St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-27
ANXIETY wow FoR THE AUSTRIA
thAx sTEAMER MID:
VERA.
STRATHNEVls SAFE I'M PORT.
BOAT CONTAINING FIVE MEN
STILL TO BE HEARD
Il FROaf.
ROUGH TIME ON THE PACIFIC.
She Lost Hold of the Strathi
nevis,

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Dec. e6.-The
steamer Strathnevis, which sailed from Ia
coma, Oct, 1s for the Orient and was about
given up for lest, arrived in port abeut mid
night In tow of the steamer Miheola. The
officers report a remarkable voyage, filled With
dangers and pfivations: On Monday Afternoon
last all hope Of saving the vessel was hband-
oned and boats were manned preparatory to
leaving the vessel, as she was III danger OF
drifting on Destruction island Grave fears
are entertained for the safety 0f the Austria
liam steamship Miowera, which had the Strath-
nevis In tow For five days. Ten miles Off Cape
Flattery last Friday afternoon, during fiq-
lent gale, the two steel hawsers parted sud-
denly and the Miowera disappeared in the
storm. The Miowera had exhausted the larger
portion Of her fuel. The log Of the strath;s
nevis tells a story that Is seldom duplicated
in the annals OF maritime history, and more
especially in the North Pacific ocean. Leaving
Victoria Oct. 13, with 165 passengers and 4s
officers and crew, with moderate weather,
running speed of ten knots was made Until
Oct 90 at TAO in the morning, in latitude 40. As
north and longitude 1857 west, when tho ship
experienced terrific shock, the crash sound
ing like the explosion of a cannon. The big
steamer trembled fore end aft and lay qulv.
ering like wounded fawn. The shaft haa
snapped short off, close to the propeller, Whlch
dropped clear Of the vessel and went to the
bottom. strong northern gale was coming
on and all sails were crowded on two small
mests without pards, schooner-risgea. Inc
accident occurred about 1S0 miles south OF
Unalaska. Slowly the gale carried the vessel
to the southwest, and it was two days later
before she could make any progress toward
the east. From that time on, under zig1ag
course, she sailed slowly toward Cape Flat
terry.
News of the sighting, and later OF
the arrival, of the steamer Strathnev1s
was duly received at the general offices
Of the Northern Pacific yesterday from
the agents at Tacoma, and was instant
ly forwarded to numerous points from
which INQUIRIES had been received. AS
sistant Passenger Agent Craig SAID
there were no cabin passengers aboard
the steamer, but that she left port with
1875 Cinnamon from New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and other points, bound
to Hong Kong, and also had on large
quantity Of freight for Asiat1c points.
The passengers such as still desire TO
go over will be sent via the Victoria,
which Is due to reach Tacoma today,
and whose sailing date is Jan. 4.
A remarkable and very strange feat
ure about the Miowera is that when her
hawser parted she did not blow any
danger signal blast. The whistle on the
Strathnevis was blown continuously at
short intervals, but no answer came.
The Miowera Is valuable vessel, cost
Ing about $75O,OOO. The terms of her
mail contract forbid delays Of any nat
ure except to save life. If the Miowera
is lost her owners will be unable to col
lect any insurance, owing to the danger
GUS work she was engaged In, trying
to save the Strathnevis.
Much uneasiness is also felt for the
safety Of boat containing Purser Nc
Donald and four men, who left the
Strathnevis, intending to land on De-
struction island. The coast Is partfc-
ularly rough and is lined with Jagged
rocks, on which several vessels in re-
cent years have been wrecked and a
dozen or more lives lost.