The San Francisco call., 1899-04-02
DISASTERS IN THE
BRITISH CHANNEL
Steamer .Pontos Sunk
in Collision.
ETHELH!LDA. ALSO WRECKED
HEATHPooL RUN DOWN AND
IS a TOTAL LOSS,
Many Mishaps to Shipping in the
Wake of the Disaster on the
Stella, Which Struck Cas-
HI ...@. 8. quet Rocks:
ETHELH!LDA. ALSO WRECKED
HEATHPooL RUN DOWN AND
IS A TOTAL LOSS,
Special Dispatch to Tie Call.


DOVER England, April 1.-The Ger
man. steamer .Pontos from Rosario
about: February "a, has been sunk in
the. channel after being in collision with
the British; steamer Star of New Zea-
land. The boats Of the Star of New
Zealand were: stove in and She is re-
turning to london.
The -5Pontos: had on: board a cargo of
catrle, 1000 sheep :. and a quantity of
wheat. Il appears that the Star of Zea-
land ran into the Pontos during the
darkness of the. early morning, striking
her amidships. Twelve seanlen who leSt
the Pontos in a. boat were picked. up
exhausted and have been landed. here:
The captain and nineteen Of the. crew
have been landed"at Hastings
A large up-channel steamer has sig
nailed that she has rescued tweIve'o of the
crew and six passengers of the Pontos.
Thus all the crew. numbering fifty
men, and all the passengers of the
-sunken steamer have been rescued.
The British steamer Ethelhilda is off
Dungeness, proceeding slowly and not
under control according TO the signal
flying. She has canvas about her bows
and her hOats are hanging oyer her
sides. She has signaled that she has
been in collision and. her foreReak; is
full of water.
A French fishing. smack which was
off Dover yesterday. evening was in col
lisiOn with an unknown vessel, possibly
the Ethelhilda.. Slx+of her. crew. We're
drowned. ~
The Ethelhfda, which is commanded
. by Captain Harrison. left Buenos Ayres
on February 26 for. Antwerp.
1t developed later in the day. that it
was the collier Heathpool which sank
yesterday off. Beachy Head that was
in collision with the Ethelhilda. The
collision occurred at 10 o'clock yester-
day evening. The Ethelhilda saved sew
eral of the crew Of the Heathpool and
has landed them here.
- BRIGHTON. Eng, April 1.-The
British steam collier Heathpool.; from
Sunderland for st. Nazare, France, was
run down and sunk yesterday evening
!. off Beachy Head. Only one of her crew
was saved. s..
The Heathpool was a steamer of 500
tons. built at Sunderland in 1885 and
owned by the Lambton Galleries C1im-
ited) Of Sunderland. She was 210 feet
long, had 80 feet 8 inches beam and was
IA feet inches deep.
DOVER, Eng, April 1.-The sole sur
viVOr of the collier Heathpool, sunk in
collision off Beachy Head yesterday
evening, has been landed here. He says
her crew numbered. sixteen men. They
left Sunderland. on Thursday and COL
lided with an unknown vessel yester-
day evening. The Heathpool COM
menced TO sink Immediately and her
captain called out to the other vessel,
q larger ship, to slow down, but the lat
ter swung around and apparently pro-
ceeded. The survivor jumped into the
water and Clung to lifeboat until
picked up. -
SOUTHAMPTON, April THE Lon
nd n T4-ac "a
steamer Southwestern, which was sent
to search. for bodies of victims of the
wrecked steamer Stella which sank
after running onto the Casquet Rocks
on Thursday afternoon, went ashore
last night. The news Of this disaster
10 the Southwestern was received in
dispatch from the signal office at Cape
la Hague. on the coast. of Normandy.
in the same district as the Casquet
rocks. The message said that. the
Southwestern was ashore in that. vi
cinity with her hull stove in. The, crew.
remained on board