New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-13
STRANDED ON LONG ISLAND
THE STEAMSHIP BERMUDA RUNS ASHORE
xo LIVES LOST AND THE VESSEL THOUGHT ro DE
Nv IN yrTTrE DANGER.


IN LITTLE DANGER.
The steamship Bermuda, engaged " sne and e The
and passenger trade between New norS anu sno
WawarS on the rs south shore Of
a gay miles west of Montauk Point and half
mile east Of the Amagansett Le SAVING Sy;niSad
She y Msy 00! ae AL and touched at her last port
ST. Kits, on june 4. She carried RED twenty stacy-
three passengers lseven OF them eargo s'oe Of
age SSss and % %Sae OIL anu Her usual
ali sugar 1t supposed that the CAPTAIN Of tSe
Whtehurst lost bis fog three days The
mace where she went aground is not asHeeiO Obt
one and il was expected by her agents iast age
that she would escape fTcm Se' the steamer
Stated that she lying s easily yfort. af TO
was suffering no damage from the surf LnOns W
aoat her off by throwing overheard smaIl poI.lo1
~ Ser cargo We're unavailing, and two steamers Oh
Of the Merritt Coast WreckinR company mo"c anS
her assistance about noon ba ne ,ninrV and the
mails were placed on the train and brought iloi
Gag Harbor to this city last evening by the puie'
TAI Srst ipteIlgence of the grounding of the Der
muda was brought TO the office OF A. Emllus
6rdge q Co., about 8 a. am, by the Ooast W. ne
ing Company Outerbridge q Co are the agents VI
SnT owner the Quebec Steamship Company
Thomas Mckenzie, the manager of the hrIn, imm tnS
diatey chartered wrecking steamers ana stsrted
for the scene of the accident WhIch IL WAS eApoeeu
lac would reach about midnight.
Purser Bickell SAID last nlgnt' - -. ann,
Tha
,ortsblv cared for ut the hotel at Amaganseu nave
made ngements TO have them taken 70 Gag ma S
Thsre they viii take the Long Island Railroad me snip
res easily on bottom, and unless bad weatner so
in she h safe enough We threw over sone paries "
Whale ol and also some sugar. but they did not seem 10
ra,fsr o,lr chances We had pleasant weather
nnri three DAYS ago, whom we ran INTO
fog.bank. We going very cautiously
when we grounded there was hardly any conclusion
hoard norton of the crew OF the bngapune heOecca
TSorcnee from Maine. They were on their way nome
their boat having condemned at 81 Lucl anu o'
,rcrs beng sent home by the American Consul
Following Is list of the passengers
saloon John Peon b. r. PeOl, II. LenckmeyeI cap
ta,n Johp a.han Chase Mrs. G. D. simpson REV. fr8Hcls
fsngeoux Thomas Arnott York Wilkins Seeon1 cSDln
Mise = A Agarrd Miss Z. c. Horson MI H. =: fu.ilPs
Mas M THOMPSON, Miss A. Thompson, MISS mary
;Thnmnson r. f. Brass. Steerage, Peter Benson, IuSh
Nc Anime, Edward Alsen, :. H. wilson, Adolph bnuIh'
Henry Friedman, Z. Mckinley.
The Bermuda was built in September, 1874, In
Sunderland She is schOoner-rgged, IRON screw
steamer having a gross tonnage OF 1,l6O, ana the
following dimensions: Length 232 fect beam,
% feet T, DEPTH % feet. She was recently over
hauled at Roach's yard, when her net tonnage was
Increased from 746 to s35 tons. She has oeen an
a collision aud was ashore on the ROCKS aSlIpe
of Bermuda harboT In February, lSSZ, lhe
Bhhama of the same line " hich had hrst Salleu
nnder the name of the Bermuda, foundered SIX DAYS
out from ST. Johns, Porto Rico, and her captain r..
Field Astwood, of Bermuda, and nineteen others
were lost. Thirteen men, including tWo, paSSsSeh-
GERS were rescued by the Allan Line ship Glen
norag after they had been twelve hours IN an open