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Show TELEGRAPHIC Hrrck ot the Nieninwh i p ''lyl" Si-vt'ral IVtsous Loit. Wilmington, N. C, !. The EtenmaliiiJ Hebecea Clyde snileti from here on Suiiirduy morning, loaded with nuvnl etoros :.nd col tun . ishe bo uinin diHftbled iifl .Scr.icoku inlet, twenty mi ton soutK of Haltorua, on Suudiiy morning t 7 o'clock, from the railing of thu deik loud brunkiug tho 8tfBrin: tear ai.d lho Ijstinys of tho .deck Inud becoming entangled iu the propelloj;. Ths wind wiih blowing blow-ing a perfect hurrtounu fiom the aoutheiiKt. la the eflort lo hcuve the deck load overboard sevurnl persona wcro washed overboartl and drowned. By tlio hnroic el lor U u! Llie cuptain, tfhief eni;: r, second mato und cook Die spanker wis raised and almost iinnudmlely thrown clear from lho 111 ant. They next raised a mainsail, but it wa boou dmtroyed. They were nimble to clear tho fure- ; H.ii halyards, but Bjccecded in get-; linj,' the jib two-thirds up. Engineer Jinn b und Second Afaltt Hcntlricka ihen went nt-lern to try to clear the p: t'pellur, but were v:t(sh l overboard and immodiatdy uisappiistred behind a huye wav. The survivors clung to the ship, the uca washing her lore and ttfL. About 1 o'clock shore appeared ap-peared ia night, the wind having blown tbe sbip before . it on the beach. Tiie captain und cook managed to clear -" the port boat, but it got away with only one man iu it and one clinging U her utorn. Tho breakers soon swamped the boat, but the two nun, Sol. TYhilehiw, oiler, und a colored firemen named Colo, reached shore. The itst clung to the huh of the ship until it was smashed to pifteea anil then struck out for the shore, but the following only succeeded in reaching reach-ing it: V. L. l'arsley, Fred. Price, J. M. Coonday, Frank Edgerlyand Cbaa. Eytel, from Wilmington, the ccok, Piiilip Myer.-, colorei llicman Buckley, Buck-ley, coalheaver, Pal. Hatpin and a pilot named English, fbe body of Oapt. D. G, Chitds waa warm when washed ashore, .but all eflorla at resuscitation resus-citation were fruitless. He waa buried on Portsmouth Island, on Monday afternoon. Tho survivors were kindly kind-ly cared for by tho inhabitants. The ship id & total wreck. Large portions of the cargo wcro washed ashore and socurtd. The following persons ware lost: Oapt. D. G. Ciilds, First Mate Etye and Second Mate C. Hendricks, Chief Engineer Jones, First Assist. Engineer Engi-neer Mu fort, Passengers, W. Dilson, and Whildon, Steward, Fred. William, Wil-liam, colored coalheaver, Connolly, fireman, Hibbard, one seaman John L. White, and two other seamen, names unknown. |