Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-21
Wreck Of the British Ship Senegal
In a Storm.
The RED LIGHT Seen 10 GO OUT
An Engine That Got Beyond Con-
troll Causes Damage.
P o U N D ED ON A B AR

BAN tRANClSCO, CAL, september IL
The big British ship Senegal is at the bot
tom Of tire Pacific somewhere in latitude
3O17 N. longitude 1905 w., for it was in
about that locality that o. Olsen. sailor
on the schooner Mary c. Russ. saw her
red light go out one stormy night at sea.
The Senegal was bound from San Diego to
Tacoma with loose sand for ballast. She
was large iron ship of the latest design
and was considered one Of the best in the
English merchant marine service. The
captain was accompanied by his young
daughter and the crew consisted of twenty
seven men. 1t was early in March when
the vessel sailed and the only tidings of her
was when Capt. Thompson of the schooner
Mary C. Russ wrote from San Diego a few
weeks ago saying that he was in company
with her on the night of March Is.
Olsen was on the deck of the schooner
during the whole of that night at sea, and
he says that the storm that tossed the lit
tie ship about was the worst that he had
experienced in the score of years that he
has spent on the ocean.
The Senegal. he says, was sighted just as
darkness was closing In, beating up against
freshening northeast gale. At midnight
the gale was at its height. Olsen said he
SenegaPs light. 1t seemed to him. In his
dread Of death at sea, like a ray Of hope.
Sometimes he missed the light when his
vessel rode the crest of q wave, but the
the seas. Just before daylight the red light
of the big ship appeared fer the last time.
The Senegal rose on the crest OF a wave as
q sQuall more severe than its predecessors
came down upon them. The red light
cleaned, then went out for an instant; 1t
appeared for a moment, then was lost al
together. In vain the crew Of the schooner
watched for 1t. 1t had gone out forever,
nd wifi no Of oil 10
When day broke. about an hour afterward.
the big ship was nowhere insight.
Smashed Into the Dock.
Going at the rate of fifteen miles an
hour ard with a full head Of steam. the N.
p. c. r. r. Company's new steamer Sau-
salito crushed into the new slip and depot
at Sausalito and inflicted damages to the
amount of $4,000. The big slip and hy-
draulic aprons were demolished. The huge
concrete blocks that support the apron are
a mass of ruins, as well as the entire lift
ing gear OF the aprons. Capt Wilson, who
Is one of the most careful pilots on the
bay. gave the signal to stop when about
200 yards from the mouth of the Slip but
the steamer kept ahead at full speed.
The big steamer hi. the spring piles with
such force that the noise of the collision
could be heard all over the town. The bow
of the boat was smashed into splinters, the
restaurant was completely wrecked as was
also the bar and sailing gear. damaging the
steamer to the extent of 5000
All this time efforts to stop the BOATS
machinery were of no use and for five
minutes the steamers powerful machinery
kept pushing her farther under the apron
and tearing the lower portion of the boat
into splinters. The force of the crash wreck
ed the store house of the company, situated
nearly twenty feet from the slip. and dis
pier head. '"e
When the engine was finally stonne5 In
sestigation showed that a piece of defect
I'VE Diacksmithing was the cause of all the
trouble The engine was stopped only when
the steam was allowed to blow off. The de-
fective section of the engine is known as
the poker-On lever
by not being properly welded the end
easily snapped and was left in such , no
sition that 1t couldn't be removed wbiIe
the engine was III motion. This is the seq
oi,u tlme the 'Sausalito has wrecked the
slip at Sausalito. The engine was caught
on the center the day of her trial trip and
caused damage to the extent Of $500.
Pounded ON a Bar.
Word hiss been received here of the ar
rival of the German bark August Buchard
at Guaymas In a disabled condition. The
vessel was bound from Atlanta, Mexico.
Tor Hamburg. and had on board a valuab Bile
cargo Of wood. The captain had his family
ard started to leave Altata on a falling
tlde: Ihere Is a very dangerous bar at
Atata, which fact the captain of the Ger
man bark now knows to his sorrow 1t
was not very rough when the vessel an
cnored, but there was a gentle swell riding
over the bar and at intervals heavy rollers
came tumbling In. By the time the bar
was reached the tide had fallen consider
ably, and the rollers let the August Buch-
ard on the bottom with a jar. She will be
repaired at Guaymas.