New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-23
SAFE IN A HARBOR.
STANDARD OIL BARGE NO. 5S TOWED
TO HAMILTON, BERMUDA.
A DISPATCH RECEIVED FROM THE CAPTAIN AN
NOUNCEs ITS SAFE ARRIVAL THERE
ABANDONED BY THE STEAMER
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fBANDoNtD ~ HE sAEAnEH
MAVERICK ON FEBRUARY s.
All fears fer the safety Of Standard Oil Barge
No. 5S were relieved yesterday when she was re-
rcrted safe In the harbor Of Hamilton. Ber-
muda The boat broke away from the steamer
Maverick, which towing her, on the morn
ing of February 8. She was then between Abse-
com and Barnegat. on the Jersey coast. The
Maverick was towing ter from Boston to Phila-
delphia The Maverick. after steaming around
the barge for several hours in vain endeavor
to pick her up, put into this port being short OF
coal The Maverick end two tugs have since
been out looking for the missing vessel Once
the barge was sighted by a steamer which came
into Philadelphia from Glasgow. The captain at
that time refused assistance. No greit anxiety
has been felt for the boat, as she was as well
able 10 keep afoat as an ocean steamer. Still,
what anxiety there was was relieved yesterday
when Il. c. veit the superintendent of the
lighterage and transportation department or the
Standard Oil Company. received the following
telegram from Bermuda
Steamer Kate. OF Whiteby towed % ~ f,i,ies'
No agreement made
This showed that the barge was safe in Ham
ilton and that she had been towed there by the
Kate Farnum Is the name of the captain OF
Barge No 5s Mr.. Vet is now only worried
about the amount Of salvage he VIII nave To pay
for the services Of the Kate. Wnen barge NO
SO broke away from the Maverick she nad Ten
men on her and was provlsioned ior SIX Weeks'
The barge has sixteen Water-tSnt coHpart-
ments and is built Of steel She Is new barge
Of over 1000 tons register and Is buit Tor carry
ing oil in bulk. The barge Is the latest one put
for the Standard Oil Company There Is a
donkey engine aboard and there Is also an e.ec-
trio light plant She had good supply OF coal
for running the dynamOs and for heating pur-
poses The barge has three masts with three top
sails bent on. that she could be steadled IN d
seaway. There was no reason why the poo
should not have been blown to the Azores or the
Canaries with comparatively little discomfort TO
the people on board When the Maverick lett
her il was with the knowledge that she was
practically unsuitable and much better ntted 10
be out in such storm than the steamer. Mr..
Veit Is confident that all well on board No.
IS and said yesterday that he supposed the only
reason she took tow was that the crew con-
s!dered II time to make port somewhere ana
report II any accident had happened 70 the
boat the captain would certainly have mentioned
II i'm his dispatch. When Mr.. Welt received the
message from the captain yesterday he tee
graphed that he would send vessel TO tow MIN
10 this port.
Tho big wreckng tug Right Arm. Of Woods
Hole. sails to-day for Nassau 70 make an effort
TO ge; the Ward Line steamer Cierfuegos on the
reafS near there. and the wrecking tug chapman
goes down 10 Bermuda 10 the assistance ot 4
bark. Arrangements have been made 10 nave
them both IL possible tow the barge back 10 thlS
port Where the barge when she was picked
IN BY the Kate IS not known. Ihe nate was
hound from Newport News 10 Cette port IN
Spain She would. therefore. take soutnerly
course and seek the calm waters which at this
season Of the year lie below the northern belt OF
storms When the Maverick men last saw No. oN
she was being blown rapidly 10 the southeast.
Rsrnuda is $50 miles southeast Of Cape Hatteras
and about 7Ot miles from SANDY HOOK.