothing by the British Consul and will
be sent to their homes. A subscrip-
ton was started for them yesterday ant
by evening it had reached nearly 5000
Captain Colvin denied yesterday thu
statement that the Hylton Castle wa
overloaded. Her lines, he insisted
were not under water.