The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-28
PERILS OF H SEA
THE AWFUL EXPERIENCE OF THE BARK
eNTINE GLAD IlDlNGS.
She Anchored on wrfghtsviIle Beach
Tuesday Afternoon in Distress.
Narrow Escape of the Ship and
Terrible Suffering of Her Crew.

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Yesterday morning with a heavy fog
prevailing at wrightsvilIe Beach. the
outlines Of a ship IN distress were seen
from the shore. She was about a mile
and a half of and was anchored oppo-
site the coal chute of the Wilmington
boro Inlet.
The ship proved to be the American
barkentine Glad Tidings, 62s tons, Cap
tain Collier. bound from Turks Island
for Baltimore with a cargo of salt. She
anchored there Tuesday afternoon at
Yesterday morning Captain Collier
came ashore and was brought to the
city by Mr.. ]. NJ. Hewlett. He reported
to Messrs. George Harriss, Son & Co,
ship brokers who mad arrangements
to have the vessel towed from her per-
iIous position. The tug Alexander
Jones has been chartered to tow her 20
Baltimore and will probably leave with
her today. The captain returned to tho
ship yesterday with supplies and Mr..
Hewlett accompanied him and furnish
ed a boat to take them out to the YES
sci.
Captain Collier reports that he sailed
from Turks Island February 4th. for
Baltimore. with a cargo Of 80, 900 BUSH
els Of salt. He says he encountered
one storm after another, and when he
would run out of one gale II appeared
that he had run right into the teeth OF
another. Sails were blown away, the
rigging damaged. and the vessel sprung
aleak. The gales were so fierce that the
crew was kept up day and night. and
1t was with great difficulty hat they
saved the ship. The men were kept
constantly at the pumps night and day
and all on board were exhausted and
bruised by being buffeted about.
Captain Collier says he encountered
the most severe storm Monday night
between Point Lookout and Cape Fear.
Great mountains of water broke over
the ship n the captain says that in
IN experience Of fifty-three years as a
sailor he has never seen a more awful
sea. The vessel simply wallowed in the
big seas and the crew already exhausted
from continuous pumping during the
tempestuous voyage, were compelled as
a matter Of safety to quit the deck or
else be swept off by the seas. The YES
sci sprung aleak o after leaving
Turks Island, and after all their pump
ing. it seemed that the vessel was DOOM
ed. When the captain and his crew
took to the cabin they resigned them
selves to their fate, only trusting that
the best might happen. The captain
says he pulled off his boots and sat by
the stove, expecting every minute
would send them to the bottom. With
a furious gale from the southeast, he
headed the ship for F~ryingpan shoals
lightship. When he got around, he
tried to make Southport but the ship
was again blown off and brought up of
Wrightsville Beach.
Captain Collier says every one of the
crew had been drenched to the skin for
two weeks. and to d to the cold, their
fresh water and provisions ran short
and increased their woes. He says h
vessel is badly strained and is leaking
some. He wired the owners at Balti-
more about his trouble.
Yesterday about noon the revenue
cutter Algonquin ran alongside the
Glad Tidings and offered assistance but
the ship signalled that they did not
need any. The cutter then teamed for
Southport. The tug Alexander Jones
went out to the distressed vessel yes
terday afternoon.