Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-19
Disasters.

Disasters.
London Dec. Is.-The Norwegian steam.
or Tyr. from Philadelphia for Gloucester
Eng, arrived at Sharpness, today She
has on board the creS OF the American
schooner Kate ). Flint. which was a'oaf.-
doncd on Nov. y. while bouna from Shir
Island for New York The crew were
picked up by the Tyr Nov. % in lat IS
y. and Ion. Il.
London. Dec. lS.-The Danish steam
er Thingvaiia. Capt. LIaub. from New
York. Dec. g. for Christiania, etc. pass
ed Dunnet Head, Saturday and sig
nailed that she had on board the crew
Of the British steamer Govino. which
fnundered al sea. last Sunday.
Gloucester. Mass, Dec. 1s.-The
schooner Atlanta, Capt. Richard
Wadding arrived. Saturday. from a
halibut voyage. She bore her flag at
halfmast for the loss of three of her
crew. James Burke. John Devine. and
Oscar Anderson. who We're . washed
from the decks of the vessel, Dec g.
while on the Grand banks.
LsTlUn. Dec. lS.-The British steamer
Ashanti hound for the Canaries. re-
turned here. today. with her port side
damaged. She reports having been in
collision With on unknown steamer in
the More. yesterday evening. The
steamer with which the Ashanti was
in collision. probably was the Nerissa.
from Hamburg. which has locked al,
st. GATHERINGS with her stem and bows
damaged.
-on-Tyne. Dec. 1S.-Steam-
ship Piedmont ODD, which arrived
here. Dec. s, and subsequently sailed
for the Mediterranean, colided in the
North sea with the British steamer
1lios. which arrived here Dec. 6. and
also sailed for the Mediterranean The
Ilios foundered. and, it is believed, %
persons were drowned. The Piedmont
was badly damaged. The cause OF the
collision is not known here.
Halifax, n. s., Dec. 1S.-A special
from Whitehead says: At II o'clock
Friday night, the schooner Partisan
l01 tons of Louisburg. bound from
Louisburg to Halifax with a cargo of
coal. went ashore on the southern side
of White Head island, one of the
toughest places on the coast. Miss
Louisa Dowd of Big Lorraine. pas
senger. and Seaman Bagnal were
drowned. The vessel is total loss
New York. Dec. 1S-The British
steamer Pawnee arrived. today. from
Mediterranean ports, bringing 10 ship
wrecked people who were taken from
the disabled steamer Deer Hill in lat
Az, Ion. 52.49 w. The rescued peo-
pie We're Capt. c. w. Burns. Louisa
Burns. his daughter, Hazel Merritt.
the owners daughter and seven of the
crew of the Deer Hill. The Deer Hill
was a three masted top-sail schooner
owned by c. II. Merritt and others of
st John, n. B, and sailed from st.
John. n. b.. Nov. IS, for Santos, with
a cargo of lumber.
Boston, Dec. 1S.--It is believed that
the brig Mary Gibbs, Capt. Coombs.
which sailed. Sept. 6. from Newport
News for Para, Brazil, has been lost
with her entire crew. Nothing has
been heard from her since she sailed
and as the ordinary run is but a little
more than two weeks is seems more
than probable that she will not
again be heard from. The yes
sci was owned in this city.
while Capt. Coombs is a native of
Brunswick, Me. The rest of the crew
came from Newport News and that
The Gibbs had a cargo of 600
.ons of coal and was valued at $4,000.
Savannah, Ca, Dec. -1S.-The steam |
ship City of Birmingham, of the New
Savannah line, is lying at her dock |
with a hole in her bottom. On her |
last trip up the river she struck what |
is supposed to have been an anchor
left in the channel. A jagged hole |
was torn in her huh amidships through |
which the water rushed with tremen-
dous force. The pumps were put TO
work al the vessel was brought to her
dock. Efforts will be made to tempo
rarily stop the leak and the vessel Will
be taken to Port Royal dry
lock to be hauled out.
The Nacaroqchee OF the Boston line
Will sail for New York, tomorrow, with
he Birminghams cargo and passen-
gers.
Marine Notes.
Boston, Dec. 1S--A memorial service TO
he "a colored victims of the Portland
las held. this ayauInp in tha Ch,