Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-25
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Belated Message Reseivea by Carrier Pigeon
From Wrecked Barksntine Priscilla.
Bird Was Liberated From Vessel
August 1S-CaDtured by Charles
ReynOlds~Other News.

SndrieS fteyHolOS OK lZ3S SlSt street. IHe
memento is in the form of a message from
the barkentine Priscilla which was wreck
ed in the hurricane. resulting in the loss Of
several lives. The message was brought
to Georgetown by a carrier pigeon.
Last Friday morning Mr. Reynolds, who
is in business on M street opposite the
terminus Of 35th street, noticed a carrier
pigeon on top of the roof of the building.
with a piece of paper attached to one of
its legs. He set trap, and about o'clock
in the afternoon captured the bird. The
message attached was written in ink on a
small piece Of tissue paper, and read as
follows:
Aug Is, 1890.
Bark Priscilla at sea, twenty-four hours
out. Let pigeon go at sixty-eight miles at
sea, with head wind at east, at am.
(SigneO BENZ. E. SPRINGSTEEN.'
The pigeon was a blue-checked bird, and
around its leg was band bearing the in
scription, IN. A. 80, 1872" The bird evident
ly got out Of its course during the heavy
wind, and was forced to come this way
Mr.. Reynolds still retains possession of the
bird. but will turn it over to its rtghtful
owner. The carrier was pretty well played
out. Since its capture it has been receiv-
ing excellent treatment.
Where Wreck Occurred.
The ship from which the bird was Iber-
ated was wrecked during the hurricane off
what is known as Gull Shoals, eighteen
miles north of Cape Hatteras, and was in
charge of Capt. Benjamin e. Springsteen
She was vessel Of 612 tons register, and
sailed for Rio from Baltimore with gen.
e1al cargo August II. Two days later she
passed out Cape Henry, and on the night
of that day went ashore and became a
total wreck. This was about the time the
bird was liberated.
Capt Sprngsteen's son, twenty-four
years of age, mate of the vessel, attempted
to swim ashore with his mother, and both
were drowned. The captains other son
attempted to swim ashore to save the ire
of a friend, FitZhugh Lee Goldenborough,
who had been guest aboard of the vessel
and both were drowned. Soon after this
help came, and the eleven men remaining
on the bark We're taken ashore in safety.
The survivors of the wreck were taken
to Baltimore, where Capt. Springsteen now
lies in critical condition, wounded In the
breast and side by the floating wreckage
The members of the crew are at the Ma
rine Hospital in Baltimore, receiving every
attention The bodies of Mrs Springsteen
and her youngest son were recovered ana
buried on the beach near the wreck, but
the bodies of the older son and young
Godenborough were still missing at last
accounts.
Death of Mrs. Maggie Nj. Donovan.
The funeral of Mrs. Maggie M. Donovan
was held this morning at $50 o'clock from
Trinity Church. Mrs. Donovan was the
wife of James A. Donovan and the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown. Her
death occurred Wednesday morning at
1920 o'clock, after a short illness, at her
residence on the Conduit road, near Fox
hall road. Mrs. Donovan was the mother
of three children. Recently the Illness of
an infant caused her great grief, and Tues
day evening she was taken seriously sick.
She died the next morning, it is stated. of
nervous prostration.
Work for Health Office.
There Is complaint at present over the
condition of the cutters on Prospect ave-
nue. between 37th and 8Sth streets and on
34th street between r and s streets. They
are declared to be in condition not con-
ducive to health. There is not sufficient
grade the streets mentioned for the
waste water to run off, and it collects in
pools and stagnates. Several cases of
diphtheria in these localities are attributed
to this. The old Presbyterian cemetery is
another cause of complaint, and one physi-
clan has thirteen cases of illness under his
charge within a radius of two squares fl ON
the unused burying ground. The burying
ground is said to be overgrown with rank
weeds.
Efficiency of Georgetown Police.
The arrest of Harry Johnson, the colored
Mrs. Ada Hardy. an account of which wus
published in The Star yesterday, is referred
to by citizens generally as quite creditable
to the Georgetown police. Outside of Lieut..
Swindels, Sergts. Lydia, Conlon and Keefe
and Policemen Cornwell and Steinbraker,
who successfully worked up the case no
man in the station was aware of the arrest
until made public yesterday. To Policemen
Steinbraker and Cornwell much credit is
due, it is said, and it is expected that their
services will be recognized in public orders
from Maj. Sylvester. When the headauar-
tiers was notified yesterday, it Is under
stood, a clear case had been made against
the prisoner. outside of any help from the
victim of the assault.
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