The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-04-22

parted and the situation was as
bad as befort. In this way, efforts
were made to. get the gear off
until after pm, shot after shot
being fired as fast as the lines
could be faxed down.
Line After Line Failed Them
The last five shots over the yes
sci to which lines were attached
apparently received no notice
from those on shipboard, only two
or three men were seen moving
about. Later developments proved
that the sailors were nearly naked
and so benumbed as to be unable
to handle the lines. One last effort
was made to get small line off,
but this too parted. BY this time
the flood tide was sweeping in and
the surf was so high that no boat
could be launched. Under these
circumstances the surfmen were
becoming disheartened. They had
labored since early morning to
effect communication and save the
crew and every effort had met
with failure. The ship was great
distance from the shore and it
was humanity impossible to render
assistance with boat.
Shortly after in the afternoon,
a seaman Albert Smith jumped
overheard with lifebelt on and
after desperate struggle in the
surf was pulled out by surfman,
unconscious and nearly dead. He
was removed to dwelling house
and finally restored through arti-
fetal means.
The day was fast waning and
the situation of the sailors des-
perate. At twenty minutes of five
o'clock, just twelve hours after
their vessel stranded, the sailors
were heard shouting to those on
shore, then one by one they were
seen to plunge into the sea for a
final effort to save themselves by
swimming, each man being pro-
vided with lifebelt. AS fast, as
they jumped into the sea they
were swept by the current to the
southwark. The surfmen and the
inhabitants of the neighboring
settlements, many of whom hac
been on the beach all day, at once
followed them and at great risk tc
themselves, waded out into the
surf and succeeded in dragging
sixteen, men out of the water. Ter
of this number were dead wher
brought ashore. Efforts were
made to resuscitate all them with
out avail.
Twenty minutes after the sail.
ors abandoned the vessel, the fore
mast went by the board and soor
thereafter all vestige of steamer
disappeared. What had been &
proud freighter in the morning
was now junk lying on the oceans
bed.
Thus ended the day on thu
beach. The work was not yet ovel
for the surfmen. Many of thes'
rescued sailors required the bes
of attention during the night. On
man, John Northcote, ordinar!
seaman, was administered restor
atives until after midnight. Thu
ten bodies recovered from the sur
were taken to the station, where
on the following day they were
placed in boxes constructed by the
station men, minister was sen
for and interment of all made OF
the 26th day of March, in one
huge grave dug by the same sta
ton men.
Only Seven Saved
From a crew of twenty-six
seven were saved and only ten Of
the bodies recovered. The master
and his immediate junior officer:
were lost. Lost within a stone:
throw of terra firma, despite al
the efforts of half hundred act
i've, abled-bodied men. For beside
three station crews men were
there from all the nearby settle
ments, men who were anxiously
and theoretically working to res
cue those in peril. From the rec
ords of those investigating the oc'
curence, nothing was left undone
neither was there voiced any criti
cism by the survivors as to the
means or manner employed to eff.
feet their rescue or the manner Of
treatment received after reaching
the shore.
! In looking over the roster of the
ships complement, it appears that