The evening world., 1889-03-27
1T WAS THE SHIP CONSERVA.
Now Generally Believed that She FOun.
dered off Virginia.
HER LlFEeoAT WAS PICKED UP.

On the Bo,c Was the Name of the UV-Fated
Ve"ei-The WreckoOe Could Not Haro
SttH Sdm0mtne--Story Of an onor Who
Ler the Consorra at Sandy Hook.
There Ia little doubt now that the Conserva is
the Inflated ship which strewed the Virginia
coast last week with the wreckage Of her tim
bers. The despatch from Boston Monday, which
said that the Gate City had sighted boat with
the letters "Con " upon it, was fortified yester-
day by another from Philadelphia. The
pilot-boat Edmund, the latter stated,
had passed. about sixteen miles from land,
o clinker-built whaleboat, bottom upward, in
good condition, upon the port bow OF which
was painted the name Conserva Four oars were
lashed 10 her, and at each end were fastened q
new painter and line, both Of which were bro
ken. The boat was landed at Cape May.
A second despatch from Philadelphia said that
on March 20 the pilot-boat BAyard, while bear
ing about N. W. by W., passed off Fenwick .
Island Lightship the half OF ships whaleboAt,
clinker built, which looked as II IL had been run
into and split. 1t had a new painter attached to
IL, also log line and reel, which were taken out
by the pilots.
Henry II. Kunhardt, who fitted out the Con-
serva for her cruise south, when shown these
kilograms yesterday still smiled sanguinely.
Tho mere fact, he Raid, :" that one OF onr
ny boats Is aoat h does not convince me s that the
into heavy gale and the boat was washed away.
The theory OF an explosion is nonsense; No
She was perfectly seaworthy, and II she has met
With accident can only account for by"
In opposition to Mr.. KunhardtE statement
that the Conserva was in fine condition when
the trip, gwears that such was not the case. He
was promised, he says, $50 for the run to San
On Wednesday afternoon at 4 O'Clock the yes.
sci left the Atlantic Basin in tow Of the Dalzell
and was pulled down TO Lower Quarantine, when
bad com condition. H' told Tinkhsm, the sd Chief %
engineer, he said, yesterday, " that the boat
being put ashore. got on on the ting @ and G during @
the night heavy storm blew mp; II was too
w"s h" the S sea-
Even before she left smooth water her hull had
begun to leak about the bilge and the donkey
RTnFp" %orF" with forty pounds OF steam on was at
The YSedmnsndaIe. S concerning cor which much
towed into Newport News Monday in I disabled
s1IdSGn BY the ocean @ stefF%t9g st Fnr Effective The
Si course. destroys tho theory that the nptnrnod
strengthens the conclusion that the Conserva
has foundered.
The Conserva had twenty-seven souls on
board. Her crew was composed entirely OF
southern half breeds and Malays. The fireman
his fellow-se seamen, was bronzed and had dark
hair. The two bodies picked up by tho Colorado
ali answer this description. Capt. John Henry
Ankers, who has had q long and somewhat
checkered career in West Indian waters. COM
manded the ship The other officers were
First mate, Joseph Sherwood; second mate.
John MacGErthy; chief engineer. Charles Tink-
ham. OF Brooklyn; first assistant engineer.
Charles st. Clair; second assistant engineer,
Charles V. Elder. Carl Kunhardt, of New York.
vas also on board. Besides being an expert
that sport, among them the well-known bro
chure called American Yachts and Yachts
men. y