The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-21

WRECKED ON THE ROCKS.

The British Cruiser Serpent with Tive
Hundred and Fifty Men on Board,
Wrecked. During the Recent storm.
or Cape Finisterre, on the Spanish
Coast-Only Three. Out of the Entire
Ships Complement Known to Have Es.
dondon, Burned.
LONDON, Nov. 1s.-Her Majestys ship
Serpent was wrecked Monday night
twenty miles north of Cape Finisterre.
Two hundred and forty-seven men were
drowned. Only three escaped.
The Serpent went on the rocks dur
ing severe storm on the Spanish coast
A heavy mist prevailed at the time. 1t
was impossible to obtain assistance
from the shore, and the vessel remained
in her helpless position until broken to
pieces by the tempestuous seas which
set up over her. Tho crow were
washed overheard in groups by the re-
morseless waves, and drowned or dashed
to death amid the rocks.
The news of the disaster was con-
veyed to Corunna, distance of sixty
miles, over mountain roads, and when
relief corps was organized and sent to
the wreck 1t was too late to be of any
avail The Serpent's crew proper con-
sisted of 10 men. The remaining
victims were being conveyed to other
British men-of-war on the African sta
tion.
THE LOST VESSEL
LONDON, Nov. 13.-Her Majesty's ship
Serpent, which was wrecked on the
Spanish coast Monday night with
loss of nearly two hundred and fifty
lives, was a cruiser of the third class.
She was built at Davenport, in 1883, at
a cost of $6o5, 600. The Admiralty Of
ficials maintain silence and decline to
be interviewed on the subject of the
disaster. They possess no organization
through which news of such occurrences
would be transmitted to them in ad-
vance of press reports, il the officers of
the ill-fated vessel did not survive.
Though the reports of almost total an
Inhalation of the Serpents complement
were at first regarded as too terrible
for belief, the impression has now be-
come general that the story is true.
The news spread throughout England
like wild-fire, causing lamentation in
hundreds of homes.
ALL BUT THREE WERE DROWNED.
MADRID, Nov. 13.-Three sailors who
Mcceeded in swimming ashore from
the wrecked British cruiser Serpent
have arrived at Camarinas. They ex-
press the belief that all the others on
board were drowned.
rHn WELLINGTON BARRACKS BURNING.
LONDON, Nov. 12. - The Guards
Wellington Barracks are burning The
fire originated under the staircase in
the quarters of the married men. All
the adult inmates were rescued by
means of ladders amid great excite
menk A number of children suffering
with measels were wrapped in blankets
and taken to places of shelter, but two
of the little patients are missing, and
1t is feared they were overlooked in the
confusion and have perished in the
flames. When the fire was discovered,
and the signal for fire parade" was
sounded on the bugle, the troops as
sembled promptly, with splendid dis
cipline, and worked eagerly and eff
fectively according to the manual. Tho
officers were delighted with the intelli-
gence and willingness displayed under
the emergency, and cheered the men on
in their heroic efforts to gain control OF
the flames.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-The barracks were
almost entirely destroyed before tho
flames were brought under control. The
children who were thought to have per-
ished have been found alive and unhurt.