Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-05
THE sUNKEN STEAMSHIP.
The Part of the Schooner in the Coils
Notwithstanding Wreckage.
From t.e Nelo York Times.

From tLs Nel0 York Times.
Pilots and shipping men are strongly of
the opinion that the schooner whose three
masts have been seen sticking out OF the
water southwest Of Shinnecock light is
the Charles II. Morse, and that this is the
vessel that came in collision with the Ore
Ron. The wrecks OF the steamship and
schooner are l6l% miles apart, the schooner
living southwest OF tnesteamship. At the
point where the masts were seen there are
% fathOms Of water, or l3S feet. The
masts of the Morse would hardly show
above water If she lay on the bottom. An
explanation OF this is offered by the theo-
ry that she may have caught on ledge,
or that the masts may be wrenched from
their fastenings, and are now hanging by
the shrouds,
Lieut.. Field, of the photographic Of
fee, who has been taking bearings of the
wrecked steamer and schooner, mas con-
suited every pilot whom he could find to
learn what chance there might be that
the Oregon was sunk by the HyltOn
Castle. These two wrecks are now 20
miles apart, and, taking the extreme re-
ports about the position of the Oregon be-
fore the collision and the HyltOn Castle's
position, he concludes that when they
were closest the distance between them
was at least nine miles.
If the projecting masts of the schooner
belong to the Morse nine lives were lost
when she went down, as follows: Capt.
AlOnzo Wildes, of Bath, Ne; Capt. Al
fred Manson, jr., who formerly command
ed the Morse, but was passenger on this
trip; Mate f. Blaisdel, OF PhIppsburg,
Me-; Edward Mcmahon, of Georgetown,
Me-, a sailor, and i've other sailors. all
foreigners.
The wrecking steamer Rescue and the
schooner Post, of the Merritt Wrecking
Company. came to the city yesterday,
bringing with them a few pieces of bag
gage and freight which they picked up
near the Oregon during last week. The
things We're taken to the Union Stores, at
Brooklyn. A sole-leather stateroom
trunk, with ''E. d. NJ, in black letters on
one end, was the only one Ofthe recovered
articles that was marked. The other ar
ticles consisted Of three black vaises,
two trunks, a tan-cOlored valise, five
packages of rubber, tin case
about the size OF Sara
t0ga trunk full of dressed
kid, tin box, and several blank
cts and mattresses and a red plush cush-
ION. A large packing case contained odd
articles that were boxed bv the wreckers.
An unmarked barrel covered with a bur-
lap and Brussels carpet were among the
things brought in. The pilot boat LOubat
brought in four packing cases marked h.
n l.. The divers on Capt Merritts boats
had only about a half day for work out Of
the 10 days they lay near the wreck. All
the rest Of the time the water was TOO
rough. One of them went down part way
to the steamship. He said he could see the
deck. it was so badly wrecked that he
thought 1t not unlikely that the ship had
been nearly cut in two.
Nine bags of mail were received Sunday
from the Oregon by the Coast WTecking
Company's schooner Edwin Post and
taken to StapletOn, Staten Island, from
whence they were yesterday sent to the
post Office IN this city. This mail con-
sisted of two closed bags from London,
one being for New York and the other for
Canada. The bag for New York contained
three registered bags from London; that
for Canada one letter bag each for Mon
treal and Hamilton. Canada. There was
als0 one dispatch bag for the department
of State, Washington, and SIX bags OF
newspaper mail, two of these being from
London for New York, one from London
for Montreal, one from Glasgow for King
ston, Canada. one from Dublin for Pnila-
delphia, and one from Dublin for San
Francisco. The total number of bags
now received is 2S7.