Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-27
ENGLISH WAR VESSEL SUNK I'M A souA1

ENGLISH WAR VESSEL SUNK IN A souALL
LONDON, March 25.-In Lu ndon and
yesterday the wei ,ther was
fine and bright until about3 80, when
an almost general change ensucd.
Short and violent gusts Of wind, &C.
by snow and d. ust storms
Of very unusual character :, brief as
followed rapidly from near
ly opposite points Of the . ompass.
Alta p. M, when oil On amos, and
under fall q all, . sauall
struck the Eurydice and she capsized
and sunk immediately. Tho schoou-
er Emma was passing 1.-THE Eurydice
at the time and rescued five persons
Lieutenant FIR ancis H. Ia
Dor, after they had been an hour in
the water. Three of tn ese died, SO
tho only survivors are b ,niamin Cud-
deford, AZ able seaman and Sidney
Fletcher, q first class bo; v.
The following is Cudd eford's state
ment: The ship capsize6 in q squall
and snow storm about 4 in the after
noon, when five miles 10 .om Dunnos.
There were over 500 persons on
board, all of whom, ex cept myself
and. Fletcher, were lost. was one
of the last on the ship Capt. Hare
was near me when she went down,
after capsizing, and she .carried with
her q large number Of m, en- clinging
to her or who were draw n down in
the vortex. A man near ne said, "a
vessel was close by when the squall
came on therefore we will b sure to be
picked up" / was more tn an an hour
in the water, being first rate swim
mer, and very many Of ml comrades
cried to me for help. tri ed to assist
two or three, but at last t here were
four clinging to me and Iw as obliged
to kick them off. Our shiI left Ber-
muda three weeks ago. We passed
the Lizard, County Of Cor nwall and
the most southern port Of Great Brit
ain yesterday and exp, sctct | to anchor
at Spithead about 5 in the afternoon.
The admiral comman ding. at Ports
mouth has sent steame r. to search in
the vicinity of the act ident, but no
further report has been. received. It
is is believed the Euryt lice had about
800 officers and sean lon, of whom
270 were young men il training, be-
sides about 20 officers md men taken
on board at Bermudas rs invalids.
Dunnos, off which tn, . ship was lost,
is lofty hcadland and. we'll known
to visitors to the Isle of Wight. It is
situated q short dist. Ence south of
Shanklin Chine, about midway from
that point to Black Gar Y Chiae. Tho
Eurydice was commiss toned 1t Ports
mouth in February, l, H7, and went
on a practice cruise n West Indies,
from whence she had been fer some
days expected at Portr a0uth.
LONDON, March 25.- -Lloyds place
the number on board At 3l5. Two
only are known to be mved, though q
telegram from Ventne " states that as
q bark was seen be airing towards
Dunnos just before thu squat there il
some hope that she ma 3 have rescued
others. In consequen ee of . strong
ebb tide and north wi ind at the time,
the bodies are not Q: 1peeted to come
ashore, All hands vere mastering
on deck for prayers at the time of the
disaster, and but for . passing schoon.
er nothing would ha We been known
of the disaster, as ev orything ON sea
was hidden from those on shore by
the binding snow storm and it would
have been thought tn o ship had gone
on to Spithead.
AT 3 30 the EsplsrlAde at Vintnor
was crowded with visitors admiring
the Eurydice, which was carving
every available stitch. Of canvass. Shc
sailed so close to shore that from the
pierhead the cordage of her rigging
was visible. Suddenly the sky be-
came overcast and snow and sleet de-
scended quickly, driving the prom
enaders to cover and hiding the vessel
from view. When tho storm lifted
only the schooner Emma, lowering her
boats, could be seen.
Fletcher states that he was below,
when hearing . noise ON deck he
rushed up and found the vessel ON her
side in a. sinking condition. He
seized a1life buoy and jumped over
board. He had been in the water
scarcely q minute when the vessel
lurched forward and sank, drawing
him down such distance that he
gave himself up for lost, but tho life
buoy drew him to the surface. The
vessel lies with her masts visible, two
miles off Luccombe Chine Point,
where q ravine runs down to sea and
through which the winds blow with
. force against which only close
reefed vessel can stand.
Boats went out last night to search
for bodies but none were found.
Several gunboats are to-day cruising
in the neighborhood. An effort will
be made to raise the vessel. There 10
no doubt the Eurydice was carrying
too much sail. She had her lower
and upper studding calls set. It 10
feared that with the men embarked
at Bermuda and probably from Ad-
miral Keys squadron for North
America and West Indies, the Fury
dice had sarly 400 persons on board.
A CHALLENGE TO O'LEARY.
LONDON, March %. - William
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