Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-01-28
FIVE PERISH IN A WRECK
Rescuers Unable to Reach the Bark
entne AbieI Abbott.
SHIP SOON POUNDS TO PIECES

pU the New Jersey Const - SntIors
Aaoat on a Eart in :, Raging So. All
NiGht-Futile EGnrts to Ucnrh Them
Saved Just in Tirnc.
Toms River. y. !. The American
harkcntino Abicl Abbott. salt .1,lrn.
from Turks island 10 New Yori, CIV
b'achcd OF Harvey CcdarS ana went
to pieces. or hnr crew uf ninc only
four are living one body f.. ashore.
tie man having, boon brought IN alive
bar re died soou ar,crwar,l. TIN nod
les or Che other four have not Lcan no..
covered. The Captain and the thrcn
oih'r men 'tiI' alive are suffering from
exposure and the injuries thoy received
by being Knocked about hv wrecko~r
the Abbott lies well inShorc and only
short distance, from the wrecl, nf tho
spanish schooner Remedies pa>uunl
which came ashore on January -
James Il. Hawkins was Captain of
the Abbott. j. II. Pierce WAS first mate
ana James Butler second mate.
mere We're Il heavy sea and storm M
HlSht. when. between 10 and II o'clock
The Oeach patrol made out that some
SORT of vessel was ashore on the outer
bar Efforts were made 10 go to bnr
rescue. but although three life-snvjnr
crews tried to work out boats. thcv
lallcd 10 accomplish their purpose. Ar
ter the boat had been dashed back on
me hench several times to the great
FISK of the lives of the men the at
tempt was abandoned
Whlle part of the men nj the station
frN linz
remainder had made the gun ready TO
try TO get line across the vessel II
she worked close enough in. Toward
morning it became apparent that the
craft had worked over or through the
outer bar and had come closer inshorr
she could be made out tossing high on
the waves at times. Then the gun was
trled. several shots were fired and II
was almost certain that they had
reached. hut there was no reSponsc
from the vessel ana there was nothing
TO do out wait
Ni"Aagc was coming ashore stead
lily. ahd from lis character the lifc-snv.
erS knew that The vessel was going 10
pieces. The heavy rain which was fail
ing aided by change in the tide be-
gan To iiattcn the sea toward dnvhrooI;
ana ;S the morning advanced the life
p"i'> were Hiaue ready once more
When II became ligh; enough to SEQ II
appeared that there would he no necd
Tor ihcir use. The barkcntinc had bcen
dlsmasicd ana was even more com
pieirly wrecked by her few hours
pounding than Is the bark close hv af
ter three weeks buffeting. For tim.
IT appeared there was no living thing
ON The Abbott. bat Il little later amid
me Wrcckagc the lifc-SaverS made oui
What appear"d Ia hc n larger piece. and
IL was evident that Ii contained mon.
When the life-Savcrs. after q hard
pun. reached the raft thcy found five
unconscious mon. They were dashed
taSt. The five We're taken into tho s,Irf
noat and landed at Ship'S Bottom Life
Saving Station Their Identities. rs
wen MS tho names of those missing.
w"r" aSccrtainod from PAPERS in the
possession of tauiain Hawkins.
Besides the Captain those broI,eht
aSh"r" were Second Mate Builcr Otto
Eeag. james Buius and Frank Ieaven
I.enNcn. besides suffering from cold
and exposure like tho rest. was badly
bruised aud his rihs were broken I'm.
parcntlE hy falling wrcrkage when the
naS'S gave way. He lived ONLY n short
Tine. The men lost were First Mate
ilcrcc Steward Charles Palmer James
Hfandi and Franz Garter.