Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-24
ABANDONED AT SEA,
DISASTER TO THE STEAMSHIP BoRuss1A.

DISASTER TO THE STEAMSHIP BoRUss1A.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-The portion of ships
company of the abandoned steamer Borussis
landed at Queenstown to-day consisted of the
chief engineer, doctor, boatswain, and six sea,
men. They were picked up the 5th inst. in On
open boat. The Borussia had $50 passengers
of which number los embarked at Liverpool
and seventy -6ve at Corunna. The crew mum.
bered fiftv-two men. After leaving Corunna
the Oath of November the Borussia experienced
terrific weather and sprang leak the LIST of
December. The severity of the weather in
creasiny the vessel was abandoned on the I'd,
about $50 miles southwest of Fayal. The
captain and. second officer stayed with the
sinking steamer. The crew and passengers left
her in eleven boats. The survivors have no
hope for the other boats. Before they had
separated one boat had capsized and all the oc-
cupants drowned.
FURTHER DETAILS.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 23:-The survivors of
"Borussa' started Immediately for Liverpool.
1t appears that a panic occurred among the pas:
sengers and crew. The survivors state that no
order to launch the boats and prepare for
abandonment of the vessel was given by the
officers. The crew themselves lowered the
boats without waiting for orders. About a
dozen passengers got into the boats with part
of the crew. The remainder of the passen-
gers went down in the vessel with the captain
and second mate, three engineers, eleven fire.
men, three stewards, the carpenter and two
boys. One boat swamped alongside the steam
or and its occupants, five men, were drowned.
The survivors state that about o'clock on the
saw rocket ascend from the steamer and soon
after her mast head lights suddenly disap.
peared.
MORE DETAILS.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 23.-The survivors from the
borussia report the captain and majority of the
crew remained on board the vessel, only sixty
persons left in boats A Cork dispatch reports
one hundred and eighty-four persons were
aboard the Borussia. The captain, on seeing
all efforts to save the vessel would be useless.
ordered the boats to be got ready, some
RATS prepared, and neccssaries provided. The
vessel was abandoned at night, there being then
ten or eleven feet OF water in the engine room.
-Four or five boats were lowered about same
time but owning to darkness and heavy sea
they soon lost sight of each other.
OTHER DETAILS.
conE, Dec 2s--One of the survivors states
that seventy-six passengers embarked at Liver
pool. The vessel reached Corunns Nov. Is, all
we'll. After shipping some cargo and embark
ing about eighty Spanish emigrants, the Borus.
sla proceeded for Havana, on the Goth, the
wind being light from the southeast, with a
calm sea. On Nov. 30th the wind freshened
and increased to gale. On
the following day it suddenly
chopped to north-n orthwest, blowing strong,
with heavy cross sea- in which the ship labored
heavily. At noon she sprung a leak amidships.
All efforts at the pumps were fruitless to keep
tho ship free. The water filled the engine
room and stoke hole, putting out the fires and
stopping the engines. The crew still con-
tiuued to work at the pumps until next day,
the I'd inst, when it was determined to aban-
don the vessel.