Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21
spite her husbands tender solicitude
and his endeavors to save her life.
MEETS THE STORM.

MEETS TIL STORM.
Struck by the awful tempest of Sat
urday. the 18th. the vessel had fought
her way steadily north toward haven
and home, but Tuesday the vessel
sprung aleak, Wednesday the pumps
broke down, Monday night the masts
mad gone overheard to save the vessel
"Wednesday night the vessel steadily
sank. Her boats were stove, dcckhouse
gone and all shelter awash with the ice
cold waters.
WAITING DEATH OR RESCUE.
There was nothing left but rescue or
death and. dashed To the rail. the men
waited, expecting the latter Food. was
gone beyond reach, water casks washed
overheard and fire cxtinguished. The
captain dashed his wife with himself
To the rail. hoping his bodily warmth
might help save her, but in vain. Fc-
three days they watched; saw vessels
pass without notice taken. as no dis
tress signal was left to fly. and the
hulk. rolling in the trough OF The sen.
was Ike too many other dcrclicts to
attract notice. Finally the N..unt
Hope spied them, got near enough to
see them and sent boats whose crews
QUICKLY persevercd till all were saved.
Ire frozen CORPSE OF the wife was
SaVeh tender burial At sea and the
crew brought here. The story touched
every Seamans heart that heard it. and
pockets We're quickly reached as wen.
GENEROUS SAILORS.
Several captains took up subscrip
IONS, ana last night Captain DARLING
ana MS men left for New York ana
nome, The Captain with several hun
ured dollars in his pocket, the crew
well provided for and given free mas
sage by Agent Crowcll. of the old Do
mlnion Steamship Line.
J ne CEplaln and crcM of the Mount
iiorc claim they only did their duty.
nut the gratitude of the rescued CREW
- theirs for all time, as 1t should
y SPLENDID WRECIlING JOB.
Captain Henry Seymour. agent of the
Wtri'.t d Chapman Dredging and
Nreck!nG Company, was advised bv
AIR. H. III. Wright. agent OF the Mer-
chants and Miners Transportation
Company. Tuesday February iith. that
their steamer State OF Texas. bound
from Baltimore to Savannah. had been
sunk by the ice off the mouth of the
fappaha mock river. Captain Seymour
wired New York for Captain W. S
Iooker, temporarily at New York I'm
the absence of Captain Chittenden Mt
santiago and Captain Sharpe at Bahia
Honda. Cuba. that his services were
needed nearer home. Though snow
bound at Philadelphia, ana again ice
bound ut Baltimore. Captain Toollor
succeeded in reaching the wreck from
baltimore on Thursday. February 10th.
inc barge Hagerty. Captain Tom CO.
Icy. with Wrccking Engineer Jack
i>onner. and n full complement of
divers ana wreckers. unsucccssfullv
baitled with The ice for two days. but
finally. with three tugs. was pulled
through. and reached the wreck Fri
day, February 18th, p. m.
Then came the magnificent work
under Captain Tooller Sunday morn
ing the shin was fioated and at 4:So
p. m. ot that day she was delivered
alongside the Merchants and Miners
transportation Company's wharf at
Norfolk.
The Underwriters have decided to
send her TO Baltimore. and after some
repairs-thc cargo has been reloaded
on her from the lighters-and at mid
night last night she was started to be
conveyed to Baltimore by the tug Vol
uhtcer and guard of two wrcckiny