New-York tribune., 1878-03-04
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
PEPULS OF THE OCEAN.

RESCUE or BARK'S CREw-A VESSEL BURNED
AND PART OF THE GREW SAVED - FATALLY IN
JURED BY 4 HEAVY SEA.
Captain Blandt of the Hamburg steamship
Cmbria. which arrived here Friday, states that Inc
vessel experienced succession or terrific gales through
ont the passage. In storm on the tth dHy out very
heavy sea was shipped and tne boatsw'n, John Fuchs
was huredto deck with great force His lee was broken
in two places and he seriously Injured about tn
body Two Of the scamen were slightly injured in the
same gale. The forocaStle staircase shiveIed to
pieces, and the woodwork OF The deck was badly dam
aged Several OF the sails torn to shreds, and two
Of the large fcboGts damaged that they are rn
Gt for use The injured boatswaln was taken to IT.
Mary's Hospital HoboKen He is so badly Injured th&'
no hopes are entertained Of his recovery.
The steamship State OF Virginia which arrived from
Glasgow SATURDAY. brought Captain A. Wood and eight
neDhe crew Of the brig sunny side of Dundee abandoned
in a disabled condition February 20, about looo
miles from Glasgow The Sunnyside left this port Ieb-
ruary G. for Penzance England, with cargo OF wheat
terrible hurricane from the northwest the t"clilH
day out caused the loss OF the jlbbOom, and strc
some Of the seams so that The leaked The
becoming wet and increasing in weight. il was con-
cuded throw overheard about thirty tons oh req
ruary p, during heavy southwest gaze the forecast,
house was in, the mainsa carried aWay and the
buwarks broken from the fore TO the main rigging
While the vessel was hUvc-tO under t0l~SnilS, very
heavy struck her, carrying awav the plankings GOV
ering boards. and head in the s;aIboard bow Tins
the pumps continuously. The mainmast was cut away
and the vessel put before the wind The opcninss made
in the vessel were stopped as far as possible WIN n@%
and blankets and the anchors ana cables cu adrt III
order lit the bows higher above the sea- Inc crew
worked without food rest for twenty houTs On fto-
ruary IS. the State Of Virginia sighted Inc sunny
side 100 feet in length 2G feet beam, 1T feet depth
of mold and OF PSI tons burden She was bult al sun
derand in $685. and owned by ". o. Taylor, OF Dundee
The German bark Amaranth arrived from London
yesterday bringing part OF the crew OF te
German bark Otto George, from London for Ncw-l ofh
They had abandoned their vessel five days before being
picked up. while getting into the boat Frederick Rek
ard the bOatswan, fell overheard and lont. The
line holding rope broke, and the boat was carried
away from the vessel leaving Captain Gemke aud four
men on board. OF their fate nothing is known. lne
seven who arrived yestcrday were picked up Feb
ruary H. IN latitude A 42 north, longitude 800 10
The Otto George seen on fire on February Z, III
latitude 44o north lOngitude 429 west.
Tie bark Kfimpen aan-dc-lek, for Schedam, with luiI
bcr put into this port IN distress yesterday, having
sprung alcak February 22 in latitude So ncrth len
gtude TO west, during severe southeast gaze Ihe
vessel was thrown her bcam-ends carrying away
lower Opsail fOre-tOpmast staysa spnkcr ana mZz"n
saYSais To tighten the vessel the captain ObuECd
10 throw over part of tine deck load.
Captain Patterson. of IMe-Sayirg Station No. /, al
Sandy Hook reports that the sloop L. L. Wallace from
Ab econ, came ashore quarter Of mile south o. the
station at midnight Of saturday. The srrib0at was
launched and the crew safely landed before O'CLOCK