Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-11
FROM DEATHS JAWS
Crew of the Angie /. Green
Saved in the Nick of Time.
VESSEL "A1ER~LoGGED
Ihr'lling and Daring K. scue at Sea Sight
ed by the Primers Poi { as She Was
Go!ns Down. Crew Brought
to TIL. Port.
WATER-LoGGED

The most eloquent stories are not noe
essarlly those which adorn the pages
Of fiction. Often the scant scrawled
pages OF a sea captains log contain
passages more daring and thrilling than
those to be found anywhere In the
realm of imaginative literature Such
a page is that which is copied verba-
tim form the log of the big freighter
Pinners Point. of the North American
Transport Company's line from Liver
pool to Norfolk with a general cargo.
captain Jenkins brought his magnifi-
cent vessel to Newport News to take
on grain. arriving here little after 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon Alb oard
his ship We're eight shipwrecked men.
But first let the log page tell about 1t:
December !. latitude 152 degrees. "a
minutes. north: longitude IS degrees,
20 minutes, west-3:3o a. M-Wind
west q moderate gale: saw flares OF
lights ahead. as we drew near saw
torches waving and made out a dis
masted and waterloggsd vessel. Immedi-
ately got out starboard life boat and
dispatched her to the wreck in charge
of Mr.. John Davis. first officer. and the
following seamen: Carl Herlin (boat-
swan). Christian Petersen (carpenter)
Albert Simmons. G. MacKay and
George Smith, y. BIS. and soon re-
turned with entire crew of eight men.
The wreck proved to be the three
Frederica Ne, Initial st.t.. 2a2 +,ns
register loaded with railro,d ,,ss frnn,
Brunswick "a for Perth An,hn,- N r.
w. w. Gheen. master. who reports his
vessel sinking fast. dismasted full OF
This hrioe .ntr,. NO.. 1.ritt j., a.
fine hold hand ~ Cant,;n Iant;r. ~
mcster ~ tha 81 nor md 49,, an,,, -,
dora ,f his con,nan,, C'.'a:
Jenkins 10 nossih1v 80 n,ost aaa..
man in the servica .nd +,lra.. ,i+tla $50
1, ~ = 49,, 49,; i..s.s iitlls - 50
axcent ,ba na-forr,,a 8
those VIC =, - .a.s ~ ~
hare 1Ines ~ tha r,a,oro dot, nne 49,. n.,:u
he has nsfarroa - - ~. - "i...ii
any ;daa ~ :. = rat-,,,, @'' ne
The 1ittIa sohosro .;.,.
cargo ,aft Rr,ne,,ia,, 49, ne, heass
and With F, f,ir VIVA TIs go 80
inr 70 nrass.ea 49, at.s ~aS Iio.n-
was ~ coma Rn+ 80 80 ~. Sp.,e MiiiEn
gotten o,,t, r. saa ona ~ :. ~ -
" 1rr,,-rnyy:fFa oo,,rs., 49, - sl
struck Nv tTa tarrih,e h,,rr, .,.sS
swent the co.et !. e. srn7a,. RS, 80 u
came IN witho,,t . n,o1,or+,. $50 IA
ana :, ia- $3.50 49, :. "al i,''is
the ,can,as ' Va &C. :, .aAes 20 yen u
schooner and he, rnasts ,rara s,,a ~
The yessel strainad hv ~ tl npSa
sens and nounfa5 ~, 49, ,, ~ 49, ~
iron she carried b.ean ~ ,so,. ~ 49,
She Weathere1 tie gala nohl ~,
united efforts az re, cra,, 80, 49, 80.
keep the water from gaining on them
and when the schooner u.as si.,ht "a, ~.
the Pinnar,s point ,ho,,t 60 ~
miles out from this nort ~ annia
Green was doomed 80 49,
The schooner had been driftino baln-
lessly about for thrae d,ys tha W., a.
encroachinc anon tha cav, mt, ~.
were driven from, their nnartarr .,d
which was washed nv tba way.s T,
seemed as though II nsad.d M,
or tho Hama ~ se.na 49, a;..t, :. ~ -, rs
to the bottom ana rho annaa,.a 80 - n =
ike steamer vas 1,rovidanti,l co. b,a
she been an hour later the crew Of IN,
Angie Green would have been unon tae
bottom of the ocean with 1hair shin
AS it was. when the signals Of dis.
tress were reported to the canfain he
lost no time sending a hat 70 -, g
wreck. volunteers resnondinp. wiz ~, .
usual promptness to his call. When the,
boat from the steamer reached tho sias
of the schooner, the man u,ar, r,,;cI,1,.
transferred. There vas NOT rnnmant
to lose. for every lnrch threatened ~
]. TAXI the doomed vessel ~ tho hot4,,s,
The crew half frozen half starved ana
altogether exhausted from their I,h..rs
at the pump and their long exnosure
had No time to secure anv of fh1ir 81.
fectS, and could not have done so even
if there had been plenty If fine for ~
schooner was full Of water to the dacs
a heavy sea was running, but the
transfer was made without accident
and the poor fellows were soon aboard
the steamer. being cared for Nv fhe
kind captain and crew who were fully
as delighted at having saved the men
IS they were at being saved.
The rescue was made none too soos.
for hardly had the shipwrecked men
been put safely aboard the Primers
Point before the schooner sank like a
rock to the bottom
Captain Gheen and his men could not
express their gratitude to Captain Jenk-
ms. and the latter would not let them
even try, tellin gggsIien, with that rough
and ready etiquette of the ocean. that
he counted it his happiness to have
been the instrument in the hands of
bort. He will take them to Norfolk
sometime today, when his vessel finishes
loading here. and there the schooner's