The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-29
FAIRFAX
/, WRECKED.
Baltimore Ship Aground
on a ShOal Off the !
Massachusetts :"
Coast.

Boston, Nov. 28.-The steamer Fairfax,
Captain Johnson. of the Merchants and
Miners Hiunspor' ation Company, from
Baltimore to Providence with passengers,
for thia city is ashore on the shoal knownl
as thu Sow and Pigs. off Cuttyhunk Island
and is full Of wator to her main deck.
Cuttyhunk Island is off tho southern
coast of Massachusetts, forming the OK.
tremo end of the group known us Eliza.
| beth Islands, which mark tho southern
side Of Bu2zard's Bay.
The fairfax was spoken ycstoyday by
Captain llallet, of the steamer H. M.
Whitney, ami her passengers taken off
and brought to this city. Captain John
son and thu crew of the stoa NOR remain on
board and assistance will DO sent TO them
from Vineyard Haven as soon rs possible.
The Fairfax, Capt. John johnson. isl
steel screw steamer, with u length OF 292
feet over all and length of e7O feet be.
tween peipcndiculars. Her beam Is ~
feet and her depth 81 feet. She was built
in 1891 by lIariun Hollingswor,h s. Co
of Wilmington, Del. She has tonnage
OF 5000, and is divided into six water tight
compartments.
Sho is equipped with four Scotch boilers,
each IL feet in diamonter and 10 foot 6
inches in leng h. The engines are OF the
triple expansion type, with Inverted cylin-t
ders the high-pressure cylinder being %
inches in diameter. Her Intermediates cyl.
inder is As inches in diameter aud her
low-pgessure cylinder is u inches in dis
anieter 1
The Fairfax Is furnished with ffty.flvo
staterooins. She has a speed of about If
teen knots, being considered the fastest
vessel of the comlany's fleet.
She left Baltimore Friday.
on THE DELAWARE 80,
The steamer Orion from Newport News
for Boston arrived at tho Delaware break.
water yesterday and reported the barge
Ocean Belle anchored in a sinking condi-
ton and abandoned ten miles south south,
east from Winter Quarter Shoal. The
barge Enos Soule which she also had in
tow had broken adrlft. The crew of the
Ocean Belle was saved but the fate Of tho
Soule was unknown.
The Orion loft the Breakwater shortly
after her arrival in search of tho Soule,
and was Joined n!torward By the tugs Pho.
neer and North A merica. Both the barges
and the Orion are owned by tho Boston
Towboat Company and were coal laden.
Both the Barges were at one tino favor.
lite slip, in tho Far east trade and were
cut down for the coastwise trade. They,
left Newport News on Saturday and wc-o
struck by the storm ten miles south south,
east of Winter Quarter Li2htshp. The
ocean Beilo ma, doubtless guno down, As
she was leaking badly whom abandoned.
The schooner William H. Wilson, from
Philadelphia for Norfolk, foundcred on
Sunday night. about four miles south Of
Metomkin Inlet. Del. Captain T. A. Bragg
and the crew OF five men wcrc rescued by
tho lle-savers. Tugs left tho Delaware
Brakewater to save tho wreck, but they
returned without having discovered any.
thing as to her wherenb1uts Sho was
built at Tuckcrton, N j.. "a years ago.
The foars entertained Tor the pilot boat
Henry EImuaas which was out in the
storm on Sunday, were a!!ayod by the yes.
sells safe arrival at the Delaware Break
water yesterday, with all On board in
good health.