The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-16

SEVENTEEN SAILORS DROWNED.

The Vessel. while waiting to Be
Loaded, Was Upset in squall while
Those ON Board Were sleeping-Not
Soul Rescued.
Tacoma. WASH, Jan. 1.-the British
ship Andelina, 2,346 tons. Of Nova SEQ
tia. Captain q. w. stailing, sank In 20
fathoms Of water in front Of the st.
Paul mill wharf and the captain, mate
and Is of the crew were drowned. The
accident occurred during the night.
The vessel came here in ballast from
Shanghai. The ballast had been dis
charged, and the ship was lying at
anchor waiting to be towed into the
dock.
A terrific gale ragged ON the bay the
wind blowing IS miles an hour. Two
great boom logs were placed beside
the Andelina. one on each side. Dur
ing the gale between and in the
morning one Of the logs went adrift,
causing the ship to careen and to cap
size with very little warning to the
crew. The vessel was entirely without
ballast and the matches were open. All
on board were caught like rats In q
trap and had no chance to escape. The
ship simply turned over, the water
flowed in the open matches and she
sank.
The full list Of those lost by the cap
sizing of the vessels Is as follows:
Captain G. W. Sailing. of Annapolis.
N. s.; e. H. Grove, aged 80, London
derry. N. S., first mate: e. G. Doe,
aged 20, Blackpool. Eng: Memey JOS
saim, Victoria. B. c.; Joseph M. A.
D'Hollyere, Ostend, apprentice; Rich
ard Reginald Hanze, Ostend, Belgium,
apprentice; Charles Smith, United
States, boatswain: James DAILY, New
York, boatswain; ]. r. Brown, Bar
BADGES, cook; H. Hansen, Sweden, able
seaman; John Jensen, Denmark, sea-
man. John Nelson, Norway. seaman;
F. Ostrum, Finland, seaman; Edward
Letz, Regia. Russia, seaman; Fred
Hindstrom, Norway, seaman; August
Simonson. Holland, seaman; Pat Will
son. st. Johns, N. F., seaman.
The ship, which was Of English build
and worth probably $4,000, entered
this port several days ago. She was
to have loaded wheat for Europe. Fri
day the Andelina was taken to the
Eureka dock and all her ballast re-
moved and the hold cleared prepare
tory to receiving cargo. She was then
towed to anchorage several hundred
yards northeast Of the St. Paul and
Tacoma Lumber companys dock, at
which point the disaster overlook her.
She had out, according to the best in
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anchor. weighing at least two tons,
while to either side of the vessel were
attached the ballast logs used to keep
a ship upright during the absence of
cargo or ballast.
The ship was riding easily when the
shippers of other vessels anchored in
the bay 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 danger signal buoy lamp
was visible. When the absence Of the
ship was discovered Captain Doty and
Captain Burley took the tug Fairfield
and made an Investigation, and 1t was
soon determined beyond possibility of
doubt that the ship had gone to the
bottom. One Of the ballast logs was
found. To this dangled part of the
chain by which 1t was originally fas-
tened to the i'll fated ship. In addition
one Of the lifeboats, a mattress with
the name of the ship on 1t and several
oars were found.
Late yesterday afternoon the vessel
was located. She lies on her broadside
under 90 fathoms of water, close to the
spot where she had been anchored.
The vessel will probably be raised and
the bodies of the dead sailors recovered.
When the Andelina entered this port
she was manned by crew of nearly
30 men. Some deserted and others were
discharged until only IS were left. The
only list of victims obtainable is that
given by Percy B. Buck, an apprentice,
who was injured two days prior to the
disaster and taken to one of the Ia
coma hospitals.