The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-25
THE BULGARIA is SAFE
ARRIVED AT THE AZORES YESTJ;R-
DAY WITH ALL WELL ON BOARD.
Experiences of Those Who Remained
on the LOng-Overdue steamer
-BreaIE in Machinery.
[copyright 1899, by the Associated Press ]

copyright. 1899, by the Associated Press.l
PONTA DEL GADA, Azore islands, Feb
4-The Hamburg-American steamer Bull
garia, Captain Schmidt, from New York
on jan 2S for Hamburg, previously reported
in great distress by the British tank steam
er Weehawken 500 miles from the Azore
islands. entered this port this morning un-
der her own steam and reported all well
on board.
The following additional details regarding
her experiences at sea have been obtained
by the correspondent here of the Associated
Press: Subsequent to the departure of Sec
ond Mate G. Scharges, Quartermasters Carl
Ludtke and John Schuelz and Seaman VIII
liam Starke, who were picked up from an
omen. boat Of the Bulgaria on Feb. 5 by
the British steamer Vittoria, Captain Weth-
erall bound from Hull for Baltimore, where
she arrived on Feb. q with the rescued men.
the weather became worse and salvage
operations had to be abandoned All day
and night the crew and passengers of the
Bulgaria jettisoned cargo until Feb. T. Dur
ing the afternoon of Feb. William Koenig
sailor jumped overheard and was never
seen again. The weather on the morning of
Feb is described as fearful, and there
were six or seven feet of water in the hold
On the morning of Feb. the weather be-
came caImer and 107 dead horses were
thrown overheard from the steamer. The
swell was very high until Feb TO- BY that
time NO hold, which was full of grain,
had fourteen feet of water in it and the
pumps were foul and unable to work.
Stormy weather recommended on the aft
ernoon of Feb II and lasted until Feb Il.
when the British steamer AntilIian. Cant.
Fost, from Liverpool, on Feb. 4, for New
Orleans, appeared. The commander Of the
Bulgaria asked the captain Of the Antil-
liam to take the disabled steamer in tow.
This the commander Of the Antillian tried
to do and hawser was made fast between
the two steamers between and 8 o'clock
that morning, but at noon the hawser car
ried away. The Antillian succeeded in again
tahalng lax g the Bulgaria In tow, but once more
stood by the Bulgaria till the morning of
FeD; 10. When she proceeded on her voyage
h1.arly during Feb. II the Bulgaria sighted
the Norwegian bark Helga and asked her
to report the Bulgaria all we'll
On Feb. is and 10 the severe weather con-
tinued, but it moderated on Feb 20 In the
meantime the crew of the Bulgaria had been
working necessarily in efforts 10 repair the
disabled rudder of the steamer and at /
O'Clock on the morning of Feb. p the Bull
garla was again under control by noon of
Feb. Y she had made 225 miles and at noon
on Feb % 254 miles more had been covered
The balance of the distance here, 1874 miles,
was covered by 1880 this morning. During
the storms and in working the cargo ETC.
the passengers and crew of the Bulgaria
sustained many injuries a number of arms
and legs being broken.
The British tank steamer Weehawken ar
rived at Ponta Del Gada on Feb u with
twenty-five passengers which she had taken
off the Bulgaria. The Bulgaria was spoken
By the Weehawken on Feb ). She was
pronounced to be in a. sinking condition She
had crew Of ninety-eight men and car
ried forty-one passengers. The Weehawken
lost sight Of the Bulgaria during the night
Of Feb. and was obliged to proceed her
small boats having been swept away and
her bunkers being full of water The rescued
passengers of the Bulgaria reported that
the cargo of the Bulgaria shifted. throwing
the steamer on her beam ends and that al
though quantity of her cargo was 1etti-
soned the crew were unable to right her
During the gale $50 horses were lost from
the Bulgaria and a, boat with five men in