Evening journal., 1889-03-26
A MYSTERY OF THE OCEAN
Has the Conserva Gone to the
Bottom ?
STORIES OF STORMS AT SEA

No Light Yet Thrown on the CHASTITY
Tale Told by the onicers Of the Colo
rado--Fears FOR the safety OF Many
Vessels.
New York, March 20.-An impenetrablC
mystery still eIrvelops the story Of the life
raft which was sighted by the Colorado, Of
the Mallory line, ON Saturday last, aud from
which the two dead men were taken wht
were afterwards buried at sea All day yes
terday vessels returning from the south
brought in tales Of heavy storms aud angry
seas, while many Of them had plowed their
way through wreckage The theory which
was at first advanced, that the raft had
foated from the steamer Conserva, was
pretty generally secuted later on
A telegram was received vt the Maritime
Exchange from Boston during the morning
stating that the steamer Gate City, from
Savannah March %, at 1880 a. m. hat
sighted in lat Ssll, long. 1850, metallic
hfebont and a lap-streak boat, the latter
painted white, On the former some letter
were discernibe which looked like Con-
"Ihe Conserva carried no metallic life
boat, and on none Of her life RATS was hel
name painted, as far as ! know said Henry
X. kunhardt who fitted out the Conserva,
ON being shown the Boston dispatch yester
day. "At the time in question the vessel
should have been far below Charleston-for
mind you, the wind sgas with her all the
time-and | don't see how she could have
drifted up into the locality where this craft
was found She is duo in Samana Tuesday
evening or Wednesday morning, and il she
Is on time we shall hear from her about
Friday. She has twenty-four souls on board
among them my cousin, Carl Kunhardt
but / haven't the slightest anxiety about
their safety or that Of the ship
When the g. B. Locllhart arrived from
San Domingo Capt Olsen reported that
March 10, while in lat 30 is west, long a. Oi
north, he had sighted the British stenmshiI
Yermandale, of Scarboro, flying signals Of
distress, declaring that her machinery was
disabled and thnt her sails had been blown
away. She had hoisted her signals, however,
only in order that her condition might be re.
ported to Lloyds
The Annie r. Kemp, OF ProvincetowI,
from Baracoa, in lat 81 10, long. n. 46 dead
reckoning), also sighted the vessel and put
about TO her assistance, bl@ was blown away.
At night heavy storm set in, aud the
chances that the Yenmandnle, IN her dis.
abled condition, wenthered IL are slight
Added evidence Of disaster was brought IN
during the day by the British steamship
Honda, from Greytown, which was only con
firined by the City OF Alexandria The Hon.
da's log reports stormy weather March %
and while oil Carisfort reef passed quantit,
Of wreckage, consisting mainly Of hatcl
combings. The City Of Alexandria had flu
weather all along and on the same day, Will
ten miles oil Towey's lighthouse, passed tn
poop deck Of a vessel, with the water ways Q
the sgylight painted white and the scupper
blue, and one after companionway. with tn
hatch painted white and the top blue Tb
colors, blue and white correspond TO TIL
decorations Of the Conserva, but the wreck
age could not belong to her, as her materia
Is iron and would have sunk
The various places on the ocean III whic
the wreckage has been seen and the variou
vessels sighted that may have furnished /
preclude the idea that only a single vessel ha
met with accident II the Conserva ha
foundered, SO has certainly one other ship