The morning call., 1892-02-02

later the Wizard OF the same company
arrived, and the work OF separating the
two ships commenced. This proved no
easy task, as the ships we're so locked to-
gether that axes had to be used freely TO
clean away the mass of spars and rigging
that bound the two together. Even then it
was slow work, because all the standing
aud much OF the running rigging was steel
wire rope.
In spite Of the efforts of both crews.
aided by the men Of the tugs, it was after
o'clock yesterday morning before the ships
were cleared Of each other aud the hands
could realize the amount of damage that
had been done. The GOwanburn came out
of the contest with very little damage COM
pared to what the OriSsa suffered, that
vessel being almost wreck so far as her
spars and rigging is concerned. She Is also
badly damaged about the null.
A reporter visited both ships yesterday
and found the crews hard at work clearing
away the wreck. The Orissa is the worst
looking wreck and is far more seriously
damaged than WAS the British ship jesse
meme after her battle with the elements
about a year ago. Not one of her three
masts escaped, and the foremost, which is
the only one not carried away, is badly
sprung. and her decks are covered with
broken spars aud tangled rigging.
EVERYTHING IN A TANGLE.
The mizzen mast is broken of flush with
y,
the main topmast broken off at the sheaYe
hole, the main tOpgaIlant mast is hanging in
the rigging in three pieces, both the main
tOpsail yards are broken and hanging in the
rigging, while the lighter yards and all the
upper gging lie on deck in Iangle that
will take days TO clear away. The port
boat was torn from It's lashings, and was
lying partly on the rail and partly on deck
The heavy iron Skids are twisted like so
much wire. The spanker boom lay on the
poop deck, while the rail around the poop
deck on the port side had also been torn
away. The Orisss had her port side toward
the Gowanburn when she struck, and the
force Of the collision tore away the bull
warks on that side for a distance of fully
seventy-fve feet and crushed in tho heavy
iron waterways as if they were paper.
The upper line of plates just below the
waterways are damaged, while the decks
are full OF holes caused by the falling
spars. The Gowanburn. in turn. lost
all her headstays, and several of
the blckstays on the port side
are also carried away. Her lower rigging
on the port side is badly chafed, and part
of the after rail and one davit are also gone
The starboard cathead is badly damaged,
and THIS was caused by the mizzen mast of
the Orissa falling on it.
A MASS OF wRECKAGE.
The mass of wreckage that hung on the
G0wan burns bow had to be cut away, as it
was found impossible TO haul 1t on board
The Orissa's miZzen tOpsail and topgallant
yards lay across her bow. and were saved,
but both are badly sprung. After the
tangled mass of Spars and rigging was cut
loose from the GOwanburn'S bow it sank
and fOuled her anchor badly, so that the
service of the red-stack tug Sea King had
to be engaged to clear it, the work lasting
over ten hours.
Shortly after the ships came together
Captain Gerhardt shouted to the crew of the
Orissa to let go the second anchor, rs both
ships we're beginning to drag, and because
the anchors Of the GOwanburn could not
hold both ships against the strong ebb tide.
The men OF the latter vessel say that 80 far
aG they could see no one was on the Orssa's
deck at the time of the collision, because
they shouted to them and received no
answer.
The officers of the Gowanburn claim that
they had two men on deck besides the third
mate and they all saw the Orissa before she
struck, but her anchor light was burning
very dlmly and they thought the Orissa was
farther away than she really was. Before
they realized the danger the collision Oc-
CURED. The rockets and blue lights were
fired by the crew of the Gowanburn be-
cause the Orissa had none on board
WATCHNAN ON DECK.
Edward Hagin, the Waterman of the
Orissa, denies the story told by the crew of
the other ship that no one was on deck on