The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-05
WENT AGROUND IN BREAKERS.
SCHOONER JAMES Royce, JR., A
PROBABLE WRECK AT TYBEE.


During the Wind Storm Thursday
Night Both Cables Broke and She
Went Adrift, Landing in the south
Breakers. Two Miles From the
Channel - Crew Rescued by Tug
jacob PauIsen-VesseI Was Bound
for Philadelphia With Lumber.
Report of Maritime Disasters.
The schooner James Boyce, Jr, Capt.
Allen. which sailed from this port for
Philadelphia last Monday. and returned
to Tybee Thursday for harbor, broke from
her anchorage during the wind storm
Thursday night and is now aground in
the South Breakers, two miles from the
channel. The crew was rescued by the
tug Jacob Paulsen yesterday and brought
up to the city about noon.
Capt. Allen and his men had a trying
experience in their efforts to save the YES
sci, though the worst did not come until
she broke both her anchor chains and
was carried along at the mercy of the
waves. Both anchors had been cast as
a safety measure, and would have been
able to hold the vessel secure in an ordi-
nary blow. The one she experienced was
terrific, however, and when one cable
snapped, the other also gave way.
The vessel grounded in the breakers
about midnight. The sea was boisterous,
and began to break heavily over the YES
sci, which was fast filling with water.
Capt Allen and his men sought safety by
climbing onto the after house, where they
remained during the night, their clothes
drenched and the icy blasts cutting them
in their faces. Distress signals were
hoisted. These were seen from the tug
Jacob Paulsen, Capt. Rogerson, which
was below cruising, and assistance was
promptly rendered. The crew was taken
aboard the tug, and given such attention
as would relieve their suffering. They had
not had anything to eat for several
hours
Before leaving the vessel Capt Roger
son underworld to pull her off but she
was hard and fast. 1t was a little after
! high tide, however, and it may be that
| at high water, she can be moved. Three
tugs, the Cynthia, Psulsen and Smith
win go down this morning for the pur
pose of making effort to save the
stranded vessel. She was loaded with
lumber by E. B. Hunting & Co.
Gideon Young of the New York Mari
time Exchange has completed his list
of fatal marine disasters of the world for
the year just ended. He says that the to-
tai number of wrecks is less than during
any time within his recollection, and he
attributes it to the disappearance of sail
ing ships from the chief lines of the
worlds commerce.
Steamers are better able to take care
of themselves" he says. This must have
been a profitable year for marine under
writer's. Not a single regular liner in the
transatlantic passenger trade was lost
this year. Altogether there was not more
than S15,O00O0O In ship property lost. The
Atlantic was particularly free from ship
wrecks
AN investigation by the English Board
of Trade of the wrecks for the first seven
months of the year just ended shows that
fully So per cent of them were due to
the carelessness of their naVigators in
not properly using the lead travelling at
too high a sped in fog, bad lookouts,
carrying insufficient fights some other
forms of negligence The loss of the Gu
nard liner Carntha last May was caused
by excessive speed and bad lookout.
High speed in a fog was the Campana's
excuse for cutting in half the dynamite
laden ship Emblaton in the Irish Chan
nell
Aside from the destruction of the North
German Lloyd property in Hoboken on
June 3d. in which the Bremen, Maine and
Saale were partly destroyed, and about
$50 lives sacrificed the most serious losses
have been due to the absolute disappear
ance of craft after they left port.
The missing vessels including sail as
well as steam, were worth more than S.
C00oo0
The disasters to warships and trans
ports were fewer than in former years.
America lost a vessel in the Yosemite
without any great sacrifice of life. France
lost the torpedo boat Turrell, off Cape
Flnisterre. and Germany the school ship
Gneisenau. off Malaga. Spain, Dec. 16.
Forty-five lads persisted in this wreck.
The japanese also lost a training ship,
the Tsuqishma, which foundered in
typhoon in Surga Bay. with 12l officers,
cadets and sailors. A solitary sailor came
from the wreck of the steamer Inushi-
ma twenty-nine of his shipmates perish
ing.