The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-06
TRAIL OF WRECKS
LEFT ALONG COAST
No Trace Found Of Liner Prins
Maurits. With 80 Per-
sons Aboard.
HEROIC RESCrES IN GALE

NoR,oLk. Va. April 5,--Reports of add
ditional loss Of life from the terrible
storm which swept this coast Friday
and saturday were received here to-
night and with them came stories of
heroism and loss Of life.
Vessels searched tho ocean where the
liner Prlns Maurits. with nifty aboard.
sent out the : q =. but could find no
trace of her.
Three men including Capt. Creelman
OF the schooner Josephine went
down when their vessel was claimed by
the treacherous shoals OF the North
Carolina coast off Xiii Devil I'M coast
guard station. The vessel struck Satur-
day morning and went TO pieces In
twenty minutes.
Four men were snatched out OF the
rigging by the coast guards, VINO man
aged to shoot line to them. Capt
Creelmsn and two members OF his crew
were washed overheard, The schooner
was loaded with lumber and was bound
TO New York from savannah She was
owned by c. G. Paul of Baltimore.
The four masted schooner William
Thomas Moore was dashed to pieces
on Friday night ny the gale thirty
niles northeast of Cape Henry. Her
crew OF six men. including Capt. George
T.. Jones, chung to the rigging for twenty
hours.
Capt. Jones said ne saw several
vessels pass in the distance, hut none
of them appeared to see their signals
OF distress. On Saturday afternoon the
British steamer Morazan came by and
saw them. The vessel approached the
men from the windward and thus
formed a lee for the launching OF life
boats. The men were landed IN this
city to-day
The three master schooner Loring
G. Ballard was wrecked OF Gull Shoals
on the North Carolina coast but Goa 81
guards. after facing death themselves
for two hours. saved every member OF
! her crew Ths life basket was shot
out TO them and the five men we're
dragged through the surf.
The crew ~ the schooner NJ. u.
/ Cressy, which was wrecked of Diamond
/ Shoal. arrived here to-day on the Rus
/ sian steamer Altar The men were
I taken Off thoI. vessel by another
steamer and transferred TO the Diamond
Shoal llghtship. The Altar took them
| on and brought them here.
I Mrs. Aliver. wife Of the captain, and
Mrs. Cressy were passengers on the YES
sel. They were made fast t. rIgRings
! after the schooner filled with water
| Capt Aliver says the only thing that
]
| was her cargo. She was loaded with
railroad ties.
The Government seacoast wires are
/ still down tn Hatteras. one report says
two dismantled schooners were sighted
six miles OF shore with no signs OF life
on board.
News was received here to-day that
the Holland steamer Prins Maur!ts was
/ last reported in latitude $50, longi-
! tude "a 90 in n sinking condition. Yes
sells that answered her call for assistance
have practically abandoned all hope OF
/ finding her. The revenue cutter
! Onondaga, which answered the Maur.ts
calls Tor assistance. spent Two days
searching for her, but found no trace of
Z the steamer.
The Onondaga towed into Newport
News the schooner Ron Roy, which was
dismantled in the gale OF Friday and
! Saturday.
Eleven bodies OF the crew of the tug
Edward LuckeubaCh. which was wrecked
/ off False Cape. washed ashore to-day
Among them was the body Of Capt. Will
lam T., umstead, who leaped into the sea
and attempted TO sN IN ashore.