New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-28
RUN DOWN IN THE FOG.
MIDNIGHT COLLISION AT SEA.
BARK AND SCHOONER CRASH TOGETHER
OFF BARNEGAT.
THE SCHOONER BELIEVED TO HAVE GONE DOWN
WITH ALL on BOARD WHILE THE BARK SANK
AFTER HER CREW HAD TAKEN TO THE
EOATS-THE SCHOoNFRs NAME Uy-
KNowN-RFSCUE OF THE BARK'S
MEN, WHO WERE BROUGHT

MEN, WHO WE'RE bIsot'hI
TO THIS PORT.
Another tragedy Of the sea became known last
night when the officers and crew Of the bark Glen
garn were brought to port by the schooner Henry
Clauscn .Jr and told how two vessels hnd
wcathrrcd the long, har! storms OF the last week.
only TO destroy each other when within few hour'
Of port. and send, in all probability, ten human
beings to their death. -
Several weeks ago the Norwegian DARK "ich-
corn sailed from Flckkciord Norway, bound for
Philadelphia in ballast. Her crew were sixteen Ill
number. Captan A. Hansen, First Mate Lars L.
Siehornscn. second Mate lauritz Larsen, steward
Njcls johnson. and twelve mon. On August -
she was some thirty miles of Barhegat ileh'.
The wind was against her. and She was compelled
70 make another tack ont TO SEA- in order to take
the proper course for passing the Dcawar" Break
water In doing 80 she ran into dense iog'
Everything around was blott"d out
+ Then far AWAY to The starboard cam" the SOUND
| NJ for horn Three times IL sounded. Then Il
rcd lich, flashed thronlh tn" vapor. ANA the bI'rN
bulk of a thrcc-ma,tcd schooner. lying low IN the
wafer .p.d right across tn" bows oi th" parN.
From the schoOncrs decks volc" halicd IN" park,
Hard down your helm. Hard down" TIE second
mate of the bark. who was OF deck M tII' '''"
moment. gave the same order to his own men,
II was too late. With her full impetus the
barl, struck the schooner amldsllp-, ana tH'h IT,
coilcd puvcring fr m the shock. and for "A moment
remained nearly stationary Tia" schooner r'''N
far over 10 starboard and then swung back, her
mainmast swapping of short. clos" above me o''N'
Flying with the wind ~ shc was, IN" DO" upon
her broadside had little effect upon Her spool ana
shn dI.appcarcd lik" IA shadow INTO N" iot an"
th" night.
Ihe crow Of the bark heard a few wld cries
for help and saw few dark forms spring lh'o
th. schooncr'- rigging, and then All was sun
he force of the collision was t"rrlh' an" ho'''"H
can be- much moro certain than TINT me silence
WAS that Of death Such vessel usually ear
rics ten men, and all must certainly nave
p.rishcd. Her name and nationality are un-
known The OF the bark think she carrie"
coal both below and on deck. and that she must
have sunk like stone.
They lowered no boats and made no signals.
They had no time 10 do Their own plight
was desperate In the bows where III" bark
struck the schooner a great hole had been
punchcd below the water-lnc. and through 1t the
sro WAS pourinQ in. 4 topsail was swung over
the side and attempts madr 10 stun II INTO the
hole Those efforts were unavalng. The water
steadily gained Oh the pumps and by daylight IL
v,os found necessary " abandon IN" vessel.
Ihnr. were three boats, but only two w"r"
needed They wcr. filed with provisions. Al
T. o'clock m, crew embarked and row"d away
from the -id" into the sf-p"r>lsiIng fog
An hour later III" Glrngalrn -ink. 'nc "l
thn hoat- had a sail. and she started Tor shore
towing th.. other. The scl was not ldgh. ana
fhcr. were no Incidents Saturday afternoon
tvol,. hours after the bar; sank. the boats
Wen. sighted by schooner from Bttimor" bound
for Bath Me Sh" picked H." sailors mp. ana
took their boats in tow. Two hours later t"'
schooner Henry Clau~cn. Jr, captain AppleN'
from Apalachicola for N"w-lork passed clos"
bv She was sqnall"d with the fog horn. ana
oyrccd 10 taI,.. the shipwr"ck'd sailors To New
No,lk Sin. arrived here Yesterday evening. tow
i'm, one. of the boats. the other hnving been i't
with the first schooner.
Ihe Clau-cu anchored on IN" Red HOOP
Flats. and the rescued men got INTO '""r ""n
boo, and came ashore at Atlantic BASIN A'
went M once 10 the scandinavian sailors l'l"'
p.rnnc. Home. W. - IIamilton-av", BrooNNh'
managed by &. lllcnac-s.
TN. ,,lrngairn wa, built at Aberdeen lh -" >
She WIS of SIS tons register. ana was vWh'T y,
II = Jacobsen. Her last survey was al >'"-i"'"
!" uiloi who arrived her" Friday evening on
,ln harl, INnuwood. reports tha' "i'Th n'i'
,,.t of Rarncgat he broken t"pihao' am an, a"
srLoonnrs shredded nalu>'ill hoa'ihg a'.H'' u
s near the scene of tn" cnlhsi"n' an" '', ~
nae possibly belonged TO th" unknown H'i'""''''