The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-27
AT THE RIVERS BOTTOM.
THE AUSTRIAN BARK UNDINE
SUNK OFF LONG ISLAND.

The Vessel Cepszed While Being
Towed 20 the City Without Ballast.
The Crew Lose Most of Their Effects,
The Channel Distracted and an
Effort VIII Be Made to Raise the
Wreck at once.
The Austrian bark Undine filled with
water and sunk in mid-channel at the upper
end of Long Island about noon yesterday.
The Undine has been lying alongside the
quarantine station since Feb. u, when she
arrived from Port Spain in ballast. She
hauled in TO quarantine wharf few days
ago for the purpose of disoharging her bal
last which all vessels subject to quaran-
tine are now compelled 70 do before coming
up to the city to load.
The tug Jacob Paulseu went down yes
terday morning TO tow her to the city. The
ballast had been taken out of her and bal
last logs we're secured alongside TO keep her
from careening. After this was done
she was apparently very stiff
and everything appeared to be in good
shape for her trip to the city. She was IY-
ing head up at the upper wharf OF the sta
tion, and when the Paulsen started with her
up the river at II 80 o'clock she moved
along smoothly, although there was a north
east wind blowing.
WOULDN'T KEEP UP.
After going a short distance from the
station It breezed up fresh and the vessel
took list All hands took TO the weather
rigging. She remained keeled over for a
moment or so and then righted and went
along all right for probably fifteen minutes,
when she again took list and went over on
her beam ends. The water did not get to
her hatch combings and did not go over
them for fully an hour afterward.
Capt. Avery of the tug suggested TO Capt.
Sincovick that the weather rigging be cut
away after taking the hawser from the star
board side mldships, and this might get her
back. This was agreed to and the Grew
was ordered to cut away the rigging, The
tug Cynthia was sighted astern coming up
with the schooner Warner Moore in tow,
and she went to the assistance of the bark
took a line ahead of the Paulsen and both
tugs worked for about an hour after her
rigging had been out away but without sue
cess.
ABANDONED BY THE CREW.
They could do nothing with her and were
compelled to abandon the vessel for the
time.
In the meantime the water was pouring
rapidly into the vessel and she was slowly
settling. In about five minutes after the
last man came up out Of the skylight she
had filled and sunk. The Paulsen stood by
her and rescued the crew with as much Of
their effects as could be recovered on short
notice, but they saved very little, as nearly
everything was covered with water
Capt Sinoovick and his crew,
fourteen men all told, went aboard the tug
Jacob Paulsen, which brought them up to
the city, and they are now quartered aboard
the Au,t ian ark Fora. Capt. Sincovick
came up 70 obtain assistance in raising the
bark.
THE CHANNEL INSTRUCTED.
She lies just abreast of the mp
per end of Long Is and in the mid
die of the channel anu is a danger
Gus obstruction TO the navlg alton of
the river, especially TO the larger steam
ships. Her hull is completely submerged at
high water and nothing can be seen but her
three iron mssts sticking up out OF water.
A telephone message was sent down to DR..
Graham at the quarantine station request
ing him to have lights put up on her
last night to mark her position to outgoing
and incoming vessels A lighter, with a
piledriver and tugs, will be sent down this
morning for the purpose Of raising her if
the wind should change, which in itself will
assist very materially. 1t will be a very
difficult and costly work to get the vessel
afoat and by some the opinion is expressed
that it will take week to do it, IL it can be
done then. Fears are also entertained that
she may be badly wrecked as she is a COM
pOsite vessel.
THE SUNKEN VESSEL.
The Undine is fine vessel OF 100 tons
register, and is owned in THESE. The
captain does not know whether she lie In
sured or not. She was built in Sunderland,
England, in 1867. She belongs TO the sane
firm as the Fora, upon which the rescued
crew are quartered.
The accident ia q very serious matter to
navigation, and is the result of the rule
which requires vessels, whether coming
from healthy ports or not, to discharge
ballast at quarantine, instead Of allowing
sufficient ballast to make the passage to the
city, or, at least. with enough 20 stiffen the
vessel, and give hold on the water.
NOT A BREAK MADE.