Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-29
|oUGHT FOR TWO HOURS.
|. u,,,s AND SAILORS BATTLE FOR
life IN FLUSHING BAY


Aor in Flushing Bay apout ohe
'spv - ,hls village. The fight was
l y the vessels captain, Parker ].
~ ~ and charles Duard. a Portuguese
.ilor. A.. .o.,.,,,,. a.
60 was Frank Duard, a brother
,srh.rles He could take no part in
struggle as he was lying upon the
4. With a ragged wound In his left
caused by a bullet from the
,,.s,n's pistol. Though weak from
!. n blood, the wounded sailor drag
y y simself about the deck, encourage
~. brother. who was also wounded,
,ha latter's efforts to kill the captain.
~ ,hree men were the only ones on
ard the schooner.
M Robert p. King came to anchor
rlushlng Bay between 1 and 2 o'clock
[.sday morning. There were four
,r,ons on board, the captain, the Du-
4 brothers, and a woman who acted
cook. The captain went TO New
~ after breakfast yesterday morn
!, IA ret several hundred dollars, due
lin. and told the crew that on his
nm he would pay them off. He re-
ned In a dory about $3.50 last night.
when he got on board he found that
]. two sailors had turned in, and, as
he wanted assistance in hauling the
nv on deck, he stepped to the COM
snlonway and called them out. The
n brothers came out OF the little
,Mu in a few minutes, and, the cap
NJ saws exchanged some remarks in
M native tongue. They assisted
I'M 10 haul up the dory and place 1t
I me port side between the main rig
M and the end Of the cabin. After
,rnIng the boat bottom up the cap
IN turned and as he did so. he says,
received terrible blow across the
N that knocked him onto the cabin
d He was up in n second, and
mptled his pistol before Charles Du-
nd fell upon him.
Then began terrible struggle. Chas.
buird and the captain rolled over and
YER on the deck, fighting and kick
h each other, the one In constant
tead OF the captains revolver and
be other fighting as only man can
sht when his life Is at stake. Charles
buard, whenever opportunity would
hermit. would call out TO his wounded
fothtr. Get a handspike and fix
Imp The wounded brother would al
tlyI reply: II can't, I can't; I'm dy-
i.
he kept dragging himself about the
lkk all the time, however, encour-
ging his brother to kill the captain,
!, combatants kept on fighting until
icy were exhausted. Then they agreed
% ashore for doctor for Frank
bard.
The two men got up. and were al
tnst too exhausted to walk. The
lv went over TO his brother and
kskt 10 him, while the captain leaned
iilast the cabin keeping his eyes
>oa his assailant. After some par
ping as to which one should go first.
u two men lifted the dory over
Y VESSELS side, and the captain at
npled to get into II. When half
" down the little steps he was seized
IL fainting spell and fell into the
u The craft careened over and
rF filed with water. The captain
Il. 10 sufficiently to climb back on
mex, and after a few minutes rest
estd the sailor to lower the yawl.
y both got into It,
~ sailor refused to row to another
aNasr anchored several hundred
i.i away. and started to bandage
~ head he having been shot in
back Of the head by the captain
N the fight commenced. While he
PRESSING the wound the captain
Ad the yawl over to the other
aq'ner. Her crew saw the boat APP
Anlng and hailed II. Capt. Hall
taed the schooner and found her
The Hazel Dell of Blue Hill, Me-,
wan Cozzens. Hall knew Cozzens,
when he entered the cabin of the
aad got under the rays of lamp
XIV cozzens was startled by Capt.
ans appearance. The latter was
~ with blood from head 10 foot.
nsht side of his face was terribly
sasn and discolored, while his up
Ky was so thick that he could
ivy artieulate. Capt Cozzens CON
w 70 go 10 the Robert p. King
aSlst In caring for her injured
~ Notwithstanding that his ves-
M ~ snorthanded and leakbsg badly.
".n u became evident that the city
threatened with destruction the
y DAVIS Lumber company made
ualn or Its cars and sought 10
49,. Noinnn and children to n place
~ on the Little Elk branch. The
nau proceeded but a little ways
su Wnen the bridge across the
~ was discovered to be burning
ue uain with its cargo of human
as forced TO return TO the city
H. n the gauntlet of
k,tt,ru anu smoke. In the
5va1 us permission had been
s,rs,1 y use the main tracks of the
,e e. au and the homeless people
sttca srs south twelve miles to
xds At ane people of Prentice open
~ for homes but there was not
thlaran the erawd OF men, women
I II O'clock at night tho ere
tiqk tha,,annssu remained on the scene
u. cIfv 10 clearing south
N bnrs being a place that had
a., lined over few davs hefore
d , sasfe was nothing more for Tho
~ ~ on. Their route was thicl,
nped d, sting smoke. The flames
fiie - WY across their path from
Is, hras,. 'he other. The fire I'm the
Pines OUT with vigor and the
q b u,;r syen the greenest ones. were
'sr.s =, ing torches throwing IONS
and nre high in the air The
hes va ,sekilng Of the fire amonp
lfl II w,ii s 80 terrible that those who
~ I've - remember It as as long as
~ clouds y, q day as broke through
t'N asS az smoke that enciroied IT,
safthS ~ seemed Sin, TO be as deep as
M pfursr.~ There was hardly
AW a mile 4, 'sIt 70 be called ruins.
anc haIf length from north 10
M b The ses mile wide from the
81 .est was no,A 10 the swamp on
''ning but embers and