The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-16
Twelve Hours in an Open Boat Ex-
posed to the Freezing Gale.
FOR TWO DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
Their Supply Being Ruined by Salt
Water "A Fire Made from the
Seats Of the Beached Boats All
That Kept Life in Them.
Rescued by a Savan-
nah Tug.

SAVANNAH. GA, Feb. I.-Every
member Of the crew of the wrecked
steamer William Lawrence was saved,
but only after the greater number of
them had suffered terrible hardships.
The tugs Cambria and Cynthia came in
this evening from the Sea Islands of
South Carolina. bringing with them Cap
tain Al wills and thirteen men, consti-
tuting those who had been missing since
SUNDAY morning when the ship was
abandoned in the breakers off Port Royal
bar. with Captain Willis were First
Officer J.. H. hooper First Assistant En-
gineer Horace Hooper Quartermas -er
A. BergersOn, and seamen Paul Quantz,
William Hauntz. Michael Hayes, Thomas
Bolin, Jake Nawdry, Frank White, Jean
Baptiste. Charles 4. Baldorf ana FRANK
Fuller and Lewis NleshOwcr, "a Hebrew
stOWaway from Baltimore.
THE MEN FOUND.
The tugs with Agent Caroian on board
the Cambria, ieft the city at daybreak
this morning, and searched every island
and inlet nOrthward until the castaways
were found. AT o'clock the party were
discovered on Hunting Island and taken
on board the Cambria.
Captain Willis and his men suffered but
little less than the crew of Maze Beale's
boat. which had tied mp at the sea buoy,
as told in last night dispatch. They
left The ship az O'Clock on Sunday
morning. After twelve hours at sea i'm
q blinding freezing gale, the two boats
under the captain and the first officer,
made land on Capcrs Island, a desolate
and bare little sand spit. In Bleaching
20 lfrIH HaNH nod
men were thrown into the surf. Though
almost exhausted and numb. they man
aged 20 scramble beyond the reach Of the
waves. What little brackish drinking
water they had was lost together with
the biscuits. long since salt soaked which
had been brought OF the wreck. There
was no fresh water and extremely little
fuel on the island nor shelter in any
shape.
a MATCH SAFE SAVED THEM.
Tho captain had few matches in
metallic box In his pocket They were
found 20 be dry. Tearing the seats out
OF the wrecked boats, after much coax
ing a ire was made i'm the lee of "A sand
dune. The boats were Of iron or they
would also have been burned. The limit
ed fuel saved the men from freezing TO
death The men hovered over the little
'..Aa" All AAAllAN AAlt atNNA fAAA a4AbM oANAA III
OF SUNDAY night and Monday when the
mercury was marking eight 10 ten above
zero. on Tuesday morning one Of the
boats was temporarily repaired. and both
crews got into IL 10 reach Port Royal
They had been without food since leav-
ing the Lawrence early Sunday morning
and without water since Sunday after
noon. After painfdl efforts they reached
Island. Some soldiers are sta
Toned there These took them in and
fed and warmed them.
This morning the castaways were about
To set out for Port Royal IN their patch
ed boat when the Cambria found them.
Captain Wills says that at the time
The ship struck the weather was so thick
that he could not see half the length OF
the ship He says also that something
was wrong with his compass and that
DE ship WIS somewhat out Of her course
Captain willis has been in the service
lf the company for twenty years
SAILORS FROSTBfTTEN.
At the hospital tonight it was learned
hat Chief Engineer Roach would lose
,ne foot and all OF the toes Of the other:
hat Steward Bingle would lose both feet |
md that two seamen would lose one |
DOT each. They were frozen I'm officer
3eaie's boat Several Of the men may |
Ose one or both ears.