Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
ONLY THREE SAVED.
British Ship Asia Has Been
Wrecked.
She Carried a Crew of About 10
Two Bodies Found.

WOODS HOLE. Mass. Feb. % With the
dead bodies OF man and II girl on her deck
the ocean tugboat, E.N.M. Mccartney has ar
rived from cruise To the sunken barge
Excelsior, wrecked al handkerchief shoal.
Captain As;, Haley OF the tug told the sad
story of finding the bodies among Il mass Of
wreckage and rigging, tloa,ins not far
away from the Excelsior, and ~ tl"
wrecked vessels name was seen, II Wis
easily determined that the two bodies
were but II portion Of those who were on
board the good ship Asia. bound from
Manila to Boston laden with hemp, There
WAS found lOatinga mass ol wre,natr in
Guiding bales Of hemp, broken spar, and
broken ships timbers. Drifting IN III"
midst of this was the portion of hc wreck
Oh which the bodies were lashci. As the
tux approached ii was discovered that the
body of Il man, and II little girl apparent,
ten or twelve years old. were fast in In"
mizzen chains. Those on board the tug
were Mortified at the sight. The tug was
quickly headed in the direction of the wreck
and the crew took the bodies on board
ana the McCauley immediately returned
here. The British ship Asia, was commanded
by Capt. q. W. Dakin and sailed from Ma
Mia for Boston on Sept 4, with cargo o!
Il 900 bales Of hemp consigned to ii. w.
Peabody 4 Co. The vessel was of 1893 tons
net register. and probably carried crew of
uDOut ~ All lOlu. Nupl navy Stut" huul
the wreckage was fallen in with abe 1t five
miles n. n. W. from the Handkerchief light
ship. The starboard quarter of the vessel
was all that remained intact The mans
body was hanging to the mizzen rigging
with the child in his arms. He had appar-
entity made frantic efforts to save the little
one when the seas overwhelmed them
Tne body was not that OF Captain Dakin
Judging from Il masters certificate found in
the clothing Of the dead man. This certificate
was issued at Weym outh to John Cook Ms.
and gave the year Of the mans birth AS 1913.
There WAS also found in the same
pocket a mates discharge. bearing the
same name. given two years ago in New
York. The man is thought to have been
the mate of the ship. He was light com
plexioned and slightly bald. The little girl
bore Il striking resemblance to the man. The
child was scantily clothed, having on only
nightdress and light slippers, which seemed
to indicate that the ship must have struck
the treacherous shoals off Monomoy during
the night time and have broken up within
few minutes, so that the little girl had otime
TO dress. as she was snatched from heA
bunk and taken to the deck to meet her
death in the waves. 1t is also stated that
wreckage. consisting of the stern OF boat
with Asia painted on it. yards aud other
material have been east up 10y tn. sea AT
Monomoy, which leaves no doubt of
the vessels entire destruction during
the gales Of the past few days.
The firm of j. G.. Hall & Co.. of Boston,
the agents of the Asia have been noi-
fled, and they Immediately communicated
with tn" owners of the vessel. Taylor Bros.
Of st. John. n. b. A message was also sent
to II. W. Peabody at his residence in Salem
Mr.. Peabody said that the cargo was proba-
bly, insured. The vessel was valued at 49,,
900, and is thought to be only partially
covered by Insurance..