The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-31
MANY " RECkS.
The Past Six Months Marked by
Marine Disasters.
LlSTOFVESSELS LOST.
1t Will Be Seen that q Great
Deal Of Property and
Many Lives Were
Lost.


rounded with all the safeguards that IN
genuity can devise, and men Of the best
Judgment and experience are placed IN
charge of vessels, news of great marine
disasters is constantly being reported.
Boston has been almost storm
centre during the past winter and the
losses in marine circles reach high into
the millions, while the losses of life are
appalling large. Fishing vessels and
smaller craft are almost daily lost. and
the aggregate is large, and the losses OF
steamships and large ocean liners,
while infrequent. are occurring too OF
ten to be carelessly disregarded by those
who follow the sea or have friends who
are on the vasty deep.
The news of the disaster to the Paris
near Falmouth, Eng, is another cause
Of apprehension.
The following is list Of the disas-
ters among the larger vessels occurring
during the past six months. This list
may not be complete, but 1t includes
enough vessels to show the enormous
losses Of life and property.
The November storm was the cause OF
many marine losses. One Of the yes,
sells that was never heard from after
passing Highland light, November 20,
was the steamer Pentagoet. She was
managed by the Manhattan Company OF
New York and was captained by Orris
r. Ingraham. She carried acrew Of Is
officers and men. All were lost and the
wreck has never been located.
The most disastrous loss Of the Novem-
Der storm was the steamer Portland.
She carried on board about 2CO people
and everyone perished.
There were 155 or more wrecks IN
the great storm of November. Many
of them were afterward repaired, but
the majority went to the battom to stay
forever.
The LondoniaD, one Of the Furness
Line steamers, was abandoned at sea,
November 90 she was sighted by craft
and was in sinking condition. All
her crew, except one escaped. Ihe
vessel and cargo were lost.
There were several steamships lost
just previous to the big storm. The
Clyde steamship Croaton burst into
flames while on her trip from New York
to Wilmington, n. c., November 5,
and Of the q persons who sailed in her
FIVE we're drowned. The vessel was
totally destroyed.
The British ship Atlanta, Capt,
Charles Mcbride, plying from Tacoma
to Cape Town. was lost l6 miles south
Of Yaouima Bay. Oregon, November
20. There were % lives lost, including
all the officers Of the ship.
The johnson Line steamer Rossmore,
loaded with salt and china clay, was
abandoned in midocean February 8.
The Dutch oil tank steamer Rotterdam
and the British steamer Trojan res
cued forty-two lives. The vessel went
to the bottom.
The Dominion Line royal mail stea-
mer Labrador was lost on the south
coast Of Ireland March l. The passen-
gers and crew escaped safely.
The French steamer Duguesclin and
eleven Of her crew were lost of Irevose
Head January 5. She collided with
the Rosshire. One man from the Kos
shirer was also drowned. The suryl-
vors were picked up by the Norwegian
steamer Fran and transferred to pilot
boat, which took them to Falmouth:
England.
The British steamer Oswestry, Capt.
Wilson, stranded, total wreck, March
u, near Crookheaven, Ireland. The
crew was saved BY the bravery ofthe
people along shore.
The steamer Castiliau, Of the Allan
Line, was totally wrecked on Gannet
Ledge March II. No lives were lost.
1.-THE steamer Caratina, which sailed
from Barcelona March s for Havana,
went ashore at Valencia March l3. Her
passengers and crew we're safely landed.
January l6the British ship AMI lelina,
Cazt. G. ". Stailing, was lostin heavy
winds near the St. Paul and Tacoma
Lumber Companys dock, Tacoma,
Washington.
4 severe storm visited the English
coast October 19and nine lives were
lost. The bark Frivold, the Augvald
and schooner Wilhelm went down,
In the Orient on the same date disas-
trous typhoons; sand storms and foods
caus5I fearful loss of life. In Japan
1000, people were drowned and 250
towns were flooded. The American
bark Comet was abandoned by her crew
AID was lost.
The Merchants and Miners Line
steamer William Lawrence was wrecked
in gale of Port Royal, S. G., Febru-
ary II.
The Mcravia, Capt. Jorgensen, sail
ed from Hamburg for Boston, was lost
February Is on Sable Island bar. Her
passengers and part Of her cargo were
saved BY the steamer Aberdeen. The
second mate lost his life.
The steamer Ra7enia, Cunard Line,
was totally disabled at sea near the
Azores about two months ago, but after
trying experience she was brought
safely to Liverpool without the loss Of
any lives.
The boiler of the steamer R>wena
Lee, plying on the Mississippi, with 81
passengers and crew, exploded opposite
Tyler, Mo-, March %, Capt. George
Carvell and one member Of the crew
were the only ones saved.
The British steamer Stello was wreck
ed in the English Channel March 80.
She foundered on the dreaded Casquet
rocks near the island Of Aldernay in a
fog. Passengers and crew to the mum.
Der of sixty were lost, but about l2O
escaped in life boats.
The steamer Chilkat, with six pas,
sengers and crew Of thirteen, capsiz-
ed on the bar April 4 in San francisco
harbor. Nine persons escaped, but the
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