The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1962-03-09

~ Npon tic Weafisom8 TASK OF
hauling out the life-saving lines,
ana was extremely weak when he
entered the breeches buoy,
The Steward Was Dead.
The third n,an,har 90 tha crar,
Sylvester II. Chase fine steward
was left on the vessel aead Dur;ng
the previous forenoon. while thev
were irving "a hanI the vawl hack
to the schooner, he fell, as before
stated, from the quarterback to
the main deck below, and suffered
injury Of such gravity that he was
not able to do any more work, and
spent the remainder of the day
holding on to the forestry. evident
ly in great distress. When the
breakers, swollen and accelerated
by the flood tide, began to sweep
over the topgallant forecastle. he
was assisted by his shipmate- to
the fore staysail boom. and when
later they were obliged to take
refuge on the end of the bowsprit
1.-THE hull being wholly submerged
they persuaded him. though not
without much argument. to accom-
pany them. At nightfall all ss~ee
were huddled together, making
themselves as secure and comfort
able as possible under the shelter
of the jib, which they had man
aged to draw around them.
About midnight, or perhaps a
half-hour earlier, the tide had
again run down SO far that they
were able to return to the top
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M
ine Anspsesor ODservatiOhs'
Whether the loss Of this mans
life is chargeable to the keeners
is to be determined by the decision
OF three plain questions: First,
could the shipwrecked men have
been rescued by Keeper Terrell
with the schooner's yawl or with
his own boat during the afternoon +?
Plainly they could not, because no
crew could be got to man a boat.
even assuming that the boat serv-
ice was practicable. The testim ny
proves that Keeper Terrell exerted
every influence at his command,
persistently and by all possible
means, to persuade the bystanderz
to join with him and Mason in max
ing up a crew. Only one individual
agreed to go, and the evidence, if
evidence is needed, clearly estab
fishes the fact that three men could
not possibly handle the boat. In
deed, it was the general opinion
on the beach that the reason why
the many competent persons stand
ing by refused to go was because
they did not believe that either
boat, with any number of men,
could make the trip.
At all events, the keeper did
everything in his power to secure
the aid necessary for a trial.
Second, could the shipwrecked men
have been saved in the enrly eve
ming if a line had been fired as
soon as the life-saving crew ar
rived from the Ocracoke Station?
Almost conclusively, no. The situa-
ton Of the men as already dis