The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-16
She Rode Easily at Night, but in the Morn
Ing She Had Disappeared.
WRECKAGE TOLD STORY OF FATALITY
All on Board Perished and There Are Only Sur
misses as 10 The Cause Of The Disaster.
Sunken Vessel Located.

Tacoma, Wash, Jan. l6.-The full list
of those lost by the capsizing of the
British ship Andelina in this port Sat-
urday is as follows:
CAPT. G. w. STAILING of Annapo-
lis. n. s.
T.. II. GROVE, aged 80. Londonderry.
~. S.. first mate.
f. G. DOE. aged 2S, Blackpool, Eng
land.
NEMEY JOSIAH, Victoria, Il. C.
JOSEPH NJ. A. DHOLLYERE, Os-
tend. Belgium, apprentice.
RICHARD REGINALD HA1NZE,
Ostend, Belgium. apprentice.
CHARLES SMITH, United States,
boatswain.
JAMES DAILY, New York. boatswain.
j. II. BROWN. Barbados, cook.
II. HANSEN, Sweden, able seaman.
ANTON JENSEN. Denmark seaman.
JOHN NELSON, Norway, seaman.
l.. OSTRAM, Finland. seaman.
EDWARD LETT, Regia, Russia, sea-
man.
FRED HINSTROM. Norway. seaman.
AUGUST SIMINSON, Holland, sea-
man.
PAT WILSON, St. Johns. y. r., sea-
man.
The ship, which was OF English build
and worth probably S150,000. entered
this port several days ago. She was TO
have loaded wheat under charter TO
F,ppinger * Co, OF San Francisco, FOR
Europe Friday the Andelna was
taken to the Eureka dock and all bal
last was removed ana the hold was
cleared preparatory To receiving cargo.
She was then towed To anchorage sew
eral hundred yards northeast of the st.
Paul and Tacoma Lumber company :
dock, at which point disaster overlook
her. she had. according to the best in
formation obtainable, the starbodrd
anchor out weighing at least two tons.
while to either side OF the vessel, We're
attached the ballast logs used 10 keep
the ship upright during the absence of
cargo or ballast
The ship was riding easily when the
shippers of other vessels anchored
closed by retired for the night. When
daylight dawned no signs of the An
delina were visible. over the spot
where the ship rode at anchor the night
before only a danger signal buoy lamp
was visible When the absence of the
shin was discovered Capt. Doty and
Capt. Burley took the tug Fairfield and
made an investigation and il was soon
determined beyond the possibility of
doubt that the ship had gone to the
bottom. One of the ballast logs was
found. To this dangled part of the
cabin by which il was originally fast
ened TO the Inflated ship. In addition
one of the life boats, a mattress with
the name of the ship on ii and several
oars were found. Beyond this no
wreckage has been discovered.
AS all on board perished only sur
misses as to the cause of the disaster
were obtainable. Judging from indi-
cations shipping men say the ballast
log found was from the port side of the
vessel. The ship, according to all oc-
counts, was headed in southery di-
rection, or toward the head of the bay
at the time the gale swept down the
sound. The heavy winds caused the
snip 30 strain on the chains. making
the log on the weather side taut and
giving a tendency to lift the log from
the water, but the strain was too great
for one of the chains ana IL snapped
This released the towering craft from
the greater restraint on the weather
side and she lifted with the wind, and
there being little restraint from the
other end of the log. raised 1t enough
to allow the mooring chain to slip off
The ship freed from ballast and float
ing like chip, careened under the
pressure of the heavy gale, shipping
great quantities of water, filling com
pletely the hold and forecastle. caus-
ing her to capsize and sink
The situation was further aggravated
by the fact that the tides were just
setting in at the time the ship Is sup
posed to have gone down. This, in al
probability forced the stern or the YES
sci around and exposed the broadsidC
To the gales fury.
Late yesterday afternoon the vesse
was located. She lies on her brCadsid'
under % fathoms of water. close to the
spot where she had been anchored. The
vessel will probably be raised and tho
bodies of the dead sailors recovered.
When the Andelina entered this por
she was manned by "a crew of nearly
thirty men. Some deserted and Others
were discharged until only is were left
The only list of victims obtainable Ii
that given by Percy Buck. an appren
tice. who was injured two days prio
TO the disaster, and taken TO one OF th'
Tacoma hospitals IL is said the shil
was insured by an English agency TO
100000