Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-10

already there I have been in command OF the
Champion for the past - years. MIR. Leonard.
hrst officer, was in charge when the oolilslon
took place. He was tried and experienced
seaman, and had sailed with me over fourteen
years. He was man about 40 years old, a
resident of Brooklyn, and leaves wife aud
two children. My room, where went just be-
fore the collision, joined tho pilot house. In
fact you could almost step from one to another.
Tho Champion carried about five life boats
and life raft. L understand that four pass
gers and two seamen were picked up by y
bark that came along some time after the
collision. have heard since that she was
Norwegian, but thai is all. None Of us knew
her name or anything about her beyond the
fact that she was evidently bound north. The
Lady Ootayia, the ship that ran into us, saved
nine lives. We saved the rest on the life raft,
except, OF course, those which were picked up
by the unknown bark. The night was beau
were about thirty miles from land, from Cape
henlopen, which bore between fifteen and six
teen miles east by northeast of five fathom
bank lightship. We were in about fourteen
fathom of water. At the timeI last saw the
Champion, or at least her wreck her top masts
were about two feet out Of water. I would
rather not at present say anything about who
was to blame for the collision.
LOST AT SEA.
NEW YORK, Nov. S.-The Austrian bark Re-
bus, arriving in port this afternoon, brings
news of the loss of the schooner Petrol and fif-
teen of her passengers and crew, including the
captain, She also brings six survivors, all
left of company of tWenty-One persons.
Capt. lvoncich, of the Rebus, reports that
when thirty-four days out from Trieste he
espied the floating hull of dismasted vessel
full of water and water logged. That was on
the Sd Of November, in latitude 80 degrees
north, longitude 66 degrees, 40 minutes
west. The wind at the time was lively gale
from the north, and a strong sea was running
The weather was bitterly cold. Some persons
were on the hull signaling for help with strips
torn from their garments. Notwithstanding
the danger attending the effort a boat was
lowered and after battle with the elements
and at great risk of life to all concerned, six
persons on the wreck were saved. They all
survived, and they were all passengers. The
schooner petrol, Capt. Ivoncich, sailed on the
18th.
NEW YORK, Nov. S-News was received to-
day that the well known whaling schooner
Florence, lately employed by Capt. W. Fl.
Howgate, of tho signal bureau, in polar invcs-
legations, under command of Capt. Tyson,
had been lost in Gum berland straits to the
east of Hudson bay. She parted her chains
and went ashore during gale. Nobody was
was lost. The crew landed safely, but suffered
subsequently greatly from exposure. They
stripped the vessel. made tents Of the sails,
and stayed near the wreck for three days,
when they were rescued by passing vessel
which took two of them to
Peterhead Scott, from whence thev came to
expected in Scott's vessel, at Peterhead. The
Florence was owned by Q. A. Williams. of
New Bedford. On one trip to South Shetland
Island, she ma lie in 1872 $500, 900.