New-York tribune., 1891-02-19
AN ITALIAN BARK SUNK.
TWO BOYS GO DOWN WITH THE WRECK.
THE MAsCoTTA CUT IN TWO IN THE LOWER
HARBoR BY THE NORTH GERMAN
IIANEI.

LLOYD STEAMSHIP HAVEL.
The North German Lloyd steamship Havel on
nor maiden voyage out of this port, ran INTO ana
srnk the Italian bark Mascotta, thrcefourths oi
q mile northeast of the lighthouse of RoDpina
Reef at about 45 D. m. yesterday The COLLISION
caused the loss of two lives
The Havel left her Tier at lloboken at Nv
n m. having on board more than $50 saloon
and nearly 200 second-class and stecrase pasScl
GERS After passing Fort Lafayette two Vesse'
were sighted coming up the harhor. One OF them
wos the Ward Line steamer Yumuri and the Other
y barl, fvinF the Italian flag, the latter In TOW
~ the tug Defiance. The lumuri was huggln2
the left or Jersey side of the passage; the DARK
WAS heading for the same shore. Tie marx ""S
in the middle of the channel about hall way
between buoy No. 30 and the Robbins Reei hSn''
bopse when the IIavel crashed into her Inc
steamer struck the bark just abaft the ioremaS'
on the starboard sidc head on, nearly cutting hci
in two For some minutes the bow OF the nav
was buried in the side of the MaScota, giving tl0
crew time TO climb into the rigging Marco NJ
pett the first mate ,clambered up the ahchol Chains
of the Havcl. The steamer backed 10 iIce IN
Golf from ,,c wreck. and the bark sank in hVe
fathoms Of water. o1
Adolnbo Bancalari. an apprentice boy, aged
tllrtfen. was Sttu otIuBSiiho 49,
and a rome was thrown TO him, but the niue
follow was ton bcnumbed and exhausted to hold
ON to it and was drowned in sight ol HIS GULF
rodos Arotbor annrentice Giovanni Garr0sso,
aqed seventeen was meyer seen after the coilisoh'
Astern of the bark "a small boat belonging 10 II
stevedore. Luigi Roggeri, who had boarded 'he
bark early in the morning. was Deing lowell anu
this picked up Giovanni Salvo ana "lo' ANN
,Juvdotti The IIavel, as soon as she "aS cicdi'
was swung round by the wind ana went ashore
on the Long Island flats and could give no heip'
The anchoring boat Talisman and the tugs H. y.
Nicboll and Defiance came 10 the rescue o'
the wrecked men. The Talisman took the frst
mate off the Ilavcl and the two men from the
small boat, the tugboats rescuing the men IN
The rigging The Talisman, Captain Congdon'
remained near the sunb&n vessel for some tlme'
but there was no sign of the two missing boys.
On board the lIavcl there was the greatest eN-
citemcnt for time among the passengers, nearly
all of whom were deck at the time OF the
accident or rushed up from their cabins as soon
as they recovered from the shock. Their eX-
citement was not alayed when it was learned
that the new German liner was ashore. She was,
however. soon got off, and as it was found that
except for the loss of paint from her bows, she
had received no damage, the steamer continued
her voyage.
The Mascotta had sunk in thirty feet OF water
Her masts from the lower yards were above the
water. The foretopgallant mast had been broken
by the shock, and the bowsprt stood up per
pendicularly out of the water. She was new
vessel of 40 tons, having been built In Genoa.
from whence she went to st. Domingo. She was
entering this port with cargo OF 5000 bags oil
sugar, lignum vitae and lOgwood. Her crew were
Augustine Fazio, captain; Marco RipettI, hrs'
mate: Francisco BiggiO, second mate seameh'
Giovanni Savo. Giovanni Juydotti, Nicolo De
metri, Augosto Rocco, Antonio Martenni Josef'o
Basso, Nicolo Gurntorvallo Giovanni Drirro, Glo-
vanni Garrosso andl Adolpho BaNcalari. The
Mascotta was consigned and belonged TO j. H.
Nicini d Company, of No. 81 Wall-st 49,.
In regard Il the cause of the collision M Ineie r.,
were different stories from those who had seen IT.
Marco Ripetti, the first mate, said he was on
deck at the time of the collision, and saw the
Navel bearing down on them, put thought i,e She
would pass TO the starboard, but when q4lte
near the steamer stirbOarded her helm and crashed
into the bark. All the crew were knocked down
by the shock, but took to the rigging as quickly as
possible He climbed up the ancnor chains 0l
the steamer lie did not see either OF the Doys
after the collision happened. There was was Strong
fOod-tde running and he was sure the steamer
was going at full speed
Captain Arthur Harry, Of the tugboat De-
fiance, small and by no means powerlui Jug
was looking quite dOwnhearted over the accident'
He said Il took the MascOtta in tow oil staple,
ton. Staten Island After passing Robbins Keel
] found that the wind blowing pretty strong
from the northeast and was carrying the PARK
on to the Long Island shore, 50 i determined 10
get 10 the western edge Of the channeI. WhcTc
the iood-tide would also help me IN towing me
bark TO her dock When nearly half way across
the channel | saw the llavel coming down 10
ward us at a high speed and blew my whlstIc
twice which meant / would tow the boats head
to mort The steamer answered with one whistle,
that meant that she was going 10 starboard, IN
stead of pOrt as she should have done. The next
minute she had cut the bark nearly IN two, ana
eight feet from my tusboat. That Is all have
TO say.
An old sea-captain, who happened to be on n
Government boat close by when the accident hap
pened said The Iumuri was coming up on the
Jersey side Of the passage. The Mascotta in tow,
q tremendous way OH her, saw that collision
with either the Numuri or the bark was IN
evitable so chose the lesser evil. giving the
Yumuri free berth and sinking the MascOtta.
being afraid of running ashore if she passed 10
the eastward or StarbOard of her, and as she did
90 ashore as she was clear Of the wreck,
She evidently had good grounds for fearing such
an accident"
CAPTAIN Curtis, of the Yumur said: g saw
the iiavel coming down the harbOr and had hardly
passed the MaScOtta. in tow of q tug. when cried
out TO the pilot My God, that looks like 4
collision and he had hardly answered when the
Atlantic liner was smashing up the timbcrs of the
through her. ! was some four ShipslcngthS
of when the collision happened. Who was TO
blame cannot say. ] only know that did not
think / in any danger
The Masc1tta. with her cargo. was fully in
snred. The crew were looked after by the CON
signecs. Early in the evening Government
vessel went down to the wreck and placed warn
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