Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-16
STEAMSHIP HEADED F0n NORFOLK
Heroic Work OF Life Saver; is Al,
That Saved the Mariners From !
Watary Crave--ship is at The Mercy
OF the Waves and Wind on The Viz
ginia Beach.
My Aaenlialcn rrcss.,

NORFOLK, W., Dec. l5-Attcr Il
struggle oil forty.c!ght hourR with
wind and waves daring which time
the crew had 10 time Tor eating or
sleeping tho Belgium steamship Anti
COON went ashore At Little Island,
about twelve miles south OF this place
shortly before o'clock this morning.
No lives were lost. but this is due
solely to the arduous efforts on the
part OF the crews at the life saving
Htatlons AT Little Island and False
Capea. with Captain Edgar Chadwick
and Captain W. II. O-Nol in command.
respectively. The AntiGoon with Ell
gene Caimetta. master, is now hard
aground about zoo yards OF the shore
and In the life saving station at Little
Island, the nineteen members OF her
crew are heing cared for.
Vessel a Total LOGS.
It la probable the vessel viii be n
total loss. The Antgoon vas first
sighted of Virginia Beach yesterday
afternoon when she was heing slowly
driven south by the storm. "a the
vessel drifted TO the south she appear
ed TO be holding her oTn in keeping
Oft shore. Al night the vessel driitcd
and about 1 o'clock this morning sen;
up signals OF distrcsH
Tho beach patrol answered and 1t
i:a5 O'Clock the crew from the Little
Island life saving station was at the
scene. 1t was not long before tho
crew from False Cape was also On
hand. by the time everything was IN
readiness the sen had begun to run
even higher.
Line Gotten 90 Board.
II WAC out OF the question 10 launch
surf boat and u line was gotten on
bonrd tho vessel at the first shot. Not
until 10 O'Clock This morning was The
first man. coal passcr. sent ashore
In the brecches buoy. The next man
did not como ashore until about noon
md by o'clock when tho velocity OF
tho wind had Increased to forty-o!ght
miles oul ythrnc men iad como ashore.
iioAh - NiOeS on, uOMCNCi. Ulell lIQlH
the steamship were coming ashore
moro rapidly
Hardly had man landed III the surf
before he was hauled ont and the littlo
car was again travelling toward the
ship. which all the while WAS being
driven harder and harder upon the
bar and her condition WAS growing
worge.
Eighteen Trips Made.
Eighteen times did tho car make 4
round trip from the beach to tho Anti
COON and eighteen times did it bring
back Its load OF human freight before
Captain -Calimctta got In and came
ashore with such of the ships papers
as he had not already Gent. 1t was
about $3.50 O'Clock. eleven hours and n
half from the time the distress signals
were shown. when the last man OF
the crew OF nineteen were landed
AT that time the wind was blowing
fifty miles an hour and its velocity -
increasing every minute tonight and
IA tho Antigoon. about 200 yards of
the Princess Ammo Club house, Is list
Ing furthor TO the sea, which breai.s
over and obscures her entirely, tho
chances OF saving the vessel in view
OF tho increasing gale. are Incoming
less every minute. and unless help
reaches it all efforts OF getting the
steamer of tho bar will be futile
Enroute to Norfolk.
On December 1, the atnigoon OF
Antwerp, an iron vessel. G. Bhanc.
nIa
Dor for La Rochelle. France. by way
of Norfolk FOR COAL Last week she
ran into tho northeast gale just after
she had rounded tho Florida Keys.
She camo on up the coast but encount.
cred such bad weather and heavy seas
that Captain Calimctta had put back
into Charleston for coal enough to
bring him to Norfolk.
Tho Antigoon was out from Charles.
ton about twelve hours Wednesday