Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-28
DOWN TO DEATH.
Another Vessel Wrecked and Sunk in
Midocean.
Terrible Struggle of soamen and Pas
sengors for Life.

New York, February 5.--Thc
steamer Republic arrived here yes
terday, having OH board a number OF
the crew and passengers Of the steam
or Glamorgan, wrecked In mid-ocean.
Her officers report as follows:
We met, February 10th, in latitude
80 degrees, 81 minutes, longitude 20
degrees, 10 minutes, tie steamer
Glamorgan, Captain Court, from Liv-
erpool, the 9TH inst for Bos-
ton. The Glainorgnn was u
wreck. The Republic took oil J. A..
May first officer, William Palmer
boatswain. j. g. Hard carpenter, }.
Whalen, Tho. Anderson, &. Anderson.
T.. Anderson. e.. Boyle, &. Horn and
johnson Morgan seamen. J 4. Govt
lny, chief engineer, r.. Aiilet, second
engineer, G. A. Clark, third engineer,
WIN. Davy, fourth engineer, j.
Ryan, wntchman, j. #. Lee,
j. Brcen, w. Clark, ID. Doyle,
r.. Gil, NJ. Cunningham,
Patrick Riley, j. Houston, y. Cook, j
Clinton, and Thomas Fireman, ire
men, w. Ward, chief steward; X.
Wilson. chief cook; Peter Brooks,
second cook; j. A. Ogg, nessroom boy;
~ w D..
Cook, !. Qwnan, n. Beach, Patrick
MulIgan, G.. lIolbrook, Henry Malone,
Lewis parson, ). Davenport, q. Pat
terson, H. King and q. Mctireal,
cattlemcn, andTbomas Doss, stowaway.
The following were lost:
Captain Court, A. T.. Robillard,
second engineer ID. Williams,
and j. j. Jordan, seamen j. B. Bar
rett, second steward Handy Cullen,
passenger, and an unknown man, n
atowaway. Early Wednesday morn
ing following the departure of the
iilamorgan tremendous sea struck
her, carving away her foremost, all
the ventilators and pipes, bridges and
rails, and flooding all below decks
Friday, Saturday and Sunday succeed
ing the sen increased I'm fury and the
vessel hove to. Monday the weather
moderated and few miles were made.
Tuesday the storm returned with in
crenscd violence and Il very high sen
running Thomas Coutlay chief engi-
neer says the boatswains store room,
passenger rooms, all aft tho rails, deck
house shaft and malnmast were stove
in, the front wheel-housc smashed
and the steering gear broken aud the
forward main aud bunker matches
bursted. The ship also opened up
fore and aft through which the water
poured, stopping the engines, leav-
ing tho vessel in the
trough of the sea, All
hands were ordered to bail the water
with buckets but sea after sen filled her
az ain fore and aft. AZ day light we
got sails over the matches and other
openings to keep oat the water but
they gave way. The day was then
spent by passengers and crew in bail
ing and working the pumps. but de-
spite all exertion the water gained.
Thursday the weather moderated
and we boarded up the
matches and kept up steady bail
ing, One pump was kept going, the
others being broken or choked. That
night we had given up working our
only pump, rs the sen wns breaking
heavily over the vessel and there was
no shelter for those on deck Friday
the weather again moderatng, all
hands were called TO tho pumps and
the damages TO the hatch covering
Were repaired. We lost our wood and
now our hopes. About noon n
proved to be the Republic
anu Nupt. iIpiitt ntilt ~ bbhtt ioStl'S
u man in launching. That boat took
or some of our men. The sea
was running too high to
continue the work OF rescue,
hut the weather undertaking about
s O'clock, the Republic launched n
second boat and our passengers, the re-
naming officers aud crew, iifty-three
in number were saved. The captain
and others mentioned rs lost We're
swept away In the first awful sea that
wrecked the vessel "Wednesday nsorn-
ing, the beginning of the gale.
The Glamorgan was heavily laden.
The value of her cargo Is not known.
II. Forester Is the name of the Ecpuh-
lies seaman lost in launching tho life
boat.