The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-02
SEEN TWICE OFF HITIER4S.
The Shift of the Wind to the Northwest
May save the .Aknbn.

| II the skipper OF the British steamship
Akaba ever reaches haven he will have n fnc
yarn to spin II his LATHE for life near the
stormy Care Of lIattcrus. There is some hope
for the big frciEht"r, according to reports re.
ccivcd here and Mt Newport News from steam.
ships that have vnnIuished the turhu!"n,
seas. arriving safe AMI sound She has been
seen twice since III" towing steamship Saturn
was forged to abandon lcr in n bowling gal,
Off Boly's Island. y. G.. on saturday night.
When the British steamship Ben Lcdi go,
into Newport News yesterday her skipper re-
ported that he had PASSED the Akuba about
twelve miles Off IIatteras on Sunday after
noon lie lay 10y the Akaba several hours. but
could do nothing because of the heavy seas,
Later he saw the disabled vessel taken in tow
by an American stcams ship. Tho Bliton was
unable to identify the American craft. The
seas were then very high. and tho impression
OF the skipper was that tho manila huWsor
could not last very long.
At l o'clock on Monday morning. tho Clyde
limo steamship Cherokee. lnborinc through
the mighty seas northwarl to this port. also
passed tho Akaba. Her Captain could not
mako out tho Akaba's signals but he noticed
torches nnring from her at frequent intervals
across the mist -crownr,l seas. The Cherokee
coul not answer the mute and pitiiul appeal.
as she had Just rs much as she could take caro-
oil Keeping her neal '" 7 lt turmoil In twenty
four hours She made only seventy miles. t'ai,-
tain Chichester said ha had never eucUuntcrrd
SO gigantic seas or latteras.
After dawn on the same day monday the
Cherokee passed the Mallory line steamship
San Marcos. from galveston. Feb %. FOR th!s
port. hove to under lib ana forestaysaii. tn.
iwo vessels exchanged signals, The san
Marcos did not indicut. that She was disabled
or needed assistnnc". She was within fifteen
miles Of the point Whnr" tho Chcrukeu had
seen the Akaba showing flaming signals Of
Agent Dal2cll Of the Boston Tow Boat Com
Pany concluded from tn" reports Of tho Ben
l:rdi and the Chnrok er that tho little san
Marcos had. with Iankc" gulantry and Il pros
rect of winning salvage, made an effort to tow
the AEahn INTO harbpr ON sunday. Tho
line must have parted sometime Sunday night.
The san Marcos probably was lingering in the
nciGiborhn"d OF Hat terms. with the hop" a.:
bcimg able to return to the -Nkaba an! take her
in tow AGAIN. But tho san Marcos finally yt,c
up tho quest. md headed orthward. Tho City
Of Washington. from Havana. passed her yes
trrday morning outside Sandy Hook sting
Cling to get in against the ilclco snow-ladcn
Eortheastcr.
Capt Hoffman, Of tho City 81 Washington
saws he did not see one Of his THSscnguTS from
the time I he vessel lott Havana until her ar
rival ut -! O'Clock Yesterday afternoon at
Quarantine. tn" waves were unpreccdcntcily
the bridge or in he rlrt room. and got only
eat maps during the tumu!tuous voyage,
attsraS WIN" had chnn S dP''t 70 tho west
yesterday with clear weather, and unless tho
Aknba stranded before yesterday morning sIo
Saturn went into dry deck at Newport News
yesterday, morning, got o new blade lifted to
her propeller. was loated last night, and i'm
mediately put TO sea to md her lost tow