Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-14
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Castle

Hryru's Psrsr CID. Jan. l4-Ths
tao snipvreeked sailors fro0 the by ton
Castle arrived here this afssrroon- The
msn bad nothing bcs the clothing which
they wore. having been uneoie 20 save
ans thing from tie vessel. Ohief msse
Marshall told the following story OF the
wreck and s1ferines Of the otcers and
crss. Before telling the ssory, however,
Marshall and bis companions eagerly
inquired vheshsr sny news had oeen
reesi,ed Of Captain Coivin and those
Who ssrs With him ia the other boat,
and upon being told that nsshina hsd
yes been seen or beard Of them ex-
pressed regret. and said that they we're
afraid that il they hsd not reached
land las, nigh. they u ssf nave been
frozen 70 death
he eni-f mate said: I'VE left New
York on Friday morning. The dyiton
Castle, which 10 tramp steamer. vas
loaded With corn for Ro1es, France.
There we're y persoGs on beard, inciod-
ing the captaia- About O'Clock IN the
evening. when se were dfty miles east
Of Sandy Hook. ve encountered . ter
ribIe anov storm The Wind bleu q
hurrieane and the big waves washed
over the steamers decks aud tossed her
about like q raft For several hours ve
did not knos where We we're, and the
vessel U.s. ssraiuinR badly. The storm
grew worse and the vessel became NJ
manseeab ., refusing 10 answer hsr rad
der. Every moment ve expected TO be
engulfed by toe sea The captain re
NAMED on the bridge, bot be and the
vhselmsn had TO be tied 20 their 70 is
When the storm Was at Its hight the
steamer sprung leak. and the water
began pouring into her hold. Toe
p1mps were sst 20 work. bat failed TO
keep the watar from rising. aud Capt.
Colvin, as tbs be & he could do, headed
Dis ship tov ,rds New York. The men
we're half frozen. the rigging vas cav
cred With Zoe, every movable thing on
deck vas washed away. the tarpaoiins
90 too Of the matches we're carried on,
asd the water vas steadily gaining IN
the bold. All day Sunday the pumps
we're kept working, while the vheeimsn
tried to keep the vessel headed toward
Mes York.
"At 6 O'Clock on Monday morning
Pire Island light was sighted. As nearly
- could be guessed, the vessel vas II or
Is miles southeast Of the light, At 3
O'Clock. seeing that there was no hope
Of savina the steamer, Captain Coivln
piped all hands aud ordered that the
iifeboat and lsunch be lowered. Half
an boar later and my companions took
70 the laauch and we're Immediately
followed by the rest Of the officers and
crew, Who sook the lifeboat. We roved
away from the steamer, and about 10
o'clock when We had gone about two
miles tovard shore Ws saw her 20 down,
boz first, and il . few seconds not q
spar OF topmsst could be seen. We kept
company with the cspsain's boat for
several hours until about six or seven
miles frsm land when it took q more
easterly course and We soon lost sight
Of il.
Myself and men vere greatly ex-
hausted aad many of us had our hands
aud ears frozen. We made bat slo !.
progress. About in the afternoon
when ve were about mile OF shore, q
boat from the life saving station came
and provided With dry, warm clothing
and plenty Of food, waish ve greatly
needed, having bad nothing to eat fol
nearly ten hours"
NEW YoRK. Jan. 1.-THE Maritime
LxcuAnRo tAlS oibckuo1o nhQ boNi0te
from Fire Island that fishing smack
had been sighted of the Island, sailing
westward, with white boat in TOW. The
name of the smack is not given. The
owner of the Hylton Castle thinks that
| the boat in tow Of the son ack 10 the SEQ
ond boat that left the Hyltsn Castle
when she foundered. and that the meT
Who are reported 10 have made their es
cape in her we're taken on board the
sm ack.
SANDY HOOK. Jan. 13.-The fishing
smack seen last night towiag a whit.
boat, which was thoa0ht 70 be the miss
ing boat from the foundered stsame
Hylton Castle. arrived of Sandy Heol
this morning. She proved to be th,
stephen Woolsey. and was boarded By
the life saving crew, who ascertaine(
that the remainder Of the crew Of the
unfortunate steamer had been picked
up of Fire Island, and that all we're Oh
board and doing we'll. some of then
being but little frost bitten.