St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-23
DASHED TO PIECES.
The Ship Elizabeth Runs on
Pacific Rocks at North
Head, CAL.
Her Captain and Seventeen
Sailors Meet Death Be-
meath the Waves.
Capt. Henry, Of the Life-Sav :
ing Crew, Washed Over
board and Drowned.
A Furious Gale Blowing and
Other Shipping Reported
to Be Suffering.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.-The ship
Elizabeth, of New York, which went
ashore on the rocks at North Head last
night, had twenty men on board, the
captain, two mates, the cook and six
teen sailors; also, the captains wife
and two children. 1t is known that the
captain and seventeen sailors of the ship
were drowned. The details Of the
wreck are hard to obtain, as the point
where the ship went on the rocks is in
accessible by sea, and to reach it by land
a climb of several miles over the mount
aims is necessary. The place is called
the Tennessee cove, and is four miles
north of this entrance to the harbor on
the Marin county shore. The story Of
The wreck. as told by one of the sur
FivorS, IS as follows: The vessel was
sighted at port early yesterday after
noon, and Capt. Cocord decided to sail
in. The wind was blowing a furious
gale from the southwest, and finally the
tug Monarch came to the Elizabeth'S as
Eistance. The men say assistance was
refused because of exorbitant charges
asked by the tug. The tug Albert then
made fast to the Elizs beth, but her
hawser soon broke, and the ship drifted
before the wind towards the shore.
just as the second hawser was made
fast she struck tbs rocks. Then Capt.
ColcOrd lowered the boat to take his
wife and children off. AS the boat
struck the water it capsized, throwing
three sailors, James Taken, George
Hanna and Brant Johnson into the
water. They clung to the bottom of
boat and were picked up by the tug.
The captains family were then
lowered in another boat, and
taken to the tug by the mate and two
seaman. The boat returned to the
ship, and It's occupants pershed with
the rest of the ships crew. The tugs
were unable to get near the ship, and
late at night returned to port, leaving
the vessel to its fate. Early this morn-
ing the tug went to the scene of the
wreck, and found that nothing was left
of the Elizabeth. She had gone to pieces
during the night. AS soon as the wreck
was reported last night, the Fort Point
life-saving crew. commanded by Capt.
Henry, started III a life boat for the
wreck. They were being towed by the
tug when Capt. Henry was washed
overheard by big wave and
drowned. The life boat could not
get nearer the wreck, and re-
turned to the station. About mid
night last night the life crew was
taken across the bay on tug, and
started over the mountains to Tennes-
see cove with wickets, ropes and other
apparatus. No report has been received
from them, and it is not known if any of
the men were rescued. The Elizabeth
was Western ship, built at Newcastle,
Me-, in 1882, and WAS of l,775 tons. She
was owned by A Hall, of New York,
and commanded by Capt. James Colcord
and carried crew of twenty-slX men.
She was 129 days out from New York,
and carried cargo of assorted merchan-
disc consigned to William Diamond q
Co. For thirty-siX hours the wind has
been blowing a furious gale and is in
creasing in violence every hour Much
damage has been done to the shipping
In the harbor. At the same time that
The Elizabeth struck Yesterday the Brit
lsh ship Jessamie also hit her bottom,
but got off and stood out to sea.