Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-14
CREW SAVED.
MORE GOOD work OF LIfE-sAvING
HEROES.
Tho Grsy Eagle Goes to PIscss-Brutally
Trsated-Persona Estes-Crushed
on tho Ice.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l

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NonroLK, February 10, 1883.
The American bark Gray Eagle went
ashore on Currituck beach Yesterday
morning in thick fog, and is total
loss. as she is now gradually going TO
pieces. The bark was bound to Balti-
more from Rio de Janeiro, and is loaded
with scrap-iron. She is stranded at Lit
Tie island, and the life-saving crew at that
point promptly fred line across
! the vessel and landed the officers
and crew in the breeches-b buoy,
RAPIDLY and without accident. The ship
wrecked seamen saved nothing, and are
being cared for at the station. The
Merritt company sent a wrecking tug to
the SPOT yesterday afternoon and the
Baker Salvage Company sent one during
the night. The vessel was found in such
bad condition that they can do nothing
but strip her sails, rigging, and other
movable material.
The raw, wet weather continues on
the scaboard. causing sickness and inter
ruptin2 business. while along the coast
thick and dangerous fogs aud high seas
! prevail.
IT is stated that Rev. James Young, Of
Wythevi!lc, Va, has been called to the
pastoral charge of the Queen-Street
BAPTIST church (colored) OF this city,
and will enter on his duties the LIST OF
March.
The eight scamen who left the British
ship Senator because Of brutal treat
] i will
take their case to Judge Hughes's court
Some of the men are in the hospital,
bad OFF from the beatines received on
| board the ship.
Davy Webb, the counterfeiter, will
plead guilty, ne says, and expects five
wears in pGson. lie declares his wife
/ did not know the money was counterfeit
that she was passing at the stores. The
boy is ont on his recognizance.
Three darkies were adjudged as insane
nj the county jail to-day, and there are
several more at the county almshouse,
who keep the superintendent and other
inmates in constant terror for fear the
building will be fired or other damage
done. Norfolk aud Portsmouth jailsalso
have a full complement of crazy inmates
nearly all the time.
The cutting oil of portion of the
Naval Hospital grounds to widen and
/ strairhten the harbor is discussed by the
| United States engineers Oh harbOr work
| here.
The Second Ward Democrats organ
lied n strong campaign club on Satur-
dav night, with f. ". Davis president
The Washington steamer Jane MoSeley
arrived this afternoon, having expert
encod a rough tine i'll the ice III the Po-
tomac. st one time she was compelled
/ 10 law up for eight hours. She came
through without accident. Near Mary
land Point she ran alongside the dis
tressed schooner NJ. j. Stevenson, Of
/ Tappahannock, for Washington with
oysters. Aboard the schooner WAS the
crew Of the schooner Bertha Abdell,
also of Tappahannock, bound to
/ Washington with oysters, VIII CHI
schooner had noen crushed III the
ice at that point last night, and gone
down. The shipvrccked seGmen We're
taken on board the Noseley, and those
on the Stevenson. refusing to stay on
board iammed in the ice, were taken on
the Mloseley also and brought TO TINS port.
On the return trip the Moseley will try
and tow the abandoned schooner Steven
son to Washington. The shipwrecked
men will all be taken to Washington.
The schooncrs Virginia Dare and Sam
uel II. Travers were badly broken up III
collision i'll the Albemsrle and Chesa-
peake canal on Saturday night.
The Young Mems Christian Assoca-
ton realized $1,000 by their entertain
ment for the fund to furnish the new
building, u.