Connecticut western news., 1897-02-11
SWEPT FROM DECKS.
ADMIRAL 5uNcE's FLEET LOST FOUR -sa MEN IN A HURRICANE.
[ trouoiad. aud Cruisers Tn Great Psrii During the sstorm--Drownips shipmstss Saved by a Gallant noat. Crew usder oommMud of Cadet ohsrsrdi.


 During tn. storm Drowning shIpmstss saved by . Gallant naat'. Crew uHder
 Command of Cadet ohsrsrdi.,
 CHARLESTON, Fch. 9-After a terrific experience In tho storm on Friday night, during which four seamen were lost and eight were seriously injured, Admiral Bunce's squadron, consisting of the New York, Maine, Columhia, Amphitrlte and Marblehead, have arrivel off Charleston bar. .-.
 Admiral Bunces fleet ran straight into the teuth of n terrific storm Friday night, the ships boing then 70 miles on the North Carolina coast and well below Hatteras. While the officers are. ns usual, unwilling 10 discuss their exerioncca. 1t is known that both ships and men wero in great peril. .5s-....s.. ..s,s..s--
 When the fleet was visited, it was learn. ed that the actual loss consisted of fout lives, eight men seriously Injured and mic nor injuries to almost nll of the vessels themselves The battloship Maine had six of her men ovorboard three of them los. ing their lives The Marblehead lost one man killed and six injured.
 The Main.'s Victims.
 The killed on the Maine wcrc:
 L. c. Cogcl, apprentice, dashed to death ngainst turrets, and body lost at eoa.
 John Brown, seaman, washed ovorboard and drowned; body not recovered.
 A. B. Nelson, private, United States mnrincs washed overheard and drowned; body lost.
 Tho Marblchead lost ship Carpenter Strawhat, who was dashed to death by the sea. His body was saved and buried at sea Sunday rt--s.... F. ...-.t ..t
 e,o,,n, of tho .,a ,o.n..r,. s,on,, ,,,ho xxor. At work on the eea anchor, wcro hurled nRhinst the superstrncturo of the ship by tho sea and more or less Injured. They are.
 Dennis Ryan, blacksmith; Charles os borne. shipwright, and Apprentices Scan Ian, Regnn, Hicker and Plumber. Hickm sartaincd s compound fracturc of the ak uli and his condition is serioua
 When tho storm began to gathcr Friday night, the admiral signaled from the New York for the ships to stand together. The storm was blowing from the southeast It steadily Increased during the night, md the four ships weno serarntod. So heavily did the New York roll that the big s inch guns in the turrets were lsshed down with heavy hawsers as prccaution. Dur ing tho storm heavy sea rolled over the storn, and the aft companionwny was flooded with water, which went down intd the officers quarters Tho gun ports and torpedo tubes also let great quantities of water in.
 Inc boatswain, William Anderson, while on tho forward deck, was struck from his feet by n sea and injured by be ing dashed aft Naval Cadet Castleman, while on the forward quarter deck. also lost his footing and was about to 70 over ths side when he managed to seize lifeline and save his own lifo When tho eea was shipped astern, the sounding apparatus was knocked to flinders, and ono of the officers neariy dashed ovor tho side
 A Thrilling Experi~no~.
 When morning came, the Maine was sighted and spoken. The battlesbip, 1t is believed, had tho most trying experience of the feet
 On Friday night the apprentice, CoTei, was struck by terrible sea and his life dashed out of him The rushing waters carried his body overheard. Two men jumped after him as he was being carried away. They were the seaman John Browp and the marine Alexander Nelson. In try ing to save their mcssmatc, they lost theii lives. for they, too, were carried out into the mountains of black watcr.
 Charles Haskell was washed overheard at the same time When these four men went overheard, William J. Creclmnn, iandsman was standing on the poop deck. He saw the upturncd face of Cogel float. ing hy. Creelman diyed ovcrbonrd and struck ont to save him. In the meantlmo, two life buoys had teen thrown over Haskell got one of them. Brown, Nelson and CoRei disappeared, and the brave Creelman was struggling far from the buoy intended for him Haskell saw him and reacbed him In time to save his life. The Maine was put about and q lifeboat .f Naval Cadet Ghorardl, with n crew of six men. Tho beat got only n few yards from tho ship whom she was overturned, and seven more men wero In the water. The men were rescued with lifolincs The life. boat was lost, as was ono or moro of the shIn's boats, which were nll torn from their davits by the heavy seas. Tho Monitor Behaved We'll. The Amphitrite Maine. Columbia and Marblehead were sighted In the morning | in tho oraor named. The MArhlehcad was laboripR heavily and had ont her oil bag. Grave fears had bccn cntprtalncd for the Amphitrite, but she rode ont the gale, and, ms far as can be learned, lost no lives. | On board the Maine board of Inquiry TO. | ported on tho loss of the thrco men. They | highly commended crcelnan's brave nt tempt to ruscuo Cogol He win bc rccom' mended for lifc savers modal of tho first | class.
 The Columbia, Marhlehead and Amphi. | trits oamo down the coast torethar aftci l the storm. The reason tho New York was delayed in arriving was that she turned back and went almost to Hnttoras, looking for the monitor The Marblehead came uI | to the city, and arrangements were made for putting the injured sailors in the Ma rine hospital here
 Exactly what injury tho various vessel, themselves suffered during the storm can not now bo stated. The officers say that their ships behaved splcndidly, but 10 was evident even to casual observer that the vessels had received rough usage nt tbs hands of tho hurricane It ia practically certain, however. that none of them has been seriously injured. It ia not probable that the maneuvers will bc seriously intcr> | fered with or retarded by the tcrrihle ex, perience through which tho fleet passed.