The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-29
SAVED FRoM wREcIS.
narrowing Experience Of Capt. CUR
ney and His Crew.

ney and His Crew.
The crew Of the barkentine Bruce Haw-
kins, which sailed from Savannah for BOs-
ton Nov. s. and was abandoned at sea,
reached New York on the Ward liner Wig
ilancia from Havana, where they landed
by the Munson line steamer Adranmhor,
which took them of the wreck.
only seven Of the original crew of nine
men returned. The mate, James Fraser,
was swept overheard during the terrific
gale which wrecked the barkentine and
was lost Those who returned were: Capt
James Quincy, Jr.; Second officer r. H.
Miller, Seamen Peter Esser, Charles
Hughes, William Gordon, George Ernest
ana Charles Pierce.
The New York Herald gives the follow
ing account of the wreck Of the vessel
and the experiences Of the crew;
hen the Hawkins left Savannah she
hau a light sOutherly breeze. She bowl
ed up the coast at six knot gait Her
cargo was Georgia pine, a great portion
OF II making up the deck load.
1t began to breeze up on the night OF
Nov. II, and before daylight was blow
ing with hurricane force. The deck load
shifted, and the vessel had a heavy list
10 starboard. Her lee rail was under Wa
ter most of the time. The crew had
massed aft on the deck-hOuse and We're
clnging TO the weather rail with desper-
auon, and hardly daring to hope Tor
rescue. Some had dashed themselves 70
the stays, and they We're fortunate.
A heavy sea swept the decks and with
IT went Mate Fraser and Seaman Gordon.
Capt Quincy let go his hold on the rail
and dashed across the deck, hoping TO
rescue the men. He caught the spank
er boom and, swinging overheard, grab
bed the seaman and drew him on deck.
n thought il was lie mate said capt.
Quincy. 1T wasn't What 1 thought
was a log Of wood foated by-that was
him.
what we endured during that day and
the next night / cannot describe. The
wind increased in force, and il was i'm
possible TO work ship. The men dared
not work their way to the pumps, and
full of water, the deck even with the
water line, we lay at the mercy OF wind
and wave Before daylight the few re-
naming sails We're rent to atoms.
Then we swung around into the trough
of the sea and began to roll terribly. This
started the sticks, and sooner than it
takes to tell il the main and mizzen
masts went overheard.
THE wind moderated. and I sent a man
forward to set signal He remained at
the foretop looking for help. on the after
noon of the 14th he reported smoke to
WindWard. 1t neared us and proved to be
from the Munson line steamship Ardanm-
hOr, bound for Havana They came to the
rescue and took us on board.
During the time that we chung TO the
weather rail we had practically nothing to
eat A little 'hard-tack was saved, and
each mans ratiOns We're one-half biscuit
day. The water was bracklsh, and the
men We're almost crazed from thirst.
When we sighted the steamer 1 turned
the crew loose on the cask containing
the provisions. There were twenty bis
cults left, and they went at them like
wild animals"
Capt. Quincy is 80 years old. He has
followed the sea for twenty-four years,
and this is his first shipWreck. He is
the principal owner in the Bruce Haw-
kins, which he values at $4,000. The
cargo was worth about $1,000, he stated.
The barkentine was picked up by the
Henrietta II
two days after being abandoned, and
tOWed into Norfolk"