The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-16


had the crew of the William Lawrence
on board, and the message was promptly
transmitted TO the city.
In passing the quarantine station short
~ after, the tug was run close in and
Capt. Avery shouted the same message to
DIR. Linley, quarantine officer. who also
telephoned the news. 1t spread rapidly,
and gave general relief, and to none mole
so than the members OF the crew who
had already safely arrived here. As the
tug was sighted coming up the river
crowds gathered on the balconies of the
business houses on the Bay. and hats and
handkerchiefs were waved at rescuers and
rescued. Every vessel along the river sa-
luted as the Cambria passed, and Capt.
Avery responded vigorously to the salutes
with the siren of the Almrante Oquendo,
which he brought back with him from
Santiago bay.
The tug stopped at the Baltimore steam
ship wharf. where the party speedily dis
embarked. The other seamen of the Law
rences crew, with the exception of those
in the hospital, were at the wharf, and
there were some warm handcasps as they
exchanged greetings.
The first man of the rescued party to
leave the wharf was Louis Vleeschouwer,
a stowaway, whose presence on the boat
was discovered shortly before the wreck.
of the man with the unpTonounceable
name until the wreck occurred Louis
took his bundle and hustled from the
wharf as soon as the party had landed.
His sister, Mrs. James Davy, who lives at
507 York street, east, was on hand TO
greet him. The young fellow was form
er resident of Savannah, but has been in
Baltimore for the last eight or nine
months. His sister, he said, had sent him
10 lint ha ha6
spent il, and was forced TO beat his way
home.
The other members of the party besides
the stowaway were Capt. Willis, First
Assistant Engineer Horace Hooper and
Paul Quaniz, William Hauntz, Michael
Hayes, Thomas Bohlan and Jake Nardey
OF the engine room. and Sailors Frank
Fuller and Charles f.. Baldauf Quarter
master A. Bergerson and Sailors Frank
White and John, "the Baptist" were left
with First officer Hooper al Hilton Head
II was not necessary to send any one 10
the hospital and Capt. Willis and his men
were quartered at the Pulaski.
Capt. Willis. when seen and asked as to
the cause of the wreck replied he had
nothing to say on that subject. In answer
TO questions he said that the compass was
evidently out of order, but that nothing
was the matter with the machinery of the
ship at the time she struck. Although not
choosing TO offer any explanation of his
mishap, Capt. Willis evidently attributed
II to the stress of weather, which ne said
was the worst in his experience of twenty
years on the coast.
1T was the worst weather I have ever
experienced" said Capt. Willis There
was a heavy gale. but the worst feature
was the very heavy mist which made ID
impossible 10 see anything twenty or thir-
ty feet away. The cold was very severe.
1t was $40 O'Clock Saturday morning when
the vessel struck, and we remained aboard
until $50 o'clock the following morning.
when the last boat left the ship. We
made efforts to get the YES
sci off, and with this in
view began heavlng the cargo over
board Saturday night We continued this
untl the steam pipes of the engine broke
and then we were helpless. 1t was evil
dent the next morning that the vessel
was going to pieces so 1 ordered the men
to the boats. The ships crew was divid-
ed into two parties OF thirteen each, with
two boats to each party. Each party was
directed 10 keep together. Second Officer
Beale and Second Assistant Engineer Nor
rissey were in charge of the first two,
while First Officer Hooper and myself
had charge of the second two. The dis.
elnbarkation was accomplished in an or
derly manner. The first two boats had
disappeared when l got off Mr. Hooper
and myself managed to keep our boats
together. We kept rowing until late at
night endeavoring to make Port Royal
harbor, but were Unable to do so We
then ran ashore through the breakers
damaging our boats in doing So 1t was
intensely cod, and we suffered a great
zeal, both in the boat and after gettina-
on the island. Yesterday morning we
patched up one of tho boats ana
made our way to Hilton Head
where we were kindly re-
ceived by Serst Smith, in charge of the
government post there"
Capt. Willis spoke highly of Sergt. Smith
ana also of Or. Edwin p. Shattuck. the
government surgeon at Hilton Head who
spent some time attending to the wants of
The men. one of the men, Frank Fuller.
had his ears badly frostbitten and il is
probably due to the attention given him
by DR.. Shattuck that he still has those
useful members in their natural form.
The heroic measures which CAPT. Willis
adopted in the treatment of his men on
the island explains how it is that they
are now but little the worse for their ex-
perience In talking of the matter last
night Capt. Willis said. Il made them
keep moving. Had they been allowed to
lie still they would have been as badly
frozen as the men who were in the Sec
ond officers boat. When the men wanted
To give up and cease their efforts | urged
them on with language that | would never
have used to them under other circum-
stances. The only way TO keep from freez-
ing under such circumstances is to keep
the blood in circulation, and to do this
you must keep moving. That is all that
saved us, in my opinion"
ssSrhara is GrrD1pree said Cant wa
lis, pointing TO one of his men, He is
the only man of the second officers party
who is not ia the hospital. and he does
not appear to be at all hurt He kept
moving all the time, and urged the others
TO do the same thing. lie sung them songs
and stories and did everything he could
10 keep their courage up"
Grundgreen is short stout man with a
red mustache. He is a German, but the i'm
perfect manner in which he speaks is due
to a difficulty of utterance and not TO his
German birth. "Stutterng Jack" the other
men called him.
Il kept moving said Grundgreen when