The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-31

MANY VESSELS WRECKED.
AWFUL FATE OF THE CREW or
THE OSSEO.


1AoAuOH, Lee JUs--peVefeN weather has
prevailed throughout Great Britain
since Saturday. the heavy gale being
companied Iby hail and snow, render
ing navigation along the coasts both
difficult and dangerous.
All vessels that could do so made for
Ravens of shelter.
Some Of them, however. did not sue
coed in reaching port but were wrecked
when almost in sight OF safety.
This was the case of the British bark
osseo, Captain Boggs. which sailed
from Taltal. August Is for Ardrossan.
She made the long voyage safely until
this morning, when she was wrecked
on the Holyhead breakwater and every
soul on board Of her. twenty-four in all.
were drowned.
In the Irish Sen.
The ship was caught in the gale in
the Irish sea. The captain evidently
thought to run to Holyhead and wait
for the storm to abate, Shortly before
$3.50 this morning, the keeper OF the
lighthouse at the seaward end of the
long breakwater, saw a bark come out
of the gloom with her lights burning
brightly and under close storm canvass
The wind was blowing lively gale,
and a terrific sea was running before
1T. The bark, however, was making as
good weather of it as possible. and was
apparently being handled in most
careful manner. How the accident oc-
Cured is not exactly known, but 1t is
surmised an extraordinarily high sea
lifted her when she was quite close to
the breakwater and dashed her upon it..
She struck amidships and Immediately
began to break up, the sea pounding
at' her furiously the moment she became
stationary.
Broke in Halves.
The lighthouse keeper as soon as he
realized what had occurred, fired a
rocket to call the coast guardsmen and
life boatmen. In the meantime the
bark had broken into halves, the main
mast going by the board. In its fall,
it struck several of the crew who were
on the deck killing them instantly.
Others of the crew had clan1befed into
the fore and nizzzen rigging to escape
being washed overheard by the huge
waves that were making clear breach
over the wreck
The coast and guardsmen were the
first to reach the scene and were fol-
lowed soon after by the life boatmen
Above the bowling of the gale could be
heard the cries Of the, men on the bark
for assistance. The coast guards got a
line aboard the wreck and it was
caught fly one of the crew.
Fell Into the Sea-
Before he could make it fast the
fore and mizzen masts were whipped
off close to the deck and every body in
these riggings fell with them into the
sea and were drowned. The sailor who
had caught the line was crushed to
death under one of the falling masts.
After the masts had gone by the
board all was silence on the wreck and
those on the breakwater knew that all
hands on the bark had persisted. In a
short time nothing was visible sea-
ward but spars and a. rattle of rigging
attached to them.
During the day nine bodies were re-
covered. The identity of the bark was
learned from some of her papers that
We're washed ashore. The Osseo was
by Captain r. Boggs. She
was a steel vessel of 1899 tons and
was built in 1883 at Londonderry, from
which port she hailed. Her dimensions
were:
Length, 245 feet inches; beam, Sc
feet 8 inches, and depth of hold 81 feet
5 inches.
b. II. McCorkle was her owner.
Other Casualties.
The Norwegian ship Free, Captain
from Darion, while riding at
anchor off Troon, was dismasted. Her
crew were taken off in a hfeboat. The
boat capsized and one man was
drowned.
The British bark Bonita, Captain
from Galveston, was run into
off Falmouth this morning by the
schooner Carrie Harvey and was
damaged.
A dispatch from Londonderry says
that nothing has been heard of the
and Dominion line steamer
Sarnia, which lost her rudder at sea,
and which, after being taken in tow,
was dropped about 100 miles west of
Tory Island in heavy weather. Owing
to the gale in the English channel the
Ostend mail steamer was unable to
leave Denver today
A coasting schooner was dismasted
off Cromer. -Four lifeboats started out
to rescue her crew. 1t was extremely
dangerous for the lifeboats to approach
her and twelve hours elapsed before
the crew was taken off and landed.
The storm on land has done some |
damage. Trains have been blocked by |
heavy snowdrifts and in many places |
in Scotland the telegraph wires are