, 1879-06-30
Collision Of Two Ocean Vessels
Of the Coast OF New, JerseYp
Tlie Iron Bark Helen Coos to the
Bottom with Five Souls, ~ |
Rescue of the Remainder Of Her Crew
BY the Co1iding Steamship.
Only Broken Compass Left to Recall
tie Lost SLIP.
Reported Disasters to Several Yaoht. In
d.. the Harbor at Boston,

Bpteial Dtspateh 10 Tie TrtDnns.
NRW York. Juno 2a,-1'hc Havana steamship
| City Of New York, and tin tron bark Helen, OF
| Dundee. struck cach othcr about II o'clock sat.
urtay night, oI Absccom Light, on thu Nesf
JeFscy'coast. The Halen waA 10 injured that
Sue sank almost instantly, and llor Captain and
four OK the crew werd lost, Tho City OF Now
York was on her regular course to Havann, and
tl'c Hclon wns on her way frnm navaHa to this
port with =, cargo Of sugar. 4 henry fo9
was settling In from the south, anl
tho 'voasoIs wero 50 nsnr each other
when their proximity waa discovered TINT tho
collision could not 10 avoided. The bark VIVA
struck on tho port side Just forward Of the m!z-
zen rigging. The force Of tue blow was so great
a. to pcnetratq her iron plates, md, hs soon ns
tho etcaMcr drew away from her, sho went down
stern first. Before tho steamer waa ctenrol Will
lam H. Taylor, first officer, and Jena Muller, Johu
brown, n1'd George Cahcllcw, seatnan, climbed
on board Of her, and fourth seaman namcd
William Marazau was rescued by ono of tic
stoanior's boats. The steamer laid by the wreck
for ncarly two hnurs. but tic four other
men WHO made up the barks Grew could not be
found. Tho lost arc Capt. Robert Barclay
Argus BELL boatswain; Jacob fGabruclson, sca.
man; James loss, approntEco; md Porsu-
gueac named Fraucisco CoDk. Tic threo last-
named bud been sleeping Ia tint part Of tho
boat where thu stcamer struck, and, from tic
crIcs tlat wera heard after the collision, Ills
supposed tEiey Scro 60 injured TINT they we're
unable 10 reach the deck. Cnpt. Barclay, who
was In bis cabin at tic time, was
not sccn at all, anl it Is thought
be could not haro reached tho deck
before tho slip sank. The City OF Now York
was also much damaged by tho collision. Her
falso keel was badly sprung, md holes werc
broken In on both starboarl and port sides Of
the bow. After leaving tho wreck it was found
that shc Was lcnkng SO badly that It was tcelt)-
cd to scturn TO New York, urd a!o arrived hero
ut noon to-day. A laree torca OF men werc sot
to work removing her carco, and this will bo
forwarded by the steamers City Of Mexico md.
City Of Washington. Tho officers OF
tic steamship claim that thcru was no
lights On the Helen, ansl tl,at, whon It was dis
covered TINT tho lIclcn was near, tho latter sud
denly changed her coursc unl Btoud directly
across that OF tho steamer, so that It was iul-
possible to avoid her. Tho rescued sailors, OH
tho other hald, sag TINT all tho hark's lights wcso
propcrly placed and burning brightly; that sl,c
WINS standing off.shorc, awaiting daylight, md
thnt, during tile f0ggY weather, tho fog.horn
was constantly blown, and every prccnutlon.
taken to avoid u collision. Tho Captain
SAYS that tho shock OF the collision was not
very heavy, md tint there was no excitement
or confusion on board. Marazau, oue of tue
Hclcn's crew. says he saw two men struggling
fl tho watrr fighting for tho posscsAon
of floating spar. Neither gained
IT,, anu both Sunk bcforo the sscamer'a boat
reachcd" tho wtrca "r'tt "o>,1s ftlui Or GR Ill:
faset, vessel Is u broken compass, which proha-
BIZ fell from the bar'a e1osstfocs to Tic isea,n-
cr's deck.