The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-23
The MANHATTAN.
AN OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP
SUNK Ar SEA.
CoI,ides With . Schooner on FsnwieH
r.,snd-Eleven Of the Crew and Several
Passengers Lost-Latest News From the
Inflated Ship.

ceiypd a telegram NetttIud! ihoih -.
10 o'clock, stating that the steamer si'n Xw"s,
tan. en- route from New fors 70 w steS
Point. was run into by four,nas'eu
schooner of Fenwick Island earl! "e""''
day morning, and sunk. 49, l. ,ho
Nessrs. Warren & Quarles later III TIC
day received the following' y...,
1.-THE Old Dominion steamship Manna,-
tan. which left New York for west folnt'
va atlP. NJ. last Tuesday. with thirty
svo human beings on board, at i:lJ "A. VI.
Wednesday. two miles east OF fenwick
leland sboal light. came into collision WIN
,he schooner Agnes Manning, from Bait
moro for New York, and went to the DOT
tom. At least fifteen lives are thought 10
have been lost"
A private telegram was also received YES
terdav evening from the captain OF the
Nanbattan dated New London, Ct, stating
that the Manhattan was sunk OH cape iien,
ionen ON the 10th instant. The captain mad
arrived nj New London with thirteen OF the
crow and the body Of the chief engineer. III
was reported later that thirty people were
on board the sunken ship, and nineteen OF
those were lost
FROM OUR NEW YORK SPECIAL CORES
PONDENT.
The steamer Manhattan. Of the Old DO
minion line, was sunk by the schooner Az
nes Manning. of Fenwick Island. Wednes-
day Mt : A. NJ, and eleven Of her crew were
drowned. Fifteen Of the crew were rescued
from p life-raft by the schooners Van Name
and sea King and were transferred 10 the
United States revenue steamer Dexter and
brought to New London. They are are Cap
tain. y. III. Jenny: First Officer. Joseph X
y. Davis: second Officer, Olef Nielsen
Onartermaster. Fred Olsen; Oiler. Henry
Noltlando; Steward, Joseph Garcia, sea,
men Andrew Anderson. John Nelson and
Henry Walling: Fireman, Henry {. Me
Keuzie: Coal-Passer, Tom Prtchard: ON
GERS Messman. James Bowman; Waiter
William Sharp; Cook, Lewis Cook.
THE UNKNOWN PASSENGERS.
Among the passengers whose fate is un
known were William Walker, James {
Tobin. and William Vaughan. Their resi-
dences could not be learned. They were
all bound for Richmond. Walker is thought
TO have been a resident Of Brooklyn. Charles
G.. Hayden, Of Patterson,
THE CHIEF ENGINEER. WAS KILLED IN
THE COLLISION.
| AT Providence this afternoon, eight Other
survivors were brought by the schooner
Glitter. Purser Nose, one Of the eight, says
eleven others got away on life buoy, anc
where they went is unknown.
VALUE OF THE VESSEL.
The vessel is valued at $4,000. She car
ried very small cargo, only 166 tons Of
general merchandise. principally groceries
and dry goods. from New York wholesale
houses. There was no marine insurance on
the steamer.
DESCRIPTION OF THE FArED SHIP.
The Manhattan was wooden vessel
schooner rugged Of Lbs tons. She wa'
built at Chester in 1879 by John Roach 4
sons. This is the second vessel lost by col
ision by the Old Dominion Company In les'
than months time. On October 18th las
the Old Dominion boat Cleopatra wa'
sunk off the Delaware Capes by collidinl
with the steamboat Crystal Wave. No lives
were lost through this accident.
BY UNITED PRESS.
NEW LONDON. CONN, November D.
The revenue steamer Dexter arrived thi'
morning with Captain JENNY and fourteen
Of the crew Of the Old Dominion line steam
or Manhattan, and also the dead body o
Chief Engineer Hayden. Captain Jenny ~
ports that the Gamer. which was bount
| from New York for West Point, Va, on
Wednesday morning, at O'Clock. when of
Fenwick Island light. coast Of Maryland
was run into by an unknown fOur-mastet
schooner. and the Manhattan sank soor
after. The party brought here managed L
get into "A life-boat, except Mr.. Hayden
who was drowned in the attempt. The res
of the crew and three passengers got on
life raft. II is not known whether or no
they were saved.
LIST OF THE LOST.
| ~. x-..,- Nc,s,,,Ior Tho fallpxV inc
is the list OF those lost by the sinking Of The
steamship Manhattan:
| {. i. HAYDEN, chief engineer.
| j. =. DAVIS. first mate.
{. NJ. NOsE. purser.
WILLIAM WALKER,
JAMES G. TOBIN,
WILLIAM VAUGHN, passengers.
Fifteen seamen and one unknown MAJ
| fiOm the Agnes Manning, the schooner
that ran into the steamer.
THE SAVED.
Those accounted saved, as far as can b.
learned, are: ii. W. Jenny. captain; Ola
Nielsen. second mate; -- Garcia. steward
two assistant engineers and nine seamen.
Most of the men thought TO have beer
| lost i'm the collision are New Workers, and |
is with great anxiety that the correct list o
the saved and dead is awaited in this city
The revenue cutter Dexter responded e
the signal Of the schooner and landed tb'
survivors. The remains Of the enginee
were prepared for burial and forwarded e
New York. Captain Jenny left on the af
| ternOOn train, and the balance OF the crew
will leave tonight on the steamer City o
! Worcester.
PROBABLE FATE OF THOSE on THE RAFT
seafaring men about here are Of the opin
| ion that those on the raft will be picked ul
by passing vessels, as the fatality occurred
| - the track of at least one hundred yessel
daily.
| THE SCHOONER AGNES MANNING LEAKING
BADLY.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, November 22.-Th'
schooner Agnes Manning. which was II
collision with vessel supposed 10 have
been the lost steamship Manhattan, is lyinl
below Greenwich piers with her bowspri
md jibbOOm smashed, her stem started, ant
| leaking badly. Her captain reports tina
| she was run into early on Wednesday morn
Ing of Fenwck Island by an unknown for,
| md aft steamship bound south. One OF thu
sailors known as Hand is missing. Whether
ne was Knocked overheard or sprang on boart
the unknown steamship, is not known.
Captain Birdsall. Of the Manning, claims
| that the collision was due 10 the negligence
Of those on board Of the steamship, which
went on without stopping to ascertain Tho
damage she had inflicted. The schooner
which was bound from Baltimore for New
York. was kept atioat only by the constan
use of her pumps.
CAPTAIN JENNY's ACCOUNT OF THE
DIsAsTER.l
NEW LONDON, CONN, November Do
Captain Jenny, Of the steamer Manhattan
which was sunk by IA collision with the Az
mes Manning, of Fenwick Island, says tina
the survivors who have been landed herr
succeeded after the collision in getting int
the life-bOat. Three passengers. two o
whom were negroes, got on the llfe-raft
and when the boat parted company al
seemed safe tor time AT least. After beinl
| i'm the boat three hours they sighted thu
schooner yan-Name and King Of New
| Haven. The fourteen survivors and tn