Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-16
THE CASTAWAYS FOUND
All of the Steamer Lawrcncc's
Crew Accounted For.
(By Telegraph to virginian- pilot3

Savannah. GA. Feb. l5.-lIVcry mem
Der of the crew OF the wrecked steam
snip William Lawrence Was saved, but
only after the greater number Of them
had suffered terrible hardshirs. The
tugs Cambria and cynthia came i'm this
evening from the Sea Islands Of South
Carolina. bringing with them Captain
y. l.. Willis ana Is men constituting
those who had been missing since sun
Gay morning, when the ship was aban-
doncd in the breakers OF Port Royal
bar. With Captain Wills were First
officer l.. Il. Hooper; First Assistant
Engineer Horace Hopper, Quartermas-
ter y. BcrgerSOn ana ScImcn Paul
-nuanlz. William HAUNT Michael
Hayes, Thomas Bol!n. Jake Niwdty.
Frank White, Jean BapUstt. Charles
T. Baldorf and Frank Fuller and Lewis
Vieecshouwcr, Hebrew stowaway
from Baltimore.
THE CASTAWAYS FOUND.
The tugs with Agent Carolan on
board the Cambria, left the city II day
break this morning ana searched every
island and inlet northward until the
Castaways were found. AS o clock the
party was discovered on Hunting Is
land and taken on board the Cambria.
Captain Willis ana his men suffered
but little less tnan the crew of Mate
Bealc's boat. which had tied UP at the
sea buoy as told in last nights dis
patches They left the snip At o'clock
oil Sunday morning. After Il hours at
sea i'll Il binding. freezing gale, the iWo
boats under the captain ana the nrst
officer made land on Capers Island,
desolaie and bare little sand spt.
In Bleaching. both OF the bonts were
smashed ana the men We're thrown IN
to the surf Though almost exhausted
and numb. they managed To scramble
beyond the reach of the waves. What
little brackish drinking water they had
was lost. together Win the biscuits,
Ions since salt soaked. which had been
brought off the wreck. There was no
fresh water, and extremely little fuel
on the island nor shelter IN any shape.
The captain had 4 few matches in l
metallic box in his pocket. They were
found 30 De dry. Tearing the seats on
OF the wrecked boats after mucn coax
ing, fire was made under the lee of
sand dune The boats We're Of iron. or
they would also have been burned. The
limited fuel saved the men from !rceI-
ms 10 death. The men lowered over
the little blaze ali during the sleet and
snow storm of Sunday night and Mons
Gay. When the mercury WAS iIlbtklES
TO 10 above zero. on Tuesday mornins
one OF the boats was temporarily re-
paired. and both crews got into 1t to
reach Port Royal They had been
without food since leaving the Law
renee early sunday morning. and with
out water since Sunday afternoon. At
ter painful efforts they reached Hunt
ing island. Some soldiers are stationed
there. These took them IN ana fed ana
warmed them This morning the cast
aways were about TO set nut fog Port
Royal in their patched boat when the
Cambria found them.
THE CAPTAINS STATEMENT.
Cowes. Isle OF Wight Feb. l5.-Thc
British steamer Koordisian. Captain
Simpson. from Savanahn, January 26th.
for Bremen. passed mere to-day auc
signalled that she spoke the disabled
Hamburg American steamer Bulgaria.
in longitude 40 west. She did'not men