Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-23
NINEIY-0hE LOT
Continued from First Page.)
ALL BUT TWENTY

MS state of affairs lasted until all
put twenty had been killed or wounded
IN the W:Sh of the waves. Then In.
butcher of the vessel, with n au,nber
Vi sealnen. went into the pen ana tried
10 Quiet the beasts that remained This
iaiiins. as did also the attempt 10 force
me iren@ied animals overheard. their
'hIoa'S were cut Before the maddenrd
animals were dispatched. however. the
pUtcher mad both his legs broken. and
oiic OIL the seamen was badly injured
any luea that our troubles were over.
was soon dispelled when it was found
that the vessel was leaking All the
hatch covers had been blown off. ana
an had considerable water in them. The
cargo next shifted. listing the steamer
heaNlly TO port. In addition the car
casses of the dead horses washed aport.
adding to the heavy list.
All TINS did not happen in n dov
SAID Nr. SchnrCes. for hours ]
elapsed since the first misfortune. Then
IU' - hours passengers and crew work
ca IKE slaves. throwing cargo over
BOARD to Tighten ship, but it was of lit
We aNal- One wave carried awav
elsht OF the life-boats from the low
Ning port side. and with these went
It'll ol the none from the hearts of
passengers ana crew
At i o'clock on the morninr or tbo
ON the order was given to call hands
oi' utCkS, to prepare to take 10 the
snalI boats. The water had Hooded the
engine room and four pumps could nor
Keep IL down. 1T WAS then up to the
CRATE bars, but the iiremcn still man
aged to keep the fires burning. Each
passenger and seaman was given n life
PreserNer ana the remaining boats were
gotten ready and provisloncd Shortly
after daylight the three steamers Uhc
Weehawken. Nittoria and koordistan).
one alter another, hove in sight The
~ fn no 90
vice as she sent two boats in which
the 70 women and children were plac-
ed. These were landed safely on the
Weehawkcn but after this the storm in
creased in Violence. one boat was
smashed and it became almost impossi-
bic TO lower another on account of the
vessel being so far down on the port
side and correspondinply high on the
starboard, where the remaining boats
were made fast.
Another attempt was made and one
was successfully gotten into the sea.
Inc three men and myself who were
saved with me. jumped into her to take
the oars when by some unfortunate ac-
c!dent we were cut loose. The men on
the vessel were after that seen to try
renea;edely TO lower another boat, but
without success"
The second officer stated that
throughout all the conduct of crew and
passengers WAS excellent. The women
were especially brave. He thinks there
Is little likelihood that the Bulgaria
Weathered the storm that night, as she
was sinking when he left her.
The Koordistan, the third vessel that
saM- The distress OF The Bulgaria with
out being able to be of assistance be-
cause of the tempestous seas, arrived in
Bremen on the 10Th inst. and reported
that the Bulgaria had foundered
Second officer Scharges is reasonably
positive that none was rescued from the
Inflated vessel after he left her. and
it is feared that 10l persons went down
with her
The Bulgaria had no accommodations
for first class passengers and all the
passengers on board were in the steer
age. They were mostly Germans from
different parts of the United States.
She was not n regular liner, and had
been in the service of the Hamburg
American Line about a year.
STEAMER PAWNEE DISABLED
New York, Feb. 22.-The Clyde Line
steamer Pawnee, from Boston for Char
lesion and Jacksonville. was towed into
port to-day by the Cromwell Liner
hudson. The Pawnec sailed from Bos-
ton February is. On the 2lst nj I a M
the machinery broke down and she was
unable 10 proceed. Distress signals were
set and at II a. m. the Hudson. from
New Orleans, came to her assistance
and brought her to this port for re-
pairs.