New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-12
SAILORS IN PERIL FOR HOURS.
TIE TERRIBLE SUFFERING OF A scHooNEFs GRE"
a PILOT BOAT BLOWN TO HArTERAs.

THE TERRIBLE SUFFERING OF A scHoOSERs CHE"
a PILOT BOAT BLOWN TO HArTERAs.
Five vessels which arrived yesterday reported
passing the abandoned bark Cremona Every rtea"er
and sailing vessel reports having had severe eh-
periences from the recent hurricane weather at sea-
and the steamer 0rnoco from the Windward isiands
brought in the Of the wrecked schooner Samuel
H. Crawford from Savannah tor Baltimore with .
cargo OF lumber.
The Crawford sailed from Savannah on November
20, and of Currituck Light December en-
countered heavy northeast gale with hard snow
storm. That hight the gale having increased 10
hurricane the vessel hove-to under cose-reefed
sails. At o'clock the next morning the weasel Law IN
perfect calm apparently in the oentre OF the
and q heavy cross-sea running, causing tne
vessel labor heavily An hour Inter the vessel had
sprung a serions leak and the pumps conld not Keep
her free Ihs gale % ier wh b.
wav for torty-eight hours and at y p m on Monday
the heavy unbroken carried away the tore and
main rigging the port side.
The men were unable to continue at the pumps ana
bad 10 lash themselves to the sarboard Rigging ana
deck-houscs to keep from being washed overooarn:
The sailor. only suffered froio hunger ann thirst
hut also from the cold and saturated clo hing
Three hours after The port rigging carried swav
the vessel filed with water aud rolled over on her
starhoard beam, carrying everything movable from
the deck and breaking 10 the deck fore and all Inc
remained four days In this erilous cond ton. ou
Captain Tlton urged them to hope for saccort vncn
coming to their The schooner had parity
righted and the Orinoco tried to tow her into port
The haw ser parted and then the schooner was
fred and abandoned.
h. pilot boat Edmund briggs srrved from cruse a.
sea tn nrrualy s-vrre She WAS on SANDY HOOK
nday when she caught in northeast kaie
la-tns seventy hours during winch she Was dove
ry to Cape Hstt-ras kriye anchp with seventy
fsthoms of chain. run out over the how TO KIP
the boats head the and vb bags nlcd win OH
were hung bows effectively smoothei cow
tie also rnt over the Stern wifn e,od
rrsut-. hut heavy CARRIED away tns bulvzrK
hatrh cOmhngs aud psnOn-wav. IL was In this gale
that Kn ckrrbockr lost four OF her crew Id
att-mr ting give assistance to \ schoon-r.
The steamship State OF Georgia arrived two days later
Glasgow than usual her delay being due TO the bos
ferrous passage throughout The third officer will long
have occasion remember the voyage II was on the
third night from Glasgow when the vessel took an I'M
broken her saoard quarter that tore away ne
rail- smashed the wheehouse bulkheads and tore the bin
nace compasses from their isenngs The third once
watch and the swept him from the starboaru
the port rail- and he would have gone overheard had
not the surged back with him when he graped one OF
the guys the life raft and held fast The remainder OF
the voyage tempesuous but further serious dam
age done ,
The Anchor Line steamer Bolivia, which was TO sail
here Glasgow yesterday did not reach this port
till abont She fifteen days coming from Moville
passage of eleven days usually The voyage was con-
unuous battle against head winds and boserous seas