Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-18
COLLISION At SEA.
SINKING, OF 4 BARK BY A BOS
Ton STEAMSHIP.

T.,.. q the ArfhGr & Made 81 Ssh
rreEer -hoaI--C0Ilfdes With the cts
Of Calunssus and j. sunk IN Twenty
Fzshorus - Wzfe--Rs.cue u the Of
feer. and Crew-8n Unavoidable Dis
zster-C4ps- Wright. Report
Tne steamship City n Columbus. Capt
ETrlz-t- arrived - tals port from B5stol
resterdzr mining. having IN lizard tae
gEe-rs and crew ard Gle passenger y
re t.e-reu-i-e Arthur o. II srle- VI l1el was
sunk liz = e1llisl1n vita re steamship u
yaat8e.at lat FRIDAY m0rning. Capt
sErlgat Immediately GJgn landing report
- t5e zeeidsnt y Hessrs. Richardson a
Barnard. the azents u toe line.
TIE City u Columbus sailed from Boz
ron last T1lrs1zE. tA- 18th Instant al D.
s-aerzge. and q bout u D.cl0cE t1e iDllDN-
ny r1gruinz e0IIld@d In = thick f0y VITA
M bark Arthur 4. S. ade.H from lalt---
~ Cu8z- ,gadz5 with crude sugar and
slJrd fgr Bg=t8n. The dense IL that
prevailed DreEeuts7i tie 94rk from telng
en- although ever pr--auttou LA 1@7-n
taken u prevent the possibility u 4 col
u-IgB. W1istles were blown continually
ard watches were kept 0gt.5ut j vas i'm
11-sI5le - r-Detrats the darkness and
t1e only intiusti0n u the approach u the
gark vac the so4D0 u q horn from her
deck ne vas then under The tCH - the
sllB and a collision Was inevitable. -1e
Nas struck Du tne pCrt -l1e fetNssn the
main and uILZeD mast dD1 sunk IL alsylt
fifteen minute Iu twenty ~ twenty-five
f4taouls u water. The officers. crew and
passenger. consisting u Tn nen and
boz were taken u and brought over tne
9gW u the steamship 1hIle the vessels
we're stiil ln contact. The shock vas
heavy. A. sOoD a. the men were rescued
the bark began ~ sink ana the steamer
drew u - she careene1 over and went
down with every stitch ofcanTas spread
The City II Columbus proceeded On her
c0ur7e and arrived AZ quarantine yester-
day mOruIny. where soe reported having
On lizard the Officers and crew n a baTken-
tine from an infected port. The Quarantine
Officer. Dr.. Hughes. vent On board and
allowed the ship ~ come Up - the city
but ordered her not ~ land until the mat
Ter had been reported ~ tie Health Omcer.
Dr. MCFARLAND Was notified DF the con
-lgne1-. Nrszr-. Richardson Il Barnard.
IL allowed the passengers ~ land and
the frel yht ~ ~ delivered. but placed the
crew u the bark under the Surveillance
u the 0f5cers " the steamship and the
police o. the wharf until further orders.
4 meeting ~ the Board 81 sanitary
Commissioner Ha- called a. the Oitlce u
j. J.. Wilder Esq.. Acting MAYOR. Pre-
ent. J.J. Wilder. Chairman, Hon. j. +.
Wheaton. Sir. ). j.. oau75F and Or. j. J..
Mcfarland.
The Health Officer wa- instructed ~
move the crew ~ the quAi antine station
a. early ~ practicable. and also that they
remain there until the ship was ready -
take them " Boston. About 2 O'Clock p.
10. Or. Mcfarland. acting under the
aJJve order saw the Captain. passenger
and crew frDTn tue -UnEen DArkentIne DC
Iisered AZ the quarantine station.
Capt Wight made the following report
~ the disaster.
The ship sailed from her wharf al BOs-
ton 3. m.- THURSDAY 18Th " september To-
caarge " TOW boat: wind y. and f.; thick
toy: proceeded ~ snip channei dismissed
TOYS boat and dropped anchor waiting Tor
weather ~ clear up. AT J.Dj =. ~. fOg
lighted weighed anchor. and proceeded
down the harbOr: weather hazy; passed
Boston light 1000 2. M: MlnOits light
1870 p. M; weather hay, but could see
light > ~ miles. Passed Race
Point 1850 n. M. Highland light
l.%j m. Sausett Light Z.33 d. m;
weather boxing like fog; kept the ship
- ~ pass out south enamel: passed a
number II vessels standing n the y. and
r. Al G.30 a. IN. changed vessels course
~ T.; course at 7.4j a. m, -.W.;
course Al a. m. -.W By W; the fog
coming in thick reduced the ships speed
everything going smoothly: passed two
vessels bound ~ the y. and h.;
steamship going al reduced speed
and whistle sounding every minute: ~
a. M fox still very thick; l:0J "A. m. fo2
very thick, heard A horn. put wheel ~
port and reversed engine 20 fun speed
back, but the vessel was - near that a
collision was unavoidable. struck the
vessel between main and .miZZen ma-ts
and caused her ~ sink ln about ten Or
fifteen minutes. Took on All the
crew and one passenger. sent
man over our bow ~ report what damage
the steamer had received. and found no
material damage had been sustained.
The Fe.7ei cOllided with proved ~ ~ the
barkentine Arthur q. vs. abe. from Cape
1aiJarien. CuDa. bound ~ bD7tDa.
The sunkeu bark vac built ~ Bath.
Ne. IN 100. size y A. 0D4Dle deck res-
sei u ~ tome. and CHASED ! llr Twelve
years. 78e was "a aau1-Jlle craft, and
Eas owned Dy Messr.. J. r. WinslDH h
a., " Portland. Ne. -ae sailed from
CaiDarien, Cuba. ~ the 5Ist " August. haY-
Iug On board 80 uDgshedds " crude Ill
gar, consigned ~ the standard sugar Re-
GneTy. " Boston. and Was valued Al about
81. 30. The cargo was valued al 10000,
and was insured. but the officers and crew
Loot everything they Possessed.
From the statement II the officers b. APP
pears the collision was unavoidable. In
the thick fog II was impossible ~ sec amy
distance beyond the ship and when the
barkeutiue WAS discovered it was too late
10 change the ships course Or stop her.
The attention was directed - the rescue
Of those on board the sinking vessel.
The City Of Columbus is commanded
by an able Captain and an efficient corps
Of officers she will sail on her return