The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-10-20
TOTAL Loss Of THE
NEW ORLEANS
OFF Of CAPE
HENLOPEN
With Part Cargo From This
Port Vessel Is Wrecked En-
Route to New YOrk-Chief
Officer browns.

NOfu was FeCelVeu mere yesterday
! of the total loss of the steamer New
| Orleans off the coast of Cape Henlo-
pen. and of the landing in Boston of
twenty-six of her survivors.
The vessel last sailed from this
, port on September Is, and was bound
/ for HAVANA, from whence she went
| to Sabine Pass, Texas, for a cargo of
sulphur on September 29 and was
! bound for New York with 1000 tons
of sulphur for the Union Sulphur
| Company when the wreck occurred.
On last Sunday the New Orleans
| put ito Norfolk for bunker coal and
remained there until early Wednes
| day, when passage TO New York was
resumed.
| Before the steamer was many
hours out from Norfolk she ran into
furious northeastely gale, with IA
| very heavy sea. When off Five Faith
ON Bank Lightship the 20-inch sue
| ton pipe connecting with the cOndens-
J er burst, evidently having corroded,
and the water began to pour into the
| vessel
| Five pumps were Immediately start
ed but they were unable to control the
| rush of water in the hold, and in d
| few hours it crept up to the furnaces
| and ext;nguished tksaGres. Then the
freighter was helpless.
Captain Lawrence ordered dis
| tress signal hoisted and whole he was
| trying to run for the shore to beach
| his vessel the steamship Lexington.
on the way from Philadelphia to Bos-
| ton, came along and followed the stag
gering craft, ready to succor the
crew.
1t was while Chief Officer Kohl
| mand, with the second officer, the
carpenter and boatsWain. we're on the
after deck, cutting wooden plugs in
| trying to stop the leak, that a noun
famous sea broke over the starboard
side. smashing the deckhouse, rails
and bulwarks and carrying away the
chief officer in the flood. The life
preservers were thrown to him, but
he was so weighted down with heavy
clothing and sea boots that he could
not reach them and he sank while
the others were looking on, unable to
save him.
The sea that carried away the chief
officer knocked the other men eft
their feet, but they were able to.
grasp some of the fixtures and saved
themselves from similar fate.
The two metal lifeboats were low
cred away and the twentysiX men
the last to leave. They rowed to the
Lexington, which was standing close
by, and were taken on board and Civ
en- dry clothing, for most of the men
were wet to the skin. When the
crew left her the after deck of the
New Orleans was awash.
For two hours after the crew of the
wrecked vessel were taken on board
Captain Payne stood by but the New
Orleans was still afioat although ap-
parently it was only question of q
short time before she would go down
The wreck was west of the track Of
vessel; bounds to and from the Della
ware Breakwater and was in about
eight fathoms. She was drifting tC
the westward at the rate of about two
miles an hour, forced by the heavy
sea setting from the eastward.
The New Orleans was built at Will
mington, DEL, forty-fve years ago,
and for years was in the service of
the Merchants and Miners Transpor-
tation Company. She was construct
ed of iron, 249 feet long, 33 feet beam
and 244 feet depth of hold, with a
net tonnage of 1017 and gross ton
mage of 1854 She was equipped with
compound engines. For a long time
she was on the run between Provi-
dence and Philadelphia. About three
years ago she was sold to Captain
! Lawrence and since then she has
been operated under the name of Bo
, ca Grande Steamship Company
Although an old vessel, it is said
she was valued by her owners at
5000 900, and that an offer of $4,000
was refused some time ago. 1t is
also reported that she was uninsured
The cargo of sulphur was worth