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Show AFTER STARING DEATH . IN PACE POR SEVERAL f HOURS CREW IS SAVED h . . s ' ' "''". : NORFOLK, Va.. Feb. 28.-After a harrowing night on the deck of their vessel with the life-savers on shore un-Lblelo un-Lblelo resch them either by lifeboat or breeches buoy, and with death staring them in the face for several hours, the tcrew of the four-masted schooner fGeorge M. Grant from Brunswick, Ga., Vto Perth , Amboy, N. J., lumber-laden, went ashore at Cape Henry, were rescued res-cued today by the Norfolk tug ' Jack - Twohey. which started at once to Norfolk Nor-folk with the shipwrecked men. Conditions grew worse on the Grant . as the hours passed, and Just before the arrival of the Twohey it looked as ; If the schooner's crew, already, half ( ' - ' - ----- frozen, would have to take to the rigging rig-ging to save themselves. Immediately after the rescue, of the Grant's crew her decks became awash and the schooner soon sank. Her cargo car-go remains Intact as yet. but the conditions con-ditions on the coast are still severe, and the Indications are that the vessel will be a total loss. 1 - v The three-masted schooner John "A. Beckerman, In collision with the Norfolk Nor-folk and Washington outward bound steamer In Hampton Roads last night, was this morning towed to Norfolk and ruh aground to prevent her sinking. The New York steamer Princess Anne, which got aground in the outer harbor after sailing from Norfolk last evening,' was floated apparently uninjured unin-jured today, and proceeded , |