New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-23
GRAVE FEARS FOR THE ERIN
wRECKAGE AND DEAD CATTLE SIGHTED.
THE NAME OF THE STEAMER SEEN ON THE
STERN OF A LIFEBOAT-MR HURST. THE
AGENT, STILL HOPEFUL-ROCGH
EXPERIENCES Of INCoM-
ING VESSELS.
ING VESSELS.

EXPERIENCES OF INCoM-
ING VESSELS.
The probabilities of the National Line steamer
Erin's being lost grow stronger every day. Yes
terday morning two steamers reported having
passed through the wrcckagc of steamer ana
the carcasscs of dead cattle. With cattle prn-
cpally the long overdue steamer was laden one
steamer reporting this was the Servla' whlch
arrived yesterday after stormy and tempeStuou'
voyage The other steamer was the creole from
New-Orleans for Bremen. The Crcoes experiences
came in the form of dispatch to the Maritime
Exchange On January the Creole picked up
n Ufcboat with oars, mast and sails in her, and
bearing on her stern the name Erin. soon
after this she passed through quantity OF wreck
age and the floating bodies of dead cattle Inc
cable dispatch does not say In what latltude oi
longitude the Creole passed this wreckagc.
The Scrvia was two days ont of Queenstown,
which port she left on Sunday last, when she
sighted the wrcckagc of a steamer ana alhohS
il was a steamers bridge.
T. w j. Hurst. the agent Of the National Line
of steamers. to which line the Erin belonged said
Yesterday that he still had firm belief that the
vessel would come in port all right He expects
10 hear from her first at the Azores for he thinks
she has been disabled and will put in there.
II is now twenty-five days since the Elln lelt
this port bound for London. She car
rcd "A miscclanc cargo consisting chehy
of flour and grain in Sacks an"
Of 49, head of cattle. The entire value
of the cargo is estimated TO hc about S2oo'OoV
The value of the ship is something that no one
is willing to express an opinion on. Hhe WAS
not insured as the National Line never lnsurcs
It's ships but establishes instead a sinking fund'
10 which is paid annually the amount which II
would lc necessary TO cNpcnd on insurance Inc
Erin was inspected before she sailed by the agent
Of Boston insurance company which insured TIE
cattle. and the vessel was pronounced To De sea-
worthy and well found. She was not overloaded
and had eleven feet frc"board.
Private advccs received yesterday said that 'he
CARGO of the Erin was insured i'm London ycstcr-
day al "a premium Of scventy-hvc ghlncaS me
d,v before the premium charged was thirty
suincas The Erin is an old ship, having been
built in l-Gl at Ncwcastlc-on-Tync. She was
in her day passenger steamer. and made quick
trims in the DAYS when a fourtccn-day steamer
was considered fast. She registered 2.9lO tons,
and was 4l5 feet long. She was commanded by
CAPTAIN Tyson. sailor of experience and ability.
Her cattle were carried the main and
spar decks Mr. Hurst thinks that IN
the terrific storms which have recently been
making things lively on the North Atlantic the
decks Of the Erin have been swept. and that this
accounts for the dead cattle and wrcckagc re-
portcd by the Creole and the Seryia. There were
,ixtv people all told in the of the Erin, but
mo- record of their names could be- got yeStcr-
Jv Tic, were sailors anl drcmcn shipped in
Iondon. There were also about twenty men who
were on board to look after the cattle. She car
red no passengers.
