St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-31
EVERY SOUL DROWNS
The British Bark OsSeO Is
Wrecked on a Break
water.
TWENTY FOUR DROWNED.
A Portion Of the Crew
Crushed to Death Un-
der MaStS.
'WENTY - FOUR DROWNED.
BARK BREAKS IN HALVES.
Vessels Arriving in New York
Report Having Had Sc
we're Passages.

has prevailed throughout Great Britain
since Saturday, the heavy gale being
accompanied by hail and snow. render
ing navigation along the coasts both
difficult and dangerous. All vessels
that could do so made for havens of shell
ter. Some of them, however. did not
succeed in reaching port, but were
wrecked when almost in sight of safety.
This was the case of the British bark
OsseO, Capt. Boggs, which sailed from
Taltal Aug. Is for Androssan. She
made the long voyage safely until this
morning, when she was wrecked on the
Holyhead breakwater, and every soul
on board, twenty>tOur in all, were
drowned. The OsseO was caught in the
gale in the Irish sea. and Capt. Boggs
evidently thought that he would run
into H0lyhead and wait for the storm to
abate. Shortly before $3.50 o'clock this
morning the keeper of the lighthouse at
the seaward end of the long breakwater
saw bark come
Out of the Gloom
with her lights burning brightly and
under close storm canvas. The wind
was blowing lively gale, aud terrific
sea was running before it. The bark,
however. was making as good weather
of it AS was possible. and was appar
emily being handled in most careful
manner. How the accident occurred Is
not exactly known, but 1t is surmised
that 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
her furiously the moment she became
stationary. The lighthouse keeper. as
soon as he realized what had occurred,
and the wreck occurred so quickly that
some little time elapsed before lie did
realize that the bark was wrecked. 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, killing them
instantly. Others of the crew had
clambered into the fore and miZzen
rigging to escape being washed over
board by the huge comberS that were
making a clean breach over the wreck
The coast guardsmen were the first to
reach the scene of the disaster, and
were followed soon after by the life
bOatmen. Above the
HOWIinR of the Gale
could be heard the cries of the men on
the bark for assistance. The coast
guardSmen got line aboard the wreck,
and it was caught by one of the crew.
Before he could make it fast, the fore
and miZZen masts were whipped off
close to the de ok, and everybody in the
rigging 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 perished. In short time
nothing was visible seaward but broken
spars and raft Of rigging attached to
them. During the day nine bodies were
recovered. The Identity of the bark was
learned from some of the papers that
were washed ashore. The OSSeo was
commanded by Capt. B. BOggs. She
was a steel vessel Of 1899 tons and was
built In 1889 at Londonderry, from which
port she hailed. Her dimensions were !:
Length, 245 feet 8 inches; beam, SO feet
inches; ami depth of hold. 81 feet Z
inches. b. ii. McCorckle was her owner.
Other Vessels Damaged.
The Norwegian ship Frey, Capt. Han
sen. from Darien, while riding at anchor
off Iron was dismasted. Her ere W
were taken off in lifeboat. The oat
capsized and one man was drowned.
The other fifteen reached the shore
safely. The Frey has since dragged her
anchor, and gone ashore at Devils
Dyke, four miles from Ayr. The Brit
ish bark Bonita, Capt. Thomas, from
Galveston, was run Into off Falmouth
this morning and damaged by the
schooner Carrie Harvey, A dispatch
from Londonderry says that nothing
has been heard Of the Mississippi &
Dominion line steamer Sarnia, which
lost her rudder at sea and which, after
being taken in tow by the Anchor line
steamer Anchorla, was dropped about 13C
miles westOf Tory island. owing to heavy
weather, which made towing dangerous
The Anchor line steamer Furnessla,
from Glasgow for New York, which
sailed from Moville this morning, has
orders to keep sharp lookout for the
Sarnia. Tugs are lying in Lough Foyle
in readiness to proceed in search OF her
as soon as the weather permits. Owing
to the gale in the English channel, the
| Ostend mail steamer was unable tC
leaue Dover today. A coasting schooner
| was dismasted off Cromer. Four life.