The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-27
CAUGHT In TIE CYCLONE.
THE SCHOONER KATIE H. IRELAN
LOST-HER CREW RESCUED.
Founder ana brought to This P~ort-rheIr
Terrible Experiences In tho West India
C~IcIonc-Coio.,nI sens or Cane Hntterrs.

Taken on ms Their Vessel Was About tn
Founder ana brought TO This Port-TheIr
Terrible Experiences In tho West India
C1~cione-Coiossa seas or Cape Etntteras.
The cyclone that swept across Florida from
the Gulf Of Mexico and into the ocean on Tues
day last played havoc with heavily laden coast.
ing craft. At least one Of them, tho three
masted schooner Katie J. Irelan, bound from
Baltimore for Wilmington. y. G., with n cargo
OF scrap iron, foundcred in tho ferment. Capt.
ID. T.. Crockett and the crew OF the lrelnn ar.
rived here yesterday on tho four-mastod lumber
laden schooner Goodwin Stoddard, which had
n hard tusslc with the same part Of the big
blow that sent the lrelan to tho bottom.
Tho Stoddard loft Fernandina OH Sept. II.
The next day Seaman Nils Svensden of Sor.
way, while working aloft, fell from the spankcr
masthead to the deck and was killed. His
body was buried at sea. On Tuesday morning
last, about 100 miles off tho South Carolina
coast, the Stoddard got mixed up with tho gale,
which came out Of the northeast and kicked up
colossal seas. The weather grew worse before
morning, when the wind shifted TO the south.
cast, creating II nasty cross sea In which tho
Stoddard laborcd heavily. She was stripped TO
storm canvas, and the men at the wheel could
barely keep hor head to the combcrs. Tho
water roarcd over her decks Mt frequent inter.
walls. At 3 A. NJ. on Wednesday the seas had
subsidized n bit.
The mon on the stoddard then saw several
miles to leeward the sinking lrclan. She had
her ensign set union down in the rigging. ,mn,
Stoddard bore down on her. and when within
haiiing distanee the skipper Of tho lrclan made
asked, TO be. taken Off. lie said he would aban.
don ship II he had any boats, but that they had
been smashed and carried away by the seas,
Second Mate Thorp and steward Charles
FRsy I%un S9'%p' tSG Sa% y and xS a TO saS ad 5Ts1"n 70
her. Tho seas were stu so tumlltuous that
the yawl. which approached the schooner from
leeward, was In peril of being dashed to pieces
jumped. into the yawl. They were all on tho
point of exhaustion from incessant work at tho
pumps since the day before.
The lrelan was hove to just after she was
struck by the first gust OF the cyclone. She Is
nm old craft, and her rating had run ont.
Under the battering Of the seas her seams
opened. All hands were put at tho pumps.
The leak gained slowly, despite their ~cSertion.
and the schooner began to settle. Some of the
sea crests that dashed aboard stove he boats,
sides. The men had almost abandoned hope
when they were sighted by the Stoddard. In
! !isSve %PpT no,SinFp a exsapt tho Ii '6 old Se eIaISa. they they
stood in" They realized what a close call they
had had when they saw their vessel disappear
taken off. The irclan hailed from baltimore
measured 500 tons.
hit by tho great blow a little to the south OF
Hattcras, Under the pounding OF the seas that
boarded her the dcckload of railroad ties got
Emita also lost and split several sails. Capt.
Bray says he used oil and that II took tho crests
of the seas.
Tho British steamship Antilia. which ar
rived yesterday from Nassau, passed on Satur.
day, of Cape Henry. a lot OF wreckagc. includ.
ing, the house OF a sailing vessel. probably a
luckless coaster that was unable to ride out the
storm.