New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-29
SINK BY THE CITY OF ROME.
. FISHING BARK GOES DOWN WITH omen
RUN INTO WHILE AT ANCHOR ON THE BANA'--'''1
TWO SAVED. r.:

TWO SAVED. r..
The CITY of Rome, OF the An',o "a, ,'oa,,as her
,,o..,,as here Yesterday, having Oh Oo''"' -, ur-
ragu,ar passengers two French nsherncn' -, George
,iyors OF the crew OF the French nsnins '"N - a., q
vi'oiso vi'n,h as emit by the City OF Rome IN
su,ss,, a., the Ranks of Newfoundland on May -, 80 "
,asituae 40 as Longitude 49' O3'. Inc na"os 800
rescued men are Hubert Albert ana ff"n' -, a.,
Marie The Inflated bark after she was strucA' ,
less than a minute carrying down VIII "''
meu only two of whom were saved -. .oo
: Captain r. d. Munro. of the CITY OF hoiho' W. 90
nob broken M by the remembrance OF the scent "
give moro than brief statement TO Agent CoVerie5' III
s,ea,ner left LIVERPOOL on May 20 ana saiiou ~,
Queenstown the following day. There were on - -
COL Messengers The weather was hle uu''i :,
,vben after a bright morning dense log caio =. ~ =
was 80 thick that from the bow oil INC UO"T .no,or
S,go,t 70 see 100 feet ahead Occasionally ho"o'o,'
the foe would lift. great many iceoergS "eio ~,
Some were big aud loomed up white ahu sn"'Ny - " -
fog hut the majority were SMALL Ihe sea sceino w ~ ~
nsrcs Ratween 10 a. m and p. m hfty-eigh' WIZ WIZ
,n,oa 1ar,e and small The captain asserts that the
se,s mace was slackened to half speed, ana lulI Ic
iyne the danger every precaution was takeh' D'i''
were ruug and whistles sounued continuously
a.ao when the fog was thickest. the men 1or"alu
sa,v the spars and masts of bark appear Ill INC i
hardly twenty feet away The bark lay at ahono % '"
according the captains story was hot inss C,, 81
or keeplng lookout 1t too late to stop inc O'S "
pomo The signals to reverse her engines were gwen
hut an. struck the little bark and her iron 10" o
through the George Jeanne.wih as little resistance a. -
she had been piece Of cheese The Dark was s'
about ten feet forward'o thestern on
She swung around andl went down by the sue oi vi,
Steamer within ono minute The people on the Ci'9 VI
pmo saw few barefooted Frenchmen in blue hsher-
mems bouses rushing frantcay forward on the o"iA'
the mrky air was filled with their anrlgheu 'o
shrill exeamations Of horror from inc ueoA VI ''
steamer and the hoarse sounding iof the steamer e
horn and then the bark went out Of sight It" spar"
aoated on the sea and could be seen
IN the water Life buoys were thrown TO theh anu a7
a possble the steamer, stopped and OacKeo o
where the bark had been and two boats were lowered
BY time one of the four hshefmeh haH tne
steamer. supporting himself by spar a Saioon P''
ger GIlfH % s've s1Oo to any one who will that life
The two boats were pulling for the men w Viii 6 1~
~ The S ap sg %aer Sa 4e R had be- quickly
ar not at all Several sailors prepared 70 lump Oe @ tnc
~ pner Who rig red rope around his body and taking
another rome had himself lowered TO IDe MAN @ ir1
snd necE Strong arms pulled him half way UP he sue
of the boat when the loop sIpel over ms it no % s
man who came so near being saved was the captain OF
the George Jeanne, Joseph Blonan. meantime AiO'1'
anu Ths ieerase Messengers Who landed the City OF
Rome at Castle Garden declared win one aGSo m bnnr
The steamer was making at least four teen KNOTS an n'
when the collision occurred. There was OH pVslu ~
Miller, who is bound for Australia lie speaA be iold
and talked freely with the two rescued inen 1bey WV
bim that the bark was from Granville on the coast oI
Normandy She left France for the Banks on Maich .
and reached them on April "a She had just nnlsne
her davis work when the collision occurred anu wYs Nv
anchor Every one except Marie was below harle
sal near the stern keeping lookout. He beaId the
whistle OF the Rome for eight minutes pSdoie 1 Sne
auneared He promptly rang the bell OF the HeorHe
Jeanne aud kept 1t up and ringing 1t when the Ioe
crashed into her The lost fishermen we're al aIIcl,
Charles Morgan an intelligent steerage passenger,
declared that the officers the bridge were watchng
the passengers eaping and umgng ana were NOT keep
ing proper lookout. The official log OF the steamer
published in a little paper called The Guy o. hoHs hs
ErDrtss states that Monday the steamer MADE 4uo
miles. memorial presented to captain Muhto
signed by the cabin passengers prsisng ms enOrs 10
save the survivors The bark was OF only 400 IONS
burden The OF the City OF Rome Is clean ana tIim
aud without scratch OF &4O was raised pS the
passen gers for Albert and Marie.t