The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-09-29
STEAMER ISABEL,
BEACHED, WILL BE
TAKEN FROM SHORE
Transportation Co. Prepar=
ing to Float Ship That
Struck Obstacle.
Especial to the Farmer.)

Especial to the Farmer.)
South Norwalk, Sept. 29-Prepara-
lions are being made to float the
steamer Isabel, which was beached
last night by Captain George Row
land. after it had struck a submerg-
ed obstacle off Stamford.
The Isabel, which phys between
South Norwalk and New York was
on the way to the former port where
a hole was ripped in the bottom of
it. Six members of the crew left the
ship in a life boat. Captain Row
land and 13 others remained on
board.
The boat had 10 feet of water in
the hold. The crew shifted the car
go to theupper deck and it is being
transferred today to the Cymbria, of
the Aiming p. Smith Transportation
Co., to which the Isabel also belongs.
Damage to the Isabel is estimated at
about $1,000.
Six members of the crew who came
ashore last night were excited and
they told wild stories, the consensus
of which is that the ship had sunk.
Later, however, this story was dis
proved.
Captain Rowland resides at %
of the boat, Aiming P. Smith, lives at
Fairfield. -
With her valuable cargo of general
merchandise piled on her upper decks
to escape damage by water, the Isa-
boil was hard aground on Cow Reef
to-day about half mile or a little
less off Shippan Point. The tug Ad-
die c., of NorwaIk, went out to the
stranded vessel this forenoon, to aid
in transferring the cargo to the GYM
bria of the same line. It is expected
that after the cargo has been ren1ov-
ed the Isabel can be taken off, unless
a storm comes up.
Captain Rowland. who came ashore.
to-day, a short time, told Manager
George Foote of the company owning
the boat that last night when the 1sa-
bel was OFF the Southern end of Cow
Reef she struck an obstruction. He
thought it must have been a submerg-
ed wreck. Al hole was torn in the
vessel through which the water began
to pour in such volume that it was
apparent the Isabel would go down
in a few moments, unless she could
be beached. Captain Rowland said
he was familiar with the surroundings
and he at once turned her nose toward
shore and ran his vessel aground on
the reef.
When the crash came and a hasty
investigation showed the vessels dan
ger, he said, Second Engineer George
Brown and six members of the crew
| took to a. Iifeboat and made for the
| light off Shippan Point.
The remainder of the Ncrew and
ships oficers reefained on board and
after the Isabel had been beached set
| to work piling up the cargo on the
upper decks to protect it from dam
age by water Several of the officers
| and crew remained on board all night.
The steamer is lying in about 10 feet
| of water. The sea is calm and it was
believed that the vessel was in little
danger unless conditions changed.
Captain Rowland remained ashore
only a short time and then returned
| to his ship When Second Engineer
Brown and his party reached shore
they told a story of having left the
vessel only about ten minutes before
| she went down as a result of a collis-
| ion with some underwater obstruc-
ton Brown was of the opinion that
the captain and rest of the crew had
also taken to the boats but he could
not tell anything more about them.
/ Later when it was found that Browns
was laboring under MISREPRESENTATION
/ of the conditions. President Smith of
1.-THE company said he believed that the
story told by Brown was due to the
excitement under which they had
been laboring.
+ President Smith went, to New York
lto-day to arrange for the taking off of
the Isabel.
The stranded steamer is 155 feet
Hong, has a gross tonnage of 461 and
is valued at about $4,000. The Isa-
bel is a passenger carrying steamer
/ with a capacity of about 500! Dur
ling the summer she plies between
New York and Rockaway Beach. She
was substituted recently for the
Ifreighter Marion which is in drydock.