New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-12
STEAMER SINKS SCHOONER.
COLLISION IN HEAVY FOG. But NO
LIVES LOST.
MALLORY LINER COLORADO STRIKES THE
NoTMAN ALMOST AMIDsHIPs- FoUR-
TEEN TAKEN FROM WRECK.

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The steamship Colorado, OF the Mallory Line
came into port yesterday with fourteen unex-
pected passengers aboard. They were taken
off the four-masted schooner Charles P. Not
man, which cut IN two by the Colorado
early yesterday morning. and now lies many
fathoms deep off the Delaware Capes. The big
schooner sank just sixteen minutes after she
struck by the steamer. and it is due to the
GOODNESS and quickness of the captains of the
two boats that lives were lost Poor Poll"
the sailors now call her, the schooner's par
rot, the only living thing lost. and she
went down with the ship.
The Colorado, Captain James L. Risk. left
Brunswick. Ca June for this port, and the
voyage smooth until Sunday evening. when
a dense fog set IN. The steamer was slowed
down and the foghorn kept blowing, while six
lookouts were posted in addition to the officers
on duty. At O'Clock yesterday morning the
captain Of the Colorado heard two blasts of
whistle off his port bow, and he changed his
course so avoid a collision
I'VE were heading norrh-northeast,- said Cap
tain Risk, when heard the whistles off our
port bow. and then swung of until headed
northeast three-quarters east. Then we struck
the schooner"
Captain I. W. Jewett of the hoffman, who is
old time Yankee skipper. said the Colorado
was heading east-southeast when the collision
took place
I'VE Were making about nine knots. with all
sails SET" said Captain Jewett. 'and We had
our fog bells fore and aft ringing and
our foghorn blowing all the time All of
sudden We heard blast almost on top of us,
and then the steamer doomed UP big in the fog
and crashed into US, hardly a point off. She
struck US square the port side, just abaft
the mizZen rigging. 1t all happened quick
ly that before the blast Of the Colorado's horn
had died away she had ploughed six feet into
the hoffman. and there she stuck.
For the next sixteen minutes we were the
jump. I ordered up all hands and ran for my
wife. who on board She wanted to stay
on the ship as long there. but got
her into the rigging. and from there she was
helped aboard the Colorado by two of the
steamers seamen- Then I went astern and
dered the big yawl lowered. Down she went,
and We all got IN and rowed the Colo
rado, getting aboard the latter by her sea lad
der. The was smooth and we had no
trouble. but we none too quick, for we had
hardly boarded the Colorado when my good old
ship went down like a stone"
The captains wife, Mrs. Annie Jeypett was In
he- night dress when saved and the was
true OF Mrs. Annie Gomez, the wife of Antonio
Gomez the Notnan's steward. She, with her
husband and little baby, taken off the
schooner by one of the Colorado's boats under
First Officer Johnson The entire work of res
cuing those aboard the schooner, including a big
Newfoundland dog, which was taken over in the
yaw1, occupied but few minutes, and when the
schooner sank all were safely aboard the Col
orado.
The thirty-two passengers on board the Colo
rado are united in their praise Of the business
like way IN which the work Of rescue was eff
fected- They felt only slight shock when the
collision took place, but it was enough to wake
them, and most of them were deck in time
TO the schooner sink The Notman's crew
were well cared for on the Colorado. They saved
nothing but the clothes they wore.
The Colorado's bow presented a sorry sight as
result Of the collision, when she steamed in
TO port yesterday. The cutwater and four of
the bowplates were stopscfn5 and the cutwater
was bent over to starboaTd from point two
feet above the water line to a point several feet
below the water line. The bow at the water
line was covered by a clever piece OF jury work.
consisting OF q movable false bow of yellow
pine Rugged up against the bow by means of
ropes drawn taut Above this a large
piece Of canvas. The Colorado's fury bow was
not thing Of beauty. but IT answered require
ments and kept of pressure from the collision
bulkhead-
The crew Of the hoffman VIII stay aboard the
Colorado for a few days They are stin mourn
ing over their lost parrot, and they say this
hurts them most. Captain Jewett grieves more
over the loss OF his ship. IN which he had a
large interest, which is fully insured. however.
He has plenty OF other irons in the fire, being
part owner Of a new six masted schooner now
on the stocks at Bath, which is TO be the longest
fore-and-after in existence.
The hoffman was bound from Norfolk to
portland when she sunk, with cargo Of
2,42O tons OF coal worth about So a ton She
was valued at $4,000, and built Bath
tonnage was 1442. and she 219 feet long
AZ beam and 20 depth of hold. Captain Jewetr
viii consult with attorney tomorrow with
reference TO a possible suit against the NAL
Tory Line.
SAYS MORTGAGE TO THE CENTRAL IS FoID