, 1880-10-18

NtlA HUE sIa#l kAGws DF3H INuCHItl&
tho st.t he fntntl
WHAT APPEARED To ng TWO wnEcKs.
About onG-thir.1 tf tho lower llhss Ut f1rc-
ntH1-Hft rIgYGt ycssef. with toptuhsta attached,
projected nt,0ve tho, wAtur. 1'ho sunktu crslft
Ihy ,entlsnY ,mbtillt ndrtC. .nDrthwcst. Tim forca
mast t,nrr n now gnfrtnlsnII nna t1,lnrcsaIt
yarl with IN et,t su1arcsaEl attached. Tit maif.
tDpnast wna shnrtrr than tho fore. evidently tho
result IF MI Dl tr.Ak, M truck Ind bucn H.tttf
upon tho spur. Tho tnninFuiitnpsaIl WIS furlc,l.
Tho peak of thu fnresaFI only wHs visible, I,ta!nIy
indicating TINT tho snil Ind becu
rccfcd previous to tho t1fsastar.: Tho maInsnll
WIS SGT 10 ncutly full hight, ns werc MISC tho
tils. AL Of tho snils not furiod wcre either
a,ltt nr tnrs. Tho n,,sthentls Ut tho vpasel wcro
iai1tcd wnitu Instead OF dirk colnr, as had beun
reported by Capt. SeOt.. Of the schooner Golden
Fleece uu Saturday. From tho slz, md pruxi,,-
tty Ut tho auars, Capt. Joweil concluded that the
craft was uEu ri about tGJ tons burden. Eeur
the mnsts lust described, and ut II distance Of
mt nnra than thirty foot, tIontcd wI,nt nppenrc1
to he tho spnrH of q second schooner, wh!te OIL a
lno about midway between tho fore a,l,l min
,naBts Of tho !lrAi toptsast witt. gilt ball at-
! tactlcd projected fully twunty feet.
Tho mas;hcads Ut thIa supposed second
crnft wcro painted whito. while the
topmaHta were missing. Tho discovery Of these
apars. nM1 tho fact that tho topmlst lust re-
fcrrcd to lore gilt Eall. while no uIlt bnlls wcro
attached to thu otlers, convinced CAp.. Jewell
that twn vessels hnl been til collision, thnt 10th
Ind sunk close to cach othar. mid TINT their
crews must lave perisll1d. Accordingly be 20
rcporte,l upon reaching tho DOCK, und tho report
wis generally accepted as corrctt.
Inter In tho forenoon tho tug 4. 4. Carpenter
CHpt. George Mcdonald, stontnci out to tho
Rcene Ut disaster, beurfnx Superintendent Van
1)ulsnn. Tho result IF tho RESEARCH of this OK.
Hcltt9%n % yas nont.e!nk .i1t 9ont5t.lietnn ot
Thu snlra floattng IN tho wnter Wero tnado
o ,,ur or 'nI hc rrMYt sror,.a1 IL ,,,
@ "',cn FIJI F5ecer. fnt sinIana,S ,grss et,,i IKE Ike
Week ,e ~ ao ~ 9 asa f. Ms @ " tho
v t ,on'st siog,my os ,no , s n1 aso m y
!,tnstheMds tr9i tha tIeck attcr whit !: tcrmet!
IVY. ~ H. aI,,,i, ~ + rttR 70 t@Gu!nr
aiiu f,,fG " III ,g t o!,,,Ir % vMi, ~
, Maal9 ~! u,e EumshGr @ aje fnnent AiIcr ano
W. VIZ ieseue" lto'n epeeo'c'e nee' so'ne seafs
The J. y. !lncxloy. commanded by catt. C,i,
,ni, i. "no m - ffsarIeo ~ m psrt IN re-
aTI ,G o't tMo sHcM sesseI y ~ 1ht Iluth *
re- hen brksn "f IN tl,9 cp M a ws floatl'g on
tn 1iaed , oa tho wreck; pros'"b,y by
LI,f,,,. anu m!IzGi ...i, sheot. anu Was hnetNnx
T92 Ts pas' ~ scen n JsMs f' {" a S
10 e Ire in,z1ett tnpfnnst nI to Nelis. Resting
En1st % , hSr ts,lt's. Gtay Gnnt. @ @Miuotey oolE'
O.. vessel cSistrt, tncrc. ''>' ~"'' N''0 ''''"'
with these rcpprts before tten,. exnertcrcc,,
mariners GntcrtJ ttpUI1 I, rntsli,d sc,tsslun ~
,3'o s,!,.sss tht my hnve ee!.sl'ne to io*s u
of tho Unlon lint shn VIVA "a i"r,;r i,mtI..,i
With Irot.-Orn ms to j,sp hcr MIoyilticy. md
turtIntjy ti|slitstrd by tho sdunjj. Yrt thar,
wuru sOnu wto st0tltty ntlIlt.rr1l to TIM r,In.
clus!on tint abe ,slls sunk ~ tulitspn. Tiest,
FEW argued tllat tho fact TINT i,,rton Of tbt,
tufrnil had brrn hrtIl;nu m piufnIv jn,jf1,fTI
VESSEL HAD BEEN ItI1N INTO