The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-22
INA cAPsIzED VESSEL.
Capt. Whites Tale of Seaman's
Terrible Experience.

BALTIMORE, March 20.-Capt. White, of
the schooner Pinkerby, arrived here today,
and tells thrilling story of the experience
of one of his sailors who was imprisoned in
the hold of the wrecked vessel AT the time
the vessel capsized during the blizzard, two
of the sailors were on deck and the third
was in her hold. between decks. The snow
was falling thick, and the weather was terri
bly, cold. The two men ON deck were washed
off and drowned The third man, who was
in the hold, after being for time completely
submerged by the rushing waters, found
himself standing in watery dungeon, his
body to the neck being under water, and his
head in the vacuum between the surface OF
the water and the bottom OF the overturned
vessel.
Thus imprisoned, in the darkness and
with scant supply of air, the sailor chung
to the bottom, while the capsized vessel was
tossed about at the mercy OF the waves: He
remained in his perilous position for 36 hours
The vessel was driven toward the shore, and
the broken stubs of the masts took hold in
the sand. The tide receded and gave the
sailor room to move about and more air to
breathe, but afterwards the tide, rising up to
his neck, threatened him with death by
drowning.
AFTER the storm had subsidized" said the
captain, "having watched the vessel from
the SnOTe, I6lJ blldb all tuo iucu WClC
drowned, but on going with party to dis
cover her position, l heard greans proceed,
ing from the wreck. Axes were procured
and hole cut in the bottom of the vessel.
and the prisoner released"
a Maine Schooner Lost.
NEW YORK, March 21.-On the ship Rec
ord, which arrived from Calcutta yesterday
were seven of the crew and Capt. Whitmore,
- tba w Whifa which eai1ad
from Doboy, Ca, for this port on Feb Goth
On March 18th, off Absecom, the vessel en-
countered the hurricane, and while hove-to
struck submerged wreck. The vessel be-
gan to leak and rapidly filed, and on the fol-
lowing morning the men had to abandon her
and take to the small boat. In this they bat
tied with the elements for four days. They
suffered dreadfully from cold and exposure,
and from lack of food and water.
The men had only demijOhn of water,
which soon froze, and then the demijohn
broke. They had only ten biscuits and some
half-pint cans of peas. The captain doled
out an ounce of water to each man three
times day, and also gave to each short al
lowance of food. The captain and mate
took urns in steering the boat with an oar,
and the men kept drag to the windward, to
| keep the boats head to the seas. The
weather moderated on Wednesday night,
and on Friday morning they were sighted by
| the Record
Capt Garfield and seven others. the crew
| of the schooner James Ford, from Baltimore
| to New Bedford, we're also landed from the
| bark Talisman. The Ford was caught in the
hurricane off the Capes Of Delaware, on
| March 18th. On the same day the seas car
| ried away the forstay, foresail, mainsail and
maingaff, broke the steering wheel. flooded
| the cabin, and made complete wreck of
everything ON deck. The vessel was also
thrown on her beam ends, and after pump
| ing continuously until Thursday night, the
crew were rescued by the Talisman. They
were hungry, thirsty, water-soaked, exhaust
| ed ana frost-bitten. When taken of, their
vessel was level with the surface of the wa
| ter. ,s.,
| pilot boats Phantom and Enchantress, which
have not been seen since March 18th.
IThe schooner W. L. White was owned in
Rockland, Me. The James Ford was built
at Bath, and hailed from Dennis, Mass.J