New-York tribune., 1878-02-04
DISASTERS AT SEA.
LOSS OF THE BRIG C. c. oYERTON-A PiLoI-boAr
wIECKED-AN HAVANA STEAMERS PERIL.

LOSS OF THE BRIG C. c. OVEKTON-A PiLoI-bohi
wRECKED-AN HAVANA STEAMERS PERIL
TIE Chief Signal Officer at OcracOke Inlet,
n. Co. reported the brig G. G. Overon, from New-forK
TO Nassau ashore about two miles north OF ocracoRe'
All board supposed to have been lost Thc vessei
is total wreck, lying i'll twelve feet Of water bottom
upward and is fast breaking up She left HoboKen on
January 20 with cargo OF 200 tons or COAL ana was
bound direct TO Nassau, thence to Cedar Keys, fia
where she get cargo OF lumber She was com
mandod by Captain Henry Allen, with mate' stewart
and three Captain Allen was about thrty-hVe
years old married and made his home with his fathers
family at Little Egg Harbor, NJ ]. The Oyerton was
owned by l.. Il. Clark ard c. G. Overton, Of No 163
Maidcn-ane valued Mt about $500, and was not IN
surcd She was built at Walton, n. 1863 and was
then called the Memphis. but afterwards ieDuit
and name changed She was 90 feet long, 20 ieet
besm, IL feet depth of hold and was rated Az
The bark Normal from Bristol, England, reports ta
OH Friday during the gale in latitude 40 n0rh iohgi-
tude 73o 80 east the pot-bOat Caprice, No -, was
found dsmastcd and disabled The crew aud two pilots
were rescued and transferred Saturday to plo-ooat
No. A. which brought item to New-iork Michael
Shauncssy the pilot, rescued gave the f0oWlg
account OF their experience on Thursday during me
rceicd fore aud main rySail Nhlir ne "IS Ioon!s a
the compass In the coInnlonway the vessel went over
on her beam ends aud he was entirely under tlle
water. when the vessel riehted he ran 10 ihe Iorr
sheet to let II 90. and found tLat the lofclna'
had gone Tic decks swcit Of every
thing and the vessel w0s complete wreck
All hands set a, work balinG ANA rumplhR. ana
was midnight before The boat free irom water Ia
signal guu then bent - u, AMI tHfowh oVeIhV'
a. "a drag keep the vessel ON her course Ab?nt
the same lime Charles Wabursh seaman. ana naive
oi sweden. washed overheard and l9st me pol
aud speak highly oi IN, hriVef' ol N"e ~, -
aud the four men from the Norman, who. at the lsE o
their lives. made two trips to rcscue The wrecked crew
Ine Caprice was reported ~ IN ihibINL o1 0'N'"'
~ supposed TO have been Wrecked . ,,.i,
Tho steamship Columbus, from Havana when "i'nin
iwcuty miles of the Highlands, encountered gaze anu
SnoWstoru when raised very high sea- an" I''o ~
necessary the vessel 90 bc hove o. Al times 'h snow
rc slcct. cutting the faces Of ne officers ana crew
on watch uutIi they were nearly blinded Inc Dhoh'-
ter fell $3.50. renamed stationary Ihe rns''s
slowed wn 10 give barely steringc-WtN. ine a
brpts continually the vessels decks S"sl'hn'NH
prevailed throughout the Slip, even t"c old ThII
suffering from H. several IF the large s, s"cpi over c
SHIN with srh that almost every stitcrOoih "huo"
and cblu-ght WIS broken and the cabins and state
rooms became Hooded Panic seized the passenger
of me ship wa considered pcrou-. WithcNry ptch OF
lie steamer a large volume 0i water HNtpt iht" u''
aud adj iluu 90 thcif ght Provisions ana water were
placed IN the boats, aud Trey were 'uly "up'u IN '"
of au cuirrrcucy When the sea b"camr cain ne
weasel continued on h,I c1ul'e' ana 'i'',Si III ~ h. -
rally saturday morning The pa>scnetiS uAit,d Ih 4
T. sfinouill returning tnrr con-rdiuai !'ns 10 CAPTAIN
T. G. ed for his .raulln'hp, nhu 10 hr n'u'i o,
Including Puiscr We'll, AMI steward ii"t"h Tor lher
,na.ts ~ RESTORE confidence ninon- the ahc-'tile"eh
4 NJ, ,looncr Is reported rs having gone down in the
SpGud wth all on 1u1r ihnf,''y H'1i ''hs' ~. ,t
supposed to have been tue ADgh' iy yhes, CiiialIi
Maliili from -lieafOtd ior ~" l"in "Heh r1ed
from Newport Wednesday, but that vessel arrived mere
Nr,ri' An the vessel. which have arrived NJ this port
su,o ic storm 81 lat week rnft having thsounu %
violent -il,- ,ni hclVy rc@~. Ihr Steamship l''.' W W
the 1ransitlIu'c Line, l1d succession "i Wt't'iil
.ara unui Inusd IS, "E'h she ''coun' IT," 90. h -,
Ir,n al opposite diIr'N"i. ne ",iin' &s," & ~ ".''l
urar -iIur rgod the vessel q; .ncrf ir' mace u u
,.rV to cuaiec The vessels course hch IT, thr NuH
IN stl,trH 81 ioir "ud att iof 'h' 10y ~
those 900 dIfy. The Bn tina. Of The NN'hui lane *
Jcrrnc. tat same weather and VA. hove To an nEi
Ihr Wisconsin, S.tr II "'"r-'. Nhy s'.hih anu TIC
steamers iHt iA' ~di't 'Al'll H'S'