New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-24
FIVE GO TO THE BOTTOM.
THE SCHOONER EAGLE CRUSHED BY THE
TERRIER OFF DEMERARA.

PASSENGERS DESERTED BY THE cAPrAIN-THE
SINKING BOAT HELD FROM ITS SEA GRAVE
FOR A TINE BY THE RIGGING CATCH
ING IN THE STEAMERS ANCHOR.
A story Of shpwreck and disaster was oro"s .
INTO mort by the steamship Terrier Captain Bersh
NJ the Demerara Steamship Line, which ar'Neu
Yesterday morning from Demerara The ierie.
left pemerara on July Il. and just after the pho'
was discharged. about 7:30 p. m. the scnoo"e'
Fla gle was sighted near by on the starpoard oo".
CAPTAIN Bergh. who told the story at the omces ..
the agents. L. W. & =. Armstrong, NOS ~" al" ,V
Wall-st Yesterday. said that he haued the i0'
20 port and expected the schooner 10 Keep o'' "e'
way. But suddenly the Eagle shifted her course
and ran directly the steamers DOW ~.
Roadway of the Terrier was so great 'hal IL 'o
not be checked and her bow crashed INTO the
schooner abaft the fore rigging on the port sue
crushing 1t as though 1t were an egsshe" one
began to sink Immediately. but was held up io' d
time by her rigging catching In Inc steamer
anchor.
The Eagle ran between Barbados and Demerara
with passengers and mail. There were twenty-ninc
nersons aboard mostly coored. among them being
many women and children Most OF these sue
ceeded in scrambng aboard the Terrier, some run
ning up the rigging and jumping onto the steamer,
while others saved by lines thrown by the
crew. Two boats. in charge of Second Mate Hal
vorscn were lowered and picked up three people
The sea was covered with wreckage. and. in the
hope that some Of the unfortunates might be cling
ing to IT, the search continued for several
hours but without success In oil twenty-four per-
sons saved and five were lost.
The captain and crew Of the schooner seemed
panic stricken. and ong the first to aban-
don her, leaving the and children TO their
fate. 1t is believed by Captain Bergh that those
lost were In the cabin, and that they were perhaps
killed by the crushing In Of the sides Of the vessel
The Terrier sustained only slight damage, several
OF her bow-pates being bent and part Of her for
ward buwarks being carried away. The persons
saved from the schooner were transferred IN the
Terriers boats to the Demerara ghtship. whence
they could easily get to land. and the steamship
proceeded on her voyage
The Eagle was a l0O-ton schooner. and was owned
at Barbados. The Terrier Is a small Norwegian
steamship. and Is chartered by L. w. & L. Arm
strong for their trade between Demerara and this
port She brought three passengers and cargo OF
sugar
When the Terrier had anchored of Liberty Island
and arrested H. F. F. Stokes. twenty years cd. who
his way to Ohio from Demerara. where he
had been employed a clerk In mercantile house.
The charge upon which Stokes was arrested was
embezzlemenf. the complainant being the British
Consul General. Percy Sanderson who received
telegram on Monday from the Governor OF British
Guiana, asking him 10 secure the arrest OF Stokes
on his arrival The prisoner was taken before
United States Commissioner Shields and held 10
await further information and the arrival OF papers
from Demerara On the application of Charles FOX
representing the ConsuGeneral, about 100 In the
possession Of Stokes turred over 10 the United
States Marshal pending the examination