The evening world., 1894-02-21
KEARSARGE'S Grew.
City Of Para Arrives with the
Shipwrecked Men.
Acting Rear.AdmiraI Stanton Tells
Of the Old Corvette's Loss.
An Investigation 10 he Made to
Place the Blame.


The of5ners and crew ~ ,ra r-.,Led
Tinted s.,te. c,-vet,e Ksar,,roo A.
rived nfe,y in nor, nj 4, N o.clork this
uorn,,g an b,,r1 ~. p,c,o, N,u u,o
steamer rI,v =, Par, The ,Ier n. ,hs
foo, Of Cana, street was ravIy dec,r,ted
with fars and bunting. the National col.
w.. $50 49,. rn , - ~.
OTIS peins urdpeu IN the form OF an
arch over the gang plank.
"A iarse 'ro"n o. ir'cnas' relatives ahu
sIshtseers greeted the men as they
man and Tho oescers a, the famou. old
ma" anu 'ne oihce's % 'he famous oiu
warsh.p.
The NAVY Department was represented
ny eohffnandeF .ro"insnieiu' VINO iot-
merly commanded the Kearsarse. He
received the officers in behalf OF Adj.
miral Gherardi, OF the North Atlantic
Squadron.
Lieut.. Bell. OF theBrooklyn Navy Yard.
-,
vas IN charge OF tne tugs Nnrhee'a anu
Traffic. to which the men were trans
ferred immediately q, their arrival.
-. -. 80 .aa
lhey were taken 10 the navy iaro ana
placed on board the Government guard
shin Vermont. where they will be fitted
-
OUT with suitahie c!o'hes' ana De aiiorn-
ed an opportunity to ~recuperate from
the effects OF their h~ardships.
Acting Rear Adm,rnl oscar F. Stan.
ton told this story OF the wreck or his
nacship TO an Evening World reporter
,,.ha sa,. ,,,. = ,.n, r,,r,,o, ,f,nr tbs
city Of Para was made fast to the pier;
we str, ok Roncsdor Reef in the
evening Of Feb s.. at about dusk. 4
winS %as slov,nr quite fresh from the
northeast
'.When the ship struck there was ap-
ma rentiy very little water undo her bow,
AMI, fearing she might slip of into deep
INTER betnye the lamar 70 her huf
could he rer,ired a raft was launched
at anS.iEhc an riad an n.S anrn9 and a maSn fss 70
'"I'he hswser was rove through =
nuliev and every efrort was made 70
land ali The crew in a boat with a line
rast TO- he 'hIock which traveI,ed on
10 ba ysrr ~ "' va
"The boa; could carry only six men
smmed in iasndinS al hands Provisions.
urater casta ,,d cany.s ~ hriid ,sn,nnr''
arv sb SIsSs W S4r tnken on s mo- 'e' pppen-
! 70 ,icn. uvara or onca nn,1a 10 ,raato
sieentns MATES Mar rs '"ee "aue " create
"i n]orttnn 81 tbe crcu ,.n1er ,bs
omcers' Affections worto "a ,i,h . ,Ir
providlns impromptu tents. Others;
der helped in various W Ways, x veil II' Has
n-rhere vas "oniv,' nr acc,den, An.
round H3 IN sbsi,o a wa1sr fe Mn into " n hansg
hole and Was drowned, although everS
efrort was made to save him ~
~. ,Wanarnm 80 ,.unn u, ,r.
d depca en- nrd IN, a nssHoa, to Ola PtoV'-
"On Feb 10 n; 10 A. n. the CITY Of
Para reached the scene OF the
and viz tha E.a rsarye,s Ton,
iifehoats within three hours and n half
succeeded in getting ali hands sn fely on
Colon. touching on the way at Old Provi.
dence to nick up the boats crew which
had been sent BY the commander CT the
Kearsaree to seek assistance.
very small portion OF their effects. The
last s"en OF the grand old frlynte she
large holes in her bottom" ""
Who was responsible for the ncc,-
dent"" asked the reporter.
nat Will be made the subject OF an
saw anything about the matter at prss.
ent."
1--WE was 'he onicer IN command u
me time; u
iust nov. / don't think tbn. feature 81
lhe story had better be touched upon
~vcstigation'"
~C'ommnnJer q r Hevcrman soid
"I,ieut. Rrainard was officer OF the deck
at tho time ~ 10 accident can, aay
tbat /, was his fanif or any ones ,nuj;
that tha Kaorsorpe struck J1eut
Greengae Was of'rer ~ Inc M rines n,
he ,ineSS "N
"Dii the crew suffer much on the
reor 81 ~ ~ 'N
'"Eo 7 dom, think they did .s IN,
comm, n6ing ofscer 7 NATURALLY fei, an.
nrnhamriua for the,r .o fetv ari men ~
tfn,nd woter witch nv Soi,inv could he
made NJ to drink / Vas enniSus in a."
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air,Ncu III nv ~ 81
w nin.nn ~ she Jill ~
ono'n taSsS.Sei' y" 'e Ky y" ran"
are az .ol'oM"