New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
SHIP LOST; CREW ATED.
CAPTAIN AND TWENTY SEVEN MEN
TAKEN OFF THE WRECKED
STEAMSHIP EA.

". Garry, captain of the Spanish steamship
la, with his crew Of twenty-seven men, arrived
yesterday on the Old Dominion liner Princess
Anne. The Ea, her back already broken. is
pounding 10 pieces on a sandspt nine miles
south by east from Cape Lookout the North
Carolina coast. No lives were lost in the wreck
but the officers and crew spent four days the
stranded vessel, the last two days without food
or water. with the hull parting. and with assist
anCe in plain sight. but unable TO reach them.
The ship grounded on the sandbank Saturday
morning March l., while feeling her way in a
thick fog with two lookouts forward and the
captain and both his officers on the bridge.
Captain Garry gave the signal for full speed
astern Immediately. but could not start the
sci No sea was running at the time and the
wind was light At ~ O'Clock that night. when
it was full tide. the captain tried again TO back
her off, but could not bulge her
on the morning Of Sunday, the 10th, south
west gale came up and drove them further up
on the bar. II kicked up a heavy under
which the ship began breaking up. By day
light her backbone was broken and she parted
in the middle the forward and after ends set
Ting in the water and leaving her high and
dry amidships, with a gaping crack between the
two sections About o'clock on Sunday the
towboat Alexander. of Wilmington. y. c.. tried
to go to the Eas assistance. but could not get
alongside. Shortly after, the revenue cutter
Algonquin appeared the scene. but had 10
stand off because of the heavy sea which was
running. Sunday night the tug and cutter both
to sea, returning again Monday noon.
By this time the Ea'S were in a bad plight.
The water tanks were broken and either flooded
with salt water run dry. Their stores were
all watersOaked, and they had nothing To eat.
When the cutter and tug reappeared Captain
Garry signalled for help, asking them to send
boat if they could not run alongside. or at least
try to devise some means to get something to eat
board the wreck. Neither vessel able
heavily over the sandspt. The tug stood by
all night. while the cutter again put out 10
ON Tuesday morning the Algonquin came back
again about o'clock. but neither she nor the
tug could reach the wreck. The Ea'S lifeboats
had all been carried away, but they had
small boat left Captain Garry ordered this
launched. and it finally put off with fourteen
men, who were taken aboard the Algonquin.
The cutter finally sent a Iifeboat off to the
stranded ship and took off the captain and the
rest Of the crew. They were taken to Whining
ton by the Algonquin. and from there to this
city on the Old Dominion liner. All hands were
saved but the captains dog, Tiger, and cat
were lost.
Captain Garry says that he cannot speak too
highly of the treatment accorded him by Cap
tain owen s. Wiley, of the Algonquin. Captain
Garry and his officers at the Stevens House
in lower Broadway. where they will stay until
Saturday. when they will start for Spain on the
Begonia, a sister ship of the Ea.
The Ea left Fernandna March Is for Biboa
She was a single screw steamer of .694 tons
net and was owned by Sofa & Aznar. of Biboa
Shin and cargo valued SlS1 600 Both
were fully covered by insurance