The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
FOREIGN FLASHES.
SEVERE GALES IN GREAT
BRITAIN.
The British Bark Osseo Wreclod. 49,,
'ne Entire Crew of Twenty-four
Drowned-Other Steamers Dam
ased-Lord Churchill Still
Unconscious.

r l,onao9' Dec. 30.-Severe weather has,
SSte,aiieu throughout Great Britain since
saturday the heavy gale being ac s.nr
iI %nt;or oy nan and snow, rendering nav
a".non alohS the coast both difficult and
So n ,5a5 All vessels that could do
them, however did not succeed in oV rnoo ~
ing port, but were wrecked when almost
III sight of safety. This was tba lbs.
OF the British bark, Osseo' "a Ten taie
poggs' which sailed from Taltal Aug IL
rom Androssan. She made the lony
voyage IN safety until this morning. when
sue was wrecked in the Hoyhead break
Mater ana every soul on board of her 81
IN number, were drowned. The Osser
muS caught IN the gale in the Irish ser
anu Captain Boggs thought that h".
would run into Holyhead and wait for the
storm to abate, Shortly before 3:30
clock this morning the keeper of the
nght mouse at the seaward saw bark
come out of the gloom with her Hrbts
burning brightly and under close Storm storm
canvas. The wind was blowing gale
ana terrific sea was running before If
Inc park, however, was making ms rood
weather of it as was possible and WAS
apparently being handled in most care
| full manner.
How the accident occurred is not OK
actly known, but it is surmised that nm
extraordinary high sea lifted her when
she was, quite close to the breakwater
and dashed her upon it. She strucl,
amidships and Immediately began to-
break up. The light house keeper. MS
soon as he realized what had occurred.
and the wreck occurred so quickly that
some little time, elapsed before he did
realize that the bark was wrecked. fired
rocket to call the coast guardsmen ana
lie boat men. In the mean time the
bark had broken in two halves, the
main mast 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 climbed into the.
fore and mizzen rig to escape being
washed overheard by the huge combers
that were making clean breast over the
wreck. The coast guardsmen were the.
first to reach the scene of the disaster
and were followed soon after by the.
life boat Above the bowling gale could
be heard the cries of the men on the bark
for assistance. The coast guardsmen got
line aboard the, wreck and it was
caught by one of the crew. Before he
could make it fast the fore and mizzen
masts were whipped off close to the deck
and everybody in the rigging fell with
them into the sea and were drowned
The sailor who had caught the line was.
then crushed to death under one of the
falling masts. After the masts had
Soue ny inc Dodru, ull was Suence OH
board and those on the beach knew that
all on board had persisted. In short
time nothing was visible seward but
broken spars and a lot of rigging at
tached to them. During the day nine
bodies We're recovered. The identity of
the bark was learned from some of her
traps that were washed ashore. The
Osseo was commanded by Captain X
Boggs. She was steel vessel of 1895
tons and was built at Londonderry, from
which place she sailed.
Her dimensions were: Length, 245
feet, 8 inches; beam, 36 feet, 9 inches.
and in depth of hold, 81 feet, inches
Her owner is B. M. McCorkle.
The Norwegian Frey, Captain Hanson,
from Darian, while riding at anchor off
the Room, was dismantled. His crew
were taken off in lifeboat The boat
capsized and one man was drowned. The
Frey has since dragged her anchors and
gone ashore at Devils Dixie, four niles
from Ayre.
The British bark Bonita, Captain
Thomas, from Galveston, was run into
off Falmouth this morning and damaged
by the schooner Carrie Marvein. A dis
patch from Londonderry says that moth
ing has been heard Of the Mississippi and
Dominion line steamer Sarnia, which lost
her rudder at sea and which, after being
taken in tow by the Anchor line steamer
Anchora, was dropped about 100 miles
west of Terry island owing to heavy
weather which made towing dangerous.
The Anchor line steamer Furnessia
from Glasgow for New York.. which
sailed from Mobile this morning was
given instructions to keep sharp
lookout for the steamer. Tugs are lying
in Tough Foyle in readiness to proceed in
search of her as soon as the weather per-
mits.
Owing to the gale in the English cham
nel the Ostend mail steamers we're un
able to leave Dover today. A coasting
schooner was dismasted off Cromer and
four lifeboats started out to rescue her
crew. The vessel had swung off into the
trough of the sea, where she rolled her
rails under water. This made it extreme
ly difficult for the lifeboats to approacl
and ~ 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.