The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-31
away, but there was not SUFFICIENT power
left to keep her OF shore

left to keep her OF shore
DRIVER ASHORE.
As soon as il was realized. shortly be
fore 3 O'Clock Sunday morning, that il was
impossible to keep the vessel on much
longer, all the sails available were nolsted
to drive her as far as possible upon the
beach and getting those aboard Of her as
near out Of danger as t. was possible to do
seThe wind was blowing SO hard that
the whole atmosphere was filed with
spray and none of the passengers could
see where they were going or where they
were going 70 land. About a quarter
past five Sunday morning the vessel
struck bottom on the shoal 10 the north
east Of St. Helena Island and struck on
bottom three miles from the St. Helena
light.
What they were 10 do then they did
not know They had struck bottom and
vet they could see nothing on all sides
but water. It seemed as if they had
reached shore or somewhere near it and
still had TO see the hull of the vessel go
to pieces, and they perhaps go with it.
STRUCK BY WAVE.
s'When the vessel was driven upon
shore a tremendous wave struck Capt.
Savage Just as he was leaving the pilot
house. hurting him through his state
room door and against the wall He was
q badly bruised up and viii have TO 90 to
the hospital for some days.
1--WE lay there all day Monday with the
heavy sea continually battering against
US, and not knowing when the ship would
20 to pieces. and we be carried down into
the sea. The ship stood the heavy gale
for sometime. until it finally battered
away almost everything on the starboard
side The vessel then gave way and
tilted down on her starboard side at an
angle of about As degrees.
Every wave that struck the vessel
then carried away some part Of her on
the starboard side. They finally struck
the pantry and the water tanks, which
were in the stern of the boat, so heavily
that the pipes were broken, the water
ran out and the stores and provisions
were washed away Thus we were with
out water or provisions.
NOTHING TO EAT.
''The only food we had after that time
was such as could be obtained from the
cargo of the vessel We found some few
boxes of sardines, some raw turnips and
carrots and some biscuit which were so
wet with salt water that every bite taken
from one of them only increased our
thirst and there was no water there to
satisfy it, Fortunately on Tuesday morn
ing some one found a cask of mineral
water from somewhere in Maine down in
the hold 1t was brought up aJ once and
all hands stood around eagerly waiting
their turn. There was just enough water
in the cask for one good drink
all round and after that was
gone we had no more water
whatever until we were rescued by the
Birmingham Wednesday morning at 80.
ANYWHERE TO REST.
GAS long as the starboard side of the
vessel remained we managed to get along
all right, but when that washed away
and the vessel went on her side it was
impossible to remain on the vessel except
at low tide, when we could lay down on
the port side, which we were all weary
enough to do at every opportunity.
"When the tide came in, however, and
Eilt utdNN std BtEdn " WASH . u US VIC
had to 90 into the rigging and lash our
sevles TO the masts to prevent being
washed away. We could only come down
when the tide went out. At those times
we came down and stretched ourselves on
the port side Of the vessel This we kept
up for two nights and day without wa
ter and with very little food Of any
kind
PUT THE WOMEN OK RATS.
Monday afternoon, when most every
thing on the starboard side of the vessel
had been washed away, 1t was decided to
put the lady passengers and the children
on board one OF the crafts and send them
in to shore with several seamen in charge
They went out of sight behind big
wave. The weather was so thick that we
could see nothing Of them after that.
Whether they reached land in safety we
never knew until we reached port and
were informed by some one here that they
were saved"
SIGNAL FROM TIE BIRMINGHAM.
Tuesday afternoon the Birmingham
hove in sight and the Savannah gave the
signal that she was a sister boat and
that she was in distress. A boat was
lowered and came towards US, but the sea
was so heavy that she could not come any
farther than within hailing distance
Those in the boat assured US that they
would remain there and see that we were
taken of in safety The small life boat
from the Birmingham came out to assure
US that they would do all they could
when the numerous tugs around refused
TO attempt the trip.
THE Birmingham remained there an
chored about three miles off the shoal
from Us until the next morning, when the
sea had quoted down and the lifeboats
came over and took US on board. The
first thing asked for was water Those
rescued were so thirsty that they were
almost craled. They drank, and drank
plenufully too. Within q short time
then everything was ali right and we
started for port"
THE WRECKED VESSEL.
The Oldest Ship But One in the Ocean
Steamships Fleet.
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