Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15


The Savannah line of the Merchants
and Miners Steamship Co. was very
severely handled by the late storm, as
In addition to the vessel lost off the
Georgia coast, news arrived yesterday
that the steamship State of Texas,
which left Baltimore for Savannah Sat
urday had been cut in by the ice and
Chesapeake Bay.
The news was brought late yesterday
afternoon by the stout ocean tug L.
James Codd. Captain William A. Free
burgher, who had been out during all
the storm giving assistance where
needed, and was fortunately at hand
just when needed to give succor in this
case.
The State of Texas was crushed in by
the ice Sunday and forced to make q
run for land to prevent sinking in the
deep waters OF the bay. She found it
none too soon at Quinn's Island. and
THE RESCUE.
The tug e. James Codd recognized
her distress signals and went to her re-
lief. Any one who was out in the
storm of Sunday night and Monday
forenoon in Norfolk can judge some
what of what the weather on the open
bay, with the wind blowing from forty
to fifty miles per hour, the waves,
where broken ice allowed them, running
high and the crush and crash of the
grinding ice foe furnishing n bass to
the winds high tenor. must have been,
and yet in the midst of this war of the
elements. amid binding snow and
singing sleet, tho plucky captain of the
Codd and his ~ less heroic crew, sue
ceeded in rescue1ng the passengers. first
mate and steward. The captain and
crew plucklly stayed by their craft and
are there still unless frozen out.
SAFELY LANDED.
Captain Freeburgher landed his pas
sengers at the Nj. & NJ. T. wharf last
evening and will go back for the re-
mainder of the officers and crew or to
render such assistance as may be need
ed The rescue was q particularly
plucky one. and captain and crew OF the
Codd deserve great credit for 1t.
THE WILLIAMS AND TOW.
While passing the Patuxent the tug
e. Il. Williams was sighted with her
tow of schooners. fast in the Ice. She
will probably be broken out to-day or
tomorrow.
THE HARBOR OPENED.
Early yesterday morning all the large
tugs and a number OF steamers-among
tho former being transportations lines,
harbor tugs and in the list OF the lat
ter the Old Dominion, C. & O., NJ. G. NJ.
T. and N. Y, p. & N. boats-started
out to break the ice Gordon that locked
the harbor and after several hours hard
work broke through and reached the
Roads Not satisfied with this several
steamers broke their way to Newport
News. Hampton. Old Point and the bay
where they were aided in opening q
channel by those steamers caught in
the Ice crush there. The revenue cut
ter Algonquin and dsinfecting ship
passed out the Capes at $3.50 a. IN. and
the British stmp. Tasso sailed soon af-
ter. The Nj. & NJ. T. Co.'s steamer Es-
sex succeeded in reaching Norfolk ut
about noon and greatly to the sur
prise of many the Washington steam
err Newport News arrived at her
wharf at p. m. She reported compar-
| atively little Ice In the bay above York
river and as result. the Washington
boat left on time last night and will do
so tonight. II no greater freeze up is
reported In the meanwhile.
KEPT HIS WORD.
Captain Peters kept his word and
sailed the NJ. & NJ. T. steamship d. II.
Miller yesterday forenoon for Newport
News and Baltimore.
The British steamship Thordisa came
in the Capes yesterday afternoon for
Lambert's Point but anchored In the
Roads. She will come up to-day. Moth
ing was being done in the way Of load
Ing at the pier. as everything is snow
ed up. but the whole force was engag-
ed in clearing the pier and tracks.
Cashier Curran & Bullitt's office clos
ed early yesterday. nothing on hand to
do.
CONTINUOUS WORK.
Tugs and steamers continually trav-
cling up and down the harbor kept the
channel open. but the schooner fleet
Will have to be broken out before it
can be moved. Yesterday morning
captains and crews walked ashore to
West Norfolk and Portsmouth on the
Ice from their vessels but some of them
went back by tug as far as firm ice and
walked the rest OF the way.
a British steamship showing signal
letters Q G NJ Il passed I'm the Capes
yesterday afternoon. probably for this