Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-28
A STORY OF sH1pwREoK.
How n PlucIxy Wife Chung TO q
Wreck-Washed Away One by One
St. James Gazette, January 4th.

Wreck-Washed Away One by On,
St James Gazette, January 4th.
The mate ofthe barque Lynton of Liver
pool, which was wrecked last month dur
ing hurricane off Aspinwall or Colon, il
Columbia, has communicated a story o.
the wreck, in which he says that when thu
vessel struck all on board, including Mrs
Lindgard, the captains wife, and her two
children climbed into the rigging. Aftel
clinging there for several hours the vesse
turned over and they were all immersed
in the sea.
Every one succeeded in catching holc
of the keel. Not word, not cry OF
shrek, did the captains wife utter. She
held on to wreck with one hand, and will
the other she pressed q child to hel
bosom. was clinging close to her, and
for the purpose of giving her little sup
port / held her round the waist. The
storm ragged, if possible, worse than ever;
the water swept over us again and again,
almost sitting US. The weary night, which
seemed more like a year dragged on. Now
and again, as the waves allowed us, we
could see two large fires on shore, which
the natives keep on for the purpose of
frightening wild animals away. With
the water breaking over us, we were be-
coming numb with cold, our clothes were
being torn off, and our, bodies were beng
cut and bruised. At about O'Clock
n. m. a fearful sea broke over us, tearing
from the wreck the boy Hall and one Of
the sailors named johnson, who never
rose again. At length morning dawned !;
and on shore between 200 and 800 yards
away, we could hear the people shouting.
But on account of the heavy seas no
assistance could be rendered us. Bit by
bit the vessel broke up, and as the day
wore on Norberg was swept away. With
her hair streaming in the wind the cup
tain's wife still bravely clung for life to
the wreck. The captain, who appeared
to very much exhausted, still held on
with Lucy in his arms. The child began
to cry, and, with tears running down her
checks, she uttered the pitiful request,
Papa, papa, give me a drink"
A few hours rolled on without
apparently any hope of rescue.
The captain then held up Lucy in his
arms, and with a cry of despair, exclaimed,
"Saye my little ones Oh, try and save
my darling children ~ These were the
last words he uttered, for shortly after he
sank down alongside of us, completely
worn out. 1t is impossible to describe
the agony we suffered. Never word of
complaint was heard from the captains
wife. A little later another gigantic wave
broke upon us as we all lay huddled
together, and carried away Lucy, the COR
penter, and one of the sailors frcm oul
sight. All now seemed over. Mrs. Lind
gard. turning to me, said, mir. Johnston,
any darling husband and child are gone.
Who's 10 he neAt?" During the whole of
the dreadful night the ships bell had
neen tolling, as it had been swung back
ward and forward by the wind and the
waves. The sound of the bell as it
reached us across the water rang like
horrible death-knell in our ears. Day at
length dawned, but with nothing but
death staring MS in the face. The
storm still continued with unabated fury.
We had then been about 38 hours on the
wreck, when suddenly we saw boat
pulling off to us. At last she managed to
get alongside, and gallant fellow jumped
over ON to the planks and made fast a
rope to the wreck. Jump for your
lives" he said. The boat filled with
water, and sprnng into the sea, and sue
ceeded in catching hold of two of tie
oars. One wave came and buried me. |
rose again, and exerted myself to get to
the shore. Twice l sank, and had given
myself up for lost, when two natives
rushed into the water with ropes and
hauled me ashore, naked and bleeding.
was taken to French doctors house.
The bont, which was washed ashore, was
got ready for another attempt at rescue.
This time her crew succeeded in saving
the captains wife, child, the steward, and
two sailors named Christopherson and
Eversen. All were taken to the DOCTORS
house, and our wants were attendld d to.