New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-15
FEARS FOR A SHIPS SAFETY.
THE STATE OF MAINE MAY HAVE
BURNED AT SEA.
s,,r LEFT HERE WITH A CARGO OF OH, ON SEP
TENDER A CIIARKED HULK SIGHTED
NOTHING KNOWN OF THE FATE OF
TIE CREW OF TWENTY-FIVE.

TENDER A CIIARkED HULK SIGlIID--
NOTHING KNOWN OF THE FATE OF
TIE CREW OF TWENTY-FIVE.
From all advicss 1t highly probable that the
ship State of Maine which left here September for
Shanghai with 5000 OF oil as cargo has been
burned at sea Her crew have not been heard Of and
IL is possible that they afioat In open boat, H.
indeed nothing mas befallen them
The steamer Adria which arrived at Boston from
Port Antonio last Sunday. reported seeing on Sep
TENDER the hulk Of a ship of about 1000 tons burnt
10 the waters edge and still burning. The Adra
sighted the wreck in longitude 1O2s and In latitude
1886 The officers Of the Adria said that the davtS
of the vessel were still standing. but that the boats
were gone. which made it appear likely that the
crew had escaped The vessel appeared to them 10
have been an oil ship.
The bark Viva which arrived here yesterday after
a rough experience, evidently the same hulk. for
her captain reports having sighted on September II
a ship in me same condition as the one observed by
the officers Of the Adra TWO days before and not
far from the same reckoning The Viva was at the
time In latitude 40 Y and longitude $780, or about two
hundred miles east by south below the track OF the
transatlantic steamers.
Lastly comes the White Star Liner Nomadic. from
Liverpool with the news that she. too sighted on
September 49, in latitude 4OS and longitude OlO the
hulk Of ship Of about 1900 tons one Of me ofhcer'
of the Nomadc said to Tribune reporter yesterday
that the vessel had been burnt to the edge OF the
water and that all her masts and rigging gone
and she was Hight that she showed her copper
sheathing as she rolled thus making 1t evident that
her cargo had been entirely consumed by the flames
The officer added that had been unable 10 make
out the name of the vessel. bat that she seemed 10
him TO have been a craft used for carrying Oil.
inquiries in order The reporter went to the office
OF the Standard Oil Company. Nobody had heard
of any disaster Detailing any of the company 5
ships but II was said that three ships had recently
been sent out freighted with case oil. The Indiana
and the Nemesis sailed or August IA. ana II was
evident that neither Of them could have been near
enough this port TO correspond with the location
assigned to the burned vessel The ship state of
Maine however. left New York September t. bound
for Shanghai with a cargo OF $500 cases OF oil.
She was in command OF Captain +. ID. p Nickes.
and had a crew Of about twenty-five men. When
all facts made known il said at the
Office of the Standard OIL Company that the burned
vessel was very possibly the State of Maine.
If this Is true the question arises, What has be-
come of Captain NicIelS and his crew Of twenty
five men? The story told by the officers OF the
Adria shows that they had been driven from the
deck of the vessel and had taken 20 the open boats
The heavy gales that howed along the Atlantic
coast last week give reasonable grounds for anxiety
for the safety of the captain and the crew OF the
State of Maine. If. seems probable, that was
the Of the burned ship seen by the officers OF
the Nomadic the Adra and The Viva.
The State OF Maine built in 1913 al Damaris-
Gotta. Me. by Haggctt Co She halls from
Searsport and is owned by J. c. Nickels. She is
of l467 tons register Is PIG feet LONG. and has a
depth OF forty feet and beam OF twenty-four feet.