New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-08
A BARK AND BRIG WELL NET.
ONE DIsABLED-THE OTHER SHORT OF MEN.
THE SCALA ABANDONED AND TIE MERRYMAS
BROUGHT TO PORT.


BROUGHT TO PORT.
The brig +. T. Merryman arrived here yesterday
in command of Captain Hoischild, of the German
bark Frederick Scala. the scalias captain having
died at sea. Captain Hotschild abandoned his
vessel, which had been disabled in a hurricane, to
take command Of the Merryman.
The Frederick Scala left stettin on July II. with
n cargo of salt for Charleston. s. G. She was q
bark of 422 tons. built in ls5s and repaired four
years ago. Captain IIofschild. his two mates. .
steward and eight men were on board. All went
well until September r. when. without any warn
ing, the bark was caught III hurricane. The wind
blew with terrific violence, and great seas swept
over the vessel The hurricane began TO blow
from the south-southcast and shifted TO the south
southwest. Everything swept from the decks.
boats stove, sails blown from the bolt-ropes,
yards and masts carried away. and leak started
in the hold. When the storm passed away the cap
tain found himself in command of a mastlcss hull
rolling in the trough of high sea with the water
gaining rapidly in the hold He set the to work
ut the.pumps and the leak was stopped as well as
it could be under the circumstances jury fore
mast was rugged up and couple of sails bent on,
that the captain was able to keep the vessel
before the wind. BY keeping the pumps going
stantly, the water in the hold was prevented from
gaining. When the hurricane struck the bark she
wasl in Latitude 29o. longitude 90, and when the
captain Lad got his jury mast rugged after the storm
he before the wind toward the south in order 10
get into the northeast trades and then be picked
up by some steamer. The winds continued light
and fair. and on the morning of September 2l
Just they were approaching the northern limit of
the trades, brig was sighted flying signals of dis
tress. The two vessels were soon near each other.
and NEGRO standing on the quarter deck sang out:
Lend us provisions and water and n navigator"
"Where is the captain " said Captain Hoffschild.
dead" was the answer
The mate T.
Dead, Also
"Lower away boat and come for is aud
will all come aboard and bring provisions and
water sad the captain Of the Scaia.
ave cant. Only two OF the crew are alive and
of them is sick"
The captain explained that he had no boats and
that the brig must lower its boats After little
delay boat from the brig came aft, pulled by tho
negro who had hailed the wreck of the bark and
h mS an vent aca tho oeT vse She
proved to he the brig f. ]. Merryman of this port.
homeward bound from the West Coast of africa,
coast with miscellaneous cargo from Boston.
and carried Il captain, two mates and steward IN
the cabin. and four men before the mast While
lying at Bathurst, on the African coast, the first
mate died of African fever. Shortly before tho
brig sailed on the homeward voyage one Of tho
died of the same disease and "A native African
was shipped IN his place. Two days out Captain
Nickerson and one of the crew were taken down
with the fever The captain fingered along tor
sono time. but finally died. BEFORE tho captains
death the mate was taken sick, and after ten days
he died. About the same time another member Of
the crew died This left the steward. he native
African and one white sailor to work the vessel.
The steward is Bermuda negro, AMI he took com
mand. No one OF the three knew anything of nav.
igation aud had the same hurricane that wrecked
the Scala struck the Ncrryman she would
probably have gone 90 the bottom. AZ IL vas. the
steward had gone by dead reckon ny aud had not
gone far astray. The steady aud gentle winds oi
the northeast trades hal fllHd the sails every one
of which was set aud sent the brig into that part
of the Urran where shr might eyprct help Rnt tina
stores aud water wrre almost gone. and starvation
or death iroip thirst stared the three men IN the
face For twelve DAYS the brig sliled IN this man
ner the white sailor being taken down, ~ tho
meantime with the ieyer Finally they sialited the
wreck Of the Scala
Whom Cnman llplsrhild hrail ihr sioiy ~ the
brig he transferred all hi' hrn sott9 and water
tn the Meitvmai anl abandoning hls uwn vessel
shared his eautse inf inis nutt SO the nftisN ~
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quarantine, the white sailei ~ ihr biie st lplne
slDh @iih African ffpt
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