The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06
RESCUED FROM THE WAVES.
BUT ONE OF THE CREW OF A
WRECKED FRUITER SAVED.

The Last Survivor of the Little
Up on a Floating Hatch on the
North Carolina Coast by the Brit
ish Steamship Strathnairn-AII of
His Companions Met Death i'm the
Sea - One Chung to n Piece of
WrecIxage Until Exhausted-Drift-
ell Forty Hours in the Gulf Stream.
The British steamship Strathnairp,
Capt. Cunning, from Swansea via Della
ware Breakwater, arrived yesterday hav-
ing on board a shipwrecked sailor, picked
up Friday in the gulf stream OFF the coast
of North Carolina.
The unfortunate, and yet fortunate, man
was the only survivor of the Frank NJ
Noyes, small schooner, bound from San
Andreas Island for Baltimore with car
go of fruit
The Strathnairn had gone far out to sea
on account of the severe storms, which
were raging along the coast, and was in
the gulf stream. Capt. Cunning was as
cending to the bridge about 3
o'clock in the afternoon when he
saw the second mate making a pecu-
liar demonstration on the deck, and at the
same time heard cries from the sea. On
close observation he sighted a man cling
ing to small object, and desperately
waving for help. The steamer passed, but
Capt. Cunning quickly ordered her to come
about, and in few minutes she was re-
turning to the wrecked sailors assistance.
When within fifty yards of the tnfortu-
nate man, who was clinging to the hatch
of a vessel, the captain ordered his men
to lower a boat. Before it could
be let down into the sea
the man left his fraii preserver and struck
out for the steamship. Reaching her side,
he seized rope that was thrown him, and
quickly placing it around his waist, allow
ed the sailors to draw him safely on board.
AS soon as he reached the steamers deck
he began to show the strain under which
he had gone, and fell unconscious. He was
taken to the cabin, where the captain ad-
ministered stimulants, and stripped him
of his wet clothing and wrapped him in
blankets. After a few hours sleep and
rest he was able to tell the story of his ex-
perience.
He is Swede, IS years old, named Erick
Stocklasse, and was a seaman on the
schooner Frank NJ Noyes a vessel of 149
tons, bound from San Andreas to Balti-
more with a cargo of oranges and cocoa
nuts. The vessel encountered the storm
last Tuesday and was swept fore and aft
by the terrific seas and high winds.
The crew of six men was well nigh ex-
hausted in trying to keep the vessel from
going to pieces, when, on Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock, she capsized, throw
ing every one on board into the sea.
Stocklasse and a young man about 81
years old, named Arthur Cross of Spring.
field, Mass, seized one of the matches
which hoated off and chung to It, They
saw Capt. Asquini, and the rest of the
crew, sink before them into the ocean.
Fortunately, the castaway seamen wece
in the Gulf stream, where the water was
comparatively warm. and they were en-
abled to stand their exposure better than
if they had been nearer in shore, or in tho
middle of the ocean. They drifted north
ward, in the stream, and occasionally
caught floating orange or cocoanut
which sustained life. Thursday night,
after being in the water for forty hours
Cross, began to show signs of exhaustion.
and after bidding his shipmate goodbye.
slipped from the hatch and was not seen
afterwards. Stocklasse chung with bull
dog tenacity, and was saved. The unfor-
tunate man regained his strength rapidly,
and yesterday, was able to be about the
ship.
When the steamer arrived. DR.. ]. q
Keller was called to see the young man.
and recognized him as a patient whom he
had treated at this port about four years
ago. AS the unfortunate man was with.
out sufficient clothing, DR.. Keller bought
suit OF clothes and presented it to him.