The sun., 1892-01-23
TWO VESSELS BURNED AT SEA
THEIR CREWS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
GONE DOWN WITH THEM
Roth Unknowp hat One Was Aprnrently nm
OH Carrier-Two Men seen TO Drop IRON
the Bowsprit or This One 1nto the sea.

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Both Unhnowp. hat One Was Appnrently mn
OH Carrler-Two Men seen TO DROP Fron'
| the Bowsprit OF This One nnto the See.
LONDON. Jan. 22-It is believed that two yes
sells have recently been burned at SEQ, and 1t is
considered probable that in both cases every
soul on board was lost. Three incoming
steamors have reported passing burning yes.
sells supposed to have been laden with petro-
leum for Europe
| The last vessel to report passing one OF the
burning ships Is tho Egyptian Monarch. Capt.
| Irwin, OF tho Wilson line. which reached
| Gravesend to- day and is now unloading cattle
| at Deptford. Capt Irwin Gays he left New
| York on Jan. s. and that at ! A. NJ. on Jan. 10.
| in latitude 48 north. longitude 10 west. he
| sighted a wooden ship. apparently OF Amerl-
| can build. which was on fire and burning furi.
ousy. as II her cargo were petroleum. Her
| masts were burned out. and clnging to her
| bowsprit were two men. apparently the
last survivors Of the crew. Capt. Irwin or
dered one OF his boats cleared away.
but before It could be lowered the two
men dropped into tho seq and sank.
In the hope that some OF the burned steamer 8
boats might be found In the vicinity. Capt
Irwin steamed around the derelict during the
afternoon and night Of Jan. 16 The next
morning. as there was heavy sea and little or
no hope that open boats could have lived
through the night, the Egyptian Monarch was
put on her course. and soon left tho hulk
smoking and faring on the western horizon.
As reported yesterday the British steam
ship Imperial Prince. Capt Cox which left
New York on Jan. 4. arrived at Portland
on her WY to Leith and reported having
passed burning vessel. Capt Cox said he
saw the derelict In latitude 48 degrees north
1oNn nit xyoo
eSe Esypssn ' snd M hs sSsi nj ssG
the same latitude and longitude about 400
miles southwest Of Cape Clear, Ireland. Capt.
CSx edded that heavy squall came up soon
sss st%e,pSs1s Ssssme ss s sh!es ssss tss ds1s;
ensn % that ssIRsed ssR Ha
hay have pertshed. as no boats could have lived In
The fee9na vessel reported on re was seen 81
sSip Si9y q; q puRdss rom Se!islt % and dSs SeW:
The City Of Dundee's, commander did not see
any boats. although he made search for them.
and and came ns to 6 the O. c9pIsSlusion that as there
This burned vessel was seen about i5o miles
perial Prince sighted burning ship.
, Inquiries among shipping people show that
there are several petroleum laden vessels at
sea bound from the United States for Europe.
They include the Bear Creek. which left Phila-
delphia for London on Jan. T.: the Nova Sco-
tian ship Loodiana, which sailed from New
York for London on Dec. 81 with q crew OF
thirty-eight men: the tank steamship Alle-
ghany. which left New York on Jan. l for Cette
with crew Of thirty-Hye men, and the tank
steamship Willkomen. from New York on Jan
Q for Geeslemunde with thirty -four men on
board.
From Cant Irwin's indefinite description Of
the burning vessel. shipping men down town
could merely guess at her name. The mere
fact that abe appeared to be Of American build
would not INDICATE that she was an American
ship. Several Norwegian and German ships Of
American make have left this port, oil laden.
for the Continent OF Europe within the last
forty days. Among them are:
The The Sorwse,an ship Anna Camp. l, 2o3 tons. which
with rennsd OIL she Was formerly Of Bath. Me.
The Norwegian ship Reistab ]. 338 tons which sailed
from New York Dec. 10 for Dublin with renned oil.
She was called the Gartbadi when under the American
naR
The Ship Union. ]. 1872 tons which sailed from New
York Dec. IL for Bremen. ina "l with naphtha. Cir.
cumstAnces point 70 her the burning ship although
they are not conclusive She used to sail under the
American nag a. ths semiramis;
sailed from New York Dec. Is .or Baye. With petro-
leun. lno he 0rnr