The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-01
BY
The WAVES
Roughvoydgoo Of RiChmondors
on the Hamilton.
BUT FEW WE'RE At SUPPER
sea.sicxness Kept the Majority In
Their Eunks-Specta,ors Of an e.
fortto Rescue a Crewin
Distress.
BUT FEW WE'RE AT SUPPER

A number OF we'll known Richmo nders,
who were passengers on the Old Oomin-
Ion steamship Hamilton, which sailed
from New York for Norfolk Saturday
AFTERNOON at o'clock, had a stormy
and rather cventful passage and were
heartily glad to reach home again. Aside
from being spectators OF an effort TO
succor the crew OF a schooner In distress
off Sandy Hook. the passengers, along
with many others from various parts OF
the country. were compelled to pay their
tribute to Neptune before the end Of the
voyage. About eight miles off Old Point
the Hamiltons engines broke down and
the vessel had to lie, 10 for an hour or
more while the damage was being re-
roired. After leaving Old Point, and on.
the way to Norfolk, the pumps Of the
steamer broke down. and the vessel came
to anchor and sent q boat ashore 70 ASK
for another steamer, to which they nlght
transfer the passengers. The Brandon
responded, and, coming alongside. took
the passengers OFF and carried them 70
the companys dock. This was done
merely to save the passengers the neon s
yeniencc of waiting In sight of port for
several hours before landing
VERY ROUGH yVEAT HEX. q.
The Hamilton left her wharf or time az
o'clock Saturday afternoon. with very
rough weather prevailing, and AFTER 9 lew CIV
miles she encountered heavy sea.
Eight or ten miles out, and off SANDY
Hook, the steamer sighted three-master
with ensign down. a signal OF distress,
The captain OF the Hamilton went to the
rescue and lay to, megaphonng an IN
auiry as to the trouble and offering as,
s,stance The reply was that the Vesse3p
was not in a sinking cond ton, nut mao
some women on board who desired to Dc
,tsEen OFF. The captain of the Hamilton
cIrcled the schooner with his ship ana
sought TO induce the schooner TO launch
its small boats and send the women pas
senrers aboard the Hamilton the Wo'
men declined to get into the boats m tIle
conditions prevailing. Thereupon. pe'hs
assured that the vessel was not N. "a
sinking condition, and that the crew I, gig
,ot n,rnose abandoning her, the Hamilton
steamed
Among the we'll known Richmonders on
ard were Mr.. w. II. Sands. Mr.. Ihomas
r Meany, Mr.. H. F. w. Soutnern, Mr.
smith and others They watched the eS-
change OF signals and the efforts or the
Hamilton to assist the schooner Win KEEN seen
interest and generally are Of opinion that
the Hamilton did all that could nave oeen
exnected OF her, in view Of the statement
of the schooner's skipper that he did not
need assistance. and that merely the two
ladies' desired to be taken off the sailing
craft. :. Z Y, ,,,,o>, II
From a New York telegram Gent out
Sunday night, however, It seems that the
schooner was in dangerous position, ana
that her crew and passengers were a1ter-
wards rescued with danger and difficulty
by tho New York Yacht Clubs committee
boat. Navigator. The schooner proved to
be the Henry P. Mason, from Perth Am
bow for Portland, Maine. loaded with
i 100 tons of clay. and with n total Of
twelve persons on board The belief -
expressed that the vessel struck sunken
wreck and later settled end sank. The
following press dispatch from NeH' York
tells OF the experience OF the Mason etter
the Hamilton left and continued her yoy-
age X,
mast and mizzen mast were broken on
short. and the vessel started to leak badly.
At 1 o'clock an anchor was dropped over
board. but It was soon discovered that
the vessel would not keep afloat. and the
crew and passengers took to the small
boats. For time they held to the stern
Of the schooner, but as there was danger
OF her going to the bottom at any mo-
ment they cast Oft and drifted. About
a mile Of Galilee they made fast to fish
pound, Where they remained until they
we're rescued.
"Repeated efforts were made by the
llfe-saving crews to launch a boat to so
ia the assistance OF the shipwreck. but
the heavy sea running made 1t impossl-
Bile for them to do so. Meanwhile word
had been sent to Sandy Hook for assist
ance, and Mr.. Iseln volunteered the SER
vices OF the Navigator to tow the !lre-
savers to where the small boat was in
momentary danger OF being swampea'
RESCUE ATTENDED BY PERIL.
z ut was II o'clock this r4norning when
the Navigator located the twelve persons
In their perilous position. and 1t was fully
an hour before they could be rescued.
This was accomplished In as daring q
manner as has been tlod In any sea tale,
fiction or tact. The big tube made sew
eral attempts to get near the yawl. and
then, finally going to wIndward OF them,
cast off the lifeboat line. With splendid
dexterity line was sent from the lie
boat to pole on the fish pound and then
was paid out until the yaWl was reached.
"In such conditions were the ship
wrecked ones that they could not holp
themselves, and Captain Patterson and
his crew had to simply lift them out. First
came the two women and then three sail
ors Meantime. under the direction Of Mr.,
IseIn, the Nav!gators crew had thrown
dozen pals of oil to the wIndward Of
the yawl, so that the sea was Gained and
the big tug had taken position so that
the wind did not catch her on the beam,
The women, when brought aboard, We're
carefully attended to, Mr., Iseln having
taken along chamhermaid from the
tender Sunbeam. sf
WOMEN REFUSE TO LEAVE.
"Captaln Frost, OF the Mason. said that
lust before the Navigator arrived they
had concluded that the women would die
in few hours. and they had decided to
try for the beach, He said that Saturday
they were out near the llghtship at an
Choir, The Old Dominion Line steamer
hamilton offered to take them off, and he
urged the women to go, but they declined
to leave without the men, The men