The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-11
DAMAGED BY DERELIors.
Disasters of the Sea From Floating
Wrecks.

The photographic Office has issued a
circular showing the great danger in
Cured by vessels through floating wrecks
and derelicts, and urges their prompt re
moval wherever found. The circular
gives a tabulated list of collisions in the
North Atlantic with these derelicts dur
ing the last six years.
All those that have occurred within
bays, harbors or other waters tributary
to the Atlantic have been omitted from
the table. They are grouped under four
heads, according to the amount of damage
suffered. 1t will thus be seen that out of
total of fOrty-two collisions nine, or
nearly One-fourth, resulted in sinking the
vessel while fourteen vessels, or one
third, were considerably damaged.
The number of fatal collisions would,
doubtless, prove to be larger if details
could be had of the fate of the steamer
Naronic and other vessels reported miss
ing and never heard from. But the list
is large enough, as it stands, to prove the
dangerous nature Of derelict vessels and
the urgent need of their prompt removal.
TOTALLY LOST.
1SS7-Feb. %, schooner Baylies Wood
struck wreck of steamship Brinkburn off
Fenwick Island, and was capsized; June
10, schooner Joseph Baymore struck a
derelict off the coast of North Carolina,
became waterlogged, and was abandoned
1SS9-June 8, Spanish gunboat Paz
struck derelict off Tarifa and sunk.
1S90-March Is, schooner Francis i.
Godfrey struck a derelict off Fenwick
Island, stove in her bow and filed Oct
l, steamship Glenrath struck a wreck off
Cape Lookout and sunk.
1S91-Feb. TO schooner Seagull struck
Of hn ~
sunk; Dec. %, schooner Orrie V. Drisco
struck a derelict in the Gulf of Mexico
and was wrecked on the coast of Florida.
1S92-Feb. "a, bark Jan Pieterszoon-
Koen struck an unknown object, filled
and was abandoned Ia latitude "a. 10
N. longitude go 2S' w. fT-| 81
1S93-May 20, steamship Cragside struck
derelict off Whitehead, N. s., and sunk.
DAMAGE CONSIDERABLE.
1SS7-Jau. IS, barge Gardner Colby
struck a derelict off Fenwick Island, caus-
ing leak.
l8S9-Nov. 80, bark Patagonia struck
derelict in latitude 39' so n, longitude
IL w, causing leak.
1S89-May 26, schooner Arabella struck
derelict off Sandy Hook and had to be
towed in leaking. Oct. Is, schooner For
est Fairy struck and passed over a dere-
lict in latitude 40 so N, longitude 33' 40
w, damaged considerably. Dec l6,
schooner Cornelius Hargreaves struck a
derelict off Cape Henry; put into Norfolk
and discharged coal. .... .,.5...
1S90-Jan. /, steamer Seminole struck
derelict off Charleston and had to re-
turn to port; Jan. 90 schooner w. B.
Merrick struck q derelict in latitude "a
40 N, longitude IL 25' w, and sacrificed
deck load to save ship; July 1S, schooner
Il se- rSar L7~.,
wick Island and was lowed into Norfolk !;
Sept. IL, schooner Joseph /. Phora struck
a derelict of Fenwick Island and was
towed into Norfolk; Oct. 10, steamer
Grace struck wreck off Cape Henry
and was lowed into Hampton Roads
189l-AAug. 80, steamer Dubbeldam
struck a derelict in latitude 49' n, longi-
tude pa w, and put back to Plymouth
for repairs.
lS93-May 30, bark San Giovanni E.
struck wreckage in latitude 40' so N,
longitude go W, broke rudder gear and
came near sinking Oct. %, steamer En-
pire struck submerged derelict off Fry
ing Pan Shoals and nearly listed her
cargo Dec. IS, schooner Max cut through
submerged derelict off Cape Hatteras !;
rudder broken, leaking badly.
DAMAGE SLIGHT.
1SS7-Nov. IL, schooner Jacob Reed
struck derelict in latitude 40o 10 N,
longitude 73' 81 W., and broke her CEN
terboard.
18S9-May 10, steamer Myrtle struck a
derelict off Isle of Shoals; little damage.
June %, schooner John S. Davis collided
with derelict in latitude 34' AZ N, lon
gitude Ga 49, w. Damage slight
1S90-Jan. IS. ship Antoinette struck
derelict in latitude 30 90 N, longitude
So 81 W., and lost copper on forefoot
Dec. 4, steamer Katy struck a derelict in
34' 81 N, longitude 10 so w.
damaged.
1S91--Nov. L. steamer Cascapedia
struck derelict in latitude 49o 45 N, lon
gitude 13' 10" IS w. Slight damage
1S93-April %, schooner Allen Greene
struck a spar attached to wreck off
Barnegat. No serious damage.
DAMAGE NOT KNOWN.
1SS9-May IL, bark Virgo passed be-
tween the masts of derelict in lat. $50
40 N, long. 73' 90 w; July 20, steamer
struck a submerged wreck off
Cape May.
1SS9-April 20, steamer Cuban ran into
a derelict in lat. 3S' 10' N, lon. 66' 30 w,
ID feet; June /, schooner
William A. Marburg ran into a wreckage
off Davis South Shoal; July 5, bark Fal-
mouth grounded ON a submerged wreck on
Shoals, and afterwards came
off.
1s9O-Dec. %. tug Schaubel struck a
wreck Off the Delaware capes.
1S9l-Feb. 20, bark Elba struck a
wreck near Port Royal, S. c.; Aug 10,
Maria Pierson struck a wreck
off Hog Island, Virginia.
1s93-Feb. Ia, schooner Two Brothers
ran into a sunken schooner off Cape
Charles, Va. May IS, steamer Norman
carried away the spars OF sunken schooner
Booth Brothers on Brigantine Shoals,
New Jersey, but cleared the hull Sep. n,
steamer Dago STRUCK wreckaRe with pro-
peller of the Virginia capes; Nov. II,
steamer City Of Dublin, in lat 39o 30' N,
Ion. 53o w. struck part Of a vessels deck