The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-31
SURVIVORS OF THE STORMS.
TWO DAYS WITHOUT FOOD ON THE
<FTERHOUsE or a SCHOONER.

The steamship Nscoochce Of the Savannah
line. which arrived last evening. did not ven-
ture out OF the harbor on Sunday morning In
the face OF the strong northeastern that then
)cean churninR the waters OF Tybee Sound
nto snowy tumult. Capt Smith had conil-
,ience in the DEMONSTRATIONS and warnings OF
he Weather Bureau. and he decided that his
chances Of weatherinR the cyclone were some-
what less than his chances OF being either
badly damaged or completely wrecked.
Tho Nacooohoe rounded Tybee Island at $40
O'Clock on Tuesday morning. and her cautious
skipper turned her head In and dropped an
Choir of Venus Point up the Savannah River.
The storm. which broke three hours later. was
20 thlckly permeated with rain that ten feet
from the steamship the air was nearly opaque.
The Nacoochee had two anchors out weigh
ing together about eight TONS She tuGgod at
tho heavy cables like living monster. and
Capt Smith was In momentary fear OF drag
cling ashore. The steamship. however. had
not budged from her anchorage when at day
break on Monday the skipper. his officers and
crew. and passengers gazed on scene OF
desolatlon ashore.
Only one other vessel in the harbor. big
barkentine. had survived the storm. All the
rest OF the fleet OF thirty or more craft had
been driven high and dry on tho beach, One
large vessel. the rig OF which was not discerni-
ble lay on her side far up on the shore. Tybee
Island looked desolate. and Capt. Smith sur
missed that It had Jared i'll In the storm
All the range lights and buoys in the harbor
had been swept away By the hurricane. and
tho Nacoochee made her way out OF the har-
Dor. which she put astern at 10 o'clock on
Monday morning. by the lead.
The lumber laden schooner Annie 8. Conant.
which left st simon's; Ga: 4, for Boston on Ang;
49, met on Tuesday. Aug. ~; the cyclone that
spread devastation around this neighborhood
the following Thursday she was on Hast ,sin
to under ciose.reofed fore and main, sails.
blowing -, t0-knot rate. piling up colossal
s The Tor ioresnii sail was blown to ribbons and the
ship forced down on her beam ends Then the
deck load of lum Der went overheard. carrying
with it the lee rails The weather rigging was
out away. and the main and fore masts went
fnightheads The vessel riGhted and the crew
sought shelter from the seas that roared across
lumber E SrAi In her hold which contained seven
feet Of water. seemed as II it would pound out
Can't. Mcdonald. q Bostonlan. who owned
On attempt to abandon her. With the water:
stern s' davis wits having filled it With provisions.
east Of Hatteras. The beat was Launched with
sss and rSG s English hG
named after the island from which he had just
departed. were thrown into the boat Just
ed ed in one side Of it against the lumber car
men mel and they were dragged aboard the
schooner The long boat was ,whirled around
so w
into the sea and carried far from the vessel.
They swan CALAMITY toward her as soon as
cred her direction.
mighty wave picked them up and tossed
gathered again on the after house. Capt. Nc |
Donald realized now that all he could do was
the sUhooners small boats had been smashed |
by the first invasion OF waves. During lull
the tn bs O. Rs
All the provisions had been either washed |
away or soaked with salt water, and there was |
nothinG save salt water In the fresh water
For two days and half Capt Mcdonald and |
roof roc Of the after house. which. having become
loosened by the humping OF the waves. |
tho no the
divide and eat it when Capt; Mcdonald forbade |
crease their thirst and probably drive some Of
them to drinking sea water.
eible to subsist without either water or food |
Tor nine days at least. II they made up their |
board. The men were beginning to look long |
ingly at the two dogs and o pet cat of the |
skipper when a sail was made out to tho east
: This was at half past 8 ON Friday morning.
The sail was the American ms bark Tiilid; Capt.
ward for this port from Fernapdina, The ex,
that the bark was going to leave them to their |
fate: Capt Mcdonald. however. thought 9th
SeStsr on had
her skipper from making out the schooner's |
Capt. Harding at first thought that there
was no living creatures aboard the dismasted
hulk. and WAS about to continue on his course |
moving figures on the schooner's deck. Cap
tain Harding went UP aloit himself. and. with
San ensign half-mastod, and union down
dutterinG from tho broken loremast Of the
%es 9 ss s Of thsn fs s
wrecked men were ovcrjoyed to see the bark
In a series Of short tacks. lasting nearly
about an eighth OF mile to wlndward Of the
man. launched q dory and rowed over. the
swelling sea to the wreck; The transfer Of the
Wien capt Meponai boarded The bark Pc
for T Sasnsd Ptsh sw WAS handed to
my life" The faces OF tho Captain and his
men wero much pinched from their priva.
The brindle bull. Nellie. had drank Of tho
suit water to Iuench her thirst. and she went
mad Just fter she WAS tax On aboard the bark.
She ran about tho decks foaming at tho
mouth. ana Capt. Mcdonald. fearing that she
might ATTACK some OF his rescuers. called her
tn him and put three bullets In her body. She
was OF good breed. and was valued at $50. The
pointer. st, simon Is worth about SlOO Capt.
had an insurance OF 81 300 on his
part OF the schooner. he lost all his instru.
ments and charts.
The freight steamship Knickerkocker which
arrived from New Orleans last evening. losttwo
Of her crew, Seaman 4. Anderson and Cook
] ohn Norton. IN tho riot OF wind and wave On
Sunday and Monday. She was boarded by
many lofty seas which carried away her boats.
her bulwarks. and her rails She passed,
twenty-five mics of Barnegat Yesterday
sunken three masted schooner.
Fears Tor the Safety or the Men at tho Port
Royal Naval Station.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30,-Commodors Far
quhar Chief OF the Bureau OF Yards and
Docks, fears for the safety OF the officers and
men at the naval station at Port Royal. s. C..
md for the big dry dock which the Govern
mont 10 constructing there. The station is on
IN islan d. which Is only few feet above high
water mark. and II reports OF the loss Iof lie
there are true. Commodore Farquhar believes