The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-03
BARK FRAMNAES
ON THE BREAKERS.
The Unfortunate Vessel Blown on
Long Island Shoals in
Fog.
CAPTAIN and CREW ARE SAVED.
Tug InCa Takes Them 0f-Four Men Left
Aboard Until TOday-Grsat Need of
Lightship.

The tug Inoa, Captain Roberts, ar
rived yesterday morning with Cap
tain Moller and nine Of the crew of
the wrecked bark Framnass. The men
had been rescued from the bark by the
Inca. The second mate of the bark,
with three mea, was left on board the
vessel.
THE TIMES told yesterday morning
Of the grounding of an unknown bark
on the Long island breakers. 1t was
impossible on Monday for aid to reach
the vessel, the sea being SO high and
the fog so thick. 1t was also impos-
sible to learn the name of the bark, or
if anyone was on board.
Yesterday morning before daylight
the tug Inca went to the bark, but was
unable to get up to- 1t. The bark was
sending up rockets at short intervals.
The Inca respon ded with torch signals.
When day broke the Inca sent boats
to the bark, and learned that she was
the Norwegian bark Frsmnaes, 08S
tons, bound from Hamburg to Sapelo,
to take q cargo Of lumber from Clark
Bros. Coming from the southwark,
the bark was lost in the fog, and when
the captain found himself she was up
on the breakers with a heavy south
east wind blowing. Nothing could
be done to extrioate the vessel from
its dangerous predicament, and the
men on board could only wait for help.
They sent up repeated signals, but
knew that it was impossible for any
craft to approach them in the gale
then blowing.
Captain Roberts, of the Inca, saw
Iu&b IL WOuAu no w &OI tnO
bark afoat. There were only six
inches OF water undsr her stern, but
the vessel had sunk in the sand until
the f1gure-13- on her draft guags was
barely showing. She was in immi-
meet danger OF going to pieces.
The captain OF the wrecked bark
and nine Of the seamen were taken on
board the Inoa by means Of small
boats, it having been decided that the
remaing men, under The secoLd mate,
should remain on board.
The Inca reached the oity shortly
before noon with the ship-wreoked
crew. Captain Moller stated that the
value OF his vessel was $4,000, and
that she was insured for $12,500. He
said the grounding of the bark could
not be prevented, owing to the thick
fog and the treAchsrous condition of
the coast in that vicinity.
The tug Inca Will 60 to the wreck
this morning and save as much of the
stores, etc., as can be gotten off. The
vessel will undoubtedly be total loss.
The wrsck of the bark Framnaes en-
phasizes the need, which has long
been urged by shipping men. Of light
ship off the Long Island coast. Cap
tain Fred Gustafsen, of the tug Angie
and Nellie, one of the most expert
enced captains on this coast, said to
TIMES man last night that no section
of the coast was so treGcberOus as that
in the immediate vicinity of the place
where the bark lies on the shoals. ut
is a great wonder" said Captain Gus
tafsen, "that more wrecks have not
occurred there. A lightship is an i'm
perative need, and the government
should supply it at once"
The opinion expressed above is
held by all the tugboat captains and
pilots of the port. D finite steps to-
ward securing the needed lightship
will be taken at once through Con-
gresham Brantley.