The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-11-11
WUNDERED AT SEA.
United States Steamer Manhattan Foundered at
Sea and All Hands Lost.


A dispatch of the 7th inst, from New
Haven, Conn.,, says: The United States
revenue steamer Manhattan, Lieutenant
Commander Tozicr in omman nd, went to the
bottom off southwest ledge three miles out
side Of this harbor, at 3 clock this morn
ing. The Manhattan came into this harbor
some time during last night, and anchored
in the channel off the yacht clubs house.
Sunday morning about 6 o'clock three oil
the officers Of the Mnhattan came asore I'M
d small boat, landing al Long wharf They
remained on shore about all hour, and after
getting the morning papers went ahead
again. Immediately after this the Manhat-
tan got under weigh and headed down the
harbor. William Kane. an oyster dealer
at Oyster Point, says that he noticed the
vessel pass out OF the harbor and set a
course to the southwest, and that she
pitched heavily in the sea- She shipped two
seas and apparently struggled very much.
To oil appearances tho vessel couldn't lie
controlled by its wheel. Kane says he
then ran about forty feet across ware
house floor to call his employer, and that
when he returned. after an absence of not
over two minutes, the Manhattan had dis
appeared from view. Not a vestige OF her
was to be seen, either by the naked eye or
with the aid OF glasses. Kane's story ID
corroborated by James Smith, the propri-
etor Of hotel at the Gouth end on the
eastern shore. seven or eight miles from
the point where Kane saw the vessel. Two
or three other persons on the eastern shore,
all at different points OF observation, tell
stories OF the disaster that fully bear
out those told by Smith and Kane.
The steamer Manhattan is a revenue
cutter. She was Il staunch screw steamer
OF about 1875 tons, and carried crew Of
twenty-five men. She was commanded by
Lieut.. D. F. Tozier, who is regarded as one
OF the ablest officers in the service, and II
is the opinion OF the chief OF the revenue
marine that she could not have foundered
unless as the result OF some extra ordinary
accident. The other officers OF the cutter
were: Second Lient. W. S. Holland, Exec.
utive Officer J. c. Hurts, Engineer James
Ogden and Assistant Engineer Willis He'd
rick.
Western Enterprise in New York.
Tue St. Paul Union Stock Yards com.
pany is laying it's plans for future ex.
port business on comprehensive scale,
and with characteristic boldness and
Stickney. the president of the Mime.
sofa e. Northwestern Railroad company.
has worked up a novel scheme for
the more economical handling and shipment
OF outw ard bound cattle. grain and otl,e,
freight at the port OF New York, as we'll as Of
imported cargoes destined either for that
city or for the West. During recent visit
to New York Mr.. Stickney made arrange.
ments. afterwards contaminated on an en-.
larged scale by MIR. Ansel Oppenheim. for the
purchase OF twenty eight acres on the
shore Of Staten Island, just above the
quarantine and about a mile above the
Na,rows. with l 400 feet frontage on the
upper bay, where it is proposed to build ex'
tensivc docks, elevators and warehouses,
There is an abundant depth OF water
at this point for the largest shipping and
the rapid transit railway, which runs all
around the island and is controlled by the
Baltimore Ohio. passes through the pr op
erty. At the same time there was purchased
by the same parties 200 acres ofland about
five miles distant from the docks on the
same railway, where the stock yards and
feeding stables are to be located for taking
care OF cattle destined for shipment broad
The cattle have only to be driven five
miles to the docks, where they will be ship.
ped directly from the piers, without the in.
PREVENTION OF lighters.