The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-18
A SAD TALE
Of the Sea Told by Two Survi:
, -
yOrs Of a Shipwreck-
BEATEN TO PIECES

memueiS VI u SSuV0uSlb SfeW 8
Found Graves In the Deep,
After Many Days of Most
Terrible Suffering.
A story Of a North Atlantic ship.
VIE OK, In which eight seamen suffer.
ed so fearfully from exposure, hunger
and thirst that six Of them either
died outright, were washed away, OF
craz,d by their fearful experience,
threw themselves into the sea, vss
told by the two survivors OF tho
coasting schooner Van Name and
King, Of New Haven, Conn, which
Tss beaten to pieces by q gale OF the
,Iu:h Carolina coast on October Och.
Tae two men wao lived through
hs five days and were rescued By the
schooner Stillman E. Kelly, which
arrived at Boston, Mass. ,on Tuesday
of last week, are VIM. Thomas and
VIM G.. Warner, both about 20 Years
old, six feet three inches tall, ana
hail from Antigua, Bitish Went In
dies. The six who, one lby one, mo.
eumbed, were Capt. Vim. Al. NIX.
we'll, Of New jersey, Mate Il a.
Chase, home unknown; engineeTs h
German, name unknown; c1lcred
steward, name unknown; colored -.
men, VIM. Grizsll and Alfred ARtl,ur. !
both of Jamaica. 8 " Z, I15
The Van Name and King. 1isiah
has been plying up and down IL.
coast since 1855, left Charleston, 8.
O., for New York on Oct. 8, with q
cargo of hard pine. Two days lster,
she ran into heavy gala and sfsae
wallowing ABOUT In the great seaG for
several hours sprang . leak. Ths
pumps were started, but within =
short time the engine room was Aood.
cd and the pumps ch0ked.
At G o'clock on the morning of Oc&
8, with her hold nearly full OF wassr,
the little, schooner was hovs down 90
her beam ends. Ths crew cismored
up or the weather side aaid lsshed
themselves to bulwarks. There tl,ey
remained washed by the seas that
broke mercilessly over than al day
Friday.
That night the storm increased IN
fury and one great wave craahod
aboard, breaking both legs Of Eesmaa
Arthur and sweeping Grisell from hiG
fastenings. Arthurs COMPANIONS
could do nothing to ease his sufBef.
ings, but when on SATURDAY. the
schooner turned completely over thsy
managed to cut his lashi1gs and dfsg
him on q piece Of the after hnuse. ID
was several hours before thar weso IN
huddkd together on their littls Isft.
That night Arthur died In the arms
Of Capt. Maxwell and his body va
dropped overheard. Sunday brought
a ray of hope, when craft Nas sioht.
ed but the gloom shut In again asshe
passed by without needing the litt1s
group Of seam IN who wers franttcally
signalling her. That night the WIVES
subsidized and little rain fell which
vas eagerly caught In tarpaulin and
brought some slight relief.
1t was only temporary and not long
afte Mate Ohase's mind gave WAY On.
tirely and the craft was again hghs.
ened when he jumped into the -,
The next victim was Capt. Maxwell
who on Monday forenoon became vio-
lently insane and followed fia mates
example of sels-destruction % . rslief
to bis sufferings. The spectacle oS
two men throwing themselves into
the sea proved too much for tho Gar
man engineer and q few houn hteS
he, too, leaped to his death.
The last victim was the colored
steward, who died Monday night and
whose body was consigned to the wat
ers by the two remaining seaman. Be.
lief came IL hours later when the
schooner Stilkman f. Kelly, bound up
the coast from CsYlon, Gsorgia, to
this port, sighted the little craft and
hove to alongside. ..-,.-
Both Thomas and Warner had to
be taken of In slings, and for two days
were unable to move. The rescue
took place of Cape Lookout. Tns
Kelly arrived this afternoon but tn
seamen were still too exhausted to
land