New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-30
THE TRATE STRUCK THE SHIP.
SHE SAVED THE WRECKED CREW.
THE STEAMSHIP SLIGHTLY INJURED-NOW CEis
TAIN THAT THE FRED. b. TAYLOR WAS
THE VESSEL CUT IN TWO.

Tho ocean mystery has been cleared up IAe
North German Lloyd steamship Lain arrived at
Sandy Hook late last night, and reported that Oil
June o. In latitude As :43 and longitude 80 ~ she
passed the steamship Trave OF the same Inc anu '''
that vessel sgnaIed that she had been III c'ih',o"
with the Nova scotian fuilrig9cd ship
Fred B. Taylor, cutting her III t"o'
The steamship escaped Win sneh' '''"'
and managed to save the shipwrecked crew OF the
Tov,or consisting OF Captain f. F. IIurlbert and
twentytwo men. The Trave arrived safely OH the
scilly Islands, England, yesterday. at D. m'' ana
By signals told the samc story. she theh coi-
tinucd on her voyage to southampton
This confirms the statement made In yesterday S
Tribune that the wrecked vessel had probably peeh
struck by an castbound transatlantic passenger s,ci
ship ard that the chances were strongly IN ia'or vi
her crew having been picked up by the steam
shin that was In collision WIN ue SNIP
When the steamship Stuart Prince sighted the ior'
ward half Of large sailing ship with asetoh "culc'
dav. lime % and the steamship Ocean reported that
she had sighted the upturned stern OF snip on irS
dav June 23 the Fred b. Taylor was at once set'Ieo
| on az tho vessel that lad met with disaster MOI
| only was the description Of the wreck that OF the
Taylor but she was long overdue though on June IL
she had been within 900 miles OF port, for she ho
been spoken that day and reported by vcssei that
| passed her.
The steamship Trave sailed from this port on Tues
la / ID.
Messengers and several hundred people in the seeage
| 1uao,ng from the position Of the wreck when hrst
| dghted-atout go miles cast OF Sandy HOOK ana
dircflv in the course taken by the big nners-lt
! probable that the Trave struck the ship early on
| Wednesday morning, as II would nave taken her u'u
| that time to reach that particular locanty I" nei
usral rate Of speed The collision doubtless Que
| 10 fog for tho weather extremely thick on MOI
dny. Tuesday and Wednesday Of that week. AT the
tme in which the collision probably occurred there
was a fresh gale blowing from the northwest, Win
! high head Sea- as reported by incoming steam
! ships that were In that part of me oce1i
| on that day. and for fourteen houis Ws
| had obscnrcd the ocean at frequent n~r'ais
This would explain why II was that the crew CT the
Fred b. Taylor had time enough 20 build raft belogt
| thec were picked up. That they did build one i
made probable by the Boston ship Hppoyte Dumois
which reported sighting the wreck fftyhvc miles on
| the south Sloal nghtshp, near Nantucket, Win
raft tied to 1t. ship like the Trave must hathiauN
have been under great headway to 20 through great
vessel Ike the TAYLOR. which was OF forty-two rce'
beam and by the time she hal checked her speed and
lowered boats the wrecked vessel may have been miles
astcrn and II would have taken time to ni hei
| u the weather was thick
The Ir-lve Is commanded by Captain W. Mels'el
! Her other officers are +. Hganke, chlefenglneer "A
| KOhnsen, puscr; Dr. HOtzen, physician. ana IL
soehle chief steward. She had crew Of about .ol
men. The TIavc Is singlc-screw steamship IKE al
| the North German Lloyd ships with fourpoc mast'
OF iron She was built for the company I'm Glasgow
| IN 1856 by John Elder Co. She Is AIS feet long
a. l-o feet beam, and 81 feet inches draft ana
| ave3 tonnage. shc between New-fork ane
Bremen. stopping at southampton on the way. a.
she is not behind time, she could not have been dam
aged seriously enough TO impair her speed.
| The Fred d. Taylor furgged English ship
| and was built In 1888 at Tusict. ~ s. She Is o37
feet long and Of I79s tons burden. Her owners arr
| William Law & CO., Of Yarmouth. " ;. Captain
| Iurlbert's wife accompanied him 20 Havre on tlt
| On twarl trip but back b. steamship and i
| now in this city. Captain Hurlbert Is native o.
| Yarmouth. The ship had n crew Of twenty two mer
and was bound for New York in ballast. having beer
chartered By Paul Gerhnr Of the Brazil Mall Lane. {
| load at THIS port for Bueno' Ares. snc was Dnll
strnngly hut the fact that she IN ballast prob
aby accounts for the slight damage done 10 the Trave