The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-08-22
Painful Disaster at Sea,

: From the New York Tribune, August o.
! The bark Marco Polo, Captain Theodor
t Mlnssen, from Bremen, As days, 3l6 pas
S sengers and merchandise to Herman Hoop
arrived in this port yesterday. The Cap
tain reports hurricane on the I'd instant
from southeast to south southeast but NJ
damage received. On the 9th instant
while in latitude 40 degrees % minutes
longitude II degrees 10 minutes, it was fog
Icy. About 8 o'clock in the morning the
fog lifted little, and the Captain swept 6
small portion of the horizon with his glass
Far In the distance. northwest by north, he
thought he saw some object upon the
! waters. lie was uncertain for some time;
| itiwas simply speck far beyond the range
Of the naked eye. Watching the dark
spot for a while, he thought he saw some
thing move upon it He at last saw that
some article of clothing had been hoisted as
a signal OF distress He at once Caused the
vessel to be headed that way. The spot
was reached in au hour, aud the speck was
found to be a raft, on which was a man. A
momentary opening of the fog, a glass hap
penlng to sweep the horizon, and the man
was saved He proved to be Captain CHM,
OF the bark Oak Ridge, foundered at sea on
the I'd instant. The following are the par
tlculars of the disaster as given by the Cap
tam The vessel was bound from Philadel-
phia for Boston laden with Goals. She was
two years old, was rated A i, and was
owned by Alexander Fulton, of Blue Hill,
n. I. Hill, of BeaChsport JOS Westcott, of
Portland, land George W. CHM, the Captain.
She sailed from Philadel phia on the 9th Of
July, and from Cape Henlopen on the GOTH
Everything went well until August 2. The
day commenced with fine steady breeze
and good weather. At o'clock in the
morning the sky became overcast and there
were squalls of wind. About this time and
while taking in sail, seamen belonging to
Haverbill Massachusetts, fell from aloft 70
the deck and died in an hour At noon the
vessel was scudding before a fearful hurri-
cane from east southeast with very heavy
cross-sea. AT 2;30 in the afternoon the car
go shifted, and the wind falling calm and
changing suddenly to the westward, the yes
sci became Unmanageable in fearfully
heavy Cross-sea, and shipping heavy bodies
OF water on deck, the cabin was badly stove,
and great quantities of water went below
At four in the Afternoon if became evident
the vessel was sinking, when attention was
turned to the long boat, which was slowed,
bottom up, on the forward house. Just as
she had been got ready to be turned over,
sea stove the forward house, and the boat
fell into the waiter bottom up The top
planking OF the forward house then present
ed the only refuge left, and accordingly all
hands made plunge to secure plank up.
on it. About half Of the crew had succeeds
ed III reaching it, and the others were close
at hand, when at this moment the vessel
went down, and their place of refuge be-
came entangled by the braces, and was Ia
ken down also; but afterward freeing itself,
it came up. AS soon as the Captain came
to the surface he swan for the raft, and
succeeded in reaching it, but was so COM
pletely exhausted as to get off for some mo-
ments. On looking about him he could see
but two mems heads above the water, among
the debris Of the sunken vessel, and he was
too far away to recognize these. The crew
consisted of nine persons all told. James
K. CHM was mate, and Albert H. CHM one
of the seamen; the others had been recently
shipped, and their names were not known
All save the Captain were probably lost
While at sea on the Raft Captain CHM kept
a record with pencil on board found upon
the raft. 1t is as follows, and is Of much
interest:
August Son the raft; foggy, except at
short intervals, all day; have seen four YES
sells, and heard the fog horn of another
August deem more or less foggy and
rainy throughout the day and night; have
seen two ocean steamers, three sailing YES
sells, ant New York pilot-boat,
August 5.-Have now been three DAYS
without food or water, with but very little
sleep, and find it beginning to tell on my
strength; the weather calm and foggy, and
but small prospect of being taken off to.
day still | cannot think l am doomed to
perish upon these planks. If l can manage
to hold out couple of days longer there
will be 6 change for the better, no doubt. |
suffer much from cool nights in consequence
of my scanty clothing being constantly sat
urated with water To-day, the sea being
calm and smooth, have been able to lie
down tolerably comfortable upon small
platform which have constructed out of
few pieces of boards that secured from the
wreck. During the afternoon | caught a
small turtle and drank its blood and eat
rome of the flesh.
August 3. = Has been calm and foggy all
day. Had glimpse of one vessel during
short lifting Of the fog. Except feeling of
faintness, feel as well as did yesterday.
August 6. During last night the sea has
been very calm and smooth, and | slept
well aud the night passed off quickly. Ex-
cept an increased faintness, am feeling no
worse There are three vessels in sight,
one Of which appears to be steering this
way.
Later IN the Day.-The vessel steering
toward me proved to be the Bremen bark
Marco Polo, FROM Bremen for New York,
with emigrants, on board of which | am
taken aud treated with all possible kindness