Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-28
A BARK WRECKED.

Sent Ashore in a Strong Gale Near
 Cape Henry-Work of the Life Saw
 ing Crew-Seven of the Crew of
 Fifteen Lost-The Bark Pounded
 to Pieces.
 NORFOLK, Va, March 27.-The Nor wegian bark Dictator from Pensacola, Fla, to West Hartlepool, Eng, laden with pine lumber, with crew of fifteen and the captains young wife and little boy of three years came ashore in a strong easter ly gale this morning four miles south of Cape Henry and two miles north of Vir- ginia Beach hotel. The weather was so thick that the vessel was not seen until o'clock and then she was in the breakers broadside on within quarter mile from shore. Full crews from two life saving stations, those of Cape Henry and Sea tack, under command of Captain Drink water, were promptly on hand began fir ing lines to the i'll fated bark The guns could not. deliver the lines so far, though they were repeatedly fired. The ship finally succeeded in get ting line ashore tied to a barrel which the surf carried to the life-savers. The sent to the vessel, but unfortunately the bark's crew were ignorant of it's use and the rescue was delayed until Captain Drinkwater of the crew wrote instructions, put them in 8 bottle and sent it to the Dictator by the line connecting the vessel with the shore. The men on board broke the bottle at once, as could be seen by the glasses from shore and proceeded to carry out the instructions. The first man was delivered ashore in eight minutes and seven others were rescued before sunset, four of whom came ashore in life boat, which was cap- sized, but the men succeeded in reaching shore in half dead condition, one man having his arm broken. During the en- l tire day the ship rolled and pitched terri bly and made the work of rescuing the un- happy sailors exceedingly difficult and slow, as the lifeline would tighten or ! slack in response to the motion of the ves- | sel. Once the line broke with man mid way to shore and he was hauled back to ! the bark half dead. The line was mended and the same man was safely landed. The beach was lined with people who had come and to the spectators the anxiety and suspense was awful, as they could plainly see the people on the bark and hear | their constant cries for succor. At nightfall there were still nine per sons on the bark, among them the captain, his wife and little child. The captain had urged his wife all day to take the buoy and come ashore, but she steadily refused, as she would not leave her hus- band and child, and only one could take the buoy at time. The wife and child were already greatly exhausted according to the report of the sailors.
 Tonight the work of rescue was contin- ued, and the captain, after vainly beseech- ing his wife to make the attempt for life,
 took his half-dead child and climbed into
 the buoy. The father reached the shore,
 but the son was lost. It has been impos.
 sible to get the names of the rescued, ow, 1 ing to the fact that they are entirely ex-
 hausted.
 | LATER-The bark has gone to pieces and
 the seven that remained on her have been
 lost, including the wife of the captain. The
 captain, just before the ship went tc
 pieces, sprang into the sea with his sor
 strapped to his back and reached the shore
 alive, but the boy was lost, making tota
 loss of eight lives. The list of the saved
 is as follows: Captain J. M Jorgensen
 Semond Mate Julius Andersen, Ample,
 Barrett, John Steven, John Patterson, Yel
 mer Olsen, John Mall, Carlo Olsen Cbroker
 arm), Charles Joseph, acolored. The Die
 tator was trying to make Hampton Roads
 having been disabled by hurricanes since
 the twelfth instant.