Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-14
HARDSHIPS SUFFERED
BY CREW OF SCHOONER
Four Mem Worked Constantly at
Pumps for 60 Hours.
NELLIE BLY, SPRUNG ALEAK.
Lumber-Lsden Vessel Disabled Dur
ing Heavy Northwest Gale Few
Days Ago.

Tales Of the hardships suffered by
Capt L. p. Ward and his crew of
four men of the schooner Nellie BLY,
during the recent bit Of cold in the
bay, were told here last night by
members of the crew Of thu Revenue
Cutter Apache, which rescued the dis
abled schooner and delivered her at
her destination, Kent county, yester-
day afternoon.
The Nellie Blv sprung leak far
dowl the bay and for a whole day was
absolutely helpless The crew of the
schooner we're compelled to work con-
stantly at the pumps for about sixty
hours, practically without a wink Of
sleep, and exposed to the bitter cold,
with imminent danger Of their vessel
either sinking or becoming water
logged.
The Apache had been standing by
the disabled boat since Wednesday
night about 10 o'clock, with members
of her crew rendering every possible
aid to Captain Ward and his men to
prevent the Nellie Bly, from going
down. The schooner was lumber
laden, her cargo being consigned to
MIR. Elmer F. Leary, lumber dealer
at Rock Hall, Kent county, who also
owns the vessel.
Mr. Leary was in communication
with various points along the bav yes
terday Twice he telephoned to An
napOlis thinking that his vessel had
probably been towed safely into this
pert. and he was keenly disappointed
when advised to the contrary. After
she had towed the Nellie BY safely
to Queenstown, in the Chester river,
the cutter Apache put into Anna6o-
lis harbor late yesterday afternoon.
The Nellie Bly,, with a cargo Of
lumber, put out of Norfolk several
days ago, and was not only whipped
by the heavy storm that swept over
Virginia, but after weathering that
she ran into the teeth OF the north
west gale that set in early Wednes-
day morning. She was then leaking
badly The water poured through
her seams quite rapidly, and it was
only through the most heroic work on
the part of the members of the crew
that the schooner remained afioat
long enough for her to reach the har-
Dor of Black Walnut Cove, in Chop
tank river.
There Captain Ward decided to cast
anchor, with the hope Of either be-
ing able to repairsthe damages to his
vessel, or of receiving assistance
fro some larger boat 1t was about
10 o'clock Wednesday night that the
cutter Apache happened along, and
Captain Carmine quickly responded
to the distress signals given by the
schooner. The bedding in the hunks
of the schooner had become thorough.
ly water-soaked, and comfortable
sleeping was out of the question. In
fact the members of the crew were
satisfied to lose their sleep so long as
they saved their vessel.
A heavy sea rolled over the bay
all day yesterday, and it was deemed
inadvisble for the Apache to attempt
to tow the schooner to her destins-
tion. So the cutter stood by until
yesterday, when conditions bettered
materially. But at that tha trip up
the bay was "a slow one, neeess arily
so, because Of the danger of the seas
engulhng the crippled vessel. The
cutter, therefore, proceeded under
slow speed. All the while the crew
of the Nellie BLY, were forced to re-
main at the pumps, though some Of
the bluejackets of the Apache were
sent to their assistance.