The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-26
MAINE DISASTER.
SERIOUS Collision ana Loss of Life OF
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serious Collision ana Loss OF Life OF
FenzHnce
Tire English papers OF The 10th inst. contain
ta.ts OF q terrible collision and loss of bis at
sea- from one ct which VIC take the iolO wing
acc unt OF the di-as.cr:-
The " esterp Morning helDs reports a terrible
disaster AT sea, involving the loss Ot a Prusslsn
mp and also OF an Eleiish sbiD. laden with
telegraph cable and IT Is feared Ot consider
able numb-r OF Ives. On Mo0day evening, the
8 h instant, eight mpn belonging TO the shIo
Calcutta, which was ladcp with telegraph caOle
and bound from London 10 tue Persian Gulf,
arrived al Penzance. Tney report that late on
Sa'urGay nghi, during gale, the Calcutta,
Captain over, cane 1rto collision with the
PTussian barque Emma of Memel bound from
Cardiff 10 Barcelona. The force of the
collision was very great, and the Emma was
derng Immediately, seven hands going
90 an with her. Four other men, part OF her
crew, were fortunate enough to. get on board
the Calcutta. That vessel received such serious
damages in the collision that despite every effort
the water continued to gain on the crew. The
eight men who landed at PeDZance late on
Monday night lett the Calcutta on Monday
afternoon at three O'clock fifteen miles south
of the Lizard. Hficeu persons, under the charge
OF the third mate, had left previously. Forty
three others were still on board, but preparing
Immediately to leave IN the six boats which then
lema med. Captain oven intended to abandon
the ship as soon as possible as he, with the
rest OF the crew, plainly saw that any further
efforts 10 save the ship would be useless, and
budJ Nv duJ ulOulGllJ buG nEuI ~ uOWus OuG
had then twenty six feet OF water IN her fore
compartment and eleven. feet of wa'er in the
auer compartment. As yet there are no tidings
of the remainder of the ere ", and great anxiety
is naturally felt for their fate, especially as q
heavy gale aud high sea prevailed. The men
who landed are named Frederick Slater, Thomas
Robinson, Thomas Al0roR, Charles Kemp,
james Warford, Charles simpson, John Cole
man, and William Williams.
on Tuesday, at the dusk of evening, the Cal
cutta was twenty miles south OF Falmouth aud
had been abandoned by all on board. Two tugs
have gone to her assistance from Falmouth, and
her Majesty's ships Terrible and Scotia LETT
Plymouth for the same purpose at six O'Clock.
The Western Commercial Traveller lifeboat
stationed at Cadgwith, brought into Falmouth
fourteen OF the crew thus afternoon, and Greek
vessel has entered the same port with eight
more picked up from boats. Another boat,
containing the captain, mate, and eight OF the
crew, CapsiZed IN heavy sea, drowning all on
board. The captain leaves a widow and two
children.
Further particulars have been gathered re-
garding the loss OF the Calcutta. 1t appears
that when she was going do Wn on Monday
afternoon the captain determined to abandon
| ber. Four boats were got off but the captains
! gig swamped in launching, and ten of the
! thirteen persons in her were crowned, including
| the captain, mate, midshipman, cook, and
! steward. Those in three boats are known to
| be saved; but the lifeboat, which left with
| seventeen in her, has been picked up empty at
| Mpllion, near the Lizard. Whether her crew
has been saved bV some vessel or drowned is
at present unknown.