Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-01
CUT IN TWAIN.
The Ship Fred Il. Taylor by the
Steamer 1'raVe.
A Collision Which Endangered Hun
dreds of Lives
Occurs at Early Morning Dur
ing a Dense Fog

LlOy VI StSdhlSLlp 1TdNe WHICH lelJ NEW
York, Jnne 81, arrived at Southampton
at AGO Thursday morning. The Trave
had on board PAT cabin passengers and
several hundred passengers in the steer
age, and also Captain L. f. Eiurlbert
and twenty men, the shipwrecked crew
Of the Nova Scotia full rugged ship, the
Fred B. Taylor, wrecked in collision
with the Trave on the morning of
June %.
Captain Hurlbert's first inquiry when
the Trave came into port was about his
wife in Brooklyn, and when he.heard
that she had a baby, and that she and
the baby were well, he seemed to forget
his troubles and exclaimed joyfully,
"Thank God"
The Fred b. Taylor was bound for
New York from Havre, France and
started ON May ~. She was built in
1883 att Tusket, N. S., and her owners
We're William Law & Company, of
Yarmouth, N. S., of which place Cap
tain Hurlbert is q native. Tho Fred E. |
Taylor had been chartered for voyage
to Buenos Ayres, South America, from
New York. Captain HuTlbert's wife |
had accompanied him to Hayre, but
went back by steamship to New York, |
as she was in need of medical attention.
The Fred b. Taylor left Havre in
ballas, and the voyage was without in
god when captain and crew were
looking forward to an carly arrival in
port. The captain, especially anxious to
see his wife and the little one whose
arrival he had expected.
How 1t Occurred.
The Fred b. Taylor was about $50
miles east of New York. A dense fog |
prevailed and it was impossible for the
lookout to see even foot beyond the
bows Suddenly was heard the throb |
of the engine of a great steamer and
the swish Of the waters as the steamship |
Glove its way swiftly through the sea.
Almost at the same instant the great |
vessel loomed up in the fog, and just as
the lookout shouted warning, at that |
moment the steamer crashed into h |
Fred B. Taylor.
Captain Hurlbert at the time was on
the bridge. This is always his custom
in fog or when near land at night and
his personal anxiety was added to his
vigilance for the safety Of the vessel in
keeping him from below The Fred b.
TAYLOR was cut very nearly i'll halves
4
the broken halves of the vessel sank out |
of sight,
Those of the crew who had escaped |
death or injury We're struggling in the
water. The chief mate had been crushed |
to death in his cabin. Captain Hullbert |
had his legs badly hurt in the collision |
but he forgot his own injuries in his
anxiety to save his men who were now
struggling for their lives in the water,
some holding to pieces of wreckage and
others making an effort to keep them
selves up by swimming until rescue
should come, The Nova Scotians are,
as IA rule,
Good Swimmers
ms well rs good sailors aud This accounts
for so many having been saved A Rus |
sian who was among the crew did not |
know how to swim and seemed from the |
first to loose his head. He tried to grab
at others, who had all they could do to |
keep above the waves which We're run
ming quite high as there was fresh |
sea.
Captain Roimkasten and the other |
officers of the Trave acted with noble |
humanity and
Admirable Promptitudc.
The collision came to them as mex !
pectedly us the Fred b. Taylor They !
were making good Roadway through the !
fog and taking the usual precautions, /
when the steamer crashed into the ship |
ct the same instant that the ships out |
line became visible in the fog. The |
Trave was brought us soon as possible +
to a full stop, and even while she was |
being stopped officers and crew were /
busy preparing the boats which We're
lowered within few minutes after the .
collision. The German seamen leaped .
into the boats, and with few strokes /
they We're among the struggling crew of |
the wrecked ship, pulling them as fast
rs they could be reached.
The Captain of the Fred b. Taylor |
would not permit himself to be rescued
until he had seen the rest of his men
safely in the boats His legs had been /
crushed, but he kept encouraging the /
others and assisting them as far us he
could. The stewardess, the only female
on board, was rescued without injury /
but not until she was almost exhausted |
and about to sink Several 4f the crew, /
who were able to swim, took turns in
helping to keep her above water.
All were taken aboard the Trave in
sefetv. except the dead mate and the
drowned Russian seaman, who had also
acted as n carpenter on the Fred B.
Taylor
the utmost care was given on the
Trave TO Captain Hurlbert and his men,
the surgeon of the steamer dressing the
captains injuries and soon putting HIM
in comfortable condition, The crew
of the ship had of course, saved moth
ing, and the crew of the rrave gener-
ously provided them with necessities
in the way of clothing and other arti-
Giles.
Captain Hurlbert was for some time
weak and suffering much pain, but he Is
greatly improved now and insisted
Thursday morning ON word hainT sent
TO America that he was all right, 1t ap-
pears, however, by the later statement
of the surgeon of the Trave that Captain
Hurlbert will require attention for some
time
The passengers on the Traye We're so
well pleased with the conduct of the
officers and crew of the steamer III risk
ing their lives in the rescue of the Fred
b. Taylor's crew that they held meet
inc. i~asided over by Colonel Martin,
and passed a resolution expressing their
appreciation of the courage ana dero-