New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-21
COLLISION in THE STORM.
TIE SCHOONER MINNIE SMITH STRIKES A
STEAMSHIP AND SINKS.
4 SAILOR JUMPS OVERHEARD AND is LOST
The OTHERS OF HER CREW RESCUED
TIN STEAMSHIP SAILS AWAY.

tain Mills, from Darien Ga came in yesterday
bringing the survivors of tie of the schooner
Minnie Smith She picked them up at sea on
January ., seventy miles northeast Of til" capcs
of the Chesapeake In the open yawl which the
schooner h)und drifting about were Captain A. W.
Hanson and five OF the crew of the lost vessel
Captain Hanson yesterday told Tribune reporter
the story of the l)ss of his vessel. He said
The Minnie Smith sailed from New-iork in
ballast on January ) and went to New-iliven
From there we sailed the next day. going ont by
Montaull Point We were biurd to Fcrnandlna,
Fla, for a load of lumber. The weather was bad
just as soon as We got outside. There was
northwest gale blowing. and went down the
coast flying all that day ~" all the next nlght.
IL was showing and hailing hv turns, ana the
weather was altogether pretty bad. At O'Clock
in the morning Of January the mate was on
deck and myself ard most IF the crew were
below We were scudding along under CLOSE
rccfcd mansa f,rcsail and forc-stayHall.
The fo-horn was bcirg blown at intervals,
as it was so thick that YOU could not see thc
ships length suddenly | felt a shock ana
heard the mate call all hands. rushed on
deck, as did every one els" below, ana saw
the port light of steamer. We had STRUCK
her lust forward Of the waist, and tie schooner
rchounded ard then struck her again rs
reached the deck. do not know how big the
steamer was. but she locked TO me about three
miles long
"Onc Of tho sailors lost his heal and jumped
somewhere. | do not know where Whether he
reached the deck Of the steamer or struck thr
water I cannot tell but ~ the steamer dlsaIr
pcarcl in tho night and the storm | heard
mans voice CRYING Save mo, save me" whether
il came from the steamer from my drowning
sailor ! do not know. Ny first idea was that
| had sunk the steamer. and | ordered ~" 'o2-
horn to be blown violently to tell her that we
would stand by. Then tho mate reported thit
,hc bows Of mv own vessel had been knocked
in. and that We were sinking. TIE steamer had
Disappeared. and there were. Oh slnKlhS
ship in a bowling storm ] ordered IN" yawI
lowered and we piled into il Just n th" schooner
was settling down even with the waves hau
a big Newfoundland dog named Prince, and |
though, Great deal of him lic used to sleep
in the cabin every night. That night when
came into tie cabin found him in my bunk
ana pnt him on, or dock A. we pulling
away from the schooner Prince jumped over
hoard an swan alongside of rs. ! wanted
10 take him into the boat, but IN" sailors oh
jcc,cd Whether he got back 10 the wreck or
whether he was drowned do not know, for we
soon lost sight OF him.
Tho cold was intense, aud the seas. should
ssv, were 80 feet fror crest 10 hollow We had
no time - get water or provisions on o'ard
th. yay.l and we saved no clothing except thai
which We hid on. Fortunately, every man was
in his oil skins. We IN that boat twenty
echt hours before we were sighted and picked
up by the Harry and Grace Reynolds Til" Te'S
were Consistently breaking into the boat, and thing'
looked orc,ty ,cAny Int the men bailcd the
water out with their sou'wcs"rs' and we kept
afoat.
We only had ono oar in the boat sea had
cleaned Lcl out Is We launched her. w" had
yoo' tlllcr, thorgh, md v" ran win inc N' anu
the wind. Al ~. oclock Il nis s'A mII'n ''r
bo1t and | thoaaht it time 10 give up
,oid - ~ the matr Who was steering, pu, IT.
yas hopeful and th" men again hdll"d the poa'
out with their sou wcsicrs .... i,
We ltovc on at the mercy OF the wavrS I aIl
that night The next morning before diNor'aA
we saw the lights Of a vessel SirngSIIns up ,, tm"
"m,t We werr to windwaid of her, and drove
,,.ord her They saw us from the schooner, and
Law 10 We were taken nn board, il''" "'
wors. for wear. ! do not know what klhI "l
steamer it that we struck nut 'ni"N ''''
"'n II was Irarncd late last nigh, that the Brit
ish steamship Iona. Captain "ruhnal'i iI iIoin tn'
Orleans via Newport News, ,@r yr,ys ,, and Re-,
nortcd having been in collision with an uhNn"Mn
schooner about seventy hNr miles on lIl' t '"t'
Of the Chesapeake l, 'o',n nnd rcturn"d for re-
rairs The mah who bad IImWd rom li ,i'h
schooner was not on boar and Captain ,'runi'ah
did not know what vessel had run into mr. Tp,
All the circumstances point 4" the n'Il'i .nI,
this is the steamship with winch me Ml,mm ',cn
smith was in collision. The Iona is schooner
rsgcd. englr-scrcw steamship, Of l'56l tons reg
istcr, halls from Sund"r aHd, En@and hna S
owned hv the Iona Steamship Company lIhnltcdl.
Tho Minnie Smith was tnrr'-nast"d schooner
owned by F. IT, Smith & Co: of this city: Hh,
was brt in Bath. Me-. in 1852, ana r%TiSIrr" ,r'
37l tons The ship'> company we're y !" 1i.h-
son. captain John Nelson mate Charles 4 y, Wntc
steward. AMI e. Bard. Andrcw ly"nSnn, l. M'laTr2
and Johnson seamcn. captain Hanson '"uin
moi tell Yesterday which on" Of his sailors WIS
lost. but it is supposed to have been M'nro'