The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-16

-dOned-Crcw are at Southport.
Schooner VeIma Brooks TOwed Into
Harbor Yesterday.
The u. S.. revnue cutter Seminole
arrived in port yesterday afternoOn
from the Frying Pan shoals where she
had been for the past few days usingl
every effort possible to save the fine
four-mast schooner Myrtle Tunnel.
1t is feared that the schooner will be
now of her being saved is that a gale
may cause her to 90 off of the shOal.
Officers on the cutter say that theI
crew from the Seminole was sent
aboard on last Saturday and the deck
load thrown overheard. Nothing else
was done. they say, towards throwing
the cargo overheard until Tuesday
when the Blanche went out to the un-
fortunate schooner with eighteen
:steved0res. All the cargo between
decks was thrown overheard. The
cargo was not touched Monday nor
any effort made to pull the vessel from
b shOal.
The cutter received the news of the
vessel being in distress Saturday morn
ing at 2::3O and at $50 she left South
port for the Frying Pan shoals. The
Myrtle Tunnel is about five miles in
shore from the lightship. Captain
Ueffries, master of the Myrtle Tun-
-ou co-, ho pnnIIntproI a severe
northeast gale last Wednesday and re-
mained at anchor for about 36 hours.
Thursday evening he got under way.
Upon reaching the Frying Pan shoals
the captain passed the inner whistle
bo,y which he mistook for the outer
.bouy. He made the %soundings and
they correspondent with the outer bouy.
lie also though he saw the lightshlp
g,ut was evidently mistaken. The vessel
I hen proceeded up the coast. Presently
ne vessel bumped on a shOal and the
captain start I'd to round out to sea but
-',efore she cuuld' turn she went on the
,hoal where she lies at the present. time
Saturday the cutter sent the crew on
BOARD and threw the deck load over
board. Late that evening an attempt
was made TO float her but the effort
tu1OfOu u AO NiANN
furniture and other articles of yalue
were taken aboard the Seminole. Or
Monday the sails were taken from The
vessel and placed aboard the cutter
AS was stated in yesterdays Mes
n e a crowd of stevedores Wen
from Southport On the tug Blanch'
and all the cargo between decks wa
thrown overheard. At high tide tina
afternoon the cutter and Blanche at
tempted to pull the schooner Off bu
only succeeded in changing her position
by about one point of the compass
Yesterday morning another effort wa
made but she still remains firmly en-
.bedded in the sand.
1t is believed that the schooner ha
a hole in her bottom for when tn
pumps were run yesterday the waite
that was pumped on the decks wa
full of sand.
When the cutter and Blanche g
through pulling it was decided, as
hooked like there would be bad weathe
that the vessels should come IN. III
cutter was about out of coal and can
into port to get a supply. All meG
hers of the crew came in on the cutt'
to Southport, but before leaving Il
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one of the masts to the effect that Il
vessel had not been abandoned: that
had only gone ashore for asSlStanC
This will prevent n one from gon
.upon the vessel and claiming her
abandoned and therefore a dereli'
It is not known what Will De 90
about going back to the vessel. L
general opinion among those VINO ma
been to the vessel is, that there IS
chance Of pulling her off and about I
only hope is that a gale will drive L
from the shoal. If there should be
gale she would either go to pieces
he driven from her present poslt'
The owner of the vessel is thinking
leaving the captain in charge SO as
can keep on the lookout and II I
vessel is driven from the hoa Il
he can get a tug and have her tow
in.
Those who have seen the Myr
FUNNEL say she is a very fine scho'
err and cost about $4,000. Her cal
was valued at from $4,000 to slo,O
TOWED INTO SOUTHPORT,
The small schooner Velma Broo
,Captain Coleman, which lost her 81
ON Monday night and drifted of
wrightsyille beach, was towed L
southport yesterday by the launch
abel. Can't. WHIST. Gorge. She SUITE
mo other I'LL consequences than be
dismantled. The vessel is lying
Southport.
Hives are a terrible torment to
little folks, and to some older o.
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