The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-03-07
Ten Men Awaiting Death
| When Rescued
STORM-TOSSED SCHOONER
Ship Struck by Lightning-crew Forced
to Drop into the Sea Before Boats
From Rescuers Could Save
Them.

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Boston, March IA story 81 hardship
at sea surprising any Of those which
have beeny almost continuous since the
terrific storm Of early last week, was
told by Capt. Elias Barr and bis crew
Of nine men Of the schooner Mary Man
ming, who we're landed here yesterday
By the British steamer Casilda from
South America. The Manning's men
were taken from their waterlogged and
sinking vessel last Sunday night, after
they had endured more than four days
Of violent storm, clinging TO the after
house of their vessel, and almost wholly
deprived OF food and water The Nam
ming had been struck by lightning, had
been dismasted, had lost her boats, and
had bad all her provisions ruined except
ing few canned vegetables.
The captain and his nine men had been
waiting for what seemed certain death
for ITO hours when the Casilda sighted
the wreck, and even then the rescue was
effected only sitter great difficulty, as
the tangle Of broken masts and rigging
attached to the hulk prevented the close
approach Of her boats. When they had
come as near as they could Capt. Barr
and his men dropped into the sea and
the rescuers from the steamer picked
them up. Some Of the shipwrecked men
we're barely alive when they were drawn
into the boats.
The less of the Manning first became
known Monday when the Casilda re.
ported by wireless on passing Nantucket
South Shoals lightship that she had tie
schooner's crew on board The Man.
ming was four master and was bound
from Fernandina1 Fla, February ri, for
New York, with cargo Of yellow pine
railroad ties. Six days after sailing
the schooner ran into gale, accom-.
panied by thunder and lightning. 10
ease the vessel the lee section Of the
deekload was cast adrift. Then a light.
ming bolt struck the main boom ana
snapped 1t into the sea. With this
went the main sail and che forestay
sail, while the rising sea carried awav
the stern small boat. The storm raved
after the electrical disturbance baa nssa
90. and on the next day the only remain.
ing boat was reduced to splinters ~
powerful hillow.
by this time practically an the Man.
nings sails were blown away ar in tat
tefs and she was practically helnlass
When q sea store in the forward honsc
. great volume Of water poured into
We engine room and put ont tho Arc
Inc vessel had been leaking serionsl,.
but che crew had been able n cou,,.a,
the leak by the steam pumps. yV,tb
the fires extinguished thew ennIa
ivhHet overcome the inrnshing water and
a Va vessel gradually became waterlogced
lhrl came the disastrous wave Which
crushed ~ the galley and DESTROYED al
the stores, with the exception AZ some
canned corn, This supplied The onIv
iood until the men were rescued gn,ao
ot the men tried to locate barrel "
heei and pork BY diving into the Ma
Oul they We're unsuccessful 1853
AFTER the crew Of the Mary Mann;n.
mad been landed here Il Ma ,ena
that one Of the ten men on boarJ MAJ
passenger. This was ,Josenb -. as
O 5e7 West Twenty-sixth street t'OS MY
a fork city, who had been employod s 4,
New York. "a n'S way 70
~ appeared also that a st,9l,in. II.
y, heroism had been performed
y we crew before the resc,e vhs
Sasilda. Driven 70 dclirium 81 sn8a., sno
Joseph Arie Of Waretown 'uir'sslng,
mate, Jumped into tho WI ~ y Wy
a wv, a Norwegian sailor 1 HWY.
bord Gierteen, Who had reeoiS va,lo ! ilge'
lap eng severe bruises by the ss SSg9sn
49,, y once dived for The mate an
" oSss wv .A n bringing him u the stern
other sa iIaooa s from which place tle
engineer NV dragged both aboard. The
were John Clayton Aha N ~ senooner
Oosh q New York city. y MurPAy'