The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-27
A HALF-TOLD SEA TRAGEDY.
DID TIE STEAMSHIP VEGA CUT down
THE SHIP II n TAYLORr

The Vega, with Several Hun red Portuguese
Immigrants Aboard, Five Days Overdose
Here--On wedne sdAy Chiid was Born IN
Brooklyn to the Captain ofthe Taylor.
Tho identity ofthe vessel cut In two on or Just
before Thursday last by tho iron prov OF
swift-runnine steamship about 260 miles east
OF Sandy Hook. has been pretty well estab. .
lshed. 1t is believed that she was the Nova
scotian ship Fred b. Taylor. which left Havre
In ballast for this port forty-three days ago. .
She was spoken on Juno II about 900 miles
east Of New York by the White Star steamship
Majestic bound west
On Thursday last her after half. floating bot
tom UP. was passed by tho Dutch tank stoam-
ship Ocean. which arrived on Saturday from
Amsterdam Tho forward half was passed on
Wednesday last by the steamship Stuart
Prince. which arrived on Friday from Medlter.
ranean ports The Ocean passed the after
half in latitude 40 90. longitude go 10. and
the Stuart Prince passed the forward half In
latitude 40 81. longitude eS' 20. They were
thus only few miles apart The Captain OF
the Stuart Prince says that the shaven part OF
the wreck he saw was under water. Tho jibs
and all head sail were set and most OF the
ioremast was out OF the water.
To Nova Scotian skipper interested in the
Fred b. Taylor Capt. Voge OF the Ocean gave
yesterday q minute description OF the wreck.
otherwise It probably would not have been
aGoat. That the vessel was ship was evident
from her mizzen channels. which were very
long. Her stern was large and rounded.
like that Of the Fred B. Taylor. and
she was painted black. That part OF
her counter on which her name was lettered
was under water. but her haillng port, "Yar-'
mouth. N. S." was visible. All this answers to
tho description Of the Taylor. She had been
a - Ill -,,k
eiesn AMI as Il 1t had been made By a gigantic axe.
1t 1 Ipoked as Il It was s Gniy fcw hours Old
Hhs ifs 81 md his tste'n
matter Of until th rs
is a chance that some Of the Taylors crew
may have clunG to the after hall Of her and
sa,.s tons and wss bniI. e. Tusses g.; in
and "a feet deep, and was constructs Of hard
and soft wood. She was oveEhauled and re-
~ H Go q
Sa cd hs s. Ps1.sa
left him there and came to Brooklyn, On We'd
nesday Mrs Hurlbert became q mother The
Brazil Mail line and was coming here to load
II The fate q the ship naturally started tho
that had rum Rer down. Fhe fact that the Port
u9ueSe steanSHlp ~ Ra ~ i've uays oVeTuue ao
June 5. caused the linking Of her name with
that OF the luckess Novn Scotian. The Vegas
agents, G. Amsinck Co.. are somewhat uu.
easy about her. One OF their representatives
sailed ct tho Barge Of'ce YESTERDAY 1Rd said
day last. He had tug rendy yesterday to go
down and meet her. under tho impression that
she might be reported disabled.
When tho Vega left Lisbon sho had BIG steer
age passengers aboard. She called at the
and Her
Guiding i've days at the Azores. is from fifteen
| to sixteen days. She Is now twenty-five days
out She Is an irSn vessel OF l;s43 tons. and
Co. built IN 1914 Nffen shs Or sy any otSes
Fred B. Taylor. the Nova scotian must have
been standing to the south. on the starboard
tack. otherwise che probably would not have
been struck on tho port side. A. blow on the
Gs D0 ms ass Sn Ts by
Ing to the north on, the port tack. II the
| steamship was bound this way. and was not
damaged or sunk in the collision. sho ought
| to have been heard from before to-day.
tho britannia from Gibraltar. and the FHlds
from Genoaarrived yesterday and saw nothing
Of the Vega and nothing OF the drifting halves
! Of the Nova Scotian.
Some q the experts were inclined to dSstt
was more ), likely that the ship had been
hit by one OF the twin -screw racers.
But there was mono OF them there The near
est was the Majestic, which on her last west-
bound trip spoke the Taylor and brought news
the CsptaRs wife thaf his ship Was nearing
port on her return until Wednesday afternoon.
the day the wreck was first seen.