The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-08-09
BOTH OF THEM SANK
Disastrous Collision in MidOcsan at
Midnight.
WITH AN UNKNOWN VESSEL
The Stranger Went Down and II Is
Not Known How Many Lives
Went With Another
Horror In Southern Seas.

tain Henderson, colllded In midocesn
July 10 with an unknown sailing ves-
sci. Both ships sank In less than 10
minutes. Six members OF the crew OF
the Prince Oscar and all on board the
unknown vessel were lost. The sur
vivors. II in number. were rescued by
the ship Dhwar. after being confined in
an open boat with neither food nor
water for three days. They were trans
ferred to the British steamship Capac,
from Pisaqua. and brought to this port
tonight. The names OF the lost are:
William Knight. Oscar Nelson, E. Pc
terson. August Carton. /. Relap of
Douglass. j. Anderson. and the entire
crew Of the unknown vessel.
The disaster occurred shortly after
midnight in latitude $40 south. longl-
tude 2s.2O. The Prince Oscar was
bound from Shields, where she left May
Q. for Iquique. laden with coal, and was
going at a clipping gait on the port
tack before q brisk wind. and all can
vas set. Suddenly there loomed up
four-masted vessel. The mate asserts
that the stranger had no lights burn
ing, and after she was sighted 1t was
impossible to alter the course OF the
Prince Oscar. The iron null Of the lat
ter struck the unknown full amidships
knocking her almost on her beam ends
and crushing through the wood work
until her 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
the crew of the Prince Oscar stood
peerlng through the darkness they saw
the stranger partly right herself and
then she rapidly began to sink.
In less than four minutes from the
time she was struck the steamer keeled
over and plunged stern first into the
depths below. Captain Henderson, of
the Prince Oscar. rushed on deck just
also sinking. Life boats were ordered
cut adrift and the men were told TO
jump. They all went overheard, and
with the exception OF two unfortunates
reached the small boats Captain Hen
derson. who was the last man to leave
the ship, went over In his night gar
ments and swan fnlly-two miles before
he was picked up. Both boats hovered
about the scene Of the wreck until
daylight in an effort to rescue the two
missing members of the Prince Oscars
crew. They found no one, however.
and left the scene and headed they
knew not exactly where. Twenty-four
hours later a heavy sea struck the boat
and capsized It. The occupants. eight
in number. were thrown into the sea
and the already overcrowded craft
which Captain Henderson commanded
put quickly to the rescue. They were
successful In getting four Of the men
on board. the rest We're drowned.
There were now u men on the small
| llfeboat with nothing to eat. nothing to
| drink and barely room to stretch their
| limbs. Towards evening Of the second
day one OF the crew discovered small
cask OF fish oil slowed away In the
boat. This was dealt out to the survi.
vors In small doses, and they used 1t to
moisten their parched lips and tongues.
For three days and nights they float
ed, and just as they were about to
abandon hope they sighted the ship
Dwhar from London bound for Mel
bourne. They succeeded in attracting
her attention and were soon on her
decks. Four days later they. in lati-
tude 1898 south longitude 37.3l west.
were put aboard the Capac, bound for
this port.
| In southern sras.
| Sydney. n. S. W.. Aug. S.-A boats
crew OF Chinese landed at Forester and
report that the British steamer Cater
hun. from Hong Kong, May q. for Aus
tralian ports. was wrecked yesterday
evening. The fate OF the remainder OF
the crew and passengers Is unknown.
The steamer. II appears. was wrecked
on the seal rocks of Cape Hawk. yes
terday morning during a gale. The
passengers. who numbered 70. OF whom
s. were Chinese, were asleep below
when the boat grounded. Only three
European passengers and the third
mate were saved.
The others are missing. but IL is be-
lleved possible that they succeeded IN
taking to the boats that were after
wards blown out to sea and may be
heard from later. A tug returned from
the scene of the wreck OF the British
steamer Catterhun. and saved some OF
the passengers and crew.
There is little doubt that so persons
were drowned, OF whom 46 were Chi
nese. Second officer Langtar. who had
the watch on deck at the time Of the
disaster. states that the night was very
dark. Suddenly the steamer expert.
enced terrible shock. and foundered a
few minutes afterward. The Chinese
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