The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-21
THE STORY OF A WRECK
Survivors Tell of the Destruction Of
the British Ship Atlanta. -,
TWENTY THREE LIVES LOST,
Including All the Of1icers OF the ves.
sel-OnIy Three Sailors Survive to
Tell Of the Disaster-TheS Ship Struck

Tell Of the Disaster-The Ship Struck
in the I!roakers and Broke In Two.
Yaquina. Ore. Nov. Traditional
particulars of the wreck Of the British
ship Atlanta. Captain Charles Nc
Bride, from Tacoma to Cape Town. last
Thursday morning, five miles south Of
Alssead. were brought here yesterday
by press correspondent who went to
the scene. Twenty-three lives were
lost. including all the officers of the
ship. and only three sailors survived
to tell the terrible story of the wreck.
The survivors are: Francis Mcmahon,
native Of Belfast, Ireland. aged IS;
John Weber. Tarrytown. N. Y: George
Frazier. Philadelphia.
The lost are: Captain Charles Nc
Bride, John Hunter, first mate, and N.
c. Huston. second mate all ofGreenock.
Scotland; John Smith, seaman; George
Hamilton, saHnaker: Aleck Beck. w.
+. GROCER. M. o. Pilkington Joe Casa.
George Williamson. T. Lewis, Michael
Gallagher. David Green, Henry Jacob
son. Pedro Gregory, John Marks and
two cooks, carpenter, sailmaker.
second mate and one sailor whose
names are unknown.
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to the wafer ana swan 10 the man
hatch, whicn noated close 10 the snip.
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WIS. Ihe sea was throwing wfeckage
up hitting me over tne nead' untii 1
E'ifted clear or the snip. Anotner fei-
I1w swan to the hatch' but told MIN
TO get OFT the hatch and look tor one
OF his own. he would not 90 IT, so
got OH myself, as II Would not hold