The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-20
HORRORS OF THE DEEP.
Terrible Suffering Of the Survivors OF
the Ellen Isabelle.

The Ocean Wreck Strewn-The Bark
Stanley Driven Back to Tybee-Loss
of the Bark ZsIhanasen and the
Schooner Charles e. Young-Fears
for the Schooner NJ. a. Holmes.
The story Of the wreck of the French
bark Ellen Isabelle and the loss of the
crew, which has been given in part in the
MORNING News, has byno means all been
told. and no imagination can picture the
terrible suferings Of those three sailors
from that vessel, who were finally res
cued by the captain of the Norwegian
bark Arab.
The French bark. il will be remembered,
was wrecked in one of the recent Gulf
storms about 100 miles off Point Cara
belle. Fla, and was discovered by the
Arab some two or three days later. The
three sailors, all that were left of the
crew, were discovered by Capt. Johanne-
sen of the Arab, on oct. 10. They are:
Louis, a German, Christen Yensen,
Dane and A. G. Roller, a F'renchman.
WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP.
The crew all stuck TO the vessel until
her deck load shifted and she capsized.
All but the three mentioned were drowned
then, and these three We're left in an I'M
conscious condition, being saved from
similar fate by the hand of Providence,
and they knew nothing of the loss Of their
comrades until they had recovered
consciousness, some hours later
When the German and the Dane came to,
they found themselves holding fast to the
keel of the vessel which soon began to
right itself, the deck load having fallen
off into the water. AS the vessel righted
they crawled up and got aboard They
were preparing to tie themselves to the
part of the mizzenmast which was left
standing, when they noticed the form of
the French boy, Roller, lying near one of
the hatchways At first they thought he
was dead but seeing him breathe, they
knew that he still lived, and before taking
care of themselves they lashed him to the
mast. They then tied themselves and
awaited their fate.
AWAITED THEIR FATE.
While they were waiting thus for some
passing vessel the decks Of the bark were
all washed away and they thought all the
time that they would 90 too. The German,
who told the story, said that a steam
mer and barkentine passed them during
the day Of Oct. 10 and that the barken-
tine passed within hailing dis
lance, which he says saw them but
paid no attention. About $50 clock in the
evening the Arab passed the wreck going
within few fathoms of it, Capt. johann
nesen heard the cry of the German, who
was the only one of them that had any
strength left at the time, and ordered his
vessel to heave to. He then or
dered his mate to launch a boat
and go out and find the shipwrecked
sailors, who were calling for assistance.
The mate refused outright and he de-
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launched boat and started out to find
them, it being too dark to see them from
the vessel. They were at last located,
and, as the sea was too high for him to
go up to the wreck, a line had to be
thrown out, and the sea-worn men pulled
into the boat one by one.
THE RESCUE.
The German and the Dane managed
to tie the hoy to the line, and
he was hauled through the water.
distance of forty or fifty feet to
the boat The Dane went next, and then
the German tied himself to the line and
was pulled in The Dane and the German
soon recovered IRON the effects of their
rough experience, but Roller was badly
bruised up, and when he arrived here
aboard the Arab he was taken to the Sa-
yannah hospital, where he is now being
treated. He will soon recover from the
effects of his injuries.
When the vessel capsized the captain
and the steward were in the cabin, and it
was there they met their watery death.
The work Of taking these three sailors
from the miz2enmast took Capt. johann
nesen about five hours. Itrequired some
time to find them in the dark, and there
being a heavy sea it was with difficulty
that he got them into the boat 1t was
after midnight when he started on his
course again.
THE STANLEY DRIVEN BACK.
The Norwegian bark Stanley. Capt.
Petersen, which sailed from this port on
Oct: Z, with a cargo of spirits turpentine,
Tor Bristol. was struck by the recent hur-
rlcane and damaged to such an extent
That she had to put back to Tybee, where
she arrived in the outer roads yesterday
tug boat was sent downithe river to re-
port the extent of her damage, and to
tow her to the city, but the sea was run
nlng so nigh that IL was impossible TO get
near her. 1t was reported, however,
that she had lost her rudder head, and
some sails, and is leaking. Another at
tempt will be made to-day to bring the
vessel TO the city, where she will be re-
paired and fitted to proceed with her
cargo Chr. G. Dahl & Co. are the agents
Of the vessel.
There is considerable apprehension
about the safety of the schooner Martie
A. Holmes, Capt Rines, which sailed from
Savannah Oct. 8 with a cargo of lumber
for Baltimore. She went to sea only three
days before the late hurricane and must
have been in the very center of it. Moth
ing has been heard of the schooner since
she sailed, and as several vessels whose
names are unknown have been reported
waterlogged along the coast, it is feared
that she was lost during the sto rm.
LOST on A VOYAGE HERE.
The Norwegian bark Jury, Capt. Zaiha-
nasen, which sailed from Dublin
for Savannah on Sept. 18th, was
wrecked in latitude 29'54. longitude
14'O4', during the hurricane last Thurs
day. The captain and crew were
taken off by the steamship Adirondack
and taken to New York
On Sunday Oct. Is, the steamship
Adirondack, from Aux Caves for New
York, sighted the distressed bark, and
bore down on her, when she hoisted a
signal for assistance. The vessel was dis
masted and leaking. At the request of
the captain, the steamer sent a boat to
her and took Oft the captain and crew.
nine all told. The vessel was sinking,
ana she was set on fire and left tossing
in the sea.
The bark Jury was owned by Gabriel
sen. OF Stayanger, Norway where she
was built in lS60 She was rebuilt. in 1872
aud III 1887. The bark was