The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-06
A CRASH ON THE OCEAN
The Steamer Manhattan Sinks
in Ten Minutes.
Agncs M0nnlng, from Baltimore
Fourteen Men Adritt on n Life.
Unl1 ,Eh..x.a 4


RRit-Threc Lives Lost.
The Old Dominion Line steamer Manhatl
tan, Capt jenny, was run into at five o'clock
the other morning off Fenw:c&'s Island light,
Maryland coast, by tho four mast.d schooner
Agnes Manning. The schooner proca ,det to
Philadelphia with one man missing, supposed
TO have been drowned Tho MANN ,ttan soon
began to settle, and sank within ton minutes
after she was struck. Only one boat, No. 8
could DO lowered. The Captain and fourteen
>sS-<h--~r~w muuugor TO saws tnsIr lives by
getting into the boat The Manhattan's top
uiasts were above wstor.
Quartermaster Olson was ken from ono
OF the masts, and near him was the liteless
body OF Engineer Hayden. The auartermus-
ter made almost superhuinan efforts TO save
the engineer. H. p ,ssed him bow. inc, tel
ling him to put It under his arms, but Hay
den did not have strength. The bowline was
made fast to the engiucei's wrist, but Olson
could not raise him abov. tho water, and he
drowned, tho boiy being taken in boat No. ).
The rest OF the crew, clevou in number,
aLd three passengers, two black and ono
wnite, got on the ilfc-raft, and when the boat
partei company, oil s.tInel safe for time
at least Alter being IN tho boat three hours,
they sighted the schooner Van Nunfs an
King. of New Haven.
The fourteen survivors ard the remains OF
ter Dexter, in passing out, responded to tho
signal OF the sci oner and landed tho sur
vivors
First ofllcerr ph p N. Davis, In an m
verview sa!l Nc left New York with
thirty five persons OH hoard, including two
steerage Passengers. whose names ate un-
kRQMYt Nh 6Sef ~ fso hnndred tons Of frei hit. and
consequently, were nble TO make such good
time tuat NO wcrs or Fcnw:ck Island shoal
light, near tho Delaware c,pcs, by four
O'clock next morning. At tuut hour the
weather being cool, but clear as Toll, tho
lookout sighted s,ilinX voss rs lights dead
ahead. We kept on our )urse, steering >.
w. 1S., and rapidly came up to tho vCss j,
VIII cn proved to bo II four-nastel coal-laden
schooner, sitting low III tn, water. This was
what did US the fatal damage, the teho2ner
being so low that she -Pauched n hole In the
steamer below tho water line. Sh, W. steer
ing N. h. by N. and sk immir along the sea.
Second officer All. Nelson was OH dock, but
paid very hitle attention To the stranger,
although she was very near, feeling conf.
dent We would pass her. 10 make sure, he
ordered the steamer pass TO starboard, and
the holm was put down, when the schooner
did the same. Both vessels swung together.
and before headway cou q be lessened or tho
wheel thrown over, we came together with q
crash SO heavily that the steamers progress
was stopped. 81 iirsJ we Thought we had
escaped injury, while the crash OF the
schooner headway made us fearful that sue
"ao uO"f. Juuuey buOuutu
to her crew to come uboar.i, but they said
they were all right, and when tho vessels
swung apart sho continued on her way.
"A lew moments later, Engineer Hayden,
who was investigating, discovered large
hole i'll tho steamers port Low, below tue
water line, and gave the alarm that the ship
would not float bat II few moments mprs,-
Captain Janney ordered oil hand to the b0atS.s 2.
There was no time to got anything, either
clio hes or provisions. We whowere saved
jumped into q tolt, while u dozJn or more
got ON tho life raft, cAccptln. myself, Quar-
termaster Fred. O.son, Engineer Hayden and
two seam-n, VINO toJX To the rigging. The
remainder took t. tho other boats. Fifteen
minutes a ter the collision the steamer q rail
was under wafer The ships boat then ap.
preached, Rnd We were al taken, one at q
time, off the mast, except Engineer Hayden,
who was SO exhausted That, while attempt-
ing to luss u lifeline under his arms, he fell
into tho sea aud was drowned before he
could DO hauled aLond. He was the last to
masts remain above the water. ALI the
others, | hope, will u timately be rescued,
although when We got clear or the wreck tue
raft could not Ds seen. The night was still
dark, however. AT sunrise, alter being halt
froZ n, we were picked up hy Captain Cur
It's, of New Haven, yuud Tor Providence.
All of US lose oil our clothes and considera-
bic money. The schooner committed tho
fatal error when she swervcd from her orig
inaI coarse, when 1t was our duty TO get out
OF the way.
The purser and othcr Manhattan survivors
who were on the iife raft were picked up by
the schooner Charles ii. Tuttle, Captain Ives,
bound from Baltimore to Providence, II. i.