Evening journal., 1893-02-22
LOSS OF THE RELIANCE
Her Master and Men, Who
Lost Their Lives, Were
WelI-Known.
MORE LIFE LOST IN THE BLIZZARD.

Various Observanoes of the National
Holiday-Neighbors Settle an Alterca-
tIon in Court Tug Juno's Men ALI Right
and Carried Safely Home-Other Mat
ters.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEw CASTLE, Feb. % Probably no
mishap at sea has caused more general
sorrow In this neighborhood than that Of
Sunday night. when the Reading barge
Reliance was lost with all on board. The
Reliance had been tied up here so fire.
quently and at long periods that the
people became well acquainted with the
captain, his wife and the men, and the
accident is therefore talked of as much
as If four New Castle people had gone
down ia a storm at sea. The captain and
his wife attended church while here and
made new acquaintances every day.
Reports received here this morning say
that the wreckage from the Reliance has
begun to wash ashore on Block Island.
The life saving crew saw that the barge
was laundering and signaled her to slip
anchor and drift ashore. But she
struck so far out and broke up so quickly
The body of woman about 80 years
of age was washed ashore. She is sup
posed to have been the wife of Captain
Remington, who commanded the vessel.
Forty-fve dollars was found in her
pocket. and child's doll and other articles
were found on the beach, and these indi-
cate that somebody's little daughter was
also drowned. Papers found on the
oh hoA Ia fafn haI a
Mohegan Council, /. o. Of o. f,
More Death and Damage Heard Of
Robert McManus, second engineer of
the tug Sea King, was swept overheard
and lost while bound from Philadelphia
TO Boston, with barges 55 and SO in tow.
He was swept overheard Sunday night.
The severity Of the gales encountered
at sea has lent a degree of seriousness to
the successive reports of ocean liners
overdue This is especially true of the
Allan Line steamship HISTORIAN, which
sailed from Glasgow on February 3 for
Philadelphia via. Halifax. The HISTORIAN,
which should have arrived at Halifax on
the 18th inst has not yet reached that
port. IL is so rare an occurrence. even
in rough weather, for an Allan Liner tc
be a week overdue that considerable
anxiety is manifested in behalf Of the
HISTORIAN.
The German steamship Elsie Marie
from Philadelphia for Dover. England
for orders, with cargo of 1 400, 000 gal
Ions of refined petroleum in bulk, struck
an unknown sunken rock in the Della
ware river yesterday, of Chester, anS
sprung a serious leak She damaged hei
bottom and must return, discharge hei
cargo and dock for repairs. The vesse
and cargo are owned by the STANDARD
Oil Company.
Juno's -Four Missing Men All Right.
The news that the four missing men o
the large tug Juno had turned up wa
received here to-night from Captain Mel
son, Of the tug Asa w. Hughes whic
was towing the Narragansett on tn
fateful night. When the Juno struc
the Narragansett Captain Nelson SAT-
the four men climbed on board tn
schooner and were taken by her up t
Philadelphia.
Captain Nelson states that he neve
saw a more terrible night than last Sun
day after 10 o'clock. Even above tn
roar of the gale which threatened L
pick his boat bodily and carry it ashore
he could hear the water being lashed int
foam all about the vessel. The Nara
gansett heeled over and up and down a
If she were only a log and everyr- heav
blast would jerk the tug back. Power
ful seas washed over both vessels eac
time leaving coating Of ice. Then th
hawser parted and there came the cras
of the Juno into the schooner's bow witt
disastrous results.