New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-02
A STEAMER CAPSIZES.
ON HER BEAM ENDS FOR HOURS IN A HURRJ:
CANE.
EIGHT MEN GO DOWN WITH HER-THE oTHEx
TWENTY RESCUED AFTER DRIFTING FOR
TWO DAYS IN AN OPEN BOAT WITH
OUT PGovISIoys-THE CARGO
OF GRAIN SHIFTED.
1sY TELEGRAPH TO THE TnIBusEI

Halifax v s. Sept Light members Of the
crew Of the British steamer Dunmurry, Of Belfast.
from Ncw-York for Antwerp with grain, lost
their lives on Saturday through the capsizing
Of the vessel in q hurricane. Captain McMarron,
FER commander, and the otheC nineteen SURVIVORS
were landed here tonight by the German oil-tank
steamer Hanslxurst. from New York for Rotterdam
The Dunmurry left New-York last Wednesday,
and at :15 o'clock on Saturday morning ran into
n terrific hurricane from the east-southeast. The
storm came up with great fury, ana within niteen
minutes the steamer was thrown upon her peam
ends, in which position she lay until noon, ana
then sank. Captain McMarron, who presents
sorry spectacle after his hard fight with
fate. said to your correspondent:
When thrown upon our beam ends. we slowed
the engines and brought the wind on the poro
bow, the ship having list to port and shipping
tremendous seas At , o'clock. | got all the
hands down No. hatch to shift the cargo over
to starboard and also told the engineers 10 start
the pumps, as we were unable 20 sound the
blges owing 70 the heavy sea on deck. AZ : 80
the hurricane lulled slightly The barometer fell
from 20.4O at 4 q. m. to 2s.36 at :45, when the
hurricane came again at the southwest, and
the ship became unmanageable. Owing 20 the
tremendously heavy crosSsca and the heavy list,
the ship lying down with the port side OF the
deck in the water. and the list increasing all the
time the engineers could not keep up steam.
At 10 o'clock | called the second Officer and the
men up from the aft hold to get the boats and
ife-rafts ready as the port boats were smashed
away the matches were stove in and the tarpaulins
were washing of. The crew wep unable TO do
anything to secure the matches, as the ship was
lying with her matches in the sea and filing
rapidly. We served out life belts 10 every
man, and were preparing to launch inc
boats. when at noon the steamer cap.
sized, keel up, and Immediately sank The wnoie
crew of twenty-eght men were thrown into the
sea. The only boat ahoat was the starboard hfe-
boat, in which were the third mate and the second
engineer This boat filed as the ship went over;
but fortunately we picked up whiskey case, WITH
which we baled her out Had il not been Tor
this not man would have been saved. Those who
had presence Of mind enough swan for this boat L
haa my arm badly hurt in getting clear OF the
ship and the third engineer had his jaw smashed.
was otherwise severely hurt, and was unconscious
when picked up.
Meanwhile the second officer and the boatswain
cot A small liferaft clear Of the wpckage, TO
which seven men clung. After being In the
water some time twenty men finally got into the
life-boat We were then $50 miles of Halifax.
The other eight men were either killed
in the wreckage or drowned The men
saw them after the ship went down.
They were first mate McKibbern, first engineer
Gray, Fourth Engineer Spencer, Carpenter Kern.
two able scamen, a fireman, and the boy. Hehe.
At night the twenty of us found ourselves afioae
in midocean with two gallons of water and
pound of bread TO divide among us. At-midnighs
the wind had gone down and the sea moderately
and we steered by the North Star northward We
saw two steamers pass us during the night, but
we had nothing with which to make signals OK
distress.
From Saturday noon until Monday night we
were at the mercy of the ocean, driven
hither and thther by succession OF
gales. suffering indescribably from hunger thirst
exhaustion and exposure, and fearing that we
would be engufed by every wave that dashed
against cur frail craft. At o'clock last night
our cries were heard ~ n passing steamer; She
proved to be the Hansllurst. and Captain Hatch,
being short of provisions headed for Halifax and
landed MS here The crew Lost everything. The
Dunmurry sank in latitude i0.45 west, longitude
Call west and werc picked up in latitude
41.5S, longitude 63.ls, west