, 1881-05-22
The Steamships Pembroke, ! and
oanos Come in. Collision = y.
Off Boston Light. =: -:. ..
Cut Down Below the Water-Line,
the Ganos Sinks in Forty . 4. :.
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4 Fretght-Train Runs into a Herd Of
X: Cattle aud Is Ditched, .:::. :::..='
Horrible Fate Of the Fireman Wills 1m-
49, prisoned in the Debris. :: = !: -

COLLISION BETWEEN STEAM SHIPS.
* Special Dspatch to The Chicago Trfbun:-
Boston, May el.-Lqst night q collision oc-
CURED ab1ut twenty miles below Boston Light
hetweon the steamships Pembroke nnd Gunos
which resulted In the sinking of the latter ves-
sci ln less than i've minutes after being struck
The Gnnos was from Natanzns, Cuba, sugar
laden, and was owned by Mcssrs- Breggs & Sons.
OF Hull, England, and bound FOR this port. Tho
Pembroke is ono OF tho Warren Company's
steamers Of thiA city, und sailed yesterday with
4 general cargo for Liverpool. Thocoitlsion oe-
CURED about Z clock, the Pembroke striking the
Ganos on her porr side uppostt her fore rigging.
Tho crew Of THO Guuos had barely time to
launch one Of her boats, into which twcnty-six
men crowded, before tho vessel went down II.
forty fathoms Of wnter.- William Heidelberg,
fireman, aged 90 years, native of Stockholm,
was unable to reach tho deck befora tho yessel
sank, and wis lost The fishing e1nack Sylph.
which happened to be near ut the time OF t,u
collision, immediately put oil for tho boat, and
but for her timely assistance tho boat With her
human freight Wou Id hare certutnly gone dawn,
ns she Wus fnst tiiinx with water. The
boats OF the Pembroke were lMsne-
4iately lowered, and her passengers nnd
crew embarked therein, but the dn1uagc to har
bow was not considered dangerous. Tho story
of tho disaster, as seen and understood by the
two Captains, Was obtai med this morn Ing. Cnp-
tain Je1lurd snys that the Pembroke was moving
at moderate speed, sounding fog signals. When
not far away, as the mist lifted for m instant,
another steamer WIS seen OH for stArbnard bow,
Il was perceived thAt II collision was inevitable.
Almost Mt once tho vessels came together with
crash. They parted; the fog settled down
again, and it was found that tho Penn
broke was comparatively unharmed. uer bouts
were lowered to rculer assistance IL necessary,
but It sSus soon discovered that 1t was not need
ed She 1ay to NIL night, and this morning re-
turned to the pppcr hnrbor with her bow-pistcs
started md four or her compartments filled
with water: There IS 10 be survey Ut tho Pom
before she again loaves port, Mr. o. 4. Hen
derson. British Consul here, will cause the cir
cumstances Of tho colllston to bc fully inresti-
engines had been slowed just prior TO the coil sto,
and that lo heard the siynais of tho Pembroke.
but "as uncertain Of the position Of that YES
ncar hlm, and immediately that vessel camc
upon the port bow OF tho GAnos, crushing il in
lie ordere1 bis boats ' lowered at once. Ills crew
had scarcely gut into tham when his stentner
went down, leuytax them with nothing bur the
and crew Of the Gangos He We're % bFousht 70 noston
and are in the care Of tho British Consul: The
in forty fathoms OF water. It Is not known
whether she was insured or not. She was I'LL
iron steamer Of 1.i43 TONS was built in 18Th. wn5
valued ut $18.0O0. and was owned by Briggs, OF
Hull, England. She sailed for Aatuuzns on the
18th Of tho present month with full
cargo of 2,500 hogsheads- Of sugar Of
high grade, and valued ut 375,000.
The cargo which WAS consigned to Rufus G.
Cush1num S. Co., Of this city, hhs boen purchased
for the Continental Sugar Refinery, and WIS
fully insured the following bein9 among the
companies: American OF Boston, SlU,o10; Delu-
ware Mutual of PHILADELPHIA, S30.NE); Manu-
facturers' aud RoyiSron nf Boston, $i3.00o eaoh.
fnf11 1f rain 1rF4 In a
The Boston 31arge of Boston and the Atluntic
of New York also had risks OH thesu9ar. ~ 8 =