Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-11-13

brings SIX survivors, all that were left Of a
company Of twentyone persons.
Captain IvanCech Of the Rebus reports that
when thirty-four days out from Trieste he
espied the floating hull of a dismasted yes
| sci full Of water and water logged. That
was on the Sd Of November In latitude
30 deg north, longitude 66 deg. 40 min.
west. The wind at that time blew
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, boat was lowered, and, after battle.
with the elements and at great risk of life Of
all concerned, six persons on the wreck were
saved. They were all that survived, and they
we're all passengers.
The schooner PetreI Captain Fisher, sailed
on the 25th of October for whaling voyage
In the Atlantic, and carrying Portuguese
passengers, number of paid-off whale
men returning home, to be landed at.
Fayal, in Azores, and on Madeira and on
Canary Islands. She encountered terrible
gales that swept the North Atlantic Ocean
in the last days of October and early days of
November After being dismasted the schOon-
er became unmanageable, and drifted play
thing of the gale. On the goth of October she
was capsized in a squall and fifteen persons
were lost, including Captain Fisher. From
six survivors clung to the wreck, exposed to
the cold and storm, and without covering, and
kept continually wet by the seas that swept
over them. They had some food, but little
water to drink and when relief came they
were almost frantic with joy. The Petrol was
q small schooner of only sixty-One tons. The
master, George Fisher, was her owner as well.
She was built in 1910 in New5uryport, Massa-
Chusetts A list of the lost on the schooner
Petrol includes eight passengers, only one,
Benjamin Martin, an American. The rest of
the passengers and all the crew were Portu--
guese
BALTIMORE, Nov. 9.
The steamer Falcon, with Captain Kirby,
left this port at four O'Clock yesterday after
noon for Charleston with a full cargo and
seven passengers. When off Barren Island,
and about ten miles south of Sharps Island,
she collided with the three-masted steamer
s. @. Tryon, Captain NickersOn, laden with
ice from Kennebec River for this port. At
0:15 the schooner sighted the steamer and
kept on her conrse under a leading
breeze and steering a point west of north.
Just before they met the course of the
steamer was changed and she ran across the,
course of the schooner when a collision oc--
Cured at 10: 80. The bow of the schooner
struck the hull of the steamer on line with
the mizzenmast, crushing through and de-
stroying the upper works. AS soon.
as they could be loosed from each
other, Captain Kirby steered for shoal
water, the collision having occurred where
the water was twelve fathoms but,
before he proceeded half mile the steamer
went down. All the boats of the Falcon were
stove, though her life boat was made availa-
BILE, and the women and children first put
into it and then the male passengers, and
sent to the schooner. Before the boat re:
turned the Falcon had gone down, and her.
officers and crew, twenty-five in number,
climbed into the rigging, whence they were
rescued The schooner lay by until day
light, when she continued her course and ar
MYed here at five this afternoon. The passen-
gers lost all their clothing except what they
hadNon. The schooner is damaged to the eX--
tent 0& $500. The Falcon is about 600 tons
burthen, ,Nhelongs to the Charleston Steamship
and Railroad Company, and is worth S25 OOU
or 100000. Her cargo is valued at about S5O,-
900, but much on that may be recovered She
sank in seven fath6ms Of water, and her mast
heads and topmasts axe visible.