The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-31
ALL HANDS WERE LOST
Wreck Of the Bark 0sseoo in the
Irish Sea.
TwENTY-roUR SAILORS DROWNED.


Breakwater and Broken to Pieces in .
Short Time.
LONDON, Dec. S1-Severe weather has
prevailed throughout Great Britain since
Saturday, the heavy gale being accompan-
led by hail and snow, rendering naviga-
tion along the coasts both difficult and
dangerous. All vessels that could do SO
made for Ravens 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. 15 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. Tho 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 8oclock 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 living gale, and terrific
sea was running before 1t. The bark how
ever was making as good weather Of 1t as
was possible, and was apparently being
handled in a most careful manner. How
the accident occurred is not exactly
known, but it is surmised that an extra
ordinary high sea lifted her when she
was quite close to the brealzwater 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.
Tho 1inbthn,,aa I.
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. Others of the crew had
clambered into the fore and mizzen rig
ging to escape being washed overheard by
the huge combers that were making a
clean breach over the wreck.
Above the bowling of the gale could be
heard the cries of the men on the bark for
assistance. The coast guardsmen got a
line aboard the wreck, and it was caught
by one of the crew. Before he could make
1t fast the fore and mizzen masts were
whipped off close to the deck, and every
body in the rigging fell with them into
the sea and were drowned. The sailor
VIM Atu ChuSnb INC llnS 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 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 Osseea was commanded by Captain
r. Boggs. She was steel vessel of 800
tons and was built in 1889 at Londonderry,
from which port she hailed. Her dimen-
sions were: Length, 245 feet 3 inches;
beam, SO feet inches and depth of hold,
81 feet inches. b. H, McCorken was her
owner.
Tine Norwegian ship Frey, from Darien,
while riding ut 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
RE 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 Anohoria, was dropped about 1880
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 Tough Foyle in readiness to pro.
coed 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
of in the trough of the sea- where she
rolled her rails under. This made it ex-
trcmely dangerous for the lifeboats to
approach her, and twelve hours elapsed
before the crew were 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 telegraph wires are down.