Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-13

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES or THE CREW
TXELNE MEN MISsING-

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES OF THE CREW
TWELVE MEN MISSING.
The British steamer Hylton Castle left New
York on Friday, bound for Rouen France, with
grain. The steamer encountered the terrible
gales of Saturday and Sunday and Monday
morning, when several miles OF Fire Island,
she foundered. A boat containing the mate
and nine men landed at Point of Woode ON
the Long Island coast. They said that Captain
Colvin, with sew eral men, had left the sink ing
vessel at the same time, but that the boats had
parted company. When last seen the captains
boat had lost some OF her and was handi.
capped in the battle with the waves As Moth
ing has since been heard OF them no doubt is
felt that they. persisted. There were twenty
whom reached land as related above. Chief
Mate Marshall gives an appalling account Of
about fifty miles east OF Sandy Hook Friday
evening q binding snow storm came up, ac-
companied by terrific gale. The steamer be-
on the bridge but he and the wheeiman had tai
be tied 10 their posts or be washed overheard.
When the storm was at its height the steamer
sprung a leak and water began TO pour into the
hold. The steam and hand pumps were set To
work, but failed 70 keep the water from rising,
his ship toward New York. The men were hall
frozen, the rigging covered with Ice, every
movable thing on deck washed away, the tar.
the water steadily gained In the hold. Then
the captain and crew began TO lose hope. No
land could be seen and the sea ran too high for
the small boats to venture out. All day sunday
the hand and steam pumps were kept working,
while the wheelmen tried TO keep the vessel
water reached the engine rom and by nine
O'Clock the fires were extinguished. Those
ine on nops q ever
spent and at about six O'Clock on Monday
morning Fire Island light was sighted" Then Il
done, Mate Marshall and nine men going I'm
one boat, the captain and the rest OF the crew
In another: shortly amer leaving the vessel
boats separated, with the result as told above.
The Great Rreese.
TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN VIRGINIA
HEAVY SNOW AT GALVESTON.
The country ID stin submerged under the Arc
tic wave. At Fredericksburg, Va, Tuesday
morning, the Thermometer stood ten degrees
below zer, the coolest since 1858. Two col
ored men were found-one in a hay loft the
other In q smokehouse-bsdly frozen. One will
lose both legs. and IL likely TO die Advices
from other parts Of the state indicaae similar
On account of the Ice blockade, travel on the
Western North Carolina railroad between Sails
bury and Ashville has been suspended sincs
last Saturday. Efforts are being made TO clear
the ice gorges BY blasting and cutting.
yesterday morning, and continued until the
ground was covered TO depth OF six inches.
This is the heaviest tall OF snow known ON thS
island
A Chicago dispatch reports an oflicer OF the
Chicago and North railroad saying:
81 do not remember seeing more terrible snow
storm than the one that has been raging In
Iowa during the last few days. First, we had
the heavy snowfall and then we had the most
intense cold that has been known I'm Iowa in
this generation, the thermometer registering In
many cases N low rs 30 degrees below zero,
and the result Of the combined efforts az cold
and snow mas been 10 make drifis that were al
most solid blocks, tons In weight wherever
there WAS q depression in the line"
The GovERNoR OF UTAH on MoRxoslsn.-
The Utah legislature met and organized Mon
day. The governors message, delivered yester-
day, refers 10 the desire OF the people aud gov-
eminent Of this nation 20 see Utah Institutions
and laws In accord with those OF % her locali-
ties, and calls upon the legislature 20 frame .
code OF laws In harmony with congressional
legislation. IL also speaks OF the eecIe<issttcal
domination, and refers 20 the secret ctrcrlsr OF
the Mormon church. which called tor contribu-
tions TO hight the polygnmy ana unlawful
Capitalization cases In the courts.
Advices have been resolved non 0paln that
forty rebels seized Forf 81 yulians In CnF.
thageua, aud wounded the military eovtuuW.
Al the appruac1l Of troop. the rcboss 1ed.
Mins Ann NonEe. = lineol Descendants g
fresideut James Monsoe, died n 6tcA0o1A
Sunday aged cigkSy-utne.