New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-20
WRECK OF THE ATLANTA.
THE CAPTAIN WAS RACING OTHER SHIPS
AND MISTOOK HIS BEARINGS

ONLY THREE OFT OF THE CREW OF TWENTY
SEVEN sAvED-THE CAPTAIN AMONG THOSE
LosT-THE DANGEROUS OREGON COAST.
Tacoma Wash. Nov ls-The ship Atlanta lost
of the coast Of Oregon yesterday. Is supposed 10
he the British ship OF that which LETT here
last Saturday with es5 90 worth OF wheat for Della
goa Bay. South Africa She was In command Of
Captain Charles Mcbride. Of Greenock Scotland
where he has wife The ship left here with
twenty-seven men, the only names of those on
record hero being those OF the captain and the
following who Joined the vessel NJ this port as
seamen: D. F. Green No. 81 Chapel Place Dublin; J.
Weber No. 123 East Forty second-st.. New-York:
II. A. Jacobin Stockholm: J. Smith. Finsburg: G..
Coates. Calao; J. Tones. Valparaiso y. Sorenson.
Bergen; G. Fraser No 929 Monroe-st. Philadel-
phia; r Codd No "a Flanders-st. Liverpool. and
j. Marks. Brightwood Addition Indianapolis
The Atlanta was Of only 1853 tons register.
She was built in 1885 owned by ~ Hill. Of Scotland
and worth probably $1,000 She fleet. and was
built for a troop passenger carrier from Great
Britain to the British colonies
Captain Kenny. Lloyds surveyor here. thinks
probably the lost ship is the German bark Atlanta.
200 tons, which he says IS on the way from Santa
Rosalna, Central America, and more likely 70 be
carried into the shore by the southwest winds that
said TO have prevailed. Another German ship
Atlanta sailed from British Columbia No
vember in command Of Captain BURNER. with
salmon for London. but that ship should be past
oregon long before this.
Portland, Ore. Nov ls-One Of the survivors OF
the Inflated Atlanta says that the wreck was due
10 the careessness Of the captain who paid for his
folly with his life They were racing with another
vessel and were keeping closer inshore in order
to get the advantage Of the wind IN lacking and to
make a short cut head the other vessel OF. They
close inshore and not seeing the light at Cape
Foulwoather steered ahead until they struck the
rect about four miles below Alsea Bay. and about
one mile and half from shore with such terrific
force snap the masts off like toOthpcks, car
rying the rigging ard everything with them Two Of
the survivors after reaching land. made their way
20 a cabin. and after awakening the occupants
started them in all directions for help. The farmers
were slow in Informing the life-saving station II
South Beach. twenty miles away. and the men d.
not reach the wreck for ten hours after tia vessel
struck.
Captain Clark and his life crew endeavored to
reach tho wreck and rescue any Of the men who
might yet he on the wreck penned W in the
forecase. supposed by the survivors. but having
no horses II difficult TO get the surfboat wagon
and the cannon down the beach toward the wreck.
twenty miles away they were compelled to draw
by hand They arrived Alsea early in the morn
Ing and hurried TO the wreck but they found them
selves unable to do anything. the ship be-
yond the reach OF their lines and their cannon was
useless. The ship had broken in two and the
waves were dashing over her
Newport. near where the Atlanta was lost, Is N
Benton County. an indentation in the long. even
coastline Of Oregon. The place Is a dangerous one
az the best safe anchorage being almost i'm
possible 20 obtain. and many good vessels have gone
10 pieces that coast. The wreck occurred be-
tween Newport and Alsea Bay. tho latter point
being about n hundred miles north OF Coos Bay,
and in all this hundred miles there IS not spot
uhere n ship can safely land Captain Charles
Mcbride or prince Charlie" as he was best
known was special favorite among the brlnsh
md American shipmasters In this port
d,snatch 20 The Oregonian" from Yaquina-
ore. says
The Atlanta's skipper had made wager with