New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-23
LOST IN SIGHT OF PORT.
,vprcK OF TIE CLIPPER SHIP ELIZABETH.
c,prNN CoLCORD AND SEVENTEEN SAILORS
DROWNED GOING TO PIECES on THE
ROCKS JUST OUTSIDE SAN FRAN
CISCO HARBOR AFTER VOY-
AGE FROM NEW YORK.

s.n Francisco, Feb 22.-Whilc entering the
,orhor last night. the American ship Elizabeth
.ont on the beach at North Heads The Eliza
both had twenty men on board-thc captain
.ro matpS the cook, and sixteen sailors; aso'
,he captain's wife and two children.
r. is known that Captain Colcord and seventeen
soilors Of the ship were drowned. The details
,f the wreck arc hard to obtain, as the poln'
whore the ship went on the rocks Is lnacceSSl"It
b, sea. and to reach il by land climb of SeVerai
miles over the mountains is necessary. The place
!. called the Tennessee Cove, and is four miles
18th Of tbc entrance to the harbor, the Marine
Corrtv shore. The story of the wreck as tod
bv one Of the survivors is as follows:
The vessel sighted port early yesterday after
on and Captain Cocord decided to sail III.
Tho wind was blowing furious gale from tie
southwest. and finally the tug Monarch came ~
the Flizabcth's assistance. The men say ASSIST
ancc was refused because of eNorbitant charE'S
osked bv the tug The tug Alert then made ias'
IN the Elizabeth. but her haWscr soon oroh''
end the shin driftcd before the wind toward '''e
shore. Just as the second hawscr was m7dc las.
she struck the rocks. Then Captain ,olcor"
lowered the boat to take his wife ana chiuIcn
of As tho boat struck the water IL CaP>iHcu
throwing three sailors, James uaKeh' "ru'-'
Hanna and Grant johnson. into the water i,'I
clunr 10 the bottom of the boat ana "ere P'oN''
I'm by the tug The captains fanny "lc "','
lowered in another boat and taken 10 'iic '"N ~
Tho mate and two seamcn Inc poa' Ic'",'" ="
+be shin and its occupants perlSled WIN INV i'''
of the ships crew The tugs were uhapic 10 Ep'
near the ship and late at night returned 10 PoI''
leaving the vessel 10 its fate
Early this morning the tug went to the scene
nothiOU left. OF
tho Elizabeth. She had gone to pieces during the
night.
As soon as the wreck was reported last night
.bo Fort Point Lifc-saving crew, commanded by
Cantain Henry. started in lfe-bOat for the wreck
Tbev were being towed by the tug when Captain
Horny was washed overheard by hlg wave
md drowned The lifc-boat could not get near
The wreck, and returned to the station. About
midnight last night the lifecrcw was taken across
the bay on ting, and started over the mountains
n Tennessee 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 wooden ship, built nj
Ncw-Ca Castle, Maine, in 1882, and was OF lao
IONS She was owned by Il. F. Pcndlcton, Of New
York and commanded by Captain James Colcord,
and carried crew Of twcnty-siN men. She was III
days out from New-York and carried a cargo oi
assorted merchandise, consigned to WIlllams'
Diamond & Co.
For thirty-siX hours the wind has been blowing
n furious gale and is increasing in violence every
bour Much damage has been done to the ship
ming in the harbor At the same time that the
Elizabeth struck yesterday, the British ship Jes-
anime also hit her bottom, but got of and stood
out to sea-
The high winds at San Francisco last nisht inter
rnp;ei eiecraphc communication, the Western Union
losing all its wires at that point.