St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24
Disasters by Sea.


Disasters by Sea.
Close upon the heels of the Europe
disaster comes the news of the loss OF
another steamer of the same line. The
French steamer Amerique, which left
New York on the 18th inst, for Havre,
after crossing the Atlantic in safety and
touching ut BreSt. encountered ii violent
hurricane between that port and liavre,
and sunk on the llth inst. off the island
of Ushant near the coast of Brittany
and 20 miles from Brest. Fortunately,
several Italian, Norwegian and English
ships came up as the steamer was on
:. the point of sinking, and all the pas
sengers and crew were safely taken off,
except the second officer, who was
drowned. The Amerique was insured
III France for 5000, 900. the same risk
having been taken ON the Vile du
Havrc. These vessels were called SIS
ter ships. their capacity being nearly
the same; the AmeIiquc falling but n
few hundred tons below the 5000 at
which the Vile du Iiavrc waS rated
! The Amerique was formerly the Euge-
ME l. lmperatrice. and WAS heightened
ut Newcastle On-Tyne. last December,
from :E}5 to 4lO feet. She reached New
\ ork, January -. She was making
her second outward trip when the dis
astcr overlook her. The New York
agent of the company says the company
VIII not be financially affected to any
great extent by this triple loss. and that
there are steamers enough to make
weekly passages if the managers see tit
to take them from other lues.
THE STEAMER NEDEKLANp ASHORE ON
THE NEW JERSEY COAST.
The steamship Nederland of the Phil
adelphia Red line. from Antwerp. went
ashore. yesterday. uu Brigantine Shual
oil Atlantic City. y. J. She has large
and valuable cargo. shipped in Ant
werp for Philadelphia. for which port
she is bound. but has no passengers.
Her rIIdd-r and wheel are gone. other
wise she is in good condition. She WAS
due from seven to nine DAYS ago. but
dul1ng tine storm that 50 disabled the
steamship Pennsylvania. was obliged to
put back to Liverpool, where she re-
CrlVcd considerable repairs. and left
port for the second time Oh March %.
She WIS huilt at Newcastle on TYNE in
l-I2. and is an iron screw propeller. :1;}O
feet in length, 81 feet breadth of beam.
and draws II feet when loaded She is
divided into water tight compartments.
and has double sides. being thus unusu-
ally strong and safe.
REPORTED sHIPwRECK AND Loss OF
FOTR LIVES.
NEWPORT, Il. L.. April Il. Chas. IL.
Fuller of brig Matilda arrived here from
Dutch Island this forenoon and reports
that the brig Matilda. Captain Morrison
of Bangor. when Oft Seg,in Island llth
inst. sprung ale.lk and became water
logged. Attempted to get into Port
land, when the sea made Il clean breach
over her. washing overheard Capt Nor
riSon. David Austin. mate. Thomas
Law son and one other seaman. name
unknown, and the only survivors were
himself and the second mate. \ boat
WAS lowered. aud after getting into it
they dritted about for some hours. and
were finally sighted by schooner Carrie
Parker of West Dennis. bound To Phil
adclpha. who landed Fuller Yesterday
at Dutch Island and proceeded. it heing
impossible to land the second mate as
he had been seriously injured 10y IL fall
ing spar. The brig was loaded with
hardly credited here. bat the city au-
thoritieS believed it and furnished him
free transportation to Boston this morn
ing.
>HIPwRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.
NEW York. April II. \ private let
ter from Valparaiso cuuliIms the news ,
ot the loss of the steamer lacua. Can't. ,
Hyde took all possible means of right ,
ing his vessel and saving the lives of
the passengers. Nearly all of the latter
were. however. sleeping in their state
rooms. and the loss of life WAS couse-
quently considerable. The crew were,
however. evidently panic stricken and
the captain WIS. To 4 great extent. help
less. Orders were at length given to
the crew to get the boats i'll readiness. ;
and Il moment later they were lowered I
The tackle becoming disarraugcd the |
gig. the first boat launched. |
WAS swamped Immediately and ladies. /,
whom it contained. were, lost. Mean
time two of the crew lcapcd into the
'iingl and fastened toward shore. re- t
%ardleS> of the drowning people. The !
captain Went down on the bridge but {
WAS finally picked up hy one of the t
boats. The other officers appear to q
have stood at their posts with equal l
bravery. I'm in"Xplicahlc explosion
tore of III" saloon deck after all had left {
the vessel. The boats were turned :
toward Los Villas. aud all who escaped :;
with their lives were kindly cared for I
The steamer Tacma WAS one of the la i
test additions To III" enormous fleet of ,
hc fIcIhc steam Navigation Company. !
She WAS one at the smaller vessels of
he fleet. about 300 tons. She will be
Il total loss.