Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-23
MANHATTAN SINKS.
A FATAL DISASTER TO THE OLD DO
mINION COMPANY.
A Collision and Lives Lost-The Details
of Tragedy Of the
Sea.

Considerable excitement was created IN
the city yesterday by the announcement
that the Manhattan. one Of the Old Do
minion Steamship Company's vessels. had
been sunk and that the disaster involved
loss Of life. The first telegram received
read as follows:
NEw LoNDoN. CoSN., November 22.-The
reyenue-steamer Dexter arrived this MORN
ing with Captain Jenney and fourteen Of
the crew of the Old Dominion Manhattan,
also the dead body Of Chief-Engineer Ha-
den. The Captain reports as follows:
THE steamer was bound for West Point.
Va. from New York. Wednesday morn
ing when off Fenwick island light. coast
of Maryland. she was run into by an un-
known fOur-mastcd schooner. and the Man
haitian sunk soon after. Those brought
here on the Dexter managed 20 get
into the lfe-boat save Mr.. Haden, who
was drowned. The rest OF the crew and
three passengers nineteen all told-got on
n life-raft, and il is not known whether
they have been saved or not"
The above is probably the steamer IN
collision with the schooner Alice Manning
from Baltimore for New York, that arrived
at Philadelphia yesterday in damaged
condition.
THE DETAILS.
A late and special telegram 10 the Dis
patch gives the details as far rs known as
follows: The Manhattan lett New York
on Tuesday at o'clock for West Point
with a miscellaneous cargo of freight for
Richmond and other cities on the line of
the Richmond and Danvllle railroad. The
ships of the Old Dominion Line which go
10 West Point seldom carry passengers. On
this trip. however, three men took pas
sage i'm the steerage. and If all reports bc
true they lost their lives. The Manhattan
had q crew of thirty-twO men, all told,
including the captain and officers. There
were eight officers and twenty-tour men in
the crew. The Manhattan was an IRON
screw steamship of i.529 tons and was built
in 1879 At ) O'clock on the morning of
November 10Th the Manhattan and Agnes
Manning collided of Fcnwick light.
No one Is known 10 have been lost from
the schooner. one man. however. Is miss
ing. lie Is thought 10 have climbed aboard
the steamship when the collision occurred.
In that case he has probably gone down
with twcnty-0ne persons from the Man
haitian. thus increasing the total number
of lives lost 10 twenty-five.
TO THE BOATS.
The Captain and thirteen Of the Manhat.
tan's crew took 10 the life-boats. They
We're picked up soon after by the revenue
cutter Dexter, which landed them at New
London. Three passengers and the rest 0i
the crew took - a life-raft and probably
went 10 the bottom. When the collision
occurred 1t seems both ships captains
thought they were uninIurcd. The cap.
tain Of the Agnes Manning held conver-
sation with the captain of the steamship
/, Il IN np
their ships. and as it was too dark TO 80,
the names ON the bows they separated
thinking nothing disastrous would result
The chief engineer of the Manhattan, {.
+. Haden. was killed IN the collision.
The officers of the Manhattan We're: cap
tam. II. NJ. Jenney: First Mate. j. Z. \
DAVIS: Second Mate. Olaf Nelson: Chlei
Engineer. c. F. Haden; Purser, {. NJ
Nose: Steward, - Garcia.
UNKNOWN.
The engineer had two assistants. the
names of whom are unknown. The names
of the crew are also unknown IN TIM
city. The names of the three passenger
were William Walker, James {. IoJ.n, enc
William Vaughan.
IHE LOST.
The following were lost: G. F. Haden
chief engineer: J. T. y. Dayi7 first mate
&. M. NOse, purser: William Walker, Jame'
G.. Iobin. William Vaughan, passengers
fifteen seamcn and one from the Agnr
Manning. Those accounted saved as ia
as can be asoertaIned are: II. ". Jenney
captain: Olaf Nelson, second mate Stewar'
! j. Garcia: two assistant engineers, nin
seamen. Most OF the men thought 10 have
been lost ia the collision are New Workers
Fanwlcl islaud. where the collision oc
CURED, Is on the coast of Delaware, on tn'
dividing line between Delaware an'
MARYLAND. twenty miles south of Cape Hen
! lopeu. There Is q fixed white light on Oh.
island, which is varied ag q signal 10 vessel
every two minutes by white flash. TIM
is the second vessel lOst by collision by the
Old Dominion Company m less than t"elY'
months. October 21th last, the steanc
Cleuptra was sunk off Delaware capeo uy
collision with the Crystal Wave.
Nrw LONDON, November -. The name'
Of the three passengers who with eleven OBJ
the crew are on the raft are William Walker
James G. Tobln. and William Naughn. tw,
colored and one white. They seemed SAFE
when the boat aud raft parted. The com
pany seafaring men think those on the raj
viii be- quickly picked uu. as the accldcn
occurred in the regular track OF 40 least lO
vessels daily.
LEwRs. DEL, November 22.-Ihe captain
of the tug Hercules reports that th'
steamer Manhattan. which cOllidcd witt
the schooner Agnes Manning and after
wards sank, lies heading southwest bl
south. three miles east by north from Fen
wick-shoal lishtship. The topmasts ar'
twenty feet out of water and the smoke
stack ls gone.
THE CApTiIN'8 sTiTEMENT.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, November Cap
II. o u. fa.rt
ning, which Is lying below Grecuwicl
y crs. Says the schooner was run into earll
wednesday morning by an unknown
steamer. The Captain says the steamer
went on her way after the collision with
out trying 10 find ont the extent OF the
Mannlngs damage The morning was Z
little haLy. but bright enough 20 see sOm'
distance ahead, and the collision. Captain
Birdsall asserts. was due to the negligence
Of those ON board the steamer. Cap
tain Birdsall had al the customary light
burning and showed light forward whei
he saw the steamer approaching. She pal
no attention 20 the shouts If Captain Bird
SAILS men, but ran into the schooner near
ly at full speed. At first il was though
the schooner was going 20 sink, but th'
constant use OF the pumps kept her free
until the tug lvanhOe got her IN tow an,
brought her into fresh water. She vii
have 10 discharge her cargo of coal for re
pairs. a. her bOwsprit and jIbDOOm ar
smashed and she is leaking badly.
PICkFD Up.
Providence, November %. The purse
and other Manhattan survivors who wer'
on the lfe-raft were picked up by th
schooner Charles H. futile. Captain Ives
of Baltimore, which arrived in this por, 10
dav. They were rescued about noon Wed
nesday.
ANOTHER AccO OUNT-TUETHER DETAILS.