New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15
srrFFRINf AND PRIvATI0N At SEA.
THE CAPTAIN OF An ABANDONED AND BURNED
BARK TELLS THE STORY or TINY BoAr
WHICH WA, LOST Of THE OCEAN.

WHICH WAS LOST OE THE OCEAN
The log OF the last voyage OF tE" steamer N"p'un'
tell, a story II peril and priyaton which No''u'
strangely In this age Of safe and iapld ocean iraN'
TIE Neptune witch reached quarantine N''"'""'
morning. brought the captain ana ere" o' "'
abandoned Norwrlian BARK knudsvig. III" crew d
th, Knudsvig besides relating their own experience
with the wind, and weather. told the story OF th'
remarkable voyage Of the steam bunch, siren zap
tain Frazer Of he Neptune. sighted the hhn"SN X
last saturday at 10 u. m. she was hylng Sienais
%, distress and was IN danger " sinking ~ any
moment. She had encountered succession OF HeaNS
GALL. and Ind sprung leak she bound from
IIordura, - England with cargo ~ l"Gwrd no
locwood took mp ~, rapidly and rendered ire
condition 81 tho vessel almost EslD~'s There We're
four feet Of water In the hold. and the water was
gaining AZ the OF ten inches an -Four wren she
was hailed by the Neptune.
Captain EvorOn and II, crew OF nine men had
given up all hope. They were weak and exhausted
when i.,ci-d by the Nrptun0. Ih' kuudsvlg was
ylnc in the drcc, path OF steamer, between crooked
Island and New York. aud dangerous obstacle
10 navgaton. Tho first mate OF the Neptune, Charles
Elrkhan went on board the abandoned vessel ana
fire 70 hci In several places III" names "'rc
hursn. from below decks and the rigging WAS en-
v,lop,d I'm yraths Of slno,." when the Neptune re-
,um.d her VOYAGE. The Knud,yis was a lars" bark
OF $50 tons. She go feet long and her breadth
Of beam VAS - feet. She WAS built In Newcastle
I'm l--- and wa owned hv CARL J" ~ 90.
Caui.in Evcn,or. ~ the rnud>yig, said that on
February g. ~ the Carolina coast he spoA" Tue Steam
princll.r siren. The vessel va, ~ twenty tons
burden She was l.9 day. ont from Loncon. bcrrd
FOR I;crmuda. she had slipped great quantities 81
water. ana was uumauac"ahlc that the crew mad
given up Ill hope OF reaching port. 81" was rsset
a, Il schooner and her propeller WAS laShei on dec"
She had been from London In charge 4 four men
for u,c A. Ec.nuda WHEN few day. ont from III"
rnrll.h coast the crew became lick from drnkinc
the impure water In the tanks ard FOR six days they
w.s,. I'm a hcplc,, condition. For week the tinI
hip drlft,d at The mercy Of the winds and waves
She burned no uchts am ore midnight she cam"
into collision with an unknown bark. she dam
aed ard The only Ioit which she had On board Was
smashed to pieces. when the captain wa, able 10
b. on h, feet he tried 3, take observation and
-. his lcarincs. The vessel -.td"n lnrch ana
the -,Nfa.i fell fr m the nerv"i',s fingers 81 III"
captain ana va, lost overheard.
The provisions began To give ont and IN" water
VA, almost too foul to drink. The had not tho
slightest idea where they were. AID had lost all
reckon The vessel mad brc0me iou'd by
barnnclcs that she coId not be- managed.
The captain 4 the knudsvis supplied the crew
Of the Siren with provisions, and advised thom 10
steer for Charleston. They did not even know the
iay of the month The siren headed toward the
talDna coast. The steamer seminole, which reached
New lorI. yesterday. SpOnc the >lrm Few miles
from Cap3 Komaiuc on February II. The little
propeller sisnallcd isj days out and bound for
America. rhc captain of the seminole gave the
our who went 10 sea IN ~" siren n quantity
Of Biscuits, and told them how they might Se'r for
Charleston. Cape Roman" or Wilmington. Tile siren
has not yet been reported.
The Knudsvlg rlso hailed the schooner ri a. OF
Annapolis, Md. on February :. she was water
logged her three masts were gone ana her sails were
living deck.