The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-15
ANARR0W ESCAPE
FROM A TERRIBLE DISASTER,
The steamship Oregon, With over Eight
Hundred Persons on Board, sunk or
Fire IulAnd-NOt sIngls Life Lost
The Steamer Goes DOwa.

SANDY HOOK, March 1.-THE steamer
Oregon was run into by schooner be-
tween three and four o'clock this morning
while east OF Fire, Island, having two
holes stove into her. She commenced
sinking at once. Part Of her passengers
were transferred to pilot boat and part to
Gschooner and 1t is believed that they
were all subsequently transferred to the
steamer Fulda, There are 500 passengers
and the crew Of the Oregon alone on the
Fulda, The Oregon was entirely aban-
doned. She sunk at =, N, to-day.
The German steamship Fulda, Captain
Rlngk, from Bremen, which arrived AZ the
bar at 5;25 =, N. to-day, reports having
stopped OF Fire Island March IA at 1915
y, N, in order to take up the passengers
and crew OF the Oregon and anchored at
tho bar off Sandy Hook on account Of loW
water at $3.50 p. N tho same day: phs
saved Of the Oregon are 1856 first class
cabin passengers, 66 second and 800 steer
age passengers and 205 oi crew,
Captain Collier, OF the Oregon, was be-
low, the chief officer being in charge on
the bridge, One OF the passengers states
that the hole was 80 large that one could
drive horse and wagon through it; also
that when the vessels Collided II sounded
like the report Of IN ordinary cannon,
Tho boats were, after some difficulty,
manned and lowered into the water. The
ladies were first got into the boats and
transferred to pilot boat No. II and the
schooner Fannie A. Gorham, Captain
MRhony, from Jacksonville for Boston.
From to II A. NJ. the work OF transfer.
ring the passengers was proceeded with,
All were transferred In safety, not single
life being lost, At 1913 r, u. they were
all safely transferred again to the steamer
Fulda, which owing to the state OF the tide
was obliged to anchor al Sandy Hook at
1925 y. NJ. Capt, Collier was the last man
TO leave the ship.
The steamship Oregon was built by John
Elder x Co., at GlaggoW, for the Guion
line, and was launched June %, 1883. She
arrived here on her initial trip on October
Il, 1883, making the run from QuesnstoWn
10 New York in I days, s hours and 80
minutes. Atthat time she was the most
magnificent, powerful aud fastest Of the
transatlantic vessels with the exception Of
the Etruria, Of the same line, she retained
q record for the greatest speed In August,
1884, she made tue run from Queenstown
to New York In q days, hours and AZ
minutes, this being nearly "a hours shorter
than her first trip, and the fastest on
record.
The fittings Of the Oregon were unusual.
ly fine. The grand saloon, capable OF din.
ing the whole Of the $40 cabin passengers,
was placed in the fore part Of the vessel
and was laid with parquetery floor. The
ceiling decorations were almost exclusive.
ly confined to white and gold. The panels
were oipollshed wood, tho pilastpn Of wal.
nut with gilt capitals. The saloon meas.
ured G5 by 81 feet and was 4 feet in height
in tho lowest part. A central cupola OF
handsome design 80 feet long and 10 feet
wide rose to a height OF 20 feet and gave
abundant light aud ventilation. The
state rooms were nearly all fitted for only
two passengers, a most desirable arrange.
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