Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-09
MANY LIVES LOST.
Two Ships Go Down in
Mid. Ocean.
ONE ENTIRE CREW LOST.
Seventeen of the Crew of the Other
Vessel Rescued in Starving
Condition.

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The British ship Prince rom Liver
pool, Captain Henderson, coll,usd in mid
ocean on July - with an unknown sailing
vessel. Both ships sank In less than ten
minutes.
Six members OF tho crew OF the Prince
Oscar and all on board the unknown vessel
were lost. The survivors, seventeen In num-
Der, were rescued by the ship Dharwar. after
being confined in an open boat with neither
food or water for three days. They were
transferred to the British steamship Capac
from Plssaqua and brought to this port to-
night Tho names OF the lost are: William
Knight, seaman, OF South Shields: Oscar
Nelson. seaman, OF Chrisuana; H. Peterson.
seaman, OF Denmark August Carton, deck
boy, OF ostend; l. Relap. OF Douglas. Isle OF
Man; ]. Anderson. Steward, OF Liverpool,
The entire crew Of the unknown vessel.
The disaster occurred shortly after mid
night In latitude, $50, south: longitude 9s.2s,
west.
The Prince oscar. was bound from Shields.
which port she left May "a for lqulque, laden
with coal was goiAg at u clipping gait on
port tack before a brisk wind and with all
CANVASS set, 1t Is estimated by the crew
that she was making about six and one-half
knots an hour and when suddenly there loom
ed up directly under her bows four masted
vessel. The mate asserts that the stranger had
no lights burning and after she sighted 1t
was impossible TO change the course Of the
Prince Oscar. The iron hull OF the latter
struck the unknown full amidships, knocking
her almost on her beam ends and crushing
through the woodwork until her PROV was
more than half buried The stranger went
over almost on her beam ends the Prince
Oscar backed away. As the crew OF the
Prince Oscar stood peerlng through the dark
ma hay utp Iu1 liz oh
herself. and thea she began to sink
They listened awhile In vain for some sign,
Of life, but not cry for help nor word
OF command came from the stricken vessel
In less than four minutes from the time she
was struck, the stranger plunged stern first
into the depth below. Captain Henderson ol
the Prince oscar rushed on deck from his
berth just In time to discover that his shlT
was also sinking. The pumps were of nc
avail and the life boats were ordered, the
men all taking to them with the exception OF
the untortunates. Captain Henderson was the
last man to leave the ship, jumping overheard
In 'hii night garments and swimming fullN
two miles before being picked up.
Finally they left the wreck and headed
they knew not exactly where. TwVnty-foul
hours later heavy sea struck the boat com
handed by Mate Lynch and capslzed II. Thu
occupants eight In number, were thrown int
| the sea and the already Oyercrowdtd Graf
| which Captain heHueIboh eonlnhhceu pu
| quickly 10 the rescue, They were suNcessfu
| in gers.ng four Of the men aboard and thu
| rest were drowned.
There were seventeen men successful II
| getting Into the small life boats, with nothing
to eat or drink and barely room to stretcl
their weary limbs. The sun was broiilng no
| and their hunger and thirst was almost un
| bearable Towards evening Of the socont
| day one Of the crew discovered small casl
| Of fish oil slowed away In the boat. This wa
! dealt out to the survivors In small doses ant
they used 1t to moisten their parehid lip
and tongues. Most Of the men were Plrtlall
| naked. having had no time TO seoute an
| clothes before leaving the vessel.
After floating thus three days and nights
and just as they were about to abandon hop
they sighted the ship Dharwar. frori Lon
| don. bound to Melbourne. They succeeded
In attracting attention on board and were sool
on her decks. Four days later they were pu
aboard the Capae. bound for this port.