Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-25
SEVEN OF THE CREW
persisted IN STORM
1hree.Masted Schooner jeanne
Lippit Caught in the Storm
and Broken TO Pieces.
ONLY man LIVES TO TELL STORY
Andrew Jurgensen, While Lashed to
Piece Of Wreckage, Watched
Companion Gradually Die from 6x-
haustion-Was Bound from Jack
scnviile to New York.

After witnessing the total de5trac-
ton Of his Shit. and the drowning oil
sly members Of the crew. including
the cantam. Andrew Iurr ns"n. 2
Norwegian sailOr. z ''i1I' 20 Slu"r
III" tortures OF watching Il fellow sea
man die Will" dashed c tie sam"
piece of wrcckaS" ": vi &. h" was
being tossed about :.G'.' Hos lStaha
Wudnes day.
IursenSen. with h "i battered
and his body bsUi,. d. SLOWING III
striking testimony the i7'i'hr, ordeal
through which he was ford 20 pass.
wa; the lone survivor of the crew OF
eight men on the thr"e-masted
schooner Jeanne Lippi't. hound fro"1
Jacksonvill. - New York witch vas
caught in III" storm early H"!ne5da''
morninc. He was picket W With u"
dead companion OFF Hog Island WEI
NJ sday afternoon at ) O'Clock by The
steamer RavCnScraiS. which was 1oEc-
cd to return TO Hampton Roads oW-
ing TO an accident 10 her machinery.
lIut for his provide nia! ar"id"nt to
the Ravenscraig Jurgenscn would
likely have persisted.
When the steamer 2avenscTalg
came into Old Point at 10 o'clock yes
r.rday mornino having on board JurG-
nnycn and his dead companion a re-
port of the accident was given GU.
JurgrnScn. although crippled up.
came ashore with Capt. I. {. John-
sen. of the Ravenscraig, and made a
report Of The loss of the Jeanne LIP
pits and the remainder of the Gre"
TO the owners in Boston. He was
then taken back aboard the Raven
scraig and will be taken North when
the steamer again sails.
The story of the loss Of the Jeanne
Lippitt as related by Jurgens"n aru
his experience while lashcd TO the
portion of the wreckage would make
A thrilling story for the dime-Eove!
writer Jurgensen told IN" llal'F
Press representative that everything
went well with the Jeanne Lippltt I'M
til Wednesday morning about =
o'clock. when the schooner plunged
into the heavy storm. The wind was
blowing a terrific rate and the seas
were running high I"rSenSen con
tinuing his story said that after the
vessel had been tossed about with the
ease Of toy for nearly three hours
the Jeanie Lippi;t crashed into
sand bank and with the crash came
a complete dissolution OF the vessel
Lumber was stTewn in 3E directions:
while the parts of the wrecked
schooner were floating on the pillows.
Jurse nsen and another Norwegian
seaman. whose name jurgensen mas
not learned. grabbed the large piece
of timber and with the aid CT two
ropes dashed themselves to it. Capt.
Robinson and five members of the
crew We're probably drowned when
the coesh came After securing
themselves to the timber, Jurgen5en
says his companion held UP hraveiy
until the afternoon on Wednesday,
when he called to Jurgensen and IN.
formed him that he, was exhausted
and dying. He then became uncon-
scious and died just a few minutes
before the Ravenscra'g came IN
sight. Jurgensen suffered terribly
rom the cold and was almost deaa
when he was taken aboard the Raw
enscraig. The crew Of the Raven