The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-02-02
SHIP HELPLESS IN
RAGING BLIZZARD
Steamer San Jacinto Reaches Port
After Terrible Experience.
WAS IN PERIL OF roUNDERINa

Ice and burning her cargo Tor fuel. the
big Mallory line steamship San ia
einto. one OF the largest line ships
trading on the Atlantic coast. creot
into Delaware Breakwater. after hAv-
ing survived one OF the worst expert
ences at sea possible to the mariner.
For nearly tour days the vessel was
tossed of the Jersey coast In the teeth
Of a hurricane and blixxard. part Of
that time absolutely helpless. with
fires out and death staring her crew
and II cabin and % second cabin pas
sengers momentarily In the face.
One lone woman, Mrs. J. d. Adams.
OF New York, was aboard. and oy her
heroic conduct nerved the ships OH
GERS and crew on to their duty and
cheered the dropping spirits Of her
fellow-passengers.
The San Jacinto sailed from Calves
ton January IS for New York. In tom-
mand of Captain Risk, whose years Of
experience in storm and out proved q
valuable asset on this thrilling voyage.
The vessel made a splendid run up the
coast, until 1t was discovered that
somebody had made gross miscalcu-
lation In the amount of coal In the
ships bunkers and that the supply ON
hand would not carry the vessel into
port.
This announcement, coming just as
the weather conditions indicated an
approaching storm, caused consider
able uneasiness. When OF AbsecOn, on
the Jersey coast, the coal became COM
pletely exhausted, with the wind blow
ing a gale and increasing all the time.
with a rapidly rising sea. Captain Risk
ordered lumber comprising tho cargo
used for fuel. The steamer was only
partly loaded and was high out OF tie
! water. With the new fuel 1t was i'm
possible to keep her steaming prop
| erly, and she began to lose sen way
and was driven OF shore over 200
| miles before she could be gotten under
control again. The storm, which was
severe enough on land. was far vorso
| on the sea. The waves were soon run
ming mast high, and the steamer ceing
well out of water rolled heavily. Yet
the officers at the wheel kept hor head
to sea and stood by their post nobly
until she shipped huge cross-counter
wave that swept the decks and flooded
the fire rooms, extinguishing the fur
mace fires.
The crew was then utterly helpless
and for IL hours the stout liner was
tossed hither and thither, wallowine
first to port and then to starboard
with decks continually awash and
everybody momentarily expecting hel
to go to the bottom.
The crew worked like demons to gel
the water out of the fireroom and thu
fires again started. They finally sue
ceeded, and in about "a hours from thu
time the fires went out the ship wa,
under steam again, and the hopes o.
all OH board revived. BY this tiIne. too
the gale had partly spent It's force, bu
the seas were still running danger
ously high, and It was only by excel
lent seamanship that the Tesse
reached the Delaware.
The San Jacinto Is the vessel who's
signals of distress were heard on At
lantic City Wednesday last, but coul'
not be seen because of the heav!
snowfall. The ship is badly struined
and it is thought that q considerable
portion of her 100000 cargo has beel
injured and will be a total loss. She i
being coaIed to proceed to New York.
MANY INJURED IN WRECK
49, c.>,.so...a p.fiena n,
Results in Disaster.
Freehold, n. j., Jan. 27.-Nearly q
persons were injured, one probabl
fatally. when a train that was sen
ont to open mp the -snowbound MAJ
teawan and Freehold division Of tn
Central Railroad OF New Jersey wa
wrecked at East Freehold.
The accident happened in q dee
cut through Brier Hill. The train wa
made up Of two heavy engines. pal
senger car and a coal car. The from
engine, in bucking q 10-foot drift
the cut. left the track. and, pushed b
the second engine, was thrown far
on the snow into a field.
The cars were thrown from th
track and the passenger car turne
over. Most of the 80 passengers wei
cut by glass and many received o
we're bruises. Peter Dryson. enginee
of the first engine. had both legs re
cred. and 1t is believed will die. II
fireman, Michael Dolan. was bad
crushed, and Dr. o. c. Bogardus. she
IN of Monmouth county. hfad his Ie
hand broken and was cut about II
head.
The passenger car caught IRE fro