The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-29
SCHOONER FOUNDERS AT SEA.
HER CREW PICKED Up WHILE
ADRIFT IN A LIFE BOAT.

The susie II. Davidson the Vessel
That Rescues Them and Arrives
with Them at Fernnndina-Hard
Work mt the Pumps Finally Proves
Futile and the Crew Forced TO
Abandon Her-The Lost Vessel the
Henry MiIIiken OF Maine.
Fernandina, Fla, Jan. 2S.-The schoon-
er Susie H. Davidson. Capt. Powell, ar
rived here to-day with the shipwrecked
crew on board from the schooner Henry
Miliken Of Bath. Me. The Milliken, Capt.
Kimball, was laden with burnt animal
black from New York for Wilmington,
n. C. She sailed from New York on Jan.
u. on Jan. 20 a gale from the southeast
struck here, and after she had been wash
ed around the tire day with very high
running sea, the wind abated during the
evening, but it was found that the vessel
was leaking. The pumps were at once
started TO work. and they were kept go
ing until they refused to take the water,
and from al. appearances the leaking had
let up. AS night came on the fury of the
storm commenced anew, and during the
night the vessel would pitch by the head,
ing badly but the pumps would not take
up the water. Capt. KimbaH thinks the
cargo shifted, and kept the water from
the pumps
The storm continued on the 21st all day,
and all night. The wind on the 21st shift
ed to the northwest. and kept UP until
the vessel was abandoned on the END
inst, at 3:30 o'clock in the morning, with
her ho.d full of water and lying on her
beam ends.
The captain and his crew of six hurried
ly filled small cask of water and gath
cred up some provisions, and taking the
compass showed off from the wreck just
in time, to see her sink and disappear. The
small boat, with the crew. was not over
800 yards from the wreck when she went
down. When the small boat showed IF
from her the rail and matches were under
water. Capt. Kimball said it was very
cold and they were all wet in a small boat
at sea and at night with but little cloth
ng. However, they hung around the
scene of the wreck until morning. but
when morning came saw no sign of the
sinking schooner, and they started up the
oars for shore. The boat was deep in the
water with seven men and a cask of water
and the men were kept busy every few
moments bailing out the water which
washed over the side. They made no pro-
gress in the route for shore and they fin
ally gave up trying to do anything but
keep their boat afioat until the storm
abated
At Ii o'clock, after being in the small
boat nine hours, they sighted the schooner
Susie H. Davidson, and Capt. Kimhall
rugged a flag of two handkerchiefs on top
of boat pole and stuck it up, and after
a little while they knew they were sight
ed. AS the Davidson made for them
they began pulling with all their might
toward the vessel, and in about an hour
they were taken aboard forty-five miles
southeast from Cape Lookout. Capt.
Powell of the Davidson did all he could
for the shpwrecked crew. He furnished
them with dry, warm clothing and made
them as comfortable as could he Capt
Kimball said he could not say too much
for Capt. Powell and that he and his
crew had been treated as brothers.
The Millikens controlling owner is Elias
Milliken of Bath, Me. The crew was com
posed of the following men: Capt KIM
ball, Mate Adolph Lange and Seamen
Peter Fourier, Alvin Loesch, Charles
Peterson, Alexander Grannady and Cook
Laurent Guyoward. The crew will leave
in few days for New York.