The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-03

26th of October sixty japanese were drowned
as a result of u collision between two steam
erS.
Another storm swept the Atlantic coast
on the 18th of November. and as re-
suit the newly raised Maria Teresa, which
was proceeding to Newport News, had TO
be abandoned the crew believing ner 70
be in a sinking condition. The vessel did
not sink, however but stranded on Cat ISL
and where she rapidly went to pieces Dur
ing this storm the Westmeath was aban-
doned.
On the 18th of November the British
steamship Londonian sailed from Boston
for London with q large general cargo ana
$50 head of cattle on deck; On the 25d,
greater part of her cargo and also cap
sized. For two days the men were in dam
ger of drowning, and then the Nedamore
hove in sight and rescued forty-fiVe OF the
crew by three days Of hard work, dur
ing which time several men Of the Veda-
more were nearly drowned from the huge
waves breaking two of their hteboatS
while attempting TO rescue the Imperfect
ed company, and the Vedamore believed
the LOndonian had swamped and the cap
tain and twenty-five men on board had been
drowned.
A week later, however. the steamship Ma
ria RickmerS discovered the derelict with
eight additional survivors, Including me
against hope that they would be rescued,
and succeeded in saving them but rev
moments before the doomed ship sank 1t
seems another boatload had tried to get TO
the VedamOre, and all but seven were
dashed to pieces or drowned by their boat
being crushed like an egg shell against the
side Of the Londonian.
THE PORTLAND.
There remains yet one more severe storm
to chronicle, in which the Portland went
down with all on board off Cape Cod and
ffty-six vessels were totally wrecked, forty
three of which had an aggregate tonnage
of 12,202 gross tons, and forty-nine addition
al were thrown ashore with scarcely
chance nf t.lCS saved, and of these vessels
twenty-eiGht had an aggregate tonnage Of
1859 tons The Portland was a sidewheel
steamer, plying between Boston and Port
land, Me. and when this severe storm arose
on the New England coast had just com
menced her trip. was blown 100 miles out of
her course, and finally wrecked off Cape
Cod, without a survivor living to tell the
tale. During this storm the steamer Ohio
went ashore off the Spectacles. and was
subsequently fioated by the combined efforts
of five tugs. The White Wings, of GlOuces-
ter. Mass. q fishing schooner. was lost.
Eight of the crew Of the Johanna Swan
were saved by the German bark Anna. The
snip, which had on board cargo of yellow
pine lumber, was wrecked shortly after leaV-
ing Satlllo for New York. and dTifted about
until Dec. 2, when the Anna very cOurag-
eOuSly erected perilOuS rescue, and on the
18th of this month crew OF ten were res
cued at sea from the disabled schooner Deer
HILL st. Johns. New Brunswick. in mid
ocean by the British steamer Pawnee.
The above list of vessels which are only
the principal losses. show that skill, inven-
ton and science still must make many
strides before they viii be able to overcome
the danger of collisions in fogs, the perils
OF the deep and the ever recurrent dangers
OF severe storms hurricanes and typhOOnS,
which We're the dread of the ancient mari
jury to the modern creations of mans gem
JUS in the art of ship building.