Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-28
THE OeHAN OoLLIstON.
The Captain OIL t'te schooner EEan-
niug says the NaniAaLtHn's I4OOK-
Il. IL


Diug says the Maniiattrn's I4OOK-
out IH BSespORsthic.
INV LONDON. CoSS., Nov 23.--Tha Old
Dominion Line steamer Manhattan, Cap
tlin Jenny, was run into at . O'eloek on
Wednesday morning, of Fenwick'2 Island
light, Maryland and Delaware coast, by
the four. masted schooner Agnes Manning.
The schooner proceeded to Philadelphia
with one man missing, supposed to have
been drowned.
The Manhattan soon began to settle, and
sank within tan minutes after she was
struck. Only one bDat, No. 3, could be
lowered. TIE following msuagAd TO save
their lives by getting into the boat: Cap
tain II n. Jenny, First Matn Joseph p. N.
Davis, second Mate oiof NeIson. Steward
Joseph Gagcla, Qnarternaster FEED Oson,
Oiler Harrig HIGHLANDER, Seamen Henry
| Waiting, John Nelson and hndr-R Adder
son, Fireman William Mckenzie, Goal
passer Thomas Pritchard, Waiter William
Sharp, Cook Lewis Cook, and Messman
james Barnes. This ManDattan's tfpmasts
| were above water. QJAr,eimaster Olson
| was taken from one oi the mHsts, ami near
! him Was the liteless body OF Engineer
| Hayden.
The quDrtermaster made almost super
| human efforts to savo Tho engineer, He
pushed him bow line, telling hlri to put
| II under hiE arms, bus Hayden did not have
strength. tbs bow line was mudA fast 10
| the engineers wrist, tut Oison could Lot
raise him above the water, and ha drowned,
| the body belug taken 10 boat No. 5, Tbe
| rest OF the crew, IL IN nUmber nnd three
| passengers, TWO black and one white, were
| got Oh the nio-rAft, and Whsn tine ats
| parted company all so5Elsd safe for time
vt least. Alter naiEB in the boat threo
| hours they slghtal tbs schooner Van Name
and King OF New Haven. The IA survl.
| v0rs aud the remails Of the engineer we're
| taken on board AID brought to this port,
arriving oil tho mouth OF the harbor yes
| terday morning..
rue revenue cutter Dexter. In passing
out,responded 10 this slguul OF the schooner
| aud landed tine survivors. The re0ainS Of
| the engineer were taken In charge by an
| undertaken. prepared for burial and for
wnrded TO New York.
seafaring men about here arc of the
| opinion that those Oh ne teft Will probably
bG picked up by passing vessels, as the ia
| tally occurred In the regular track of at
least lOJ vessels daily. Tine names of the
three passengers are William Walker,
James O rohin AMI William Vaughn.
Tho Manhattan WAS valued ut sl50,O00,
aud there was 40 Insurance On hog. She
carried a very small cargo, only lG6 tons Of
general meteAandiae, principally groceries
and dry goods.
WHAT TIE sCuooNEa's CAPTAIN SAYS.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.-The schooner
Agnes Aianning resched this port Oh
Thurs lay in tow OF the tug Ivannoe, having
bsen plched up on Wednesday OIL the capea
in dtsEregs. plain blrdsail made tnis
statemant last night IL telling MS story o!
tine collision with the Manhattan,
Il had just gone below leaving the vessel
la chargl of the mate, when l heard a
terrific crash, an a Instantly ian on deck
and saw the Manhattan through my vessels
bow. Tho bowsprlt Waa knocked com
ple,ely OIL close up to tho knigbt.heads
all tbs for rigging was carried away, the
partially I'LL with water. Twenty hvC
minutes before the collision took place The
lights OF the Manhattan wero CLEARLY
visible, and tile schooner was Kept on hel
eoGrss, according to thu rules Of the road
to AVOID the steamer. The wind at the tim,
was from southwest to south. The steamer
was beading south, running at a fast rat
OF speed. Before We knew 1t the steame
was upon US, and the force of the collision
turned the schooner completely around.
"'D9 not leave u.s. cried; i am afraic
: she will sink
AZ want your name, said the master Q
the Manhattan.
"'It IA the schooner Agnes Manning o
Toms River uswsrsd. Wont you wal
and help us after running US down ?
"When l saw that the steamer was pre-
pairing to leave us besought the master 4
' | Tell me tne name OF Ills vessel, nut ne mao
D no reply, and that was tho last saw OF tn
steamer. laid around until daylight, Blu
, could not find any trace of the steamed
I | supposed 1t had steamed away, / believ
!, the officer on watch on the Manhattan wa
! asleep and suddenly awoke when direetl
Y on top OF us. Becoming bewildered he pu
+ the wheel the wrong way, forcing hsr ova
: on the schooner, causing the collision Ant
{ sad disaster
4 The tug Hercules, which arrived at Lewe
/ yesterday, reports the Manhattan lying 1
80 feet Of water, healing southwest b
south, three miles east by north from Fen
{, wlce's Shtal Lightshlp. The topmasts ar
o 90 feet ont OF the water and the smoke, tao
, is gone.
a The Agnes Manning was built at Bait
Me-, In 1886 and registered s75.76 ton
She is almost counterpart OF the schoont
: Morse, which sunk the Cunarier Oregon o
:, Fire Island. she is owned by the BtrdsR
{ family ut Toms River.