Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-23
THE COLLISION.

THE COLLISION.
COTTAGE CITY. MASS, Aug. d.
The United States steamship Talla-
poosa, sank of here last night. The
survivors were landed AT Woodshall.
The Tallnpoosa collided with three
masted schooner. She lies with her
maln.mast and the top Of her smoke
stack out of the water. IL
IL stated that two lives were lost by
the disaster.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
Boston, MASS, Aug. 22,--The facts
Of the alnking Of the Tallapoosa are as
follows:
The Tallapoosa, with lt0 men and
officers on board, was bound for New
port 10 take on board Secretary
Chandler. AT II O'Clock last
night during thick fog three miles
northeast Of Oak Bluffs, Mnrtha's
Vineyard. she collided with the
schooner JAS, $. Lowell of Bath, Capt.
Reed, from Baltimore for Portland
with n cargo Of conl. Her side
was smashed In aud she
sank In 1--we minutes In
ten fathoms Of water. As she went
down her whistle was blown as "A slg-
nal OF distress aud 1t was heard by the
steamer Gute City, which came up
Immediately aud with the schooner
Mary A. Hood which happened to be
In the vicinity, rescued the crew with
the exception Of the surgeon and
one man who are said to be missing
The Gate City blew her whistle aud
the steamer Fish Hawk, lying nj the
wharf at Woodshall, sent out her
steam launch. The Gate City lsy To
until o'clock transferring her crew to
the launch. They were all landed ut
Woodshall
The TallapOosa lies on what H.
known as the Squash Meadow Hats,
and her smoke stack aud top mast
alone are visible. The steamship Jas
$ Lowell also has ON board several OF
the Tallnpoosa's crew.
Capt. Reed OF the schooner Jas, ;.
Lowell states that he was passing
through the sound last night with a
strong southwest wind and all the sails
set. He WIS going nine knots an
hour The night was clear but dark
when two miles away the lookout re-
ported IA Hight ahead.r Shortly il
was seen to bu n red light aud | said
speaking To the whecIsmau: RED,
Lord keep her straight" | stood near
the wheel during all the
time and our course was
not altered until the word came
that the green light could be seen.
To avoid IL collision and seeing the
steamer doing nothlngto avoid Wy. / or
dered the helm hard down, but before it
could be done and before my vessel had
altered, the two vessels struck each
other, their sterns seemingly coming
together exactly. Our vessels stern
glanced by the Tallapoosa's and
penetrated her hull. After the yes.
scls stopped the steamer swung round
alongside the Lowell and her
crew might have jumped ON board,
but 1t was not then known what was
the condition OF either vessel. After
getting my family into the boat, | eN'
nmined my vessel and found that sh,
was leaking quite badly, though not
In immediate danger OF sinking. The
Tallapoosa drifted away from n
and sank within ten minutes
before many OF her officers aud crew
had left her, Az she went down thos,
who could do 80 took to the rigging
aud were taken OF later. Our verse
was badly damaged, the stern beint
started and the wood end,
injured. She made twenty
one lnches Of water In shor
time. Touching the collision, Capt
Reed says at was the most careless
piece of work ever saw. The nigh
WAS clear, the lights of the Lowell
We're burning all right and We're per
fectly visible at a long distance.
There IL difficulty In obtaining "a stor.
of the steamer, the executive officer
to whom the rep lrteIs are referred
declining to make any statement.
One of the men on the lookout oI
the steamer says he SAW the schooner
light tifteen minutes before the col
lision, and reported the fact. Sevrra
of the crew of the steamer acknowledge
the steamer 10 be at fault. Many q
the men were n considerable time Al
the water. Numerous wreckinl
schooners aud tho steamers Fish Hawl
aud Nerbena are cruising about tn
sound In the vicinity, seeking to secur
the bodies of the drowned and AN
wreckage.
NAMES OF THE MISSING.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22,--'rhe names
OF those missing from the Mllapoos
are Parsed Assistant Surgeon Ciarenc
II Black, and George A. Foster, land,
man, Some of Secretary Chandler,
personal effects were ON the yess,
| when she sank
Paymaster Tarbell, a passenger o
the TAllapoosa, says that about
O'Clock when the schooner struck h
was In bed, He supposed that she In
gone aground. Some one called dow
the companion way "All hands abai
don the ship The men rushed q
deck but there was no excitement
Officers aud men We're Very cool
few who were near the bow jumpe
overheard, but the most of us took
the boats A. soon As they were cle,
from the ship we could see the resu
OF the collision. We were IN tho cha
mel and the schooner had struck ,
square on she starhoaI
by her foremost. The schooner's 10
cut half way through the ship, tearin
u terrible hole In the side, ihtoug
which the water rushed The for
mast WAS cut away and the schooner
bow Was shattered. The Taliapoos
that can be sesn OF h,
now In about half OF ~
snloke stack, She sank how tiis
There was NO time to save anything
We had Ia leave Just AZ We turned .,
of ned The srhoonei sent out hos
Ia help pick up those ia the water An
render any assistance necessary. Al
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