The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
TONED INTO PORT.
Big Freight Liner Osborne Brought Into
 Halifax by tile Dutfield.

Halifax by tile Dufield.
 Halifax, N. S., March 20.-The big freight steamer Osborne, Captain Ret tie, from London bound to Philadel- phia, was lowed in here disabled to- night by the tank-oil steamer Duffield, Captain Young, also on voyage from London for Philadelphia. The Duffield had got her prize mile inside of Cam perdown, at the entrance to Halifax harbor, when the towing hawser broke away and the two steamers were sep arated. The Osborne fortunately found a safe anchorage and efforts were made by the Duff1eld to get hold of her again, but darkness set in and the work was very difficult and dangerous, though tugs from the city which had gone out to meet them lent as much assistance as possible.
 It was o'clock when the accident happened to the hawser. In bringing the Osborne into port two hawsers had been used to o'perform the towing, but when the steamers got inside the en- trance to the harbor one was consider ed sufficient and the other was hauled in. The remaining one could not stand the strain. After the accident the Os- borne began to roll so much that eff forts to connect the hawser had finally to be abandoned, and Captain Kettle arranged with three steam tugs to bring his ship up to the city. It was a late hour when the tugs got the disa- bled steamer under way and the Os- borne was not expected to get all the way up the harbor before or o'clock in the morning.
 The accident which disabled the Os- borne was the breaking of her tail shaft on Friday night, 11th inst. For over two days she drifted helplessly. One day an east-bound passenger steamer came near enough to be sig nailed for assistance, but she declined to take the drifting Osborne into tow. The Duffield bore down on her at six o'clock last Monday morning and three hours later had her under way with two hawsers out. They started on the long tow from latitude 42.25 west lon gitude 42.50 west, a distance of over N' Captain Young of the Duffield offered to take the Osborne to Halifax or Phil adelphia, but the captain preferred Philadelphia. Had the weather been favorable the two steamers would per haps have reached Philadelphia all right, but as they neared the coast heavy gales prevailed and it was al most constantly stormy.
 The Osborne, having a. light cargo rolled and pitched fearfully and the strain on the towing hawsers was tre- mendous. On Friday last Captain Ret tie of the Osborne requested the com nnandcr of the Duffield co make for Halifax and he did so, reaching the harbor without mishap. The accident which happened inside the mouth of the bay, when the hawser broke away will not affect the salvage, as the Duff field had brought her prize into port | and did not give her up until Captain 1 Kettle engaged steam tugs to bring hin l to the city. The Osborne's propeller was not lost when the tail shaft broke geing secured and lashed before it fel off. The Osborne was lowed the long. est distance of any disabled steame, ever brought to Halifax. The Duffiet will proceed to Philadelphia without delay. The Osborne is under charter to the Atlantic Transportation line ] She is a fine steamer of 2,033 net ton. nage 3,133 gross. She was built a
 Wallsend three years ago and is owned by John B. Verel of Glasgow. Int Duffield is 2,426 net tonnage, 3,767 gross and is owned by the Northern Petrole
 um Tank Steamship company of New
 castle on- -the-Tyne.