New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-29
SHIPS CREW IN PERIL.
-,vr OF THEM INJURED IN THE STORM.
q, rHp CHARLES DENNIS OFF CAPE HORN


THE cArTAIT STORY.
,...,n G. NJ Edgett, formerly master Of the
.sran ship Charles Dennis. which was lost on
A uo-n on september ), was passenger yesterday
Uf -. Rra1i mail steamship seguranc&. from Rio
TIE Dennis sailed from this port on Juns
'',A tor san Francisco, with a cargo Of coal
- captain said Or August 10, when in latitude
. ,.--scs SOUTH we got our first sale. II blew for
80 hours and the sea was something frightfui.
Inn lsbored 80 heavily that she began 20 loak anu
Ia. tine there over I'VE feet Of water In the
- The donkey engine set at work TO pump
n0' ont and after several hours hard work the
~ ,ras treed. We used oil freely to prevent the
H-.. from combing. After twelve hours the wind
We .,.vss subsGed. on August 81. OF Cape Horn
-. another storm, and it was a howler The
va, Was ree.ed down and we fought on through the
- seas Al 80 p. m. the standard ana VruSs
.A sorc lower tOpsai yard broke OH ana ieh aeaASs
-. ,,r,stav and split the fOresaiL All hands were
~ N nut the ship before the wind IN ORDER lhaV
90 Aamage might be repaired. The ship preached TO
"a Law rolling helplessly in the trough of the sea- the
- making clean breaN over her forward
sTne crew was ordered aft, and 1t was found that
:. ,be crew of twenty men, five had received
r.r. infuries. one had both arms broken.
ar mat night the remained on the after deck ana
- ..rsd every moment As If she would - down. The
spsv engine was broken and the ship leaking BADLY
:. ,be morning the wind and sea went down some
80, and the ship was got out Of her precanous Pc
,,ion. The crew tnen came 20 me IN pooS anu
sss that the ship be put before the wind and beaded
-, po stanley, in the Falkland Islands, the nearest
=, The men were afraid that the ship would not
:. able 10 weather another sale.
as II was impossible with one-Quarter of my crew
,o M with their injuries TO work the pumps and the
hip At the same time, consented and headed Tor for
s@n,sy We made bad weather of IT, and decided that
,bA ship could not keep ahOat long enough 10 ro0N
,or The only chance OF saving our lives was 10
..u in the track Of sailing vessels and trust to hS
:, with a vessel bound around the Horn. on eePeu
her we fell in with the American snip b74e u
nah. from Tacoma for Havre Captain Curtis ohe
,.7 c,r signal Of distress and Captain Curtis sGnaled
tAat he would stand BY until the sea went down 50
,aat a boat could be launched. II was Ditoer coiu
and the sea something awful.
Our shin was rapidly sinking. Her seams were
onened and the pumps could not keep her roe fls'
Nate slaves and six men launched one OF our Ooa's'
She was badly stove by being dashed against IN siu
Of the ship but they managed to reach the D0H9 VI
Bath in safety. The boat could not make 'n9 Ie'u'"
,n however and had 20 be cast adrft after tha men
had landed on the Belc Of Bath. Then captain Cur-s
sent one of his own boats, which came near Us ana
u,e WIS thrown on deck. y sailor would tie this hne
around him and lump overheard, when the men IN the
hoat would pull him in. In tbs way seven VI Jul
crew were sol Into the boat ~ -, . ,,o
1t was DARK by thu, time and the work OF rfs e'I
- psfb ended the boat safely back 70 her. and the
Test of The crew remained OF board, farms every
minnie that the ship would g down. Inc next morn
ing our hearts sank when we saw mat inc beie VI
IstA had disappeared. she soon came III s4Sht aSlh.
however ana running down 10 US sent boat 70 ulhe
~ on The sea was 80 rough that the boat cOuu not
eoms alon,side 80 we jumped overheard and swan U
her The snip sank soon after we LETT her Inc
IIsI,e NJ Bath landed Us at Rio dc JaneHo.'
Tbe charles Dennis was owned in Richmond, Ne.
vbers She was built In 1875. She registered l,6o2
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