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FIVE LOSTClarence H. Swamped and All on Board LostSTRONG WINDSHave IU*en (Mowing Off die lt;oa»t forSeveral l»;t All ihe Men 1jO1 AreWell Known Hen*—Several Ixravel*u-ge I'ainiiie Tlie ••Clarence II’*Wa* a Small Schooner Plying Between Wilmington arul Shallolte.Th«s Far Only One Body lias (♦rifted Ashore.t --Hi*- Schooner Ourence I! p yi: -?bet ween this • :'.y and Shallotte. was sw; impel on W» lnesday night and ad cm hoard los‘.. There were five men on rtic » hoon**r. The members of the crew who were lost were. Captain Lucioa Hewett n. ister »f the boat. Morris Caisou, mat**, and Walter Hewitt lt;lt;Kk. Oiplain W. B. Irf-wis and Mr. Jim b wjp, who were n the boat and were cotmag to this e.ty on business. w*-r-■ lost. All ..f he men who were I'** either lived it .-‘h allotte or neartlh-W.The news o' the d.sast* r was t* le-phoie-.j to this ' ii y* st-- lay tnomitigfrom Southport.The wre k .s lyit.g on the beach n-ar the Oak. Island life saving station* Thus f ir only one body h.i_- Moated ashore, ,t the body of Captain \V. B. Lj» vms. The body had beconi-* fas-ten»-d to tiic hat- h and was underneath the ti.Lleh when found.The schooner belonged 'o M- s rs. \V.H. Phillips, K. V. Leonard, J tckson Stan land and W. A. Prink.Mr \V. 11. Phillips, of Shallot Ur. hi 1 all of his household projrt-rty lt;n boa.d the lt;‘la ret ice II” being moved to ties eity. where Mr. 1 hillips expected l-» jnak*- his future bom*-. !!•• re -nta/ l*ught -it hr.’-r-s in the firm *»f the llrunsw k tinu- ry Comp my. -Mr. P. i -lips v.-.ih here yesterday when he h--.tr l of the di-aster.The «’i r-.nee II was budt soin*.-Uiing ov.-r a tr ago at a eost of $1.11)0.The :lt;.s of th- cargo .s estimit -1 -it $1,000, but it is imi-ossibie yet to tel:In whut ev;e:it the boat was damaged.A very s roug v. n I has he* n blowing off the rn.i.st for several days and on Wednesday night it is said to have bo*«n very severe. It was in this we;tiler. no doubt, tii it the “Clarence IICapSiZ-d.At lust reports i ne of the cargo fmm the l«*a had drifted ashore.Ail of the men lost of the disaster ar--■wtill known h*-r»- and several of thlt;-ni leave large families. Walter Hewitt,
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The Semi Weekly Messenger
Wilmington, North Carolina, US
Tue, Dec 15, 1903
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