St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-28
TROUBLE ON THE SEA.
Two Vessels Reported LOst-Graphi.
Description.

Description.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-J. W. Catherine,
master of the steamer Cbattahooche, makes
the following statement: About , 80 p. m,
Decem Der 20, fifteen miles north of winter
quarter light ship sighted a three mast
schooner, under close reefed main and miz-
zen sail, ensign Union down. bore away
for her, and the vessel reported. she had
sprung leak, aud the crew wished to be
taken of. They said their boat was stove. ]
then placed the schooner in such a position as
to shelter the steamer as much as possible
and lowered boat In charge of my
second officer. The boat returned in about an
hour, failing to rescue any of the schooner's
crew, because of the high sea which prevent
ed it getting alongside. Tue second officer
had received injuries that made it i'm possible
for him TO again attempta rescue. Another
boats crew volunteered to make a second
attempt. They were supplied with life buoys
and lines, and after several attempts sue
ceeded in getting life buoy on the schooner
The first mate Of the schooner secured him
self to the buoy, jumped overheard aud was
picked up by the life boat. The life buoys
were now useless, as it was impossible to get
very near the schooner on account of severe
gale and high sea, and as night
was setting in with rain and
sleet and increasing wind, which was drift
ing the ship into shallow water, was COM
PEELED for safety of my own vessel, passen-
gers and crew to abandon the schooner, and
was forced very reluctantly to put my ship to
sea. The name of the iilfated schooner was
l All.
for Philadelphia. The schooner and remain
der of the crew QUur men) were probably
lost
Captain Park, of the ship Alert, burned at
sea November Ii, arrived as a passens ger
of the steamer Maronheus from Para.
/ The Alert sailed from New York
/ October 25 for Shanghai, with cargo of 49,
/ GOO cases of oil aud crew of eighteen per-
/ sons, beside the captains wife and child.
/ Tue morning of November II. latitude s de-
/ grees and 40 minutes north, longitude 29 de-
/ grets and 10 minutes, where the trade winds
/ were lost, and heavy threatening weather
| prevailed. AT 10 a. m, the rain fell in tor
rents, accompanied by vivid flashes of light
/ ming, which struck the fore royal mast, car
ryiug it away and cutting some of the run
/ ming gear, and taking large piece out Of the
| fore royal. The shock feled the men to the
l NtN ~ ~ ~ sOO u SulOht WIS seen iSOHl-
/ ing from the fore hatch. ordered it caulked
down, which was done in part, when they
i were blown OIL by IN explosion, which threw
the men to each side OF the ship. Clouds of
1 smoke filed the air, and flames were seen
/ near the batch, and all parts of the ship were
enveloped in smoke. | ordered the boats
cleared away aud prepared to leave the shipj
At 80 we were all in three boats with
some clothing and provisions, and soon
alter our leaving the ship was ablaze. At
I dark we made the boats fast astern each
other, aud lay by the burning ship, hoping
some passing vessel would be attracted by
/ the light and come to our rescue. The next
morning we were all rescued by the steamer
/ Compt d Eu from Havre for PerDambuco.
Not being able to speak or understand
/ French, while the others did not understand
J English, We were made to perceive by their
! actions that we could help ourselves to any
/ thing we could find for our comfort.