The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-13
MARINE DISASTER. I
A SCHOONER SUNK AND A. STEAMER
BADLY INJUsED-ALL ON BOARD THE
SCHOONER BARELY EsCApE-HER CARGO
A TOTAL Loss.
Especial kilograms 10 the pispatch.l

put back on account Of winds, and when off
Trimble'S lighthouse. Chesapeake bay, was
run into. about 2. NJ, by the steamer Old
Dominion, Of the Old Dominion Steamship
Line, while steaming her usual course The
schooner was struck in the bow, and sunk
in seven minutes in six fathoms of water.
The cargo is q total loss. The master and
crew lost everything, and barely escaped
with their lives by getting aboard the
steamer.
The Old Dominion is badly injured, and
had to he towed back TO Norfolk, and will
be taken hence TO New York for repairs.
Lights Were plainly seen By both boats.
II is claimed that miScalculation of dis.
lance caused the accident.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER.
NORFOLK, November 12.-Iuteliigence was
Old Dominion Company'S steamship Old
Dominion, which sailed from this port on
Wednesday evening for New York, had COL
lidcd with 4 schooner at the Horseshoe, in
the lower bay, and been so much disabled
rs to prevent her machinery from working,
and also that the schooner had been sunk in
six or seven fathomS of water. The Old
Dominion Company'S steamship George W.
Elder was at once dispatched to the assist
ance Of the Old Dominion, and upon the ar
rival of the Hampton she was also sent
down TO assist.
The latter vessel returned about l O'Clock,
her services not having been needed.
The Elder lowed the disabled steamer up
Is far as Chambcrlaine's wharf. where she
was taken in charge OF by the steamer Olive
and the tug Nettie, and towed mp to the
wharf of the company. The Old Dominion
showed evident marks of rough usage, hav-
ing her starbosrd wheel badly broken, some
Of the deck braceS broken and bent, her
joiher. work forward Of the wheel shattered,
her hurricane-deck cut into nearly up to the
house, and two boats stove. On going on
board we obtained the following statement
Of her first officer, who was in charge of the
deck at the time the collision occurred: AT
G:45 =. NJ, November II, 1874, the steamship
Old Dominion left Norfolk for New York in
charge of Captain A. G. NJ. Walker. At
$40 z. NJ. passed Bug light Shortly after
having passed the light the captain, aot see
ing any danger ahead, ordered me in charge
OF the deck. About $40 ?. NJ. the man at
the lookout reported a bright light on the
Starb0ard bow. which I, however, had seen
before he did, about two and q half
points on the bow. On looking at it with
glasses, l could also distinguish both
lights of the approaching vessel, but
as the red one disappeared /, in
| order to insure safety in passing her,
ordered the wheelsman to steer east by west,
feeling quite certain that course ought to
clear her, because by that time only the
green light could be seen. In few minutes
afterwards blew two whistles, when all Of a
sudden the schooner's red light reappeared,
either by changing her course or by bad
steering, and she headed right for us. or
dered the wheel hard a-starboard, that being
the only chance left possible to clear
her, but to no avail. Before the
ship could swing more than point, or per-
haps a point and a half, to the northward,
the schooner struck her, bow on-the flying
liibboom striking first about forty-eight feet
forward of the paddle-boX, the bull striking
the wheel, causing considerable damage to
the steamship and sinking the schooner. We
lalso found on board the steamer the captain
r+l, rnl>o.
which proved TO have been the Louisa Crock.
EFT. CAPTAIN A. Flanders, of Rockland, Me.
from Baltimoret to New Haven with cargo OF
coal She had passed out the Capes early in
the morning, but the weather coming OF
rough. she put back to Hampton Roads fol
q harbor. Of the collision and its results,
her first officer, Mr.. Cline Stevens, says
At half-past S O'Clock z. NJ. the schooner
lsteerine with the captain at the wheel
w. n. W. for the Bug light, saw a
large steamer ahead approaching rapidly
1.-The schooner making about ten knots ar
hour, and the steamer apparently twelve
The schooner held her course, waiting fol
the steamer to port her helm and pass or
that side. When the vessels were quite
near each other the steamer put her helm
hard a-starboard and crossed the bows o
the schooner, when the collision instantly
occurred. The flying jibboom of the schoo
ncr struck the steamship forward of the
wheel, swinging her around and bring
| ing her bows under the guard of the
steamer and against the wheel. The COLI
sion tore the whole bow out of the schooner,
causing her to sink in about five minutes
The mate cut the boat adrift as the vessel
went down, and the crew were saved with
only the clothing they stood in. The cap
tain was taken out Of the main rigging after
the schooner sunk. The boat was steered
| for the Bug lighthouse, but finding that in
| a heavy sea running she would be unable to
| reach that point her course was changed lol
the steamship, when they were taken on
board.
The schooner is lying in the main channel
| in about seven fathoms water, with about
half Of the mast in sight. Captain Flanders
who was at the wheel at the time the vessel
struck. was thrown around by the concus-
sion and somewhat bruised. be and others
| owned the vessel, which was insured. Inc
| CARGO was owned in Baltimore. The crew
are in very destitute condition, having LOST
| everything they had on board. The coiilsion
4 s,x,n sIrntI