Democratic Messenger, March 9, 1889

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Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : SeasideSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : PackingTransportation -- Water - StrandingsProfessionals -- Mariners

Chincoteague.

Messrs. D. J. Whealton & Bro., are shipping most of their oysters this season, opened, which is very beneficial to our Island, as it furnishes employment to 20 or 30 persons daily, and besides is the means of getting rid of a large quantity of oysters, which otherwise they would be compelled to retain until another season.

The three masted schooner, "Wm. R. Wood", commanded by Capt. J. B. Davidson, and bound to Philadelphia to Cuba, with a cargo of 5,755 bags of sugar, went ashore on Wallop's Beach Sunday night. When she struck, the schooner had ten feet of water in her hold and was filling rapidly. The Captain and crew, consisting of eight men, were all saved, but the cargo is a total loss, as the sugar was packed in bags.

Hon. T. H. Bayly Browne, of this district, will offer a resolution in the House of Representatives to present Capt. John B. Whealton, of Chincoteague, a gold medal for going to the rescue of ship-wrecked seamen on a wrecked vessel off Cape Hatteras, during a gale, which the Captain and crew of the Life Saving Station near by failed to do through fear. It was a brave act and should be fittingly rewarded.

SNAVE.