The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-09
ANOTHER OCEAN HORROR.
Sinking Of Charleston Steamer
Near the Delaware Capes.
Thirty-Two Persons Reported 70 10
Lout--Twenty- Five Saved
Of the Officers, Grew and
Passengers.
Particulars Of the Disaster.

I,EwEs Del. Nov s.-The ship Lady Oc-
tnyIn. from Breakwater for New YORK, 81
ided with the steamer Champion, from New
York for Charleston, striking the steamer
amidship and sinking her In five minutes.
RI ii rumored that twenty-five are saved
And thirty-two lost The collision occurred
fhirty-fiye miles of the capes, at o'clock
yesterday morning. The ship - badly dam
aged and ID being towed to philadelphia by q
tug.
The following are the names Of the cabin
passenRers who shipped On tho Champion
j. \. Marvin, g; Stsafeny, Y: y. CLARK ~ Wm.
drews and Miss Nickel, Of Charleston; Ii.
ADxtable and wife. VI Boston. n,
The steeraRe passengers were Y. Pattem, L.
patten, j.. ID. Foster, "A. Broad, Kate Thae-
key, Rose Barbery and j 3 Koran q u; =, ,,,,,,
ars Capt. II. W. Lockwood, u Charleston;
III. Leonard, mate; Charles Miller. second
mate; g. q; stiles, CARPENTER carpenter: Sen zen
men: John Thonmpson' rsher'9 aaco haon
F FRED MaeMann. aid Richard Owens
and John Allan, both boys; Wesley Reeves.
engineer; q. u. Bunce, first assistant on
RIUHHTS JHAtGI FOH6Akt s1s1ih -
Rinear: v. IT Potts, niler:, Edward Jones,
Patrick Flynn, VIM. Farrall. Frank Pattit,
Mike Savage and Luke Kelley, tlremen; Au-
gust Winters, Frank Garigan. VIM. Curter,
Mike Kelley and Alexander Rose. all stokers;
Peter Smalls. steward; Charlotte Smalls and
Catherine Cross, atewardessea. John Foster,
porter; Andrew Middleton, mess man; Isaac
Hammond, cook John A. Richardson, second
cook; Daniel Girardson. pastry cook; Anto,
nio Mishow, pantry man. and Geo. Holland
a.,H Miahnaf rtnrhnnv both WltNrH.
The vessel was laden with general cargo,
which, II ID said, was insured. She was valued
al about 100000.
No dispatches have been received at the
company'a Office, Pier No. 2,sNorth river. re-
gardiug the disaster up 70 noon to-day. The
company have tee9raphed to Charleston,
Philadelphia and other points Tor news about
the vessel.
The following dispatch was sent to Whaley
III Son, who are agents OF the Old Dominion
line at Lewes, Del. by the agents here to-day .
"please SEQ that those saved have the best nn-
commodaton the ship affords. and toll both
tho captain and steward TO take particular
care Of them
ment of tho company for about twelve years
He lived In Charleston, and is unmarried. A
rupd many III the crew were cOlOred men,
some OF them residents OF Charleston.
PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. s.-The ship Lady
Octavla, which WAS In collision with Inc
ea oh4 .sar,a t has h arre e b bee
ware Breakwater at $50 a. N. on Thurs
day. AT a. nj. Friday, forty miles east by
north half north, from Cape May. he was
run Into by the steamer Champion from New
York The Champion struck her just aft the
stern. The steamer was 30 badly damaged
that abe sunk In tour minutes Thirty per-
sons of her crew and passengers were lost.
and twenty-four saved and placed % other
vessels by the Octavla. The first mate OF the
Dctavia james Ferguson, was IN charge 81
the deck ut the time Of the collision. The De-
tavia brought none Of those who were res
Cued I'd this port.
The following Ia a list Of those Of the Cham
pion's crew and passengers known to have
been saved: Il. W. Lockwood, captain; Chas.
Miller, second mate; John Thompson Chas.
Ehlen Fred X. Mackennen, Fred X. Richards
and Frank jackson, seamen; Richard owens,
boy: Wesley Reeve, chief engineer: Charles
ID. Bunce, first assistant engineer; Edward
Jones, William Farrell Patrick Flynn. Luke
Kelly, Rremen; Alex Rose, coal passer; Isaac
Hammond, chief clerk; John Foster. porter !;
Catherine Gross, stewardess; George Holland
and Moses Pinoaney, walters. Four passen-
Rers and two Of the crew were placed on
board ON unknown bark and sent to New
York.
Capt James johnson. of Greenock, master
III the Lady Octavia, makes the following
NY sh np arrived q, g. ayaars
the twenty-third Of October, and sailed for
New York about 10 o'clock on Thursday night
last About "a O'clock yesterday morning,
when we had sailed about thirty miles, o col.
Iision occurred. The night was clear and
warm and the moon shining brightly. We
were moving ut the rate Of 81. or knots an
hour My chief mate reported ahead, ten
minutes before the accident happened, o
steamer, which continued on her course. and
On mine, and we approached each aaaat other .n;
man on the lookout of my vessel reported
the steamers starboard light from our
port bow, and then she shipped, and
her port light became visible, showing she
had turned on her course. We had o man on
the lookout constantly, but there could have
been no lookout on the Champion. Her cap
tain. Lockwood, subsequently told me that
he had altered her course the moment before
the collision, but assigned no reason for do
inG co. and that he did not see my ship, which
Indicates that my idea In regard to the look
out was correct. Indeed, was informed that
the man who should have been on the lookout
was aloft looseninR sail. The ship sank In
four minutes after the collision and there was
terrible panic. | at once ordered the boats
20 be lowered, and, In fact, they were In the
water befo TO the steamer went down. Two
OF her crew jumped on board OF my
ship at the time she struck. In all
thirty persons we're fO5t-anunE them tie
first mate and five women. Twelve OF the
missing were passengers. | mean to say that
the steamer came on us end on end. There
was no possible means Of avoiding her. II
was impossible to tell the extent OF her inju-
ries, she went down 80 quickly and there was
90 much confusion. Five of the passengers
and two Of the crew We're sent TO New York In
. bark that came alongside, but did not get
their names or the name OF the vessel they are
on. When the Octavia reached Green street
wharf one of her tugs left her, and subsequent
lE IN was learned from the boatswain OF the
Octavia that this tug contained Capt Lock
& Mood and the passengers and crew, and that
Ill were ut once taken to the Ninth and Green
street depot and left for New York.
LIST OF THE SAVED.
NEW YORK, Nov. s-Capt. Lockwood, Of
y the lost steamer Champion, arrived In this
city about o'clock this afternoon. with the
rescued seamen. and reported at the agent y
once on West street He was heartily well
y coined and congratulated on his narrow
s seoape, as were also those who were with him.
The names of the rescued, as learned from the
captain were - follows: Capt. r. w. Lock-
N0Od, @. Miller. second officer; Chas. Ehler,
Frederick McMann. Frank jackson. Fred.
RiehArds, searnens Richard Owings deck
Wy. xnd Wesley Reeve, chief engineer.