The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-02
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SAVED FROM THE SEAS FURY.
The Officers and Grew Of the Free6a A
Wiley Rascued.

The Officers and Grew Of the Free6a A.
Wiley Rescued.
The steamship Tallahassee, which ar
rived yesterday morning from New York,
brought in the captain and crew of the
shipwrecked barkentine F'reeda A. Wiley,
which was abandoned by her crew on
Aug. 25, in lat 820 46, long 79' 55'. The
crew was rescued by the schooner Annie
Kranz, bound for Savannah from
Cienfuegos, Cuba Thursday, Aug. 81,
the crew was transferred to the Tallahas-
see in lat. 93, long. 7so 4s', of Cape Ro-
maine, and arrived in Savannah yester-
day morning
The members of the crew of the F'reeda
A. Wiley are Capt. Ichabod Wiley
first mate G. E. Morehouse; second mate
w w. Covert; steward @. Healey and
W. Anderson, T. Clyne, II. Olsen, o.
Olsel and G. w. Whitehead, seamen.
STORY OF THE WRECK.
Capt Wiley gave an account of the
wreck of his vessel to q MORNING NEWS
reporter yesterday. The Wiley left
Pascagoula, Miss, with cargo Of lumber
for New York, The storm struck her
Sunday morning In latitude 30' So longi-
tude so 02' The storm was 80 severe
that the seamen were unable to manage
the vessel. Her deck load was shifted about
so roughly by the storm that the crew
was unable to remain on deck and tied
themselves In the rigging. The vessel
soon sprung leak aud filled with water,
sinking nearly to the waters edge. The
ship became watel-logged md was in
danger of going to the bottom. The
storm moderating a little on Monday,
Capt Wiley concluded TO cut away the
masts and clear the deck Of its load,
which was done. The Wiley was fortu-
nateiy equipped for storm There was
large box of sand on the deck, and q
plentiful supply of matches and ker-
osene.
COOKED THEIR FOOD ON DECK.
A fire was built on the box and food
cooked for the crew There was plenty
of beef and flour left and full supply Of
water. The storm continued to moderate
and the condition of the crew was com
Portable, compared with their previous
experience. Capt. Wiley said the crew
could have lived very comfortably for
several weeks, provided no other storms
were encountered.
The schooner Annie Kranz came to
their rescue on Tuesday. The fire on the
Sduu DOA udu DeeH lSIJ burning, ana soon
after the crew were transferred to the
Kranz the Wiley caught fire. Capt
Wiley says he did not set his vessel ahre
TO remove her from the track of naviga-
tion, as he considered that bad policy un-
der any circumstances The vessel would
only burn to the waters edge, he said, and
leave hulk more dangerous to nayigG-
tion than the entire vessel
BOUND FOR SAVANNAH.
The Annie Kranz, Capt. Wiley said
was bound for Savannah, and mad been
twenty days out from Cienfuegos being
carried northward by the storms. On
Thursday the crew Of the Wiley was
transferred to athe Tallahassee and
brought to Savannah yesterday.
Capt Wiley will leave tomorrow for
his home in Thomaston, Me, where the
Willie was ownd.
Il wish you would say for me,n said
Capt. Wiley "that we owe our deepest
gratitude to the officers and crew of the
Annie Kranz, and also of the Tallahassee
for their kind and generous treatment of
US"
The Kranz had no sickness aboard, and
was in fair condition when Capt. Wiley
left her.