The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
A SHIP ON THE ROCKS.
EER CAPTAIN AND SEVENTEEN
SAILORS LOST.

A Charge that She Had to Refuse
Tugs Offer to Tow Her Into Port on
Account of Excessive Charges-The
Captains Wife and Children Saved.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.-The ship
Elizabeth of New York went ashore on the
rocks at North Head last night. She had
twenty-six persons on board. the captain
two mates, cook and twenty sailors,
the captains wife and two chill
dren. Three sailors, the captaiu's wife
aud children got off in a small boat.
The boat capsized but the occupants were
rescued by tug. 1t is thought that the
rest OF the vessels crew was drowned. A
hfeboat went to the aid of the shipwrecked
sailors, but was capsized by the waves and
the captain of the boat was drowned The
ship Is breaking up fast on the rocks and
will be total loss. Tugs have taken two
parties Of men across to Pens1lilo, and they
have started over the hills to search the
beach for survivors.
The captain and seventeen sailors were
drowned.
SCENE OF THE WRECK.
The point where the ship went on the
rocks Is inaccessible by sea, and to reach it
by land a climb of several miles over the
mountains is necessary. The place is called
Tennessee cove, and is four miles north Of
this a.. entrance rance o to the .borI harHSr 1Sr
story of the wreck, as told by one of the sur
vivors, is as follows The vessel sighted
port early yesterday afternoon and Capt.
Colcord decided to sail in. The wind was
blowing a furious gale from the southwest,
and finally the tug Monarch came to the
Efzabeth's assistance. The man says as
sistance was refused because of the exorbi-
tant charges asked by the tug. The tug
Alert then made fast to the Elizabeth, but
her hawser soon broke, and the ship soon
drifted before the wind toward shore.
STRUCK THE ROCKS.
Just as the second tug was made fast, she
| struck the rocks. Then Capt. Colcard low
cred boat to take his wife ana children
| off. As the boat struck tho water it cap
sized, throwing three sailors, James Lake,
| George Hanna and Grant johnson, into the
water They chung to the bottom of the boat
and were picked up by the tug. The
captains family was then lowered into an
other boat and taken to the tug by the
| mate and two seamen. The boat returned
| to the ship and its occupants perished 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.
LOSS OF THE LIFE-SAvER.
Early this morning a tug went to the
scene of the wreck and found nothing left
of the Elizabeth. The Fort Point life
| saving crew, commanded by Capt. Henry,
started in a lifeboat for the wreck. They
were being towed by the tug when Capt.
| Henry was washed overheard by a big wave
and drowned. The lifeboat could
not get nearer the wreck and re
| turned to the station. At moor
the life crew was taken across the bay ON 8
tug and started over the mountains to Ten.
nessse cove, with wickets and ropes ano
other apparatus. No report has been re-
ceived from them, and it is not known II
| any of the men were rescued.
The Elizabeth was a wooden ship, built al
Newcastle, Maine, In 1882, and was of III
tons. She was owned by A. Hall of New
York and commanded by Capt. Joseph
| CoIcori