Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-15
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE OREGON GOES DOWN. RUN INTO BY A
 SCHOONER. EVERY SOUL ON BOARD SAVED. THE CREW OF THE ScHooN-.
 FER LOST. SOME STRIKERS GOING BACK. Trains Running On the
 Gould System.
SOME STRIKERS GOING BACK
RUN DOWN BY A SCHOONER.

RUN DOWN BY SCHOONER. l The Cunard Steamer Oregon Sunk of l Fire Island-Au the Passensers and 1 Crew Taken or and Not a Single l Life Lost.
 | NEW YORK, March 14-The Cunar6 l steamer Oregon, inward bound, went down some time during the morning sixteen mile. l off Fire Island. It is reported that her pas sengers were rescued by the North German Lloyd steamer Fulda. It is learned that the Oregon cellided with the Fulda and sank al l most immediately. It is believed no lives were lost. A representative of the United Press called at the Cunard dock at nine o'clock tonight. He was told that no par. ticulars of the catastrophe had been received beyond brief dispatch. One of the officers of the company had gone down the river on tug. It was stated at the docks that the steamer Fulda, on board of which the pas
 sengers of the Oregon are supposed to be- will
 remain outside the bar till tomorrow morn
 ing.
 SANDY Hook, N. J., March 14-On her
 way to this port, while between Fire Island
 light and Shinnecock, the Cunard steamer
 Oregon collided with an unknown deep laden
 
 The schooner struck the Oregon on the port side immediately under the dining saloon
 tearing large hole in her side under water.
 The chief officer was in charge, Captain Cot ter being below. The hole was very large and the water poured through in a volume The steamer immediately began to settle and nasty arrangements were made to man the boats. There was no panic, the discipline of the crew being perfect. Pilot boat No. and the schooner Fannie A. Gorham were in hailing distance and the passen- gers were transferred to them. The ladies were first taken off. All the passengers were safely removed, not a single life being lost The passengers were again transferred to the North German Lloyd steamer Fulda in ward bound, and were brought to Sandy Hook at 6:20 pm. Here, owing to the low tide, the Fulda was obliged to anchor. The last man to-leave the Oregon was Captain Cotter. The ship filled slowly and sank at pm.
 The saved of the Oregon are 1855 first cabin, and 205 crew. It is stated by passenger that the hole in the Oregons side was six feet in diameter and that when the two vessels came together there was great report like an explosion. It is believed that the mails were saved
 When the water began to pour in the pumps were at once called into use, as it was apparent that the damage was too serious to admit of wasting time in examina- ton. The great hole was under the dining room and the bow of the schooner penetrated so far that the engines were dam aged. Aroused from deep slumber on cold morning long before daylight most of the $50 passengers rushed on deck in their night clothes, their shrieks and cries almost drowning the commands of the officers. The pumps were worked to their fullest extent and when it became apparent that the steamer must sink effort was made to lower the boats In the confusion culty. Fortunately the sea was as smooth as glass. Tbe unknown schooner struck the Oregon three times in succession, crush ing the timbers and making a large hole. In less than forty five minutes the schooner went down. It is supposed that all were lost as none of the crew were seen to lower boat. Some of the passengers maintained their presence of mind and succeeded ill calming some of the more excited passengers. The Oregon drifted helplessly about and finally sank about :45 p. m.
 The steamship Oregon was built for the Guion line by the firm Of John Elder & Co.,, of Glasgow, and was launched on June .23, 1888. She was built on nearly the same lines as the Alaska, still running for the Guion line. She took from the Alaska her title Greyhound of the Atlantic" She was 520 feet long with a gross tonnage of eight thousand tons. Her engines indicated between twelve thousand and thirteen thousand horse power. Her maiden trip was begun October 6, 1883. Among her passengers then were Mrs. Lang try, Major Cornwallis West, Colonel Thomas Ochiltree and number of distinguished per sons. The Oregon was one of the vessels chartered last year by the English govern ment for the threatened war with Russia. She came into possession of the Cunard line last year.