Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-14
DANGERS OF THE DEEP.
A steamer Struggles with the storm
King, but succumbs to
Its Fury.
How the Hylton CastIc sunk in sisht OF the
crew-The Captain and ELEVEN OH
ers Probably Lost.

HrNTFR's poINT, l.. H., Jan. l9.-Thc
ten shipwrecked sailors from the steamer
Hylton Castle have arrived here. The men
had nothing but the clothing they wore,
having been unable To Save ANYTHING from
the vessel. The chief mate, John Mar
shall, who was interviewed BY an As
sociated Press reporter, told the following
ssory of the wreck and suffering Of the
officers and crew. Before telling his
story, however, Marshall and his com
panions eagerly inquired whether any
news had been received of Capt. Calvin
and those who were with him on the
other, boat aud upon being told that
nothing had yet been seen or heard Of
them, expressed regret and said he was
afraid II they had not reached land last
night they must have been frozen to death.
TALE or SUFFERING.
The chief mate said. ave left New
York Friday morning. The Hylton Castle,
which was Il transporta ION steamer, was
| loaded with corn for Roueu, France.
/ There were twenty-five persons on board,
Including the captain About p m.
When we were about fifty miles east Of
Sandy Hook, we encountered ter.
rible snow storm The wind blew
a hurricane and the big waves
washed over the steamers decks and
tossed her about like a raft For several
hours we did not know where we were,
and the vessel was strainlng badly Too
storm grew worse, and the vessel became
unmanageable, refusing TO answer her
rndder, ana every moment we expected 10
be engulfed by the roaring sea. The cap
tain remained on the bridge, but he and
kgh had a.. H., ia - H.
posts. When the storm was at its height
the steamer sprung leak, and water be-
gan to pour into the hold. The
pumps We're set to work, but
failed to keep the water from
rising, and Capt. Calvin, as best he
could, headed his ship towards New York.
The men were half frozen; the rigging was
covered with ice; every movable thing on
deck was washed away; the tarpaulins on
two OF the matches had been carried of
and the water steadily gained In the hold
all day. Sunday the pumps were kept
working, while the wheelman tried tc
keep the vessel headed for New York AT
! night drew on the water
reached the engine room and by
. O'Clock the fires were extinguished
Those on board gave up all hope of evel
seeing home, and another night of sus
. pense was spent. At O'Clock on Mon
9 day morning the Eire-island light wa
4 sighted. AS near as could be guesse,
$ the vessel was twelve or fifteen mile
Z southeast of the light. At 0 O'clock, see
. ing there was no hope Of saving tn
5 steamer, Capt Calvin piped all hand
r and ordered the llfeboat and launcl
Q to be lowered Half al
! hour later l and my companion
y took to the launch and were immedate
followed by the rest Of the officers an
crew, who took the life boat. We rowe
away from the steamer, and about
1t O'Clock, when we had gone about IVY
d miles toward the shore, we saw her q
down bow first and in few seconds nc
Il spar nor top-mast could be seen. w
|, boat for several hours, unit
n about six or seven mile
y from land, when ii took "a more eastcrl
a course, aud we soon lost sight of 1t, My
b self and men We're greatly exhausted, an
! many Of us had our hands and ears froze
z We made but slow progress, About
e O'Clock in the afternoon, when we wer
IS about mile off shore, boat from tn
$ life-saving station came TO gu
!, assistance. We were landed an
d provided with dry, warm clothin
n and plenty OF food, which we great
needed, having had nothing TO eat f.
nearly eighteen hours. We are now o
our way to the British consulate. w
were told by man on the train that Tn
}" boat had been picked up with one man |
IT, The men In the missing lifeboat wer
i Capt. Calvin OF Shields; Chief Enginee
e John Amiss of Jurrow; Jon
d A. Scout of London; Secon
J. Mate Eli j Stephenson, Carpenter jar
II Heatly, Fireman 1hos. Lowell, Firema
II John Black, Fireman Fred Fisher, Fir,
r man Theodore Larson, aud John Refs,
i seaman. All the men praise the conduc
o OF Capt Calvin, who stuck 70 the Sinh
3, ing vessel 20 the last Ali the crew Of III
J. lite-saying stations between Fire islam
y, and Southampton are ON the lookout 10
5 the missing boat.
u NO HOPE FOR THE GALLANT CAPTAIN
"a HUNTERS PoIST, l.. l., Jan. l3.-Dii
n patches +, ceived here from Crookhaver
re Patehogue Bay Shore and Babylon, stat
e. that no news OF the missing Capt, Calvi
ne and the remainder OF the crew OF th
steamer Hylton Castle has been receive
u at any OF these points, although the me
= may have landed on the beach Con
r munication between the life-saying ~,
IS ton and the mainland IL now impossible
N The great south bay is frozen over
pt party Of reporters and wrecking agent
Il started from here for Fire island on a
ne iceboat this morning. They expected |
We return this evening with full particulars