Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-03
DROWNED.
CREW OF THE DERELICT sCHoON-
Err CARRIE A. LANE.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE At SEA.
The Tug Could Not Reach Her Tow
schooners Put Into the Ron"s luz
u,rbor-Tbe YapIston I'm Trouble
A Broken Rudder.

NORFOLK, VA, November 2-CSpeeiai'
The schooner Carrie A. Lane, when was
wrecked off Cape Lookout just one month
ago. seems to be n fatal craft Inc hrs'
loss of life in Monday nights hurricane
10 be reported here occurred aboard her'
Three OF the crew OF five aboard the dere-
list. which was being towed to Noank,
Conn, by the tug Luckenbach, We're
drowned during the height OF the gaze
The dead are: Harry Kayton, or Picton'
Nova Scotia; Frank McConer. of Bruins
wick. Ca, and Christopher, relative OK
the Luckenbach tug-boat owners. the
tragedy occurred about midnight. Two
hours earlier the seas that rolled over the
Lane had extinguished the fires in her
donkey engine that was running the
pumps. The water in consequence began
to rise with alarming rapidly The tug
away off at the end OF the towing line
was unable to render any assistance,
having all she could do TO keep her head
and that of her derelict tow to the wind.
Captain r. l.. Fletcher, of Bath Me- VINO
was in command of the Lane, kept his
men busy endeayoring to Keep the
schooner ahoat Suddenly n tremendous
sea crashed down upon he Lanes decks.
The men aboard her were enSulfed, ana
AN narrowly escaped going overheard.
Two OF the three unfortunates mentioned
were last seen by their companions go
ing over the schooner's side. beyond hope
of rescue. KaytOn's body was caught by
n stanchion. but having been stunned, he
was drowned literally on the deck OF the
vessel. His body was brought 10 Norfolk
and will be buried here. Captain Fletcher
and the two surviving members OF the
crew passed a night Of terrible suspense.
The violence of the storm constantly In
creased. and they expected momentarily
TO be washed overheard, or to have the
schooner go down with them. with morn
ing came a slight abatement in the storm,
and the tug which all night had been UNI
able to get near her tow came alongside
and took off the exhausted men.
The Carrie \. Lane is the vessel over
which Mr.. Arthur Sewall, Of Bath Me-,
has been having trouble with three sets
OF alleged salvagcrs, while she was
ashore on the North Carolina coast
The schooner Emma +. ANGEL Captain
Tripp. Of Fall River, Mass. from Balu-
more 10 Boston. with coal. arrived here
TO day. leaking, having encountered the
storm Of Monday night. She Is repairing
here.
The schooner Lizzie Babcock, Captain
Bowen. Of Somers Point. n. j., arrived
here this morning for harbor' having lost
a portion Of her sails. her main anchor
with thirty fathoms of chain. and received
other damage in the storm. The Babcock
is from Philadelphia 10 Jacksonville with
coal She will be repaired here.
The schooner Gertrude Abbott, of Phil
adelphia. bound from that city South, has
arrived for harbor having lost portion
of her sails in the storm.
The American steamer Finance, WIN
the disabled schooner Stella b. Kaplan
In tow. passed In the capes at $50 O'Clock
This morning for Hampton Roads. The
Kaplan has a broken rudder, and had a
hard time in the storm. While on her
way 10 Lambert Point for coal. the
limited States yacht gunboat Yankton'
under orders TO sail for Cuban waters
vent aground two miles fiom the coal
nier remaining in the mud for three
bo,rs or until p navy-yard tug could be
sent 10 her assistance. II is stated mat
Che was somewhat damaged, and one re-
port is that water was found III her