The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-30
BAKING PONDER.

BILE for any one TO know what had hap
| pened to them. DR.. Duncan and Mr..
| Cunningham left Savannah about two
weeks ago on a fishing and hunting trip.
Nothing was known Of their whereabouts
until Mr.. Isaac Beckett and party, Of the
| yacht Glance, which had been on a cruise
with party in the waters below Savan-
nah arrived on the revenue cutter at Mont
gomery night before last and reported
| that they had found DR. Duncan and Mr..
Cunningham at the Wolf Island club
house, where they were enjoying them
| selves very pleasantly. They stated their
| intention of returning home Sunday.
Nothing has been heard from them
since, and it was feared they were lost in
the storm. If they put out in their boat
| for Savannah on Sunday, as they stated
their intention of doing, they are almost
certain to have persisted. If they re-
manned on Wolf Island, their chances of
surviving the storm were little better.
EXPOSED TO THE SEA.
| Wolf Island is a low, fiat island, open to
the sea and without any protection what
! ever. Those acquainted with the loca-
| ton said yesterday that the water must
have swept over the island several feet
deep and that it was impossible that any
| thing should have lived there during the
| storm.
| Mr.. T. NJ Cunningham, Capt. A. McC.
Duncan and DR. w. w. Owens left yester-
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on the city
! tug Theckla for Wolf Island, to make
| search tor the missing men. The Theclla
was furnished through the kindness of
| Mayor McDonough, VINO was anxious to
assist in solving the doubts as to the
safety of the two gentlemen and to hasten
| their rescue.
HOPING TO FIND THEM ALL RIGHT.
The party was in hopes of finding the
| gentlemen alive, believing that they saw
the danger and took refuge in time.
Their idea was that DR.. Duncan
and Mr.. Cunningham are wrecked
| somewhere in the neighborhood of Wolf
! Island and are in need of assistance, be-
| ing doubtless without food, and perhaps
suffering from injuries received in the
storm.
The party did not expect to reach Wolf
Island before midnight, the distance by
the outside route being about sixty miles
and by the inside, which was probably
| taken, about 100 miles. The island is
| about sixten miles from Darien
and the Theckla will probably put
in there tonight and wire informa-
ton to Savannah of the result
Of its search if the telegraph wires are
working from that point. The Theckla
| will hardly return to Savannah at the
earliest before tomorrow night If the
| rescuing party doesn't succeen in finding
! DR. Duncan and Mr. Cunningham to-day
it may not return before Friday or Sat-
urday.
| SAW THEM THURSDAY.
The yacht Glance, with Mr.. Beckett
and his party, sailed over to Wolf Island
last Thursday morning. and anchored in
! front of the club house They found Dr.
Duncan and Mr. Cunningham the only
| members of the club on the island, Mr.
| James T. Dent who was with them
having left a few days before.
The Chances party visited the
club house and remained until noon. Both
the doctor and Mr.. Cunningham were in
excellent health. Wolf Island is very
| low, but Mr. Beckett feels confident that
the two gentlemen, who are both pos
sessed of great intelligence and prudence,
| would take warning and seek a place of
safety in time. Up to Sunday noon they
| could easily have reached Wolf Island
lighthouse, which is only a couple of
miles from the club house They have com
| petent boatmen with them, besides the
! keeper of the club house, Mr.. Stokes,
who lost his family on Hutchinson's
Island in the gale of 1881, and was doubt
less not forgetful of his experiences of
that year.
BELIEVES THEY MAY BE SAFE.
While Mr.. Beckett is somewhat appre-
hensive as to their safety, he expresses
| great faith in their prudence, and is con-
| fident that they took timely precautions.
| At the very worst they might have
boarded one of the larger vessels there,
the old Claude, belonging TO Mr.. T. P.
| Bond, and be blown over to the woods of
Little st. Simons, just opposite the club
house. OF course they could not carry
sail, but the direction of the wind on Sun
day afternoon would naturally bring the
| vessel up on the shore of the latter island
STARTING OUT THE TRAINS.
The South Bound Running But No
Trains to Charleston.