The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-11-12
Early Friday Morning, About
Sixteen Miles from Cape
HsnlOpsn.
The Champion Goes Down in Five
Minutes, With Thirty-TWo
Persons on Board.
Twenty-Five Of the Crew and Passen-
gers Reported to be Saved.
All of the Lady Passengers Lost During
the Confusion.
COLLISION AT SEA.

COLLISION AT SEA.
The Steamer Champion Sunk and Thirty
Two Lives Lost.
LEwEs, Del Nov S-The steamer Champion,
from New York, for Charleston, was run into
and sunk yesterday morning on the capes.
persons are said to be saved. The ship
Lady Octavia, from Breakwater, for New
Champion, striking her amidships, and sink
ing her in five minutes. Twenty-Five persons
occurred Is miles off the capes at O'CLOCK yes.
terday morning. The steamer is badly dam
aged, and is being towed to Philadelphia. The
tain Lockwood commanded.
THE CREW AND PASSENGERS ON THE ILL
FATED sTEAMER-THE NEWS AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Nov. s-The following are the
w. w. clark, VIM Peete, VIM. Siska. Joseph
Mitchell, Mrs. Andrews and Miss Nickol, of
Charleston; H. Fl. H.Haxtable and wife, of Bos-
ton: The steerage passengers wers L. Patten,
2: Patten, B: Foster, NJ: Bread. Kaie
of1cers and crew were: Captain, r. w. Lock-
wood, Of Charleston; John r. Moffitt, purser,
Miller, second mate; S. o. Stiles, carpenter.
Seamen: John NJ. Thompson, Frederick
Richards, Charles EpIer, Frank Jacobson, Paul
Frederick McMann and Richard Owens and
John Allen, both boys. A. 7. Potts, oiler:
Farrell, Frank Petit. Mike Savage and Luke
Kelly. Strokers: August Winters, Frank
Garigan, VIM. Curtain, Luke Kelly and Alex
ander Rose. Peter SmaIIs, steward; Charlotte
Smalls and Catherine Cross, stewarde6ses;
man; man Isaac el hammond. COOK: john RlcaaTd- nsSs
son, second cook; Daniel Girardson, pastry
cook; Antonio Mishaw, pantryman, and Geo.
Holland and Moses Cook, both walters Steve
Reeves, engineer; c L. Bunce, first assistant
engineer; Casper Fobery, second assistant en-
gineer. The vessel is laden with general cargo,
which, it is said, was insured. She was valued
at about s2o0O00: No dispatches have arrived
up to noon today. The company have teie
graphed to Charleston, Philadelphia and other
points for news the foiiowing dispatch was
steamship at Lewes, Del, by the agents here:
"Please see that those saved have the best sc-
the captain and steward to take particular
care OF them" Captain Lockwood has been
II years: He lived in Charleston, and was an
unmarried IN. man: nan. ag A good many OF
see Of tSe mesdens Of
The Champion was twomasted vessel, brig
rigged, and a side wheeler. She was about
1.2UO tons burden, and about $40 feet long,
There were only few callers at the company's
office this morning making inquiries about
rick. The Champion sailed from this port on
Thursday last, two days before her time. The
business r. r. Leonard fir irst Officer, ni resided
in Brooklyn, while Charles Miller. second
wood had been in command of the Champion
for about IL years.
A dispatch from Lewes, Del, says: Crowds
of people have gathered around the branch
office of the Maritime Exchange, hungrily
asking for news. From the reports of the pilot
boats it appears the bark struck the steam
ship amidships, cutting her to the waters edge;
she filled and sank in five minutes. That 81
al q mes eas5 o
Cape May ana Henlopen, just about
lay on the ocean % Of the % shore. The ship Ladg
OctavIa was much damaged, and could not
proceed further on her voyage. Accordingly
signal of distress was hOisted and the flag
shown for a tug. In response one OF the large
Delaware bay tug boats came to her and gave
Delaware river, bound for Philadelphia. The
breakwater is tull of shipping, and masters of
Town are fiocking to Lewes for news. The
Champion was one OF the firstiron steamships
iaunched Y:n y; this country; having been built
modore Vanderbilt. She had frequently bee d
oyerhauled and re paired and was considered in
~; her original tonnage was l,452, out of late
was 14lS. She had three decks and two
masts. was built in four compartments, and
she was brigantine rugged; her length was
234 feet, breadth of beam 81 feet, depth OF hold
The Champion originally run to Panama. She
was sold by Commodore Vanderbilt TO the
Pacific NAH steamsnip company, from which
was the. two hundred and sixty-sixth
q the latter company. The vessel never efnnee met
with any serious mishap before, and was con-
aehy an MeI to s
Co.. She was partly insured against fire, but
had NO marine insurance. The Lady Octavia,
one OF the first built exclusively of iron in
British Lloyds: she is reported to be built Of
heavier iron plates than the law requires. The
Lady Octayia was built in 1854, in Warrington,
she registers liz tons. new measnrement s .s1a
was 200 feet long, a6 feet breadth of beam, and
e feet depth OF hold: She was last surveyed
In London, and rates high in Lloyd's She
was among the first of the iron ship built in
North Engiand.==On the lst of September she
sailed from Rio Jsinero with with a cargo Of
coffee, clearing for breakwater for ORDERS
wsfer, on November 3, and remained there
until the evening of the 9Th, when she then
went to sea. and had been out of harbor COM
dent occurred. she Is owned in Greenock by
q. Adams q Co. The Champion was amply
provided With life saving appliances for 1853
Wers0ns, She had five metal life boats, all
NLutpped: one life raft and 163 life preservers.
Captain Lockwood, of the lost steamer
Champion, arrived in this city this afternoon,
with the rescued seamen, and reported TO the
agents Office, and were heartily welco ned
and congratulated on their narrow escape.
THE RESCUED.
The names OF the rescued as learned are:
Captain r. w. Lockwood, Second Officer O.
Miller; seamen, Charles Elder. FREDERICK Nc.
Mann, Frank Jackson, Frederick Richards
Reeve, Fist assistant Ensineef e. E. suncs sns
dfemen. E1ward Jones, William Farrell,
Patrick Flynn, Luke Kelley and Alexander
John Fesler; Stewardess Catharine Cross
uaitefs. George Holland and M. Pinckney
fonT q hs pssssrges ss,d and tyo Of the crew,
uuknown bark, supposed to be Norwegian,
which lowered boats and rescued these peo-
ple The basx was said to be bound north.
s1ArEszhs7 OF THE cARrAIN OF THE 1LI~rArED
Captain lockwood, In answer to inferroga-
lions, gave the following account Of the dis.