New-York tribune., 1910-01-10
THREE SHIPS LOST
CREUyS COMING HERE.
Thirty Storm Tossed Sailors on
Steamship Bermudian.

On Board Steamship Berrnudian, 20 Niles
Southeast of Sandy Hook. Jan. (By United
Wireless to The Tribuael.-With thirty
shipwrecked sailors on board. this ship IS
making for New York at full speed and will
land the storm TOSSED. mariners some time
tomorrow forenoon. The thirty men MADE
up the crews OF three sailing vessels whlch
We're caught in the recent storms that
swept the Southern seas, and all OF them
have thrilling tales to tell.
II was while on her way from Iusk1t 10
Argentine ports that the Norwegian bark
Crown. Captain Skogland, with crew or
eleven men, ran into terrific northwest
gale on December II. For nine days the
hurricane blew and a big sea coming on
board smashed the weather bulwarks ana
carried away the greater part of the deck
houses
When the great volume OF water broke
through the matches and flooded her hoid'
CAPTAIN SkogIand ordered all hands TO thu
pumps and the men worked FOR three days.
in an effort to free the vessel from water
They had begun to make some headway,
when the cargo broke loose. and. knocking
about the hold. opened some OF the bark ;
seams. so that the water began gaining
again.
The crew labored at the pumps until De-
cember 2s. when the storm abated, and 1t
was possible to get sail on the vessel Fart
Of the crew kent at the pumps, Whiie the
rest worked the Ship and in this way the
Crown was kept affoat until January -
when the steamer Kilsyth. bound from
Glasgow to Philadelphia, was sighted. the
bark's signals OF distress were seen and
the Kilsyth was soon alongside. This was
in latitude 2S40 north and longitude 1870
west,
Captain Skogland says that when the Kill
syth was sighted he had abandoned all
hope. He had made $50 miles in water
logged condition when help arrived, and the
bark was breaking up when her crew was
taken aboard the steamer. The kilsyth
was making for Bermuda after coal when
she picked up the Crowns crew and all
were landed at Hamilton. where the Nor
wegan Consul cared for the shipwrecked
men until thev were put on board the Ber-
mudian.
The schooner George L. Drake, Captain
Olsen, lumber laden from Jacksonville 90
New York, was struck by a southwest gale,
and the wind shifted so frequently that 1t
was impossible TO lay a course for port
The storm lasted for three weeks. and on
December 81 the schooner sprung a leak
For five days the crew OF seven men fought
for their lyes at the pumps
New Years Eve Captain Olsen had given
UP all hope of ever reaching port; the yes
sci was so low in the water that her decks
were awash. and only her cargo OF lumber
kept her afloat. II was with the greatest
difficulty that the crew kept from freezing
70 death. as there was no place 10 go below
out of the cold.
It was just before dark on New Years
Eve, in latitude 50 0e north and longitude
70 40 west, that the steamer Indrapura,
bound for Manila, coal laden, sighted the
Drake. and soon had her captain and crew
safe on board. Captain Olsen's leg was
badly injured while leaving his vessel
When the Indrapura steamed away it was
seen that the Drake was rapidly breaking
UP. The shipwrecked crew was landed IN
Bermuda by pilot boat. which took them
off the steamer while twenty miles off
Hamilton.
The other crew, which will soon be In
New York. handled the Italian bark Fillipo
Denegriy from Conception, Uruguay, for
New York, with cargo of bones The
story of how the bark went on a Bermuda
reef has already been told by cable, but
Captain Maghoeos told the United Wireless
correspondent some interesting details of
his experience before the vessel struck the
reef.
He said that on December q, when 120
miles from New York, strong northwest
gale set in and drove him hundreds of miles
back. He lost his rudder and all the life
boats were carried overheard The bar