The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-20
FOURTEEN HOURS
IN A ROWBOAT
Crew of Schooner Rescued
After Terrible Suffering.
VESSEL CRUSHED IN THE ICE
One Man Frozen to Death and Others
Barely Alive When Found
by Orion.
VESSEL CRUSHED IN THE ICE

BOSTON, Mass. Feb N-Having or
board six OF the crew of the Boston
three-masted schooner s. G. Tyron. who
suffered terribly for fourteen hours in
an open boat. after they abandoned
their vessel. and the body Of the Tyron ;
steward Henry Goncalves who was
frozen TO death. the steamer orion. Cap
tain Hillary. has reached Boston from
Baltimore.
The names of the men rescued are
Capt George +. Jones. of Salisbury.
Md; Mate r. r. Bragg. of Philadelphia;
David Gillett, Lee Jackson, Julian
Grant and Henry Hardy Goncalves died
five hours before the orion hove in
sight
The Tyron yas abandoned while on a
voyage from Bermuda Hundred Va. for
Brooklyn, n. Y, with a cargo of oak
railroad ties
We sailed from Bermuda Hundred
on February g." said Captain Jones,
and on account Of the bad weather an
chOred in Hampton Roads. On February
i we lefc-our anchorage and rounded
Cape Henry.
Crushed in the Ice.
AT $50 o'clock the night of the nth.
with Cape May bearing about west
heavy drift ice. which she ran through
for about ten minutes. Then there was
a crash and hole was knocked in
our starb0ard bow, through which the
water rushed in torrents She filed in
less than five minutes and rolled over
on her side
Throwing open the cabin door.
cried out 10 the cook and mate that
the vessel was sinking. We had not
time 70 save anything. We cut away
the boat which huns from the stern
daxits and while the vessel was going
down stern first We made our escape.
After getting clear of the sinking
wreck we started to row The we9.ner
was bitter cold. and with no light or
compass without gloves and no food or
wafer, the outlook was certainly gloomy.
IL was found impossible 10 pull the boat
TO land, owing TO the ice, which was
very heavy.
Hole in the Bow.
The boat had a hole knocked in the
bow. necessitating constant bailing 10
keep her from Milling. When the boat
cleared the ice field we let her drift, as
there was too much sea then to pun 20
windward.
Finally. "a light from Five Fathom
Bank lightship was made out. and then
we all took courage. expecting that we
would be able to get on board the light
vessel. Gradually We drifted toward it.
and about dawn we were within twenty
yards of the lightship. Family we cried
out. as we were-tast becoming exhaust
ed from exposure. Our cries for help
We're heard by those on board and they
threw us a line with a buoy attached.
which however. fell far snort Of our
beat and we were carried rapidly by,
our last hope. IL seemed 10 us. disap-
Dearing-
One Frozen TO Death.
Then the cook. Henry Goncalves. who
up to that time had been kept alive by
being rubbed and pounded by myself
and others OF the crew. fell forward
and when we lifted him he was dead.
He was so thinlt clad that he could not
Withstand the terrible cold.
ITO add TO the misery OF the men.
some Of them were partially blinded by
the salt water freezing on their faces.
and IL is probable that at least two Of
them viii lose the sight of one eye.