The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-24
TOSSED ON THE DEEP.
A British Steamship with q Cattle Cargo
Disabled at Sea.

BALTIMORE, November 2S.-The British
steamship Baltimore, Capt. Rowles. which
sailed from this port Tuesday last, With 4
large cargo, including 396 cattle for Lon,
don, returned this morning. First officer
Mitchell reports that the ship passed Out
the capes Wednesday, when the weather
was boisterous, but she behaved well until
Thursday night. AS soon as the gull
stream was reached heavy chop sea was
encountered, but the shipkep her course.
On Thursday night about 10 o'clock
while the first officers watch was on
deck, she was struck by q sea
which swept the forward deck, carrying
away the cattle pens and sweeping 10 or
12 OF the cattle overheard. First officer
Mitchell was thrown down and so severely
injured that he had to be taken TO his
room. Boatswain Thompson was then
called to take watch, aud he and Captain
ROwles, who had come on deck, were
standing on the bridge when 1t was dis.
covered that the Iris sail was adriit. Capt.
Rowles ordered Thompson to take the
men and secure It. The work required
about q halfa hour, and when Thomp-
son returned to his post on the
bridge, he found the dead body
OF Captain Rowles. The gin block
over the forward hatch had fallen on the
head OF Captain Rowles, and both hangs
had crushed through his skull to the
brain, killing him instantly. A halt hour
later the ship became unmanageable and
hroached to. For some time she was
bufieted by the sea, and had become per.
fectly wild. The ship was, however, got
on an even keel again and started on re-.
turn for this port Her hull suffered no
damage, and the only injury she sus.
tained was the loss OF fore.boom besides
the cattle swept oyerboard-a number
were killed; the whole loss amounting to
about ninety. Many were crippled. The
boatswain says that Capt. Rowles before
he was killed, expressed his intention to
return 70 Baltimore, rs the cattle pens,
piled with loose bales OF hay, were not
fit for voyage across the Atlantic at this
season OF the year.
Schoonefs Lost In u SNOW storm.
HALIFAX, November 23.-Advices from
New Foundland give the particulars Of the
loss at Quirpon, Labrador, on the 4th
inst, Of the schooners Wild Briar, Grey
Hound and Susan during thick snow
storm. The three crafts made Glengary
Head and shaped their course for Quirpoil1
and then made the middle point Of OUR
pom.
The mistake being discovered, helms
were put hard.a.pOrt, but too late, they
were in wild night on rocks. They Let |
go the anchor bat still striking heavily
and filling with water. They nextgot out |
the boats and crews Of the crafts with the
clothes gear etc. and safely landed. Men
OF Susan not so fortunate, had barely time
to get out OF her, when she sunk, and one
young woman named Galloway, belonging
to the Island Cane, met with wattery |
grave. Three crafts had on board one
hundred and twenty eight individuals,
men, women and children. lr ......-.,..
The latest news relative to the boating
accident at Spencer's Island, near Pariboro,
Saturday night, the 18th inst, says seven
persons were drowned. The people on the
shore could see seven persons In the boat,
two OF them women, one Of whom had q
little child in her arms. Pitch darkness
shut down on them, and when morning |
came the boat was found bottom up hbout
a mile from where they had anchored.
Four bodies have washed ashore, three
men and one young woman,
Another Lake Disaster.
DETROIT, November ga special to the
Post aud Tribune, from Traverse City, re-
ports that the schooner W. B. Phelps, OF
Oswego, went ashore at Glen Arbor, Lake
Michigan, Wednesday night. The vessel
and cargo, 1900 bushels Of wheat, are a
total loss. Capt. Kelly, Robert Dewey,
George Kelly, Of 0swego, Frank Golden,
cook, of Sanduskey, and German sailor,
name unknown, who shipped at Milwau.
kee, were all drowned. First mate Hon.
rigan and Edward J.. Goe, Of 0swego, were
saved. i