Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-14
two SAVED OUT OF EIGHT
Lashed to the Rigging for
Thirty-nine Hours.
SIX WERE FROZEN TO DEATH
Gallant Rescue by the Life
saving Station Men.
Terrible Experience of the Grew OF the
schooner Louis v. Placo-Lashed TO the
Rigging in the Awful Gale-six Frozen
to Death-Two Rescued After u Heroic
Struggle.

PArcuoGuE, L. l., Feb. 10.-The only
two men who lived out of the eight in
the rigging Of the schooner Louis V.
Place for 80 hours, without food or
drink, while the Thermometer was at
zero, were rescued at i1,30 o'clock last
night by Captain Sim Bakers life-saying
crew at Lone Hill. The two are:
William Stevens, aged 10 years, Of
Rockland, Me-, ears and feet slightly
frozen.
S. j. Nelson. aged "a, born in Den
mark, feet badly frostbitten and ampu-
tatlon may be necessary.
The men lost were:
Captain Squires, aged so of New York.
Mate Jaiby, from Norway, A years
old.
Gus Olsen, aged 20, born in Sweden.
Fritz Oscar Ward, Sweden, 81 years
old.
Charles Morrison, cook, aged 81 years,
American.
Charles Allen, of Providence, aged
90.
Stevens shows no signs of the 80
terrible hours he spent in the rigging.
He kept life in the other man saved,
carrying him bodily into the rigging
yesterday morning, and constantly rub.
bling and pounding him. Stevens gave
an account of the vessels voyage. The
Lewis Place, big, three masted
schooner, eoal-laden, left Baltimore
January 30th, loaded with coal, for
New York. When short time out she
fell into terrific gale, and was tossed
helplessly for hours. The steam pumps
kept her free. When Hampton Roads
was reached she laid there for two days,
The gale showed no signs of abatc-
ment, and the ship was headed on her
course again. From this time the ship
was constantly in bowling gale, while
the rigging was frozen solid. All the
lighter sails were blown away early in
the week.
The Place made the Long Island coast
early Thursday morning. She had then
several feet of water in the hold, and
though the steam pumps were kept
going, she was rapidly sinking.
THE ONLY CHANCE FOR LIFE.
Captain Squires said the only chance
| to save their lives was to run ashore and
take to the rigging, and this was done.
| The life-saving crews from the Patchogue
and Lone Hill Stations laborod from 8
o'clock on Thursday morning until 11.30
o'clock last night before they were able
to reach the ship.
The crew Of the Lone Hill Station
took terrible risk last night in trying
to board the wreck. Spray flew into
the lifeboat, freezing as it struck. As
the lifeboat glided alongside the wrecks
rigging the TWO men jumped aboard.
The crew had a terrible time in forg-
ing the boat through the headwind and
floating ice to the shore. The two
rescued men were carried to the station
house, where the crew. worked over
them until after o'clock this morning
When Stevens was able to talk, he
said;
at was terrible experience. The
masts of the vessel swayed backward
and forward all of yesterday, and every
moment | expected would be our last
But don't seem to feel it much. M u
companion begged me TO keep him
alive. He had on leather boots, which
were full of water and frozen to his fee
so of course he could not kick his feel
together as did and keep up the circu,
lation of blood.
THE GATI TAIN fthsE ~ DROf,
Captain Squires was the first to droI
} into the sea from the cold. When nigh
came on there were six men in the rig
cling. When morning came there wer,
six men still In the rigging, three o
whom were alive. Charles Morrison wa
the last man to die and drop in the sea
: just before dark last night there wer
, four mon i'll the rigging, two of whom
/ are still in the rigging dead.
| 5. j. Nelson, the other rescued man
| was able to talk freely just before night
/ He said:
II shall never forget the sightof thos
/, dead bodies as long rs live. One body
, that was suspended in the air by rope
: swung backward and forward, and al
J. Saturday morning we had to dodge it a
!, it swung back and forward.
Y "When We first took to the rigging W
+ spoke words of encouragement to Gac
: other. But only Stevens and myself ar
r parently realized the danger we were il
i MEN LOST THEIR NERVE.
: "Thc other men lost their nerve iii
} minute the vessel struck, We told thel
! to put on plenty OF clothing and kee
dry, but they paid no attention to i
NhtbCNtls my htAt IlCGI ~ AItNGllt
, with water before they got into the riE
i ging.
= Captain Squires was played out, an
: way, from fatigue. lie cried out; III
- gone, boys
y =" In moment he was swept from OF
!, sight. Most of the men had lost the
: speech some time before they died.
/, was the worst sight ! ever heard or rca
= of. Oh, thank God, for saving me an
! the man who was faithful to me throug
O. the 80 hours OF terrible suffering
n. EAsTroRT, L. l., Feb. 1.-The body
-. an unknown man was found in the SUI
IT. near shore at this place last night, bv ol
IL of the crew of the Forge river Iile.sivii
station. 1t is supposed 10 be that Of one
the sailors who was lost from the scioon
n, Louis Y. Place. The schooner is going
I'd pieces. y sharp lookout is being kept +
d. the bodies of Captain William H. SPUR
~ and the members of his crew who perish
h, with him.
er The two survivors, William Stevens al
William j, Nelson, who were rescued
the Lone Hill life saving crew after bel
in the rigging As hours, are at the Ii
saving station, dong as well as can be e
he Pected. They were badly frozen from thu
on long exposure.
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Great Day for Slrighers.
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