Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-11

Miss, for Fccamp. France, with cargo
of pitch pine logs. A passing vessel set
her on fire about Dec. .. and she was
last reported Dec. IL in 4S' O6' north, 10
20 west. burned away aft and still
burning under deck, with only the fore
mast left standing. She was reported
is times in all, being In the fairway CT
transatlantic steamers.
Derelict American schooner Joseph
Souther of Boston, sailed from Bruins
wick. Ga. for homo port Oct 2, 1889.
with cargo OF lumber. Capsized and
turned bottom up. was discovered by
Red Star tug Argus at noon. Dec. IL.
1889. SS miles east by north OF Cape
Henry, which tug, assisted by United
states steamer Dispatch, towed her in
10 Norfolk. arriving Dec. 10, 1889.
Derelict American schooner Lucinda
G. Potter of Greenport. N. Y, sailed
| from Boston for Norfolk Dec. 81, 1890.
Anchored off Sandy Hook at noon of
the 25th in a heavy gale and snow
storm, parted anchor chain and drifted
out to sea on the 9th. and the next day
a heavy squall struck the vessel, cap
sizing her and hurting crew into ocean.
Was cruised for and found bottom up
by Red Star tug International which
found her at noon, Jan. 10, 1891, taking
her to Delaware breakwater Jan. IT.
where she was righted and towed to
Philadelphia, arriving Jan. 81. 1891, just
10 months after the disaster
| British brigantine Hyaline on voyage
from Nova Scotia to Barbados with
cargo of lumber and Goldfish lost rud-
der-2nd filled with water. Crew res
cued at great peril by boat from Ger
man steamship Sophie Feb. &c, 1896 in
latitude S7' do' north. longitude 500 20'
| y,
in latitude 450 Sc north, longitude go
90 west on Aug. II. 1896. when the Nor
wegian bark Homestead placed petro-
leum on board of her and set her on fire.
But she has been seen five times subse-
| qucntly, the last time on Sept. 10, In
latitude 40 north. longitude 23' west
Setting fire to an abandoned vessel
does not always send her to the bottom,
but on the contrary, often, If not usually,
leaves her more menace than before,
! by destroying the masts spars and all
the upper works, while the submerged
hulk lies so low in the water as to be
difficult of discovery. Half way over
the Atlantic, for instance. is the hulk
of the new steel bark Nonpareil. which
was set on fire by the crew of the ship
| Knight Templar. She still wallows in
| the waves right in the track of trans
atlantic liners. The Nonpareil was last
seen in latitude 800 50' north, longitude
42'. In latitude go north. longitude 80
west is a 300 ton vessel with masts
gone; in latitude 2S' north, longitude 65'
20' west, a large schooner; in the path
of our coasting vessels, 20 miles north
east by east from Cape May. is another.
with merely it's masts above water.
The very latest accident caused by
dereicts was that of the American liner
| st. Paul on her homeward voyage to
New York, Oct 81, 1900 Her passen-
gers and crew were almost stunned by
Il terrible shock that made the good
ship culver from stem to stern, the
starboard propeller was lost, one set of
engines was disabled, and If she had
been n weaker craft she might have
gone to the bottom. There arc at present
an even dozen vessels, wrecked within a
year, which are cruising as derelicts IN
the paths of steamers and sailing ves-
sells, imperiling thousands of lives ana
millions of property in crafts and car
goes.
They have been Approximately local
ed and are constantly watched. It
would not be n difficult matter for the
Vesuvus to find some of them at Least.
and by sending them to "Davy Jones
locker" With a charge of dynamite ease
the minds of hundreds OF brave tars.
who have less fear of the dereIicts rs
such SUE, than, than Of their phantomgiisw tss on
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