The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-17
ONLY ONE MAN ESCAPED
,roRY or rnE sURyIvoR OF A LOST
STEAMER
,,,r. Than a score OF Persons Perished
with the Dean RiehmOnd-Tale OF Ter
rible suffcring-Ot Storm News.

r.,r Van Buren, Point to-day. His hag-
s,rd face and sunken eyes told a story OF
,.-ritle suffering. He was aimlessly
.,oderlng UP and down the beach
,,A when spoken TO burst into
cars and said he was looking for his
dos.
lie was questioned and said he had been
washed on the Richmond, and was un-
,,est.onably the only man saved from
~ vessel. After DE had been cared for
srl given sumulants, ne recovered suf-
1..erily TO tell the story OF the awful
rr hours Of the steamer He said his
rame was G.. l.. Clarke, and he shipped
A. Toledo just before the Richmond sailed.
aTbera we're nineteen in the Richmonds
,-sF." be said. besides Captain Stoddart,
ns Wife and three children. We left To-
is1e AZ G o'clock Friday night and sail
81 along an Tight until we got into the
,le on Saturday. II struck us hard
nom tfe very start, but if we had had
GOOD luck we would have weathered the
s.rm and been safe in port in Buffalo
ts minute.
ave trled to get into this harbor, but
could not on account Of the choppy sea,
and then Captain Stoddart decided 20
We we're not I'm very bad shape then al
though we were badly wrenched by the
heavy seas which struck US, as 1t SEEM
Cd from every side.
about u. NJ. after matters had grown
worse right along, we sighted couple
~ steamers. They were quite a distance
away. bat we signalled them for assist
ancs They either did not see us, or
could not get 20 us, for they went right
along fighting their way into the storm,
headed towards Buffalo.
"The waves ran over our decks and
everything which was movable was swept
oyorhcard The captains wife and chill
dran were locked up in the cabin for
sfety's SAKE and the crew were working
for their lives on deck. An hour later
we had lost mast and smokestgck. Then
we continued to drift along at the mercy
of the wind and waves.
"Abcut o'clock I'm the evening. Inc
ylpcl-hCuse was washed away. The
iu.der and wheel were broken and we
wsre badly crippled. We were then about
fneen miles from shore, and after con
siderable work. managed to set the rud-
Ger so we could make for the shore.
The captain had made up bis mind to
rln for the shore and beach mis- vessel
We made fair hCadway with n hard fight,
and ] tegan 20 get things ready 70 get
cut I'm the yawl beat with the captains
wife and children. ] went back TO see
the captain and just before / reached
him a big wave struck us and / was
carried overheard. This must have been
about II o'clock ] gave myself up for
lost when 7 found myself I'm the water
L kent sight of the Richmond's lights
for some time and saw her drifting down
the lake. turning and twisting IN every
direction Then ] lost consciousness and
did not know anything until 1 found
myself living on the beach near a town
which 7 found out was Silver Creek.
when / came TO myself l went into the
tfrn 7 had some money and got some
thing % eat found out whore ! was and
then came here to learn what had be
come OF the steamer 1 heard this morn
me that she had gone down and then /
came over here and tried to find the
boat and my dog
Clarke insisted on continuing his search
FOR his pet and "a mile or two up the
shore an overturned yawl from the Rich
mlud was found. Clarke saw II, jumped
forward and threw IT. over. Inside, tied
to the seat. was the dead body OF the dog.
Among the bodies found this morning
are those OF Captain Stoddart and Mate
E1vlesscn. The Captains watch was
stopped az 1920. showing that TO have
been about the time the steamer went
down.
I1 the mates pockets were found all
iIs papers. which indicated that he knew
there was mo- hope of saving the steamer
and had prepared TO leave her. A lighter
and pne-drver is ashore between here
and Battery Point. and It is supposed
fhe crew were drowned. Nothing has
been heard of them. so far.
Up % / o'clock to-day, nine bodies from
fhe wrecked Dean Rlchmond's crew have
l .-n recovered. one is that Of woman.
At present those identified are the cap
tain and mate. Frank Patton, a. b.
Meadows wheelman, and Hodge the fire.
man. The woman was identified as Ella
Ellsworth IL IS believed the remainder
~ the bodies are between here and Sill
Yer Creek. and tugs are out searching
in that vicinity.
While searching FOR bodies from the
wrecked propeller Dean Richmond, this
afternoon. a boat containing George Thur
her Frank Cahoon, and George Mann,
capsizei and am three men We're drown
81. The bodies have not been recovered.
Barr Woo KEN Foundcred.
PORT ROWAN. ONT. oct. 16-The
barge Wocoken. Of Cleveland. foundered
here during the storm Saturday. The
vessel was loaded with coal, and bound
down. only three persons were saved.
ana fourteen oiNefs lost. luose taken
nom the rigging by the lifeboat are Jay
j. Sapp j. A. Rice, OF Cleveland. and
Robert Crowding, OF Delaware.
One Hundred Drowned.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, oct 16.-The
steamer city OF New York. from Hong
Kong VIA Yokohama. brings the news
G terrible accident at Iung-Kuan ford
.n he river in the province OF Shousi
.iee .-iryboats were swept away by
ls food. and one hundred passengers
drWn.i
el.e iapan papers report the loss on
'rrber Sh Of the British bark Florence
.e, Da route from Singapore TO Shang-
f,e was caught I'm a typhoon and |
A on the rocks Captain Paulson, |
, Your children and fourteen Chinese |
s Aaay sailors perished The Cap |
49,. "n Daniel. one Chinese. and one
' escaped.
Hurricane In the Baltic.
.OoPENHAGEN. oct ls.-A hurricane
t,'e.Ins IN the Baltic and II is
gg 'aa. great damage viii be done 10
10 is ki own bere that seven
o-o nave been wrecked on the island
l,s,,, 'DA The loss Of life. II any. is rot
,.r'nded aud Disabled.
o '.'dlNGTON n. c.. Oct. l6.-A spe-
.' To- the Star. from Beaufort n. G.
'. Schooner Jennie r. Tonllnson
se..aia Thomas. cargo kainit New Yorl
. eeWbern. stranded twelve miles uest
Nt beaufort The ,soe..r - ~