The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-17
FEARFUL STORY
OF A SH|PWRECK
Men, CraZed by Hunger.
Thirstand Exposure,
Kill Themselves. l,t: n
ADRIFT FOR DAYS
ONALlTTLE RAFT
Graphic Story Of the Suffering Of
the Crew Of the Van Name
and King, Beaten to
Piece. BY a
Terrific
Gale. 4.
By Associated Press.)

BOSTON, October 16.--A story OF a
North Atlnntic shpwreck, In, which
eight seamcn suffered so fearfully from
exposure. hunger and thirst that Six OF
them either died outright, were washed
away, or, crazcd by their fearful expert
cnce. threw Themselves into the sea, was
told to-day by the two survivors OF the
coasting schooner Van Name and King,
OF New Haven, which was beaten TO
pieces by n gale off the South Carolina
coast October 9Th.
The two men who lived through the
five days and were rescued by the
schooner Slillman +. Kelly, which ar
rived here late to-day are William
Thomas and William 9. Warner, both
about twenty-nine years old, six feet
three inches tall and hall from Antigua.
British West Indies. The six who, one
by one, s,lccumbed. we're Captain William
A.. Maxwell OF New Jersey; Mate y. r..
C.hase. home unknoWn: eng1neer,sa q Ger. Ger
man. name unknown: colored steward,
name unknown; colored seamen, william
r;rizell and Alfred Arthur, both OF Ja-
ma lea. &E4s
lxaShed to bulWdI ko. s VI
N Tho Van Name and King, which has
becn plyins UP and down the coast since
+ 1885 left Charleston, S. c., for Rev YORK @
on October 3d. with n cargo OF nara pine.
Two days later she ran into "a heuvy
gale, and after wnllowlns a' ABOUT ~ .''e
arcnt seas for several hours sprans !
/. lenk. ,,,I ~ IN (,
short time tho engine room was 5i!oooeo !
md the pumps choked- At . @ CLOCK ol'
H.. morning OF October 9Th. with her
Z hold nearly full OF water. the 4. niue
schooner was hove down on ner Deans
ends The crew clambercd up on 'iie
weather side and dashed themselves 20
,he bulwnrks. There they remained.
washed by the seas that broke mercllessiy
over them all day Friday.
#,rhat night the storm increased IN tury.
and one great wave crashed hpo'iru.
breaking both legs OF Seaman Arthur ana
sweeping Cirzell from his fasteninss'
Arthurs companions could 40 nothlne 70
case his sufferings, but when. on satur-
day the schooner turned completely oyet, Wy,
they managed to cut his lashings ana
drap him on a piece OF the afterhouse
Died in Captains Arms
- ,yas several hours before they were
a,lshudded together on their little craft
That night Arthur died In the arms OF
CAPTAIN Maxwell and his body was
dropped overheard. Sunday prought u
1ay Of hope, when craft was sightch.
4 but tho gloom shut in again rs she passea pa
by without needing the little group OF
seamen. who were frantlcally signaling
her. THAT night the waves subsided and
n little rain fell, which was eagerly
caught In a tarpaulin and brought some
slight relief 1t was only temporary, ana
not long after Mate Chase's mind gave
way entirely. and the craft WAS again
liehtened whom he jumped into the sea.
THE next victim was Captain Maxwell,
who on Monday forenoon became Violently
insane and followed his mates example
ar self-destructlon as a relief TO his suf-s
ferngs.
THE spectacle Of two men throwing
themselves rto the sea proved too much
for the German engineer, and n few
& hours after Captain Mnxwel's death he,
too, caped to his death.
Tho last victim was the colored stew
ard who died Monday night. and whose
body was consigned 10 the waters BY
the two remaining seamen. Relief came
twelve hours later when the schooner
stiIlman i. Kelly, bound UP tho coast
from Ceylon, Georgia, to this port sighted
tho little craft and hove to alongside.
Both Thomas and Warner had to be
taken OF in sings, and for two days
were unable to move.
The rescue took place off Cape Look
out Tho Kelly arrived here this after
noon. but the seamen We're still too ex-
hausted to land.
Owned at New Haven.
Especial to The e'rimes-Dispatch,)
NEW 4. HAVEN, CONN. October l6,--
The schooner Van Name and King, re-
ported lost off Cape Hattcras, was owned
principally by Naw Haven men, and was
three-masted vessel, used in the coast
lumbert trade William NJ, King, the local
agent for the vessel said Tonight that
the schooner left Charleston. $, c., about