The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-31

a IN. the wind and sea increased fear
fully, and at daylight grand,
but most fearful Of sights met the eyes Of
such Of the passengers as were able to
raise their heads from their pillows.
THE sEA IL ITS FURY.
las far as the eye could reach could be
seen the enormous seas which seemed TO
lash each other in their madness,
while the wind howled and with
what seemed to US terrible
voice urged on the giant mountains of
water to do their worst. From to Y
o'clock it was a scene fearful to behold
such an one as TO make strong men fear
and the ship, which had long
since been headed for deeper
water, seemed to be but a mite in the
hands of the elements TO be dashed about
at their mercy, but a strong and steady
hand, cool and determined was at the
helm; the captain was there to guide and
protect the ship and the living that We're
in his keeping.
1t was a greatan touching admiration
that was felt by those who understood
the ability OF the master of the vessel as
he guided and kept her in such position
upon the waves as best guaranteed her
safety. At l o'clock p. m. the storm be
gan to abate, and in the afternoon late,
just before dark, the ship was again
headed towards her course
FILLED WITH WRECKS.
"At daylight Tuesday parts of vessels
such as spars, portions Of decks, pieces of
lumber, and paraphernalia of every de-
scription pertaining TO vessels and cargo,
were TO be seen in every direction. At
o'clock we came upon the schooner Joseph
Soutter, with Capt. Hudson and a
crew of six men. The vessel was water
logged and the sea breaking over her.
The captain and crew were rescued from
their perilous position A few mo
ments later vessel was passed
bottom upwards, and her position told to
US the fate of those who lived upon her
few hours previous.
LAS we proceeded other vessels were
seen with their masts and rig
cling partly gone, and one with
hardly a mast or sail left was spoken
and offer of assistance made, but
her captain raised his cap, and,
with thanks, declined to leave
his ship doubtless hoping to be able to
reach port
THE CITY OF SAVANNAH SIGHTED.
Tuesday at 6 p. m ship was sighted
ashore in the breakers about six miles
south of St. Helena lighthouse. Her
captain saw our ship and signaled
nized the signal he exclaimed, Good
God! that must be the City of Savan-
nah :" A boat was lowered and
First Officer Johnson was sent to her and
brought back the message that it was the
City of Savannah in the breakers
three miles from shore going to pieces
with her passengers and crew in the rig
ging They had been there since Sunday
night. The night was then
upon US and it was impossible
to attempt to rescue the unfortunates un-
til daylight.
"The Birmingham was anchored, and
on Wednesday morning boats in charge of
First Officer Johnson and Sec
ond Officer Hamilton reached the
ship and the rescue of those on board was
effected with safety The lady passen-
gers of the Inflated ship, together with
such others as her boats would hold, had
been sent to shore the day before.
1t was brave act to reach the ship
in the breakers, but Officers johnson
and Hamilton did this with
their sturdy crews, and brought from the
Savannah the passengers and crew that
were hanging about her, threatened with
death, and from whose breasts all hope
had departed
THE PASSENGERS.
| The following is a list of the passen-
gers who left New York on the Birming
| ham:
| William Wade, Frank E. Rebarer,