New-York tribune., 1899-02-15
WRECK or THE Ia WRENCE.
STEAMER A TOTAL LOSS. AND FOUR
TEEN MEN MISSING.
SURVIVORS BADLY FROSTBITTEN-sEARC
FOR THE OTHERS TO BIZ MADE.

FOR THE OTHERS TO BIZ MADE.
Savannah. Ga. Feb 1.-THE steamship Will
lam Lawrence. Of the Merchants and Miners
TRANSFORMATION Company's Line between Bati-
more AMI Savannah. is a total wreck on Hilton
Head Island : G.. near the Port Royal Bar
She went ashore there Saturday night while IN
a HELPLESS condition from the storm. The crew
stood hy her for nearly twenty-four hours.
When the ship began II break up Captain wills
gave the order 20 tale to the boats. Tho sea
was running very high. gale was blowing ana
It was bitter cold The captain was the last
man 10 leave the ship. and it is said that he
chose the poorest II the boats.
Boat No | In charge Of Second Assistant En-
g;neer Morrissett. with seven men. made Paris
Island where the Government Naval Station IL
situated on Sunday morning From that point
telephone message sent to Port Royal.
and a telegram 20 the Savannah agent report
ing the loss of the ship. The names OF those
saved With Morrlsset were given in the dis
patches last night
sUFFERINGS OF SURVIVORS.
Roat No . in charge Of Second officer r. A.
Beale. contained besides Beale. Chief Engineer
Roach. Steward Frank Dingle Harry Kelley.
cook: Ouartermaster oscar Bowler. and Jack
Montgomery and Charles l. Green, seamen.
These underwent most terrible experience
They found IL Impossible to make land and as
darkness fell on Sunday night the cold became
more and more intense. They were henumhed.
wet hungry and exhausted. BY a lucky acci-
dent they located the buoy of the Port
Roval Bar and by almost superhuman effort
managed 10 seize II. They made fast to the
buoy. where they spent the night. and where
they were found on Monday morning 10y Pilot
Boat No . of Port Royal and taken aboard.
Boats 40 3 under First Mate l.. Z. Hooper.
and 40 E. under Captain Willis. are still miss
ing with fourteen men. In Hooper's boat Is
First Engineer L. r. Harper. and in the cap
tain's boat is Andrew Burgess the quartermas-
ters assistant The names Of the others can
not he ascertained
Agent Caroan at this place. under orders
from President Jenkins Of the Merchants and
Miners Company at Baltimore. this morning
sent tho tugs Cynthia and McCauey 10 the
scene of the wreck. The Cynthia returned late
tonight and reported that the Lawrence is
broken in two. and that nothing could be seen
or heard Of the two missing boats.
THREE SEVERELY FROSTBTTTEN
The pessenger steamer Clifton this morning.
on the way TO Savannah from Beaufort was
rescued crew Of Reale's boat. They were trans
ferred 20 the clifton and brought to this city.
The men were in piuable condition Chief
Engineer Roch. Steward Dnge and Second
officer Beale had their feet and legs frozen stiff
and their hands were frostbtten. The three
were taken to a hospital in carriages and the
report is tonight that each may lose one or
both feet. The other men were frostbitten on
both hands and feet but not 50 badly as the
three mentioned.
30 connected story could be got from them on
account Of their suffering. II appears. however.
that Green was the hero Of the terrible nght
some Of the men. crazed with cold and pam,
wished to commite suicide Green tod tunny
stories sang cheerful songs and could see 50
many lighthouses or apprOac ching vessels Wnlch
did not exist that the spirits OF the men were
kept up.
Green and his sailor companions. including
the crew Of MOrrissetts boat. are now being
cared for in one of the best hotels Of the city.
Agent Carolan will leave the city early to-
morrow morning on the tug Cambria 10 renew
the search for Captain Wills ana Hooper II IS
POSSIBLE that they may have escaped TO one or
the sea islands. Telegraph and telephone wires
have been down since early sunday morning,
making communication slow. or cutting IL OF
entirely The whole coast VIII be explored
The wreck lies within few miles OF the spot
at which the pa .s.ngcr steamer city or SaNan-
nah was wrecked in the West Indian hurricane
OF 1893