Evening journal., 1894-12-31
DASHED ON H0LYHEAD
Big British Bark Went Down
With All on Board.
Grew oF TwENTY-FoUR PERSISTED.


The Disaster Occurred within short Dis
tance of Safety and In Sight Of tho Light
keepers-other Fatalities and Damage
Caused by the Big storm.
LONDON, Dec. 8l.--Severe weather has
prevailed throughout Great Britain since
Saturday, the heavy gale being aecompa-
MED 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 British bark
Osseo Captain Boggs which sailed from
Taltal on Aug. 10 for Ardrossan. She
made the long voyage safely until Sunday
morning, when she was wrecked on the
Holyhead breakwater, and every soul on
board Of her "a in all, were drowned. Tho
Osseo was caugh in The gale in the Irish
sen, and Captain Boggs evidently thought
that he would run into Holyhead and
wait for the storm 70 abate.
shortly before half past 3 o'clock in
the morning the keeper Of the lighthouse
end Of the long breakwater saw n back
come ont Of the gloom, with her lights
burning brightly and under close storm
canvas. The wind was blowing living
gale and q terrific sea was running befoge
it. The bark, however, was making as
good weather Of it as was possible and was
apparently being handled in a most care
full manner. How the accident occurred
is not exactly known but 1t Is surmised
that on extraordinarily high sea lifted her
when she was quito close to the brea laga-
ter 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.
railing Mast Killed Several Sailors.
The lighthouse keeper, as soon as he re-
allied what had oocurred-and the wreck
| occurred so quickly that some little time
elapsed before he did realize that the bark
/ was wrecked--hred a rocket to call the
| coast guardmen and lifeboatmen. 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. 9th
| ers of the crew had clambered into the
fore and mizzen rigging to escape being
| washing overheard 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 tho lifeboatmen.
Above the bowling Of tho gale could be
heard the cries Of the men ON the bark for
assistance Tho coast guards got line
aboard the wreck, and it was caught by
one Of the crew.
Before ho could make it fast the fore
Ill r,aIss
60 dock, and everybody in the rigging
fell with them into the sea and drowned,
The sailor who had caught she line was
crushed to death under one Of the falling
masts
After the mnsts had gone by the board
all was silence on tho wreck, and those on
tho hreakwator knew that all hands OF
the bark had perished. In a short time
nothing was visible seaward but broker
spars and raflle Of rigging attached t.
them. During the day nine bodies wor
recovered Tho identity Of the bark wa
learned from some Of her papers that wer
washed ashore.
The Osseo was commanded by II. BOggs
Sho was a steel vessel of 1, 800 tons and wa
built in 1889 at Londonderry, from whicl
port she hailed. Her Dimensions were
Length, 245 feet inches; beam, SO foe
9 inches, and depth of hold. 81 feet inches
B. II. McCorkell was her owner.
other Marine Disasters.
+ The Norwegian ship Frey, Captain Iar
! sen, from Darien, while riding at ancho
off Troon, was dlsmasted. Her crew wa
taken off in lifeboat. The boat capsizet
! | and one man was drowned. The other /
reached shore safely The Frey has sine
! dragged her anchor and gone ashore Q
/ | Devils dyke, four miles from Ayr.
: The British bark Bonita, Capital
Thomas, from Galveston, was run int
off Falmouth and damaged by the schoon,
Carrie Harvey
A dispatch from Londonderry says thi
4 nothing has been heard of the Mississippi
: and Dominion line steamer Sarnia, whic
Z lost her rudder at sea, and which, aft
being taken in tow by tho Anchor liz
steamer Anohorla, was dropped about !;
4 miles west Of Tory island owing to heaN
: weather which made towing dangerou
y The Anchor line steamer Furnessia, frol
Glasgow for Now York, which sailed fro
i Movillo Sunday morning, had orders
: keep sharp lookout for the Sarnia TuI
I are lying in Lough Foyle in readiness
proceed in search OF her as soon as u
4 weather permits.
q "A coasting schooner was dismastad {
I, Cromer Four lifeboats started out
rescue her crew The vessel had swuI
y of in the trough Of the sea, where 81
y rolled her rails under This made it 0
. tremcly dangerous for the lifeboats TO a
u proach her, and i2 hours elapsed befo
70 the crew was taSon OIL and landed
Tho storm inland has done some daI
m age Trains have heon blocked by hea
"a snowdrifts. and in many places in So'
10 land the telegraph wires are down,
3. -
rs she IL a WILMINGTON Yacht.
The large steel schooner yacht YamF
4 ! L. a.