New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-23
MARINE DISASTERS.
loss OF THE STEAMSHIP TIGREss-A COLLISION IN
: rnR LOwER BAY-wRECK OF THE SCHOONER j.

loss OF TIE STEAMSHIP TIGREss-A COLLISION IN
rnR LOWER BAY-wRECK OF THE SCHOONER J.
TRuM.N-RrsULrs OF THE LATE GALE.
Additional reports of disasters at sea reached
Gs city yesterday. Tie British steamship T1gress OF
b. Johns while on voyage from Cow Bay to Montreal,
~ "a caught in the gale of SEPT II In the Gulf OF ST.
lawrence The OF the Wind carried away the spars
owe IN the whechouse, carried away portion Of the
= Noon. and caused the vessel to leak. All hands were
nhen set work q the pumps and it required the ut
VnVst efors OF The TO keep the steamship from
Numbering Finally she run ashore on one OF the
ksgdalcn islands, where she Immediately filed and
bank TIE passengers and succeeded In reaching
IL shore safely but the vessel soon began to 60 to
rieces and is now reported to be total wreck. Tie
6gress was wooden screw Of 400 tons burden
Use feet in length, % feet in breadth Of beam,
Rnd feet in depth of hold She was built at Quebec
h. ISL had an engine Of sOhoIse power aud owned
~ Isaac Bartlett of st. Johns
. As the baik bremen was coming up the lower bay
about a. IN yesterday the way to this city with
argo OF miscellaneous merchandise consigned to Funch,
Hdye Co. size was run into by the schooner Southern
1Iome bch was on voyage from Sano Domingo to this
scfy The bark struck the port quarter and the
forte Of the collision great that she was cut down
HE Joiner the cabin was destroyed the boats and
tae izzentopmas were carried away The schooner bed
her bow stove in and bowsprit broken Off The captain
schooner states that there were no lights visible on
ehe bark This is denied By the commander 81 the
tbat tie sw requires The statement Of the captain OF
Ehe Southern Home is TO the effect that he left ssHto
Engar, te N0nez Co OF this city The vessel was con
Hgncd to F. r HenistoD. He states that heavy north
east and northwest winds prevailed during Inc Whole whole
End early in September the captain and crew were
0rckn with yellow fever The disease attacked all on
board until only two were n sv hona 10 S
able to take the vessel into this port and having pas
Dandy Hook early yesterday morning, their exeruohs
schooner went with all her force into the Bremen he
schooner afterw ard taken in tow by petpoat Ia
snund Blunt No and taken into Quarantine where She
Was dsinfeced aud the sufferers properly cared FOR
Information reached the city yesterday tnat the
schooner J. Truman, while voyage from TINS CITY 70
babine Pass was caught in the gale OF sept. ~ ana
aTiycn npon the shore about Is miles east OF Sabine
Light where abe soon went TO pieces The crew, GeI
mfferng many hardships, finally succeeded In reaching
The officers of the steamship salier which arrived here
yesterday reports that when In latitude Az an1 ION
Sdtude 35e 20, they met with the bark Eastman, when
6hiie q voyage from Quebec TO Greenock, had bces
Overtsken by which had carried away the jib and
foreast and rendered the vessel wreck She had been
Abandoned by her captain and crew and when by
yhe steamer was drifting helpiessy' and was wafer
logged. -....,.p,. @ v.,.,. ,,,oh a.,
rived la this harbOr last evening from ports In the aed1t
erranean Sea- with merchandise TO Phelps BrOhers the
vcssel being consigned TO funcD. FAYE 20. repoil
chat on sept 1s when in latitude 40 O2 and Longitude
go 40, they encountered terrible gale The wsves
swept the vessel from stem " stern The force OF the
wind and the power OF the stove in the after SKY
Iighs broke the steering gear and carried away the
otter grafings deck For time the captain said mat
the completely at the power OF the waves
and was perfectly uncomfortable. 1t with the ut
most difficulty that connection was made between the
wheel the rudder that the vessel could be steered
The which broke over the steamer threatened
every moment carry her under lie says that the Vlo
hence OF The storm exceeded anything he had previously
Sucounered and congraulates himself On ht success IN
tringing his ship safely into port