Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-04
BOTTOM UP AT SEA.
LOSS or rHs STEAMER DUNNURRY ABOUT
800 NILES FROM NEW YORK.
Shs Ospsz,s in Terrific Gals-Bight Of Her Grew
Go Down-fwsnty Others Toss in Lifsboa i0r
Two Days Before They are Rsscu'd.
Taken to Haliiax.

HALIFAX, September 3.-The steamer
Dunmurry, 1868 tons, OF Beliast' iei'
New York on August 20, bound for Ant
werp with grain, and on the morning OF
| the Goth she sank In latitude 40 degrees
As minutes north, longitude 62 degrees
IL minutes west, about 500 miles nearly
east of New York. She had a crew OF
twenty-eight, commanded by Capt. Me-
Moran. Eight Of the grew are lost.
Capt. McMorran, one Sf the survivors,
told the Sun reporter that after leaving
New York on Wednesday last fine
weather was experienced till Saturday
morning at 4 o'clock, when the wind
sprang up from the east southeast, AND
| by 1870 a. m. 1t had increased to hurrl'
cane, and the ship was thrown on her
| beam ends. The engines were slowed
and the steamer brought to the wind on
| her port bow, but it was impossible to
right her list to port.
Tremendous seas were shipped. The
cargo has shifted, and the efforts OF all
| hands were unayailing to get to star
board. She was taking in water fast,
and the tremendous sea prevented the
use of the pumps.
The hurricane lulled slightly for an
hour, but at o'clock 1t came on again
from the southwest, and the ship be-
came totally unmanageable owing to
the tremendous heavy cross sea.
The port side Of the deck was In water
and the mist was constantly increasing.
The captain saw the steamer could only
remain ahoat for few minutes, and all
hands were called from below.
Life belts were served to every man.
The port boats were washed away. One
lifeboat and the life raft were barely In
the water when the steamer capslzed,
keel up, and remained in that position
for few moments.
The third mate and second engineer
were In the lifeboat, and one or two
chung to the life raft, but the former
was full of water, and the raft was tossed
to the top of the steamer. The rest OF
the men clinging to pieces of wreckage
were carrying on hopeless struggle for
life. The third mate and second engi-
neer in the lifeboat picked up the
Captain, badly hurt, the third
engineer semi-unconScious, and seven OF
the crew. The raft was clear OF the
wreck by this time, and the eleven oc-
cupants of the lifeboat were transferred
to it, to share with the nine already
there the precarious safety which 1t az
forded. Eight OF the crew had gone
down or were lost to sight among the
pillows.
1t was now noon. The weather had
fortunately begun to moderate, and the
lifeboat was after much difficulty bailed
out and the twenty men embarked with
in it.
A pound of buiscuit apiece was all the
provisions they had. The lifeboat lay
to till a. m. Sunday, but nothing could
be seen of the missing. Then they got
on sail and steered by the north st ar to
the northwest. An hour later the wei.
come sight Of steamers lights to the
southwark was made out, but pull as
they would they faded away.
At O'Clock another steamers smoke
was seen, but esain the chase for it was
Ruthless. Once moIe 81 - was
taken to the north aud continued all
day, the wind increased to a gale, a~A
by2 o'clock Monday morning it was
such a gale that the lifeboat could not
be steered with an oar, and she was
brought to.
The third steamers lights were seen,
but again they were lost. The wind
went down somewhat and ii came on to
rain, and the voyagers got godsend in
the way Of three gallons Of water.
At ~ o'clock a. m. another steamer
was seen, and they pulled for her,
hailed her, were seen and taken on
board. It was the oil-tank steamer
Hans and Hurst, Capt. Koch, bound
from New York to Rotterdam.
This was $50 miles from Halifax.
The men were kindly attended to and
the steamer headed for this port, where
they were put off in boat at the mouth
of the harbor and pulled up to the city.