The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-09

PHILADELPHEA, August s,-ThS Britiah
ship, Prince Oscar, from Liverpool. Cap.
tain Henderson, collided in mid-ocsRn
on July 49, with an unknoWn sailing
vessel. Both shIps sank in lsss than
ten minutes. Six members Of the crew
OF the Prince Oscar aud all on board the
unknown vessel we're lost The surViy-
ore, seventeen in number, were roscnsl
by the ship Dharwar, after being cou.
fined in an open boat with neither food
nor water for three days. They were
transferred to the British steamer
Capac, from PisAqua, aud brought "
this port tonight.
The names Of the lost are:
William knight, cook, OF South
Shields.
Oscar Nelson, seaman, Of OhrlatiRna.
L. Peterson, seaman, OF Denmark.
August Carton, deck boy, OF Ostend.
L. Relap, Of Douglas, Isle Of Man.
J, Anderson, steward, Of Liverpool.
Tho entire crew OF the unknown
vessel.
Tho disaster occurred shortly after
midnight In latitude $3.50 south, lonEl-
tude $500 west
Tho Prince Oscar, which was bound
from Shields, which port she left May
y, for Iquiquo, laden with coal, was 90.
ing at q clipping gait, on the port tack
before q brisk wind and with oil canvas
set. II Is estimated BY the crew that
sho was making about six and half
knots an hour, when suddonly there
loomod up directly under her bows, n
four.masted vessel. The mate asserts
that the stranger mad no ligbtS burning
and after she was sighted 1t was impos-
sible to alter ths course OF the Prince
Oscar.
ENTIRE CREW LOST.
Tie iron hull Of the latter struck the
unknown lu!I Amidships. knocking her
almost oil her beam end and crushing
through the woodwork until hor prov
was more than half buried. The
stranger went over almost on her beam
ends as the Prince Oscar backed away
from the rebound. As tho crew OF the
Prince Oscar stood psertng through the
darkness. they saw the stranger partial
ly right herself aud then she rapidly be.
gan to sink.
They listened in vain for some signs
OF life, but no cry for help nor word Of
command came from the striCkenVessel.
In less than four minutes from the
time sho was struck, the stranger keeied
over and plunged stern frat into the
depths bslow
Captain Henderson, OF the Prince
Oscar, who was below in his birth,
rushed on deck just in timo to discover
that his ship was also sinking.
The pumps Wero manned, but in lelB
timc than it takes to tell 1t 1t was dis-
covered that there was no hope from
that source. The boats were ordered
cut adrift and the mon wero told to
Jump aud swim for their lives. They all
wont overheard, and, with the exception
OF two unfortunRtes, reached the small
boats.
Both boats tiovarod about the scene OF
the wreck uptll daylight, in an effort to
rescue tho two missing members OF tho
Prince Oscars crew and any momberS
OF tho crow Of tho stranger who might
have been fortunate enough TO have
Kept aaoaL They found no one, how.
ever, aud nothing to indicate the name,
home or destination oi their eonpan-
ions in misfortune. Finally they left
the scene and headed, they know not
exactly where.
TERRIBLE SUFFERING.
TWenty.iopr houFs lateF heavy sea
struck the boat commanded by Mate
Lynch aud capsized it. The occupants,
eight iu number, we're thrown into the
sca, and the already oyercrowded craft
which Captain Henderson commanded
nut quickly to the rescue. ThoY wore
successful in getting four ot the nleu
aboard. Tho rest were drowned There
wcto now seventeen men In the
small lilo boat, with nothing to
cat, nothing 10 drink and barely
room to atretrh their weary limbs. The
sun was boiling hot nnd their hunger
aud thirst was almost unboarA6lO,
Toward evening OF the second day ono
OF tho crow diacovsred small cask Of
iish oil slowed away In tho boat This
was dealt out to tho survivors In ANAL
doses, nnd they used 1t to mo!ston their
rarchod lips and tongues Most OF the
men woto partially naked, having had
M time to socnrn auy cothoi before
leaving the vessel.
For throo days aud nights, they
ll1atCh thus on tho bosom Of tho South
Atlantic aud Iultas thuy wore about to
abandon hope, tAny alghiul tho ship
Dharwar from London, bound tp Mel.
bourne. They succeeded In attracting
tho attention OF those on board Four
days lOtor III latitude 1888 south, long.
i,uio 37Ijl vast, tloy wurO put aboard
tho Capac, bound t1s this port,
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