The herald., 1895-08-09
ONE ENTIRE CREW LOST.
Sail Vessel and Steamship
Collide
ACC|DENT OCCURRED 1T MIDNIGHT
Six of the Other Crew Were
SAIL VESSEL HAD No LIGHTS
No Signs Of Life Shown Upon Her After
the Wreck
SAIL VESSEL HAD No LIGHTS
She Sank In Less Than Four Minutes After
Being Struck
Peril and Suffering Of the Survivors.
Picked Up After Being Three
Days and Three Nights
Adrift

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ish ship Prince Oscar. from Liverpool
Captain Henderson. collded in mid
ocean July 18th with an unknown sailing
vessel. Both ships sank in less than ten
minutes. Six members of the crew of the
Prince Oscar and all on board the un-
known vessel were lost. The survivors,
seventeen in number, were resceud by the
ship Dharwar. after being in an open
boat with either food nor water for three
days. They were transferred to the
steamer Capac, from Pisaqua, and
brought to this port tonight.
The names of the lost are: William
knight. cook Oscar N,llson, seaman;
August Carton. l. Relap. J. Anderson.
steward; the entire crew of the unknown
vessel.
The disaster occurred shortly after
midnight. The Prince Oscar was bound
from Shields. where she left May 9th.
for Iquique. laden with coal, and was
going at clipping gait on the port tack
before brisk wind and all canvas set. 1t
is estimated by the crew that she was
making six and one-Lalf knots an hour.
when suddenly there loome" up directly
under her bows four masted vessel. The
mate asserts that the stranger had no
lights burning. and after she was sighted
it was impossible to alter the course of
the Prince Oscar. The iron hull of the
latter struck the unknown ship full amid
ships. knocking her almost on her beam
ends and crashing 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 peering
through the darkness they saw the
stranger partly right herself and then she
rapidly began to sink.
They listened IN vain for some sign of
life but not a cry for help nor u word OF
command came from the stricken vessel.
In less than four minutes from the time
she was struck the stranger keeled over
and plunged stern first into the depths be-
low. Captain Henderson OF the Prince
Oscar. who was below in his berth,
rushed,,on deck just III time to discover
that his ship was also sinking. The
pumps were manned bat in less time tina
it takes to tell it it was discovered that
there was no hope from that source. Life.
boats were ordered cut adrift and the
men were told to jump and swim for
their lives. They all went overheard and
with the exception of two unfortunates
reached the small boats.
Captain Henderson. who was the last
man to leave the ship. went over in his
night garments and swan fully two miles
before he was picked up. Both boats
hovered about this scene of the wreck un-
til daylight IN an effort to rescue the two
missing members OF the Prince Oscars
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stranger who might have been fortunate
enough to have kept afloat. They found
no one, however, and nothing to indicate
the name, home or destination of the
strange ship. Finally they left the scene
and headed they knew not exactly where.
Four hours later heavy sea struck the
boat commanded by Mate Lynch and
capsized it. Tue occupants, eight in num-
Der. were thrown into the sea, and the
already overcro wded craft which Captain
Henderson commanded. put quickly to
the rescue. They were successful in get
ting four OF the men on board; the rest
we're drowned.
There were now 'seve.keen men in the
small life boat to stretch their limbs.
Toward evening of the second day, one
OF the crew discovered o small case of fish
oil slowed away III the boat. This was
dealt out to the survivors in small doses,
and they used it to moisten their parched
partially naked, having no time to secure
clothes.
For three days and three nights they
hoated and Just as they were about to
abandon all hope they sighted the ship
Dharwar from London bound to Mel.
bourne. They succeeded in attracting the
attention OF those on board and were soon
on her decks. Four days later they were
put aboard the Capac for this port. All
the survivors still bear evidence of the
sufferings which they have endured.
Captain Henderson was reticent, prefer
ing not to give the full details of the
disaster until he had reported to the Brit
ish consul, which official will be asked to
Institute naval court of inquiry and
hear the full details Ct the disaster.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. s. - The
British ship Capac reached here tonight
with seventeen of the crew of the British
ship Prince Oscar. The latter was IN COL
llsion July 18th with an unknown ship.
Both vessels sank and forty lives were
lost.