The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-28

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-J. w. Catherine.
master of the steamer Chattahoochie,
makes the following statement: About
2:3O p. IN. on December 26, fifteen miles
north of winter quarters light ship, |
sighted three-masted schooner under
close reefed main and mig-
zen sails, with her ensign
union down. | bore away Tor her, and
she reported that she had sprunga leak.
and the crew wished to be lakon Off.
They said their boat was stove
up | then placed the steamer
III such position as to shell
ter the schooner as much AS
possible ana lowered boat i'm charge
OF the second officer. The boat returned
III about an hour, failing To rescue
any of the schOoner's crew, DO.
cause of the nigh sea which
prevented it getting alongside. The
second officer had received injuries in
The boat which made it i'm
possible TO make an attempt to res
cue. Another boats crew volunteered
make second attempt. They were
supplied with life buoy and lines, and
AFTER several attempts, succeeded In
getting lite buoy on the
schooner. The first mate of
the schooner secured himself
to buoy and jumped overheard and
was picked up by the life boat. Life
huoys were now broken aud uscles and
1t was impossible to get very
heer the schooner on account of the
severe gale and high sea, and
night was setting in with rain and
sleet and increasing wind, which was
qrlItlhg the ship into shallow water and
1 was compelled for the safety of my
own vessel, passengers and crew, to
abandon the schooner, and was
forced 10 nut my ship to sea
Inc name OF the Inflated schooner was
the Afro Paruee. She was loaded with
cement for Philadelphia. The schooner
aud The remainder Of her crew, four
men, are probably lost.
Capt. Park, of the ship Alert, burned
at sea on November II, arrived to-day
as passenger on the steamer Maran-
hou, from Para. The Alert sailed
from New York on October % for Shang
hal with cargo ofiO,0O0 cases of oil and q
crew OF eighteen persons, besides the
captains wife ana children. On the
morning of November a., in
latitude 81 north, longitude 1910 west,
where the uade winds were lost, ana
heavy, threatening weather prevailed.
AT 10 a. m. rain fell in torrents, accom-
panied by vivid flashes of lightning.
winch struck the fore royal mast, carry
ing it away and cutting some of the run
ming gear and taking large piece
out of tho fore royal. The shock
felled the men to the deck, AT
1880 q. m. smoke was seon coming
from the fore hatch. ordered
the hatch caulked down, which was
done in part, when they were blown
otfby an explosion, which threw the
men to each side. Clouds OF smoke
filled the air and flames were seen near
the hatch and all parts of the ship were
soon enveloped In smoke. ordered
the boats cleared away and pre-
pared to leave the ship. Al
ll'3O a.. IN. we were all
in the boats, with some clothing
and provisions, and soon after our
leaving the ship was eblaze.
Az dark we made the boats
fast astern to each other
and lay by the burning ship, hoping
some passing vessel would be attract, d
by light aud come to our rescue,
Next morning all were rescued by the
steamer Compt d. Eu, from Havre Tor
Pernambuco. Not being able
speak or understand French
and while they did not speak English
we were made to perceive by
thor actions that we could
help ourselves to ANYTHING
we could find for our comfort. Here
the press report stopped short and in.
complete AZ $50 n. IN. The wires are
reported down or badly deranged In
every direction