The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-12-31
AMI HANDS VEBE L0ST
Wreck Of the Bark 0sseCO in the
Irish Sea.
TwENTY-FOUR SAILORS DROWNED.

The Vessel Was Endeayoring to Seek Shell
ter When She was Dashed on Hoiyhead
Brealwater and Broken to Pieces in =
Short Time.
LONDON Dec 91.-Severe weather has
prevailed throughout Great Britain since
Saturday, the heavy gale being accompan-
led by hail and snow, rendering naviga-
ton along the coasts both difficult and
dangerous All vessels that could do so
made for havens of refuge. Some, how
ever, did not succeed in reaching port, but
were wrecked when almost in sight of
safety. This was the case of the bark Os
seco, Captain Boggs, which sailed from
Taltal Aug 10 for Ardrossan. She made
the long voyage safely until yesterday
morning, when she was wrecked on the
Holyhead breakwater, and every soul on
board of her, twenty-four in all, were
drowned. The Osseco was caught in the
gale in the Irish sea, and Captain Boggs
evidently thought he would run into Holy
head and wait for the storm to abate
Shortly after o'clock 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 canvas. The wind
was blowing a living gale, and a terrific
sea was running before it, The bark, how
| ever, was making as good weather of 1t as
was possible, and was apparently being
| handled in most careful manner. How
the accident occurred is not exactly
known, but it is surmised that an extra
ordinary high sea lifted h"r when she
was quite close to the br- water 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
The lighthouse keeper, as soon as he
realized what had occurred, fired rocket
TO call the coast guardsmen and lifeboat
men. In the meantime the bark had
broken into halves, the mainmast going
| by the board In its fall it struck several
of the crew who were on the deck, killing
them instantly. Othors of the crew had
clambered into the fore and mizzen rig
ging to escape being washed overheard by
! the huge cOmbers that were making Il
clea,G, breach over the wreck.
Above. the bowling of the gale could be
heard the NS-iss of the men on the bark for
assistance. THS. coast guardsmen got a
line aboard the wreck and it was caught
| by one of the crew. Before he could make
whipped off close to the decE:~> and every
body in the rigging fell with &lem into
the sea and were drowned. The Sallor
who had caught the line was crushed>t 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
breaSwater knew that a hands on the
bark had perishcd. In a short time moth
ing was visible seaward but broken spars
with rigging attached to them. During
the day nine bodies were recovered. The
| identity Of the bark was learned from
some of her papers that were washed
| ashore.
The Osseca was commanded by Captain
r. Boggs. She was n steel vessel of 1899
| tons and was built in 1889 at Londonderry,
| from which port she hailed. Her dimen-
sions were: Length, 245 feet inches;
beam, 36 feet 9 inches, and depth of hold,
| q feet inches b. II. McCorkell was her
owner.
me Norwegian ship Frey, from Darien,
while riding at anchor off Troon, was dis
masted. Her crew were taken off in the
lifeboat. The boat was capsized and one
man was drowned The other fifteen
reached the shore safely. The Frey has
since dragged her anchor and gone ashore.
| The British bark Bonita, Captain Thomas,
from Galveston, was run into off Fal-
mouth and damaged by the schooner Car
rie Harvey.
A dispatch from Londonderry says that
nothing has been heard of the Mississippi
and Dominion line steamer Sarnia, which
lost her rudder at sea, and which after be-
ing taken in tow by the Anchor line
steamer Anchoria was dropped about 13O
miles west of Tory Island owing to heavy
weather, which made towing dangerous.
| The Anchor line steamer Furnessia, from
Glasgow for New York, which sailed from
Neville yesterday, has orders to keep a
sharp lookout for the Sarnia. Tugs are
| lying in Lough Foyle in readiness to pro
ceed in search of her as soon as the weather
| permits.
A coasting schooner was dismasted OFF
Cromer Four lifeboats started out to
rescue her crew. The vessel had swung
off in the trough of the sea, where she
rolled her rails under. This made it ex-
Temely dangerous for the lifcboats to
approach her and twelve hours elapsed
before the crew We're taken off and landed
The storm inland has done some dam
age. Trains have been blocked by heavy
snow drifts, and in many places in Scot
| land the tplpupanb XVirps are 1pVyp