Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-03
TOSSED on ANGRY SEAS.
"A briggs TEKRIBLE ENPEEI.
ENCE on HATTERAS SHOALS.

The SSrRh r. Kennedy Encounters n
Rnrrioane On the Carolina Coast
Saved from Wreck by Pouring oil on
the Wavss-DastardIy Conduct of the
Crew-They Desert the Pumps and Re
fuse to W ork-Other Vessels Encoun-
ter Severe Gales.
The brig Sarah L. Kennedy, Capt. Dan
Sel W alters. of Somers, Point, Nj, arrived
in port Yesterday from New York after
passage OF eight days, during which she
encountered a succession Of furious gales.
The vessel is leaking badly, and her cargo
of fertilizers is heavily damaged. She
flowed up to the city and moored at the
-whArves between Bun and Whitaker
streets.
To the casual observer the brig appears
none the worse from the tempestuous
voyage which she had ridden out for
week. Capt. Walters in relating the In
acidents Of the voyage to a NEWS reporter
said Il have been going to sea for forty
-FOUR years, and have crossed the Atlantic
awenty-four times, but in all my expert
puce l have never met worse weather
Hor harder gales than those OF Dec.
70 y. and 2S. IL is a wonder
ah8t the ship is not now at the
bottom of Hatteras instead Of safe IN
port. In the height Of the storm IL was
lnOt alone the elements that we had to con-
1end with, but the mutinous conduct or
some Of my crew who refused to work the I
ship when their services We're most
needed. While at the pumps myself
working TO keep the ship clear OF water 1
was washed down three times in success
sion. The third time l thought
was going overheard, and only by good
luck was saved from being swept
over the sides by fetching up with
"a portion Of the deck load until the
sea had passed over. My son, who Is my
Grst mate. was washed from the pumps
and injured IN the breast by being Jammed
an between the deck load, which consisted
OF 80 barrels of kerosene. dashed on deck,
and which. in she height OF the storm,
hrOSe loose and rolled about, and was
finally swept overheard. The mate had
"a very narrow escape from going with 1t.
'We left New York on Dec. q, and had
moderate weather for two days. About
O'Clock last Saturday morning tremen-
aous gale IRON the nOrth-northeast set IN.
I'VE ran for Hatteras shoals, which we
1nade at ; O'Clock. W e got close IN 70 the
Shoals. Ii was blowing hard and the sea
was running mountain high. We were
unable 10 haul OIL and the only
alternative was n cross the shoals.
The vessel squared OF and anunder bare /
poles. With every lurch Of the ship in
The heavy sea huge waves swept over her,
was ming the decks with great violence. /
I've tried to knock the heads out of the oil I
barrels, and succeeded with few. The !
oil ran over the deck and helped some |
what 10 break the force of the waves. I
" henever there was chance oil was /
poured over the sides OF the ship forward. |
This. / believe. was the only thing that I
saved the ship and cargo and the lives Of /
all on board. During q portion Of the /
time was in the rigging. The 1
sea appeared above u, and I
IT. ~
Ees boarded Us and was the one " hich did I
All The damage. The after end Of the 4
cabin and doors and windows were stove +
II. filing the cabin with water washing
away every thing moveable and sweeping 4
everything Od the deck, including the OIL /
Tee batch chains were several times
washed C1. The men were kept pumping .
Fnost of the time 10 keep the vessel free.
y All 81 once two % them stopped and re- I
fused 10 help work the ship. complaining
q sickness, though they were apparently .
Is wei as aBy body aboard, and .
ate their meals As regularly as they were
served
The heavy weather continued until last
Tuesday morning ABOUT 10 o'clock, when 4
il moderated somewhat and the vessel
hauled in for sac land. On Thursday the
third man Quit and refused to pump. chas-
re- tue captain 10 MS cabin with a sheath
Rnite. Only two men besides the captain
brig lay of Charleston for three days and
nights becalmed. She was spoken 0y the
aug Governor, OF Charleston, and several I
pilot boats, and asked 70 be reported.
The captain noted protest Immediately
on arrival Of the brig here. +
The schooner Nina Tilson, from Balti-
more, with guan0 also reports having eX-
Teflenced very severe weather for two
days. On Dec. 26 and y, a hurricane set
IN with tremendous high seas during
which the vessel lost her foresan, her
boats were stove in and part OF her rail
was carried away. Her cabin and for
ward house are flooded with water, but [
otherwise she sustained 10 damage.
The schooner Mary K. Morris arrived
yesterday from Philadelphia with coal
also reports having passed through very
severe gales and heavy weather, during
(which had her boats slowed and sustained /
other damages to her rigging.
Capt. w alters, Of the Sarah Z. Kennedy, /
also reported having sighted, while cross |
nng Hatteras shoals, a steamer some dis
lance OF labOring very heavily. 1t was I
impossible, at toe distance, to make out /
der name. It's n0timpOssible that il might I
have been the new steamship City OF 4
Nassau, belonging to the Jacksonville /
and Nassau Steamship Company, which /
sailed from Philadelphia Thursday, Dec. !
"A, for Jacksonville, and which should /
have reached there on the 18th. She has /
mot been heard from, and great anxiety is |
felt for Der. She passed Delaware 1
breakWater early Friday morning,
and was about OIL Cape Hatteras
Saturday, when she met the terrible /
storm which SWEPT the Virginia a,d Car
nlina coasts on Saturday ard sunday.
Hopes are entertained that she mas vet
arrive safely. Her officers and Few
number seventeen. Thomas u. Pas ne,
her master. Dir. Eagan, first officer. and
the Steward, Charles DOdiilion. belong 1
Jacksonville. The names OF the rest o
Lhe crew are not known.