The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-11
Loss of the British Bark ;iryan.
From Australia
LUCKY ESCAPE OF rne CREW.
Two Non Barned 70 Death IN the Con.
nercial Hotel at Northpert
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The British bark Girtau. of Ayr. Scot
land. commanded by Joseph Angus. foun-
dared at sea June y in latitude Ss deg. ~
min- south and longitude Isl deg. min.
east. aud VAS total loss. One Of the
csew. carpenter. was lost overheard.
The Bsitish bark George Thompson.
Capt George Munros, sixty-four days
rom Newcastle. n. & W., arrived today
With parsicntars Of the disaster. The
Gsrvan sailed from Newcastle on June S
laden With . full cargo Of coal for San
Francisco Three or four days later
strong gale sprang up from the east. and
steadily increased IN vioieucs until June II
at q m. uhsn the masts were carried
away. The bark hattied manfully with
the eiemsntA The seas swept the deck
clear. After the masts vent over the aide
the shiO's carpenserss in attempting 10 clear
away the rigging was swept overheard.
Tho crew barslv saved themselves by
ctineinR to The railing and rigging. The
alter cabin and forecassie were filied with
water. The water-ioggcd vessel was
slowly. but surely. sinking. Late in the
afternoon the George Thompson hove in
sight and saw tho Girvan dismastsd and
on her beams end.
The gale continued all night and the
seas we're running high. neccssitat the
Thompson TO lay BY during the night
The next day. June n. the main hatch
was half var under watef and the crew
were pushed mp In the lower rigging Of
the broken masta Il vas only matter Of
few hours before tho vessel would founder,
and Capt Munroe, Of the Thompson.
launched the starboArd lifeboat. manned
by the mate and four ssamsn. A danger
ous 80 Vas running and IL was unsafe for
boat 70 approach the dsrslics nearer than
twenty fathoma. A line was iinally passod
10 the bark and the crsw. one b. one, wers
dragged through the seas and
taken on board the ltfeboat 1t
was necessary to make four trips
70 the aismantied vessel before the crew
were taksn on. During the last trip the
hfehoat Vas smashed and the brave volun-
tesr crew narrowly escaped with their
lives. The Thompson lay By that night
and on June u made IN unsuccesstul IT.
tempt to board the urock. AZ daylight the
NEXT morning the Giryan vau ous of sight,
having foundsrsd che previous night.
The Thompsou. with che Girvanb Grew,
twsnty-tws parsous III told, as ths REQUEST
Of Capt. Angus, proceeded to Norfolk
island, midway bstwesn New Zealand and
Australia, where they wers landed twelve
days later. A sailing vessel was due 20
arrive few days later from Sydney. whom
they could take passage for the coloaiss.
[Ths British bark Girvan. i,277 tons. was
built in GiasRow. Scotland, In 1895, ond 10
owned by David Huntsr, Of Ayr. Scot
land. The vessel Il worth ahout
El4O00 aud the cargo Was valued
at f3,O00 She sailed from Newcastle
for San Francisco June 5. coal laden. She
has never been on Puget sound and has
visited San Francisco on two occasions.
The Alcar, Kosciusko and Chasca ore
owned By the same person and are we'll
known veseels IN these Wstesa.l