\ di,patch from London was received last night
saving that the Cunard IlHc steamship Galha
and ,bc Catalonia had arrived at Queenstown after
a stormy voyage. and reported having passed on
January H. IN latitude 80 north, longitude -
west. a quantity Of wrcci<osc and the floating
bodies Of number of dead cattle. This WAS
another proof 20 the minds of most people IN ship
MIN, circles that the Erin bad gone down. If thc
trin. al, 1t seems proabbc. i, lost. it will be the
frs, ,rr,mcr ol tine National Line ever lost IN a
.torn A. sca II Will bc the second vessel the
Lrc I.s over lost the first one being the scot
land which was sunk by collision on sandy HOOK
many years ago, and the place oil wnoSS uts' % Gu
| flou Is now marked hN the N'p'lAlii Li-"'Sl"P'
This lrhfslip WAS originally placed IN us pres
cut position fo mark the wreck "l thr N,"'l'rI'
| iut pro,cd of such benefit to vessels mdklhs up
| from the south that after the Wrcc' was removed
| II wa, continued as permanent hShi-NeSS'l anu
| was called tie scotland. liza,
The severity of ihc gol" M sea WIS I'"lAo"
| moro fully herr, hy the reports OF incoming YES
| .rls TIE arrival Of the ScrNla ana the news
| that tlc E4,p'ilu Monarch. the ESNP', ,l|
Rhacta the thynl'ud. the Sorrento. ,NU ig,[
o,tc IIilI and other steamers han put lnto H'HI"N
| ,clicycd whatever fears had been chbcI' I''u
! annut their safety. Nothing was hr'ru apot ~!
| the steamer Sir William II. Arihs''"hR' an" A.
| ~ feared that she Is lost
! Tho steamer Venezuela. from Por' CaocIlo' re-
ported that she passed on Jai nary ~ 4" ne
| masfcd schooner waterloo 2rd WIN 'I'I'"'' rT.
| and mi1zcn mast hanging over thc sIo'' Inv i'c
| bulwarks were carried away and the sea was
| washing over her decks ,s
Tbr Scrvia reached the Cunard pier AZ holi,
| mast 1 Yesterday afternoon, TWO pdAS "'!1'i
| , lie, arrival WAS "A great relief 10 the minds
| Of many people who haG friends ON board. lnc ne
| ice yhcl. covered the Ncryia's sides ana m''c
| walking on her decks a elmhastc l'3l ~.
| some idea Of the kind of weather throu-h WIN"
! (apfalu Walker had brought his vessel .
| ON Monday. January l3 the second day ou'
| tbc wind was hioh and continued 50 thr'ueh 'h'
| u~>t J,v On Wednesday il had increased To
| oolr Tic twenty four hours run to lhursuoN
noon was only 80 miles The worS, W''l.r' WE rri,,, "
| the voyage. however did not come uh'l rl'''N
Z seaman named Knox was knocked down ny
one Of the big waves that swept over Tue ur'h A.
and SO severely injured that II was @ I"''SS",S &
| remove him 10 "A hospital on the arrival oI '"e
several sl,yIieh,s Of the Scrvia were broken;
| and a part of the starboard guard ran i4I""aII 4I
| was carried away. The cn@hc-i"oih VIZ '~i'"N' ~ -
| Al one time by the seas the vessel shipped an"
some damage was done to her machinery ..,
| Heavy weather was encountered on ,ls ,i '"''
| cspccalv on sunday and Tuesday. NJ Quarntlh'
| thc William Fletcher was prevented from taxing
| of the mails by the high seas and strong Wlnl'
| When the Scrvia reached her pier She nau 10
| tic nm nj the end The high WINS OF N'o'I"'N
| made the water so low that she could not take
| her berth al the side of the pier.
| Among the .ructv-four saloon passengers "eIIS
| Mr. and Mrs Radcliffe Baldwin. me KEY. \, +
| nottcrrr amos Dottcrcr Reginald Forwood. MIR.
and Mrs John V. HASTINGS. John W. MaCkaE' e
| l. j. McTay'sh, Charles =. Stratton ana = T.
| Torrcy. n ,os
| The britannia and Wcrra were the oniy trans.
! Atlantic PASSENGER steamers thai hl ln'S PoIr P
| Yesterday On the Britannia was SIR Johh lester
| Kaye. Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Mortimer S'"" VII
| the Wcrra.
VESSELS BATTLING WITH THE SEAS
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