New-York tribune., 1890-01-29
MORE MARINE DISASTERS.
nrecur OF THE SUFFERING CREW OF A
FRENCH BRIGANTINE.
MANY SHIPS ASHORE AND SUNK sTDAAzhS
orsAsrEp "A NORWEGIAN BARK GOES


DOWN IN COLLISION
Halifax. N. S.. Jan, 2s.-The steamer rory
,esian. Captain Wylie, from Liverpool wnion a. :
rived here to-day. has on board the Grew VI .n
french brigantine Mathilde. Of Nantes wnion "a
=. s..n nv the Polynes;an showing signals OF
a,stress on Sunday morning, in latitude 20 ''o'
I.noitude 30: :4s. A boat was sent on IN cnaree
=, Chief OFFICER Fairfield, and the captain re-
.r.staa IN he taken off, as he intended W
ah.rdon tho shin The crew were In an exhaus'ea
.ona;tion not having had sufficient 1000 1or
.hou. tan davs They were transferred TO the
p.,,,n.s;ar and made as comfortable as possiple.
WHEN abandoned the Mathilde's pumps were
ohotoa The water had reached her sand paiiast
and she was sinking.
"'' ~ M.th;,de left ST. Pierre. Martinique, on
n.v.h.r for St Pierre, Miquelon, In ballast,
"a cached the Banks on January a. and tried
=. n.t to 81 Pierre but was blown of many times
~, ,be fierce gales. On January IL an attempt
was made to reach st. Johns, n F.. but heavy
snowstorm prevailed and it was impossible 10
-. tho coast The vessel was swept by
onormous seas. her water casks were carried away
and the cabin and store-room flooded
Two days later another effort was made to get
20 ST. Pierre, when the vessel ran into field OF
heavy ice, striking it with such force as to break
a hole in her, through which the water maze
ouickly On January IA she again made land.
but could not enter port on account OF bad
weather. For several days afterward the brig
made numerous efforts to get into st Pierre, nut
was each time blown off. On January 23 when
IL was almost impossible to work the SHIP
last effort was made to reach land, which failed
The vessel then stood off SO that the crew could
be rescued by some passing ship. On Sunday
the Polynesian hove in sight Several OF the
men had their hands and feet frozen and suffered
terribly.
London. Jan. 2s.-The British bark Howard
A. Turner, before reported abandoned. while on a
voyage from Hillsboro; N. B.: for Dublin was
tempted to tow her to the Channel. After being
towed for several hours she parted from the
steamer and went ashore four miles west OF Pen
The British steamer Mascotte, Captain Ross.
which sailed from Swansea yesterday for New
York. put into Queenstown to-day with her ma
chinery out of order
don November 81 for Sydney, n. s. W.. is ashore
at Rams Head on the Australian coast. She Will
probably be a total loss. -.
cane has prevailed there and has done much
damage The Norwegian bark Sigdal. Captain Lar
sen at Buenos Ayres, from Gardlf, was snnR
in collision with the British steamer Frnce %
Llewellyn, from Buenos Ayres for Liverpool Ihe
steamer was so badly damaged that 1T was neces-
sary to run her aground. Her forehold is full Of
water. Six hundred tons of corn, which COM
The British bark Mertold, Captain Green, from
Fernandjna December "a for Queenstown, was
abandoned in sinking condition on January IL.
Her crew have arrived at Weymouth
Santander from Philadelphia, was ashore at The
entrance to the harbor. She has SIX 1eet OIL wafer
in her hold