The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-04
CUT IN TWO.
BARKENTlNE FLORENCE Run DOWN
BY A STEAMSHIP.

Five Lives Lost, One ofthe Un:ortunsses
Being the cspssin's wi,e-she Sank IN
Three Minutes-An Happened During e
Derse Fog.
TIE Allen Lire steamer Scandina-
Wan ar iv>d st Boston Wednesday af
ternoon from Glasgow and brought
with her ne four survivors OF the crew
Of the British bsrkentine Florence,
Captain Henry Olsen, which was sunk
in collision with the Scandinavian
last Saturday while in dense fog 90
miles south OF Cape Race. -Four mem
be1s of the crew were drowned, to-
gethar with the vile Of Captain Olsen.
! The Florence was bound from Sy dney,
Is. B toSt. Johns, n. F., with cargo
OF coal. The men WHO lost their lives
ere: Noah Myers, cook, aged 81
years; William Yabsley, aged 25 years,
nephew Of the captains wife; James
Norman, seaman, aged 80 years.
William Fry. seaman, aged 80 years
of Poole, Eng. The former three
were from st. Johns, n. T.
Captain Olsen SAID: I'VE left port
on Tuesday, the 20ih inst, for st.
Johns \. f, Thinking we were ap-
preaching land, the vessel put about
on the stuooard tsck. At 1928 p. N.
g shrill blast OF steamers whistle was
heard right abeam and before the
Isound died say, there loomed up,
Ircsking direatly for us, the huge hull
Iof an OCEAN steamer.
- was below 1hen the first intima-
ton cane of the steamers approach
and Sas hurciedlv called on deck by
the lookout Ga the way out Of the
csoin l called to my wife and she 10
turn aroused First Mate Edward Bred
nick, who had come of watch at noon
land was 10 his bunk. Hardly had he
Preached The deck when the steamer,
which proved to be the Scandinavian,
vas upon US. she struck US on the
port side between the main and miz
zen rigging, and before her hesdway
was stopped, she went half way
Through US. While the vessels were
Hooked together, we were in no immedl
ate danger except from falling spars.
which were dropping all about Us on
1.-The decks. The order to reverse the
isteamer's engines, which had been
given when we were first sighted,
soon had the effect of breaking her
Eaway from US and ir about three min
utes after she pulled her sharp bow
out of the gaping wound in the side
!of our vessel, the Florence went down
lsterr first in 80 fathoms of water. OF
1.-The vessels crew, Norris, the cook.
! IYabsley and Norman were never seen
latter the vessel struck us. They were
iprobably asleep in the forecastle.
| When the impscs came Ole Olsen,
= the boatswaIn, and Seaman Robert
j Essens jumped into the main rigging
land were soon followed by Mate Brod-
nick and all three men swung them
Iselves onto the steamers deck by
means of the lower guard, being as
lsisted in doing so by the carpenter OF
the steamer. Poor Fry appeared at
the side of the vessel just before him
| By his shipmates on board the steamer
; and was pulled half way up the steam
er's side when he relaxed his hold, fell
into the water and was never seen
.;again." )"
I The captain was too much overcome
to tell OF the drowning OF his wife and
Mate Broonick took up the thread Of
the captains narrative. After telling
OF his being summoned from his bunk
by the captains wife and jumping on
deck clad only in his shirt, he said:
"Inmediately after reaching the
deck Of the Scandinavian I got coil
OF rope and threw it to Capt. Olsen,
who by this time was standing near
the galley Of the bankantiae with his
arms around his wife. Mrs. Olsen
was crying and l heard the captain
,say that if need be they would die to.
!eether. The captain secured the end
Iof the rope and attempted to make it
last about his wife, but the rope was
cot long enough aud the steamer, just
then backing away from the wreck,
pulled the line from his hands. I
jcalIed to those on the steamer to lower
1.-The life boat and Olsen, Sensin and
| myself assisted the crew in getting
the boat out OF the davits. In the ex-
element aud confusion no one seemed
to know just what to do. No srife
could be found to cut the lashings Of
the life boat and finally the carpe lter
vas obliged to sever the grips with a
hatcher All this was valuable time
lest and before the life boat had been
gotten into the water the vessel went
down. When the vesse! took her last
plunge, the captain became separated
from his wife. Both were drawn into
the vortex caused by the sinking craft
and rs. Olsen never reappeared
above the water. The captain soon
came to the surface and swan to life
! buoy thro wa from the steamer, and
this, with the life belt which he after
wards received and adjusted, kept
him afoat until the life boa! manned
j oy the second offcer Of the steamer,
| three of her crew and myself reached
him. lie was completely exhausted.
J When ii was found that there was no
Ihope for the remainder of the crew,
the steamer was headed west and she
sccntiuuad on her way to Boston"
The Florence registered 199 tons
;net, and her dimensions were:
Length, HAS feet; breadth, "a feet;
!ueotn CT hold. 13 feet. She was built
lat Brixhall, Eagland is 1878.
! Bloody Deeds IL alabama.
/; Jack Knight, the negro who shot
: and killed Jack Dan:zler Wednesday
might near Mobile, Ala, and shot and