The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-26

gale at the time II was not considered
safe for a pilot boat to go outside. Capt
kredericks offered to tow the vessel in,
but could not agree with the captain as TO
price The captain Of the bark said he
would give $50 for tow, but preferred TO
get pilot and sail in. The tug, subse-
quentlv offered TO assist in getting the
vessel in position so as to raise some sail,
but the offer was not accepted and the
tug boat then left her.
BLAMEs THE PILOTS.
Capt Thomas Kyfin was at Tybee light
house station last night, where he and
his wife and 9-day-old baby arrived yes
terday afternoon. The captain did not
want to say much concerning the wreck
except that he blamed the pilots for the
loss of his vessel He stated that the
bark arrived of Tybee Friday, and he
could not get pilot, although the weather
was fair. The weather was rough Sat
urday, but no pilot came TO him.
"AN I've got 70 say said Capt
Kyf1in, lis that we lost the vessel in the
breakers on Stone Horse reef. and my
self wife, baby and brother came ashore
in boat, and the crew were taken on by
a tug. If we could have gotten pilot we
would not have been wrecked. The
small boat filed once while We were com
ing ashore, but otherwise we landed with
out much difficulty"
The captain will come up to the city
to-day Mrs. Kyfin and the baby are
comfortably quartered, and Mrs. Evans
is kindly attending to their wants.
THE MATES STORY.
The vessels crew, the mate and nine
men arrived up TO the city on the Gym
thia about o'clock last night The men
were still drenched and almost frozen.
They were taken 70 a boarding house and
g. al. n,
mate tells the following story of the
wreck:
1--WE arrived of Tybee Friday night
about o'clock, but the weather being
heavy and the wind high, could not get
into the roads. We anchored TO await
pilot. A tug boat came out 70 US about 4
o'clock Saturday afternoon, but did not
take US in tow. As night came on the
weather got worse, the wind blew a
Our anchor began to drag and by
O'Clock the vessel struck bottom and
gradually drifted toward the shore.
Enormous seas broke over her fore and
aft. and she commenced leaking. We
stood at the pumps, but she continued to
Oil with water. About midnight we cut
away the foremost and rigging. Soon
after the vessels bow sank and all
hands crowded to the poop deck for safety.
When dsy broke we had concluded to
leave the wreck and attempt to get ashore
as soon as it was safe TO do so.
THOUGHT THEY WERE LOST.
We thought the vessel would soon go
to pieces so one Of the boats was launched.
and Capt. Kyfin, his wife and infant,
and George Kyffn, the shippers brother,
got in the toat, and line was attached
TO the vessel. We expected them to stand
by until We were ready TO leave. 1t was
then IL O'Clock; about this time we
sighted the tug coming to our rescure.
While we were waiting for the tug to
come up, the line which was attached to
the small boat containing the captain and
others, the line parted anG they drifted
away in the breakers, and we thought
they were drowned, until we learned
of their safe arrival on Tybee "a TheI tug
boat came near and a pilots dingy was
launched from her One of the men in
the boat was washed overheard, but sue
ceeded in getting back. They then re-
turned to the tug and gave up the tat-
tempt. If it had not been for that brave
and courageous quarantine doctor all of
US would, no doubt, have been drowned
He volunteered TO come to US, and al
though the sea was running high, he
and a colored man succeeded in getting
US with considerable difficulty. They
LOOK on three OF the crew ana got Dack TO
the tug. Two of our men then came back
and took off four others, and then they
returned and took the remaining two and
myself
THE WRECKED VESSEL.
The bark Mary Z. Chapman was a
wooden vessel with iron and copper fast
enings. She was built in 1873, at Rock
land, n B., and was COG tons register
She was 1885, feet in length, "a feet 4
in hes beam and 49, feet deep. She was
a regular trader at this port, her last
trip being made last September, from
Savannah to Rotterdam with cargo of
naval stores. She was chartered by
Paterson, Downing & Co., to load with
naval stores for Europe and sailed Dec
q from Rotterdam in ballast, for Tybee
for orders.