Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

UNDERTBR[[ M|L[SOF WATER
The Maria Teresa Sunk During a Sc
we're Storm, off San Salvador.
SHE HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
RAISED, HAD BEEN PATCHED
UP FOR THE TRIP TO THE NOR
FOLK NAVY YARD. AND WAS
MAKING HER WAY UNDER HER
OWN STEAMSHIP NET THE
STORM TUESDAY MORNING, AND
WENT DOWN AFTER BEING BUF-
r TIED FOR SIX HOURS BY THE
R.:UGH SEAS-THE WHOLE YES
Sell SHOWED SIGNS OF coll
LAPSE, AND FINALLY ALL
HANDS STRIPPED AND WAITED
THE ORDER TO QUIT THE SHIP.
81 HE TOWING ROPES WE'RE CUT,
I'D SHE WENT DOWN INTO THE
SEA-NOT LIKELY ANY FURTHER
EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO
BRING SPANISH VESSELS NORTH.
Charleston, S. c., November 5.-The
ocean tug Merritt put into Charleston
this morning for supplies. She re-
ported the loss of the cruiser Maria
1A. esa raised by Constructor Hobson
recently, off San Salvador, Bahamas,
November 1, in the midst OF furious
storm.
The cruiser left Caimanere, Cuba, on
the morning of October so in tow for
New York. She had nearly passed
Cape Maysi and started northeast
around the Bahamas. A furious storm,
warning of which had already been
sent out, overlook her, and in her con-
dition she was unable to weather the
gale. The strain opened rents in her
hull which had been patched to enable
her to make the journey, and she be-
gan to fill rapidly. The Merritt took
off Capt. Harris and the crew from the
sinking ship and she soon went down
The Merritt brought the Captain and
one hundred and thirty-six men who
will proceed north by rail. No lives
were lost as far as known.
Later in the day the Merritt arrived
from quarantine and the survivors Of
the Maria Teresa came ashore. They
lost all clothing and personal effects
and are supplied scantily. The Teresa
sunk thirty miles off Walling Island at
noon Tuesday, after battling with the
gale six hours. She met the storm
Tuesday morning and the vessel began
to strain in the high seas. Parts of
the hull thought to be safe became
weakened, the rivets broke and the
water made rapidly in the hold. The
boilers began to give way and finally
the water extinguished the fires in the
engine room. The pumps would not
work. The whole vessel showed signs
of a collapse and the men stood strip
ped awaiting orders to quit the ship.
The Vulcan was towing the Teresa
while the Merritt rescued ia of the
crew, made up of volunteers from the
Cincinnati, Newark and Vulcan. The
ropes were then cut and the Teresa
rapidly filled. The Vulcan and Leoni-
49, led the Merritt, which put in
1arleston with the rescued. Cap
tain Crittenden Lacade, of the Merritt,
had his arms sprained. The crew left
this afternoon for Norfolk.
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The Navy Department has received a
dispatch from Lieut.. Commander Har-
ris, who was with the Marie Teresa
when she left Caimanera, saying he
reached Charleston last night on the
wrecking tug Merritt, with the Off
GERS and fifty-eight men, formerly the
crew of the Teresa. The cruiser was
lost about thirty miles north of San
Salvador Tuesday last in a northeast
gale of exceptional violence.
This was all the advices received by
the department up to 2 o'clock p. m.
Upon receipt of the news the naval
officers attached to the Navigation
Bureau Immediately consulted the
charts to locate the scene of the dis
aster. The first glance satisfied them
that the last had been seen of the ill
rated Marie Teresa. AS near as they
could calculate the vessel lies in about
1900 fathoms of water, or nearly
three miles.
The location is "a degrees north lat
itude by 1870 west longitude, about
233 miles distant from Nassau. At the
time the Teresa sank she was about
80 miles distant from Caimanera, the
port from which she started little
over two days before.
1t is said at the Navy Department
that Lieut.. Commander Harris will be
ordered at once to Norfolk, where the
rescued seamen will be placed aboard
q receiving ship.
The greatest regret was expressed
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