National Republican., 1883-09-19
STORMY SEASON AT SEA.
Sixteen Passengers Lost from Stranded
Vessel at Sable Island.
Many Vessels DismantIed and Wrecked In
Recent Hurricanes.


weather until the eighteenth ultimo, whom
storm set in Las ling until tho twenty-frst;
but the vessel sustained no damage other than
the loss of sails, and proceeded on her voyage
until the twenty eight, when n severe gale
set in, during which portions of the bulwarks
and two sails were carried away, but no other
injury was caused. During the evening
Seaman Lewis Smith fell from the
main yard to tho deck, breaking an arm,
which prevented him from further labor on
the voyage, After the subsistence OF the
gale the Brttania proceeded without further
mishap until the dreaded vicinity of Sable
island was reached on the afternoon of Sun
day, the twenty second ultimo. / had good
sights and thought the vessel would pass be-
tween thirty and forty miles eastward of any
danger. About 1 o'clock on Monday morn
ing the attention of Chief Officer Foye was
directed to white line on the starboard, but
Foy, who was in charge at the time thought
il was an iceberg. The next moment the
vessel struck on n sand bar and refused to
move when the helm was ordered hard port
In the morning q sailbOat' put out from land
about ten miles distant, but owing to the
bark being stranded on the other side OF the
bar we could not be reached and the boat
had to return in the afternoon without rem
dering any assistance. In the afternoon
westward bound bark approached close to u.s.
but took no notice of our signal of distress.
The succeeding night and day were spent in
great danger, tho sea becoming turbulent
and frequently washing over the ship. Lewis
Smith, the man who had q broken arm, was
carried of the raised platform on deck and
was not seen afterward. Tho water pouring
in below had forced up the planki ng of the
deck, and continuing to rise compelled my
wife and four children and the crew to take
refuge on the top of the after house.
On Tuesday afternoon, the vessel beginning
to break up, all hands took to small raft
that had formed itself of floating wreckage.
Hardly had the people got on this when
heavy sea washed Off every soul, and the cap
tain and eight men were the only ones that
regained it, Two of the little children were
picked out of the water alongside eimmediately
after, but both expired in few minutes from
exposure and fright. During the night and
tho following morning five Others were lost
in similar manner, and when day broke
there were but four left. These found them
selves to be about three miles from land, and
about 10 o'clock boat put out and
took them ashore. The following are
the names of the lost First officer George
Foye, of Liverpool, England, about 80 years
DID, widower; second officer, Arthur
Holmes, of Bristol, aged 49, unmarried; the
steward, belonged ut Liverpool, about 60 years
old, name unknown John johnson, Of Fin
land, aged 49, unmarried; Lewis Smith, aged
40, of Norway, unmarried; Frederick Hen
derson, aged IL, of Glasgow Arthur Port
house, aged 1S, of Liverpool; Ernest Motion,
aged 10, Of Brighton; Mrs Emily Gasston,
aged 80, of Shortham, England, and four
children; Ethelwen, IL Beatrice, 8; Stanley,
z, and babe of months.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept. 1S.-Capt Hazard,
of the steamer Bolivar, which arrived this
morning from New York, reports Sept. 16, A
o'clock p. m, twenty miles south of Delaware
lightship, passed brig and bark, under jury
masts, making for Delaware brcakwater.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 1S.-The steamer Sagi-
nav proves to be safe. as arc all her passen-
gers. The Saginaw was laid up at Detroit for
the season on Saturday, and her passengers
were transferred to the steamer Keweenaw,
which put into Pigeon cove during storm
and lay there until this morning, wien the
storm abating she set sail for Cleveland and
is hourly expected. About a dozen of her
passengers landed at Pigeon cove and took
conveyances to the nearest railway station
yesterday, returning by rail via Detroit and
Toledo. Capt. Stephens, of the ste IN barge
Oakland, which foundered of Conneaut yes
terday in gale, telegraphed from Fairp5lt
this morning that he and the three others
supposed to have been lost made their escape
to the shore and are safe.
LEwEs, DEL, Sept 1S.-Pilots report an
unknown schooner below seriously damaged,
and many vessels to southwark badly dis
abled.
DELAWARE BREARwATER, Sept. 1S.-The
brigantine Clara jenkins, from Boston Aug
13 for Mobile. has arrived, dsmasted, and left
for Philadelphia in tow of tugs.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 1S.--The steamer
City of Savannah, from Savannah, reports on
sixteenth instant, in lat. $40, long. $40, she
passed large quantities of wrcckage, consisting
of broken spars, joiner work painted white
and several doors, also painted white, with
glass knobs, supposed to be from II steamer
nIs Ia inat in lot
long. 740 AS, more joiner work, also painted
white.
Brig Daphne, Savannah, Aug 49, for
Pernambuco, which put in here in distress
with cargo of lumber, rosin, &C., reports
that on Aug. %, latitude 80 54/, longitude
100 15', she took hurricane from the east,
backing gradually to southwark, with tre-
mendous seas. On the twenty-eghth ultimo
she took heavy gale from southeast, at 10
o'clock p. M, in latitude $50 or, longitude
! go 46'. 1t blew tornado. The vessel was
thrown on her beam ends, and the water was
on top of the deck load nearly up to the main
mast. For the safety of life and property
she cut away the foremaintopmasts, the lib
boom going at same time, and jettisoned the
deck load. The cabin was flooded with water
damaging everything, including stores. The
barometer during the height of the gale
marked 26o.
The brig Helen o. Phinney, from New
York, Aug L. for Turks Island, here in dis
tress, reports experiencing severe hurri-
cane on the twenty-fourth ultimo, latitude
27o, longitude GO 40' from south, hacking to
west northwest, during which the foremast,
with all att ached, maintopmast and bow
spirit were lost. The vessels copper was con
siderably torn, and she was much strained
and leaking 40 strokes per hour. Sept. 10,
latitude $40, longitude 75o, took her another
gale from south to southwest On the thir-
teenth instant she passed, OFF the Chesapeake
bay, vessel supposed from her size, to be a
barkentine dismasted. She had main jury
mast rigged.
Gov. Pattison Vetoes the Pay Resolution.