The sun., 1898-02-24
WHAT LOST SHIP IS THISi
THE WRECK REPORTED OFF BAR
NEG<T PUZEL Es MARINERS.

IncoustnE Vessels EsTinE Various Accounts or n.
none 81 Theu, Detern,ininG the Crafts Narne
or Rir-rhe AEate's Owners Believe That
she sud ner BiE Company Are safe.
The wreckaRe reported strewn along the Jcr-
sey coast in the neighborhood of BarneEat is
probably from squarc-rigged sailing vessel
that foundered in the fierce northcaster that
charned the sens hercahouts on Sunday and
Monday. The first news Of the disaster was
brought hero by tho British steamship Kings.
land, which arrived on Tuesday from Brazilian
ports. She passed through the wreckagc on Mon
day There were wooden-hooped barrels con-
tanning merchandise and dry goods, bits OF
vessels timbers and parts Of the white-painted
ceiling Of n deck.housc. The kingsland sailed
through forty miles Of the fotsam. passing the
frat batch OF 1t at noon and the last at o'clock
in the afternoon.
Chief Mate Bishop of the Kingsland said last
night that he was positive that tho wrcckage
belonged to a large sailing vessel that had been
wrecked only day or SO. Tho kingslsnd sailed
SO close to some of tho drifting stuff that 1t
grazed her sides. Two of her sailors reported
that they saw the body Of a man floating face
downward among a lot of wreckagc.
Tho Luckenbach tugs Ocean King and Edgar
f. Luckcnbach returned yesterday morning
from q cruise in the vicinity of Beach Haven.
which is about twelve miles south of Barne-
gat, where they had been looking for
ship in distress. They did not find the
ship, but they reported passing through
the same sort of wreckage seen by the
men of tho steamship Kingsland. The skippers
of the ocean tugs said that they believed tho
they tGe seS and
Tho tugs left this port on Monday night In re-
sponse to despatch from Beach Haven, which
the outer bar and was displaying signals OF dis
tress."' THE Sun correspondent at Beach Haven
afternoon. The life savers on the beach thought
that she was a ship. although she may have been
bark. The gale had moderated rated. to u fresh fresh
made launching lifeboat from the beach out
Of tho question fog fog was Vas setting setting II. IN;
was seen to back off from the bar and
head seaward. In a moment she was lost in the
tell whether or not she had been injured. A
! second despatch to the LuckenbaSh Iowoont
Beach aascn fhnk she has lost her rud @
| der. Send boat at once"
A man who refused to give his name called at
| THE SUN Office yesterday and said that he be-
sSeo fra% the e"1 American @ bark Agate. WSieh iet
was TO sail for tho Klondke on Thurs
, day last. The only reason, for suspccting
thinkers and Ser cabin walls
quantity of stores. Adolgh sussman Of the
pany, which fitted ont the bark, said
| yesterday that he did not believe that
| the wrecked vessel was the Agate. He
had no reason for his belief, except that the
Maritime Exchange had informed him that
| there was nothing to show that the Agate had
| met disaster. About forty-fiye persons sailed
| on the Agate, including her Captain and crew
| Of about twelve men. There thirty
| passengers. two OF whom are women. One Of
| the women is Mrs Kenney OF Greenpoint
| Among the men DR.. Bishop. Harry W.
| Rozeli. the Treasurer of the company; William
| II. Dohrman. the President. and Mr.. Pons. the
Secretary.
| The Nova Scotian bark Angara. which arrived
| last night from Pernambuco. passed on Monday
| about seventy-tive miles southeast OF Barnegat
| n water-loggcd hulk of vessel without masts
or bowsprit. 1t was too dark TO make the
derelict out clearly, but the skipper OF
| the Nova Scotian thinks she was once a
large chip or barge. The British bark Firth Of
Iorn from Rio Janeiro with coffee. also passed
| on Monday off the Delaware capes n capszed
vessel the rig Of which the skipper OF the Firth
| OF Lorn could not make guess at. The wreck
| age seen off Barnegat cannot be reasonably con-
| nected with these two derelicts.