The evening times., 1899-02-22
P1TIFuL STORY OF THE SEA.
Details of the Wreck of the Schooner
.James r. HayIes

New York. Feb. '22-Full details of that
pitiful tragedy on the now derelict schoon-
er James E. Bayles were had last night
when the steamship Guyandotte in from
Norfolk brought the shipwTecked crew to
port.
There was an affecting scene ON the pier
when Captain Darling, the grief-stricken
master of the Bayles hobbled down the
gangplank to meet a party of friends who
were awaiting his arrival. The thought OF
his dying wife into whose stifTening limbs
ne had tried in vain 10 chafe back the eb-
bing life, seemed to ccme back to him, and
he burst into tears as his own and his dead
wife's relatives gathered around. Too
overcome TO recount the sad story. he dele
gated Mr.. Soderman, his chief mate. to tell
It, and was helped into a carriage
We were lying hove 10 in a northwest
gale, the mate began. with true sailor di-
rectness, "a heavy northwest gale blow
ing, and snow SO thick you Couldn't see
from one end of the vessel to the other.
1t was OF the Delaware Capes we were.
and bitter cold IL was. The schooner mad
sprung leak and we worked at ne pumps
until O'clock that night, when they were
broken There was : foot of water in the
hold then. Before daylight the cabin was
under water. and the captain's wife and all
hands had 10 come on deck ""'''~
1t was an awful seattle worst / have
ever seen. 1t looked as though We were
going to founder, Sc The mas;s were cut
away TO ease her rolling. We had hard
ly got them over the side before the wealth
er cleared for moment and showed US
Dig steamer hove TO, and not more than
nall mile distant. We made signal of dis
tfess and blew our foghorns but she paid
no attention No. We didn't give her no
sea blessings; We were feeling too bad
TO swear ..,-T
seas were breaking clean over Us then.
anu 10 Keep his wife from being washed
overheard the captain helped her aft and
iashed her 10 the bits. The captain then
iashed himself near her and we dashed our
serves, too We all needed to be. for seas
were breaking all over US, and we were
tHdt numb with cold that we couldn't hold
on That's the way We spent the night
under water half the time with nothing TO
eat or drink, and expecting every minute
10 be drowned.
The next morning the seas went down.
and at II o'clock that night we sighted a
steamer heading straight for us She was
All III up, and as she passed us We all hol-
iered as loud as We could. but she went by
US, paying no attention We had no light
ana nothing 10 make light with. | went
10 where the captain was holding his wife
III MS his anu saw MIN cldlnR neT hands
and sobbing. | thought It was about the
steamer leaving us and started 10 say
something, and he said il made no differ
ence to him. that she was dead-froZen 10
death.
We got through The night somehow. and
next morning saw a bark. but she didn't
notice US. That afternoon a schooner hove
In sight, steering straight for us but shift
ed her helm and passed us by Night came
ana We saw steamers lights and made
out that she was coming straight AT us.
We were too weak then and our throats
were that parched and dry that We could
not make much noise but she passed that
near that she ought 10 have heard We
watched heI go by. and felt mighty bad
II was looking like everybody and every
thing was against US.
All this time the captain was with his
dead wife, holding her in his arms and
leaving US to watch for help, for there was
nothing else TO watch for and nothing else
TO do. our yawI having been washed away
and the pumps gone There amt much
else 10 tell. We lived through that night.
and the next day the schooner Mount Hone
sighted US miles off and rescued us
We cut the lashings and lifted the dead
woman into the boat and when we were
all safe on the Mount Hope they buried
her in the sea. Captain Mclean reading the
burial service. The schooner landed Us al
Norfolk and we came on here"