The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-22
STEAMER BOUND FOR
 THIS PORT WRECKED
THE GEORGE FAREWELL GOES ASHORE OFF CAPE HENRY,
 VIRGINIA.

Laden With over Half Million Feet of
 Cypress Timber-AII the Crew Taken
 or by Life Saving Corps Vessel Due
 Here Wednesday-Cargo Consigned
 to the G. c. Turner Lumber Company
 of New York Whose Representative
 in New Haven is A. l.. Underwood,
 Vice-President of the Concern.
 Norfolk, Va, Oct. 21.-The steamer George Farwell, lumber laden, from Jacksonville, Fla, for New Haven, is ashore off Cape Henry, and will prob ably be a total loss. All on board were saved Captain J. D. Chisholm, and his crew of fifteen men were landed from the wrecked steamer to-day by the life saving crews from Cape Henry and Virginia Beach stations.
 The steamer, laden with 575,0OO feet of cypress lumber, went ashore in a gale last night She left Jacksonville Friday October 12. From the start she encountered heavy head winds and was forced to go far out of her course. At her best she could not make more than seven or eight knots an hour and most of the time she crept along at a speed far less When Hatteras was passed he found his fuel running low, and he knew he could not obtain sufficient steam by burning part of the cargo to 4I,1 f4g 4a l. was blowing. He describes the storm of Friday as the worst in his twenty years experience along the Atlantic coast. Early last evening the crew sighted Cape Henry light.
 At that time a dense fog was gath ering. Soon it obscured the beacon, and the noise of the wind and sea prevented the warning siren at the cape being heard. Shortly before 8 o'clock the lookout at Cape Henry life saving sta tion saw the steamers light close in- shore, and about the same time the Farwell hit the beach. The life savers hurried to the scene. On the second shot from the line gun, the crew of the steamer caught the rope, and before l o'clock in the morning, twelve seamen had been hauled through the surf in the brooches buoy. There were left aboard Captain Chisholm, the first and second officers, and the chief engineer. They lashed the brooches buoy to the mast, and refused to come ashore. At daybreak all the baggage of the crew was hauled ashore, and then the four men made the journey to land.
 The George Farwell is a steamer of the Lake type, having been built in 1895 at Marine City, Mich. She is ly-, ing with her starboard side against the beach, right in the breakers, and is heavily listed inboard
 Considerable wreckage has come ashore, and the craft seems to be break ing up. J. c. Turner Lumber of New York own the vessel. She is built of wood and is of 977 gross tonnage, 7S4 met. Her dimensions are length 1S4.4; beam S4.S and draft 196. Her cargo is insured. Captain Chisholm refused to make arrangements with wreckers un- til he hears from the owners. The wreck is near where the Italian bark Antonio and the schooner George M. Grant ran ashore last winter The Antonio wreck is still in the breakers close by The Farwell is the wrecked vessel whose identity could not be identified by the life savers last night on account of the thick weather.
 The steamer George Farwell was ex- pected to arrive in this city Wednes- day. A. L. Underwood, vice president of the Turner company, who handles the affairs of the concern in this sec tion, stated last night that he had re- ceived a dispatch to this effect from Captain Chisholm last week. The great cargo of lumber was consigned to his company, which from this port supplies several firms in this city, and a large number throughout the state. He re- ceived private dispatches of the vessels wreck Sunday morning. The Farwell was the first steamer exclusively de- voted to carrying lumber to enter this port. For three years she has been making monthly trips between Jackson vile and New Haven. The vessel and cargo were valued at $12O,OO0. The loss is practically covered by insurance.