New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-28
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.
THE VEG, WAS NOT IN COLLISION AT SEA.
n,o,,ur1ry THAT THE WRECKED SHIP WAS
THE FREDERICK b. TAYLoR-A STEAMSHIP

,,o,,ur,rv THAT THE WRECKED SHIP WAS
r,,r FREDERICK b. TAYLoR-A STEAMSHIP
MIST HAVE DONE THE DAMAGE
Not in a long time has story from the ocean W.
n,cxcd and banled mariners and shipping men ~
much or aroused so much apprehension as tne 'epo
ad ox, vrel, nv the two vessels that sighted .he
shattered fragments OF some great sailing snip w'
showed evidences that disastrous eoihs'o" "". ~
cnrrcd II IS not only the fate oil 'he c'c" =.
wrecked ship that has awakened universal ~ "p',
INIT Il Is AFRO the supposltion founded OH me
80 tho xr,ce that the evssel that crashed mo inc sup
WAS n steamship, which NAV have bcch 80 Se,s
DAMAGED herself that she may now be at the potion
., tho Atlantic Ocean, Ga sunday II was feaicn t'a'
the Portuguese steamship Vega, win over DIV P'P
on hoard might be the illstared vessci uh' nav "
the sailing ship In two Her safe ARRIVAL III po'. ''
t.rtay morning AT = o'clock happily osPe"cu 1t"
anxiety on her account, out IL iea'e' NV ' '
terry deeper than before
M ono ber. can soy what 10 was that happened, ex
cent that somewhere between $50 and 800 miles Oh
SANDY Hook, some time before June o. large sa'h"e
shin with all sail set was struck suddenly p' no'
swift SHIP with PROV stout and sharp enough W .".
clean through her aft OF the m'zzen chahs. VIVA.
has bccome OF the crew OF the wrecked Vefs'i VIM.
has become OF the ship which s7ck her. ard when ana
how tho accident occurred, are questions u winch inc
apswcr IS hidden In the silence OF the deep. Inc
hrokoo remnants OF what was handsome ship, thrown
about Idly on the swell far OUT NJ sea- may
hold an explanation OF part OF inc h'S'iS'
but the captains Of neither the tank s'e"niS"p
Ocean. which sighted the up,urncd stern I"
the wreck on June %, nor the steamship stewart
Prince which passed the forward half Of the ship with
all sail set, on June 90 could name on her
Their description Of the fragments rs printed III yes
crday's Tribune however, makes 1t seem almost Ger
tuIn that the wrecked craft WIS the fullngeed snip
Frederick d. Taylor n yarmouth, y. 81, manned oy
crew OF twenty-five. under the command OF captain
r. f. Hurrtcrt. The friends Of the captain and crew
Of the Frederick b. Taylor have practically given her
up as lost.
II Is the opinion OF seafarng men that hafuly any
vessel except a large transatlantic passenger SNIP
would have had strength speed enough I'd cut her
way so sharply through ship as large ana heavily
built rs the wTcckagc showed the broken vesse 10 nave
been But The only ocean liners bound east tat
would naturally have been In the locality where the
accident occurred the time when 1t must have taken
place have been reported from England as having ar
rived safely No bound liners are Overdue at TINS
port but there many speedy ana powerful Vcs''is
plying across the from other ports IL may 10
many days before the truth is Known II lhneed "'e
lips Of all who cOud tell Of the disaster are no. cosco
forever. None but the most powerful and massive OF
vessel, could have escaped serious injury herself ana
II II was an ordinary merchant steamship which did the
damage she too NAV he at the bottom Of the sea-
large aud swift ship. on the contrary. may have es
capped with no grent damage. Instances OF this Khd
arc not rare one Of the notable being the col
lision between the C,au Line steamship Cmbrfa ana
the freight steamer iberia They met In fog 1eO
miles from shore. November 10, 1858, and the
rmbra. under great Roadway struck the Iberia AT
and cut about fifty Of her stern of clean as II
IL had been done with a great knife The Cmbfa was
injured SO slgy that though she returned TO port SHE
was able to continue her voyage on the ncxt day.
MANY wears ago the steamship Adratic while steam
ing ND the Irish from Liverpool M night cut the
hip Harvest Qnccn in and sent her 10 the bottom
Instantly. Yet the passengers the Adratic did not
oven know that there had been collision, and only
the men on deck OF II.
when the steamship Vega was sighted. yesterday
morning before daylight, a great load was lifted
rom the MINDS OF the and those who had
friends on board When the that the Vega was sup
poecd havo been O. collision WIS cirrustei around
town yesterday morning. hundreds Of Italians came
the Barge Office and made anxious inquiries about
the vessel Though the ship arrived or the Bar at
2 a. m, II was nearly O'Clock in the morning
,ore the waiting people began 10 understand that
she safe and they talked and gesticulaed ex.
eitcdly When the news that she had s arnysd
danced and made a crazy rush for the ferrybost
Rrnck.rhoH for Ellis Island Afterward. when the
Vega 10 her pier ut Atlantic Docks Brooklyn,
q highly excited and noislly demOnstrative army OF
fayly dressed Italians went there and swarmed over
the pier
The Vega DELAYED AT the Azores, which ac-
counted for her being overdue. she Ind on board
twenty cabin and AS sieeragc passengers.