The evening world., 1894-09-11
|. Asst EDITION.
E,:OUR SANK
The Steamship Portla Cuts
4 the Dora M. French in
\, Two During Fog,
|Pp'
\ !; late MURPHY ALONE SAVED,
|nld
Eutl Returning Party Of the Ill
II, fatsd Cook Arctic Expedition
H. on the Steamer.
HARD LUCK FOLLOWED THEM.
Nearly All Of Their Valuable Speci-
mems Lost In the Wreck Of
the Miranda.
HARD LUCK FOLLOWED THEM.
A peculiar round of misfortune seem'

to have followed the Cook Arctic ex-
fploring expedition from the time the
MIRANDA left mar. 8, North River. on
June z, almost to the return Of a section
of the original party. with DR.. Cook in
charge, which arrived on the Portia this
morning.
The Miranda collided with an iceberg
July II, while On the way to st. Johns,
n. F., and was finally wrecked
by running upon a rock at Sukker-
topen, South Greenland. Her passen-
gers reached Sydney, Cape Breton, on
the schooner Rigel, after losing nearly
everything they possessed. Seventeen
1 members of the expedition returned
Pei"om Halifax on the Portia, a sister
lnstiip of the Miranda, and which yester-
SsIy afternoon ran into and almost In
|fhe antly sank, the three-masted schooner
p fora NJ. French, between Vineyard
EsO 2 ipd and Cuttyhunk. The captain and
|aHe v of the schooner were drowned. the
)at went ne being saved.
Jain mattersot Of Congress Street, Brooklyn,
h on chartg hole In her starboard bow
This story NE waterline, and her forward
|en in troIC and forty feet Of her rail were
The returning Arctic explorers
(00 : At once for their respective homes
art street. Brooklyn.
I.,, 4ne otner Passengers on, the Portla,
no formed a portion of the Cook ex-
h. William IL, Brewer. Professor of
bed.f i. Pm. D., Professor OF Geology,
Zoology Py az the
state University :, Russell w. Porter:
Surveyor, Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology Philip Evans and Arthus
sel P. orth, b5tsnlst, oberlin, O.:
A. A. freeman, Phillips academy G,a And
of Sciences, Harvard School, Chicago;
Henry c: Walsh, correspondent for Out
ing and historian of the exhibition, New
entomologlst, Poughkeepsie. NJ. VI;
r. NJ. Cramer, A, NJ, NJ. D., New York:
SarIyle Garrison; MerehantyiI,e, n; J;;
Museum Of Natural History. New York.
C. to Was ts oowr of s,oR the Of he
sinking Of the schooner French to an
- Evening Word" reporter this morn
e 1--WE were seated at lunch at LIS
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when we
heard T..at was to us familiar
soms bsEue 9sns e ss shBB against
ali rushed to se the deck. dense fog had
prevailed but It seemed to 1T like
magic at the mome... of collision. re-
"The schooner had been struck forward
of the foremost, and quantity OF tackle
The sailing vessel had been cut literary
in two and the bow was fast settling.
The stern was high in the air. and upon
the yaw.. They were busy but few
SEQ NV. when re schooner o,unred
headforemost ineo the sea and sank in
No other men were seen. and the
rest of the crew must have been
knoeked overheard yer or sank with bt the
man came to the surface. afterwards
found to be the mate. He swan among
the debris, and finally reaching a piece
OF the broken mast, managed TO keer
he afoat until rescued by boat from the
Portia-
Brisaable to keep his head above water
4on,oh 'ould be seen for a few seconds
Il viz. out under water as II endeavor.
we the surface. He was held
,s f; Mehan v ION, or had become entan
money with .'reckage and never came
y; She tied the
her handkerch when brought aboard, wa.
me Ihe baby, ed with his efforts, anC
rcb, Iaspnhlesome, bruised about the body
ndet on cha
'iheht and someb stove in the starboarC
ia, just above the watel
BARY'c Efmpartment of the hole
S7o' D E'led. After lying to lon:
'GTIHlI Ildl UOlHlIB
ron, H. ms, done, she proceeded OF
ihire raj schooners had beer
Heap and y ,stea mer's whistles, blu
ars Mary Gros y,S oe t 81 Se nv me rescue,
lIamsburg, / iah Murphy, of 81 From
baby on ,ha ity:
" last Hight NJ. French halls from Ban
q fe.. OUT" d left Hoboken last Frida!
lrs. Gross Jr Boston. We were on tn
ghbors fonn ack. steering east, and sail
mud hean seven knots. 1t was yer.
Per injury T. nan was on lookout and tn
frequently blown. I was a
""one ard the steamer whistle, an,
NDGEHAM linute later saw her RICH
|Hsi seboon, put the helm hard down, hop
n, - ould clear us. She struck tn
n. whN near the foremost. and Gu
or me- lugh. / could see the board
ssltinlg on the opposite side. saw
Ss'!sd choCner was going to sink, an,
ne to get the boat ready. The cap
M ne, " an axe from the cabin. | wa
0'un boat. He cut the tackle away
stAbhe.t fell, filled and went down.
oS' colas care. up. I saw the sehoone
(ConHaGed on Second Iags.)