New-York tribune., 1900-10-01
NEW OIL SHIP LOST AT SEA.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY'S NONPAREIL
GOES TO PIECES IN A STORM
ONE MAN DROWNED.

The British ship Nonpareil Captain Hatfield
was abandoned at sea on September % with
cargo of SO 900 cases of oil. She sailed from this
port on September 10. bound for Sourabay.
Java. The Glengoil, tramp steamer from Alex
andria, brought the crew to this port yesterday.
One man, Frederick George, of Swansea. Wales,
was drowned.
The Nonpareil launched at Glasgow on
June 1S and was an experiment in shipbuilding.
She had wide joggled plates. which made her
perfectly smooth inside. enabling her TO load and
discharge grain more easily and keeping her
hold cleaner than in other ships She also had
steel mastS, unusually high, which made her
fast sailer. She came here her maiden trip on
August IL with five hundred tons of pig iron for
ballast. Her captain when he sailed reduced this
to two hundred TONS thinking it would be
enough with the large cargo to keep her rghted
She was under three lower topsails. The gale
throwing over the cargo. The cases OF al vere
passed through the cabin and only 200 cases
work from o'clock until II o'clock at night
In the mean time the gale increased and the
ships condition caused uneasiness. The three
lower topsails were furled, the main and mzzen
being goose winged Two hundred more cases
were then thrown overheard to keep the ship
in trim. These cases were passed up with diff
fculty through the sail locker
Morning broke on Tuesday. the 18th with the
gale moderated, but heavy sea stin prevailed.
The ship listed heavily to port and only the top
sails were set. On Thursday, the Goth, there
was much heavy lightning and violent squalls
Friday began with fine weather, but the south
erly continued TO increase, and at noon the
wind veered to the east. The ship was then
Under lower topsails, and had lurched heavily
to starboard. Al 1 D. m. all hands were called
TO take in the toDSails, when the storm burst
violently on the shin and the sails blown
away The Nonpareil took several heavy lurches
to starboard, settled down on her beam ends
and failed TO right herself The seas washed
everything from the decks, filed the deck
houses and smashed the cabin skylghts The
cabin was filed with water up to the deck. The
w VhRalhOnSa hnn9cla
and many other valuables were washed over
board. The ship filled herself down to the star
board poop, and the boats were fioated from the
chocks.
At a. m on Saturday, the ODD the ship was
lying at an angle of 10 degrees, and the crew
were in constant danger of being washed over
board The chief officer and several men had
been injured, the cabin filled with water
and no place was to be had to care for the in
jured. The main and miZZen topmaSts were cut
down, but did not right the ship. The gale con-
tinued and a high cross sea prevailed. Nothing
could be seen but the port bulwarks, and all
hope OF saving her was gone. At 3:30 o'clock in
the afternoon the smoke of a steamer was sight
ed, and as she came nearer she sighted the
wreck and headed toward it. The steamer
proved to be the GlengOil, bound for New York
BOAT STOVE IN IN THE RESCUE.
She had been in the same storm that made
the Nonpareil helpless. 1t stove in the steam
er's port quarter lifeboat, and when her crew
sighted the ship off her starboard rail there
were only three boats left. The Gengoil circled
around the NOnpareil twice, and a in
her mizZen topmast waving a blue peter and
an ensign swapping beside him in the sharp
wind
The steamer lowered quarter boat, and un-
der command of Second Officer Howsagoe, and
manned by Bcatswain Strate and four seamen.
it put off for the sailing vessel. On coming
near her the reScuers were surprised to see all
the men with their dunnage on deck, taking out
suit after suit of clothes and putting them on one
over another. The Glengo sailors had shouted
to them in the distance that they had come to
save and not baggage. So the shipWrecked
men were making the best of their time TO save
their belongings In order to get more time they
sent on the first trip six boys, apprentices,
among them the captains son, who acted as
third mate. These boys jumped overheard and
lines were thrown to them. They all got in the
boat In safety.
The boat was so close to the ship that the
high waves dashed il against the sides and
stove in the bows. The boat had two atrtanks,
however, which kept il af1oat until II reached
the Glengoil
Another boat was lowered. and fourteen men,
heavily weighted down with clothing, jumped
from the ship to the water and were pulled on
ON the last trip Captain Hatfield First Mate
Christian and Second Mate Slote were among
those taken off the abandoned snip When tney
reached the Glengoil Boatswain Stokes started
10 climb up the steam tackle of the lifeboat. He
had nearly reached the top, when his foot be-
came entangled in the tackle and ne could not
The boat began to hit against the ship, and
AnaIIv was stove in. The boatswain, who was
struggling to get free, became e1hausteu anu "a
vas about 10 fall when three men grabbed
Nm nv the collar and held TO him. They
uierA finally forced to let go their hold, ana ne
fell turning over as he dropped he MT Ieu
cao,roe who was below him on the tackle, ana
LnocIed him into the sea, which they struck
81 the same time. Stokes had life jacket on
and was picked a up heen iyine about In the bot
ton, Of the boat He disappeared under wave
and did not rise again.
SPEED SAFETY SATISFACTION. -