Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-30
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ssg On deck the thick $baii 81 fog slut
f2 9,. the Sight OF shore. Passengefs ran
either s.es and TIL err N but CaHtaIn
S SIN, hire and his officers ~ ent among
stnsEi calming their fears: sa A siiif1effissi
Gal sxa nina ton OF tile ship showed;
she CAPTAIN that she Woul Id be 81 total
wreck and must be d hiindone at onees
!aslifs boat was lowered and III tfils
placed Hardly was it clear Sf f Ms aim
When az sap sized, thrdwing its loGcusI
pants Into Il s w tier. Those IS fio I,ersl
ished we're In this b6at Some mere
saved for he ship had listed to port
and several sM omen were washed 6aGk
onto the deck. One woman chung to d.
rope for two hours before being 81 fes-
DIsGRAgRFun SCENES!
Meanwhile! dlsgraeefnl scenes were were
being enacted Sbn board. Hardly had
stroke hole rtis6ed into the cabins
and, Sitting open Yalises and bars
With their, knives, took all the voluabIss
they. could lay their hands on. Several
of them fired shotSgtins and tried I'd:
force men TO leave their cabins. & q
It Is said that; some Of the storage
passengers Joined the fiEemen Sin loots
Ing the baggage OF the flrst-tiass pas
senEers. 4; 81 "a 81 ;. =
IN more than one Instance rings Mere
torn from the fingers OF fainting and
dying women. Captain Sxfni,shire and
mob. s'S AT a. u
When morning came IL was f6und
that the Scotsman lay close In shore
alongside q cliff, fully thousand feet
high. a second boat l6adfof women
and children, which had been sent of.
was called back and the 4 passengers
transhipped to the rocks alongside the
ship. - Y 6. 81
FACED STARVATION,
Until $3.50 the officers and some OF
the crew OF the, Scotsman worked !.uii-'
ceasingy In getting the passengers
ashore, anu when darkness and a
heavy fog set In they were SAFE on
the rocks. But here the new danger
of starvation faced them. 81 The lower
decks of the ship were entirely under
water. Is lsS A. q az R
"A quantity of biscuit was carried on
shore, and ON this, with very little
corned beef and Wild berries, over 200
people existed for four days. Some
natural springs were found But despite
this the bad, conditions OF food ana
water brought on much sickness. any
OF the passengers Suffered from the ex-
posnre. After much dlliiculty some
oyerc oats and SshaWlSS " ere secured for
tho women, nearly eV cry one 81 whom
had left the shi b In their II light ciothes,
The. passen gers were obliged to climb
/ aErook ~ scl IN iearl y 500 feet higf Il &6as
fore they could ftid y d. place largo
enough to rest. Here they stayed 8 On
the rocks for four days and L NIGHTS.
The first night they had absolutely no
shelter, but ON Saturday the cal, tain
sent sen up blankets pig and other clothing, a
number of passengers attempted to
reach the light-house about, eight miles
away. 10 do this 1t was necessary to
climb about i,261 feet higher before d
path could be reached. M RI
THE RESCUE. a AGE 3 /.
& It was not Until the 2sth that the
Mon fort came along and was slgnalled
by The Belle Isle Light bell, where n a
number of the passengers walked from
the wreck. After bringing these peo-
pie on board the, ship, she proceeded to
where the Scotsman lay. The weather
was bright and clear. AS soon as prnc-
ticable the boats were launched and
the work Of transferring the passengers
began. 3. =
The Nfontfort took ESQ Of the passen,s.
gers and the steamship Grecian, which
soon after came in sight, took the re-
nlainder, eXceptlng foiir who decided to
return to England on the steamship
Monterey, the next vessel to appear.
Eorty-ilYe Of the crew nlso went on His
boat. y u a 2 - ~ -
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