The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
LOST IN THE BREAKERS
The Bark Dictator Wrecked
 Of Cape Henry.
EIGHT LIVES WERE LOST
The Captain Saved. but His Wife and Roy Were Drowned-. M gnlfics Work of . Heroic Band
 ol Lifs- Savers.

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 bark Dictator, from Pensacola, Fla. to West Hart epool, England, laden with pine
 lumber, with a crew of 15 and tho Cap tain's young wife and litt'e boy of years | came ashore in a strong easterly gale this
 morning four miles south of Cape Henry
 and two miles north of Virginia Beach Hotel.
 The weather was SO thick that tho vessel was not seen until o'clock, aud then she was in the breakers brosdside on within
 . quarter of mile of the shore. Full crews from two life-saving stations, those
 of Cape Henry and Seatick. under the command of Capt Drinkwdter, were
 promptly on hand and b gan il ring lines to
 the ill-fltei bark. The guns could not deliver tho lines so far, though they were
 repeatedly fired. The ship finally succeed
 ed in ge tiug line ashore tied 10 barrel
 which the surf cared to the life savers INSTRUCTIONS SENT IN BOTTLE. The buoy was quickly riyged and sent to
 the vessel, but unfortunately the bark 8 crew were ignorant of it's use, and the
 rescue was delayed until Capt. Drinkwater of the life-saving crew wrote instructions. put them in bottle and sent 1t to the
 disaster by tho line connecting the vesse
 with the shore. The men on board broke the bottle at once, as could be seen by glasses from the shore, and proceeded to
 carry out tae dir ctions. The first man was delivered ashore in eight minutes, and
 seven others were rescued before sunset,
 four of whom came ashore in lifeboat. which was capsized, but the men succ .eded in reach ng the shore in half dead condi- l ton, one man having bis ar n broken. During the entire day the oh p rolled and pitched terribly, and male the work of
 rescuins the unhappy saiiors exceedingly difficult and slow, 10 ths life line would
 tighten or slacken h response to the motion
 of tho vessel. Once the line broke with
 . man midway to the shore. and he was
 hauled back to the bark half dead. The limo was menied and the same man was ! safely landed. The leach was lined with
 people who had comp from tho country houses and the hotel and to tho spectators
 the anxiety and the suspense was awful, as
 they could plainly see the people On the bark and hear their cris for aid.
 Attn gatsa there wsre stiil nine pers on the bark, and among tho mum Der tae Captain, his wifs and l tile child. The Ctl tam had urgei hts wife all during the
 day to take the buoy and como ashore, but l sh refused, as she wolli not leave her
 husband and child, and only one could .ake the buoy at time Tho wife anu child
 were ready greatly exhausted according 10 the rerort of the sailors. To night the
 work of rescue was continued nni the Captain vainy sought his wife to mako the 1 attempt for life.
 THE BARK GOES TO PIECES.
 The bark went to pieces about o'clock
 md the seven that remained on her have
 been lost, in 'luJing the wife of the cap
 tan. The captiin, just before the ship
 weat 10 pieces spraag into the sea with his
 son strap2ei to his back and rcache1 tho
 shore alive, but tbe b was lost, maxi z ! total loss of oigst lives.
 The list of the saved arc az follows: Capt J. NJ Jorgensen Second Mste Ju.
 Illus Ander on. Amper Barrett. Joan Sc
 vens, John Batt,rson, Yemer Olssn, John
 Nj II, Carlo o sen broken arm), Char .es Joseph (cooreD.
 The Dicta or was trying to make Hanp- ton Roads, having ea disable by hurr-
 canes since ths 18th instant All that | could c gat CT d from the half dead sailors
 IS o the cause O. the stranding O. the yes
 SO was that hey ii not kn NV where they
 were, the sun not having el seen for l four days, and the weather So thick last 1 night md tn . moraing that they stru k | the breakers tetors they coali see tine
 coast The life-s ayers woi kei 2 day with great heroism, with ut food since early this mornin. Toe apparently slow pro
 gress of the work of rescue was due to the fact that a lif, boat could not iie in tho l surf and that the suns would not reach tte bark, and the CT could not uso ttc breaehes buoy uatti they wero lnsi ructeI from shore. which caused great delay.