Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-09
STEAMSHIP ASHORE.
THE AsHeuaNe IN ELEVEN FEET or
WATER ON pARRAMoRe'S BEACH.
TIE skipper Lost u,s Rock oninx--No Dan.
Ger to the Vessel Ofsscers and Crew
Qaise Comfortable.
ESPECIAL telegram 70 The Dispatch

PARRANoKK's BKAcn. ria TAsIxy. Va,
January s.-The largo iron steam
ship Ashburne. in ballast. bound
from Sunderland, England, TO Bal.
timore, went ashore early yesterday morn
ing on Parramore's Beach. of the eastern
coast OF Accomac county. Va. She was
sighted about dayhreak by the men in
Parramore's Beach hfe-saving station,
who 81 once manned their lifc-boat aud
went TO her relief They found her lying
In about eleven feet of water and not more
than two hundred yards from tho shore
and Just outside the line Of the breakers.
IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.
Her prov is pointed 10 the land and the
chip stsnds in an upright position. She q
owned by j. L. Varwick. OF Sunderland,
England. and sailed from that port on DE,
cember 18th for Baltimore. where she had
been chartered by Patterson, Ramsey a
20. to carry grain from Baltimore 70
European ports.
She encountered some rough weather in
her passage. but when she grounded. on
Parramore's Beach the weather was clear
and the sea perfectly calm.
LOST THEIR RECKONING.
10 the fact that the officer in charge had
lost his reckoning and mistook Hog Is,
land light for the Cape Henry light ana
thought he was heading into the Cnesa-
peake bay between the capes OF virginia.
Parramore's Beach is thirty or forty miles
north of the capes and as the Dottom
slopes gradually out for more than mile
from the shore the men on the snip were
evidently not sounding with the Ieao-nne
tnn hf. chf N.
Merritt Wrecking Company in response 10
telegram have sent a observation-disclosures
from Norfolk 10 the assistance OF the
stranded vessel. but as yet all ehOfts 10
haul her olf have proved unavailing. It's.
however, believed If the weather continues
the ship will be foated on the first high
water.
HE VESSEL.
The Ashburne is an iron hormaphrodite
brig, three hundred feet long, with net
capacity of sixteen hundred and thirteen
tons. She was built in Sunderland. Eng,
twelve years ago and is valued at SlOO, 600.
She is insured, but for what amount can
not be ascertalned here. ParramOre's
Beach is a long, sandy island, lying of the
southeastern coast of AccOmac county,
from the mainland of which IL Is separated
by shallow bay and great stretches OF
marshy fens seven or eight miles wide.
The island IL ltturN WlStt Vi Sauu-hiio
and gloomy forests of pine and cedar.
ONE HABITATfoN.
There is but one human habitation on
the island besides the life-saving station
and that IL inhabited by an eccentric old
hermit. Captain Richardson. keeper OF
the life-savIng station, and mis- heroic
surfmen have rendered the ship and Its
Grew all the assistance in their power.
IN no DANGER.
The ship is in no immediate danger OF
going to pieces, and the officers appear 70
be comfortable and in good spirits. The
officers are: Thomas X. Brotherton, cap
tain: w. Green. first mate; L. Dickinson,
second mate; J. Elliott. chief engineer,
who. with the minor officers and men.
make crew of twenty-slx. The ship
lies two miles south of the life-saving. sta
ton and has not apparently moved from
the spot where she first stranded, nor IS u
believed tnat she has yet become much
Embedded in the sand.