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Show PATB OK A VKSSKIi. C'aplaln t'aittni or (tin Ship "Uccan'' iflliMliat lie Saw at va. A PAILINQ VESSEL CUT IN TVAin Iho iiricked (rait Sujip.i.id lo He the "Ircd II. 1jlor' or lari-inulli, .. (. Cr TtltsrsiblaltiaNatie . I til. I ll(l. Two ..t It u,,,i.r,l lu l. I ell oil Ihe Ileum. Nru Ytiuic, June Si. If what 1 now tlrcmod probsl'o proves true, the Poitugutsotieauis:ilii"Viga"nu.l tho llrlll.ii tailing thhi ''Fred II. Taylor" of Vnrtuuutli, -N.H , have leeu In iol-llslou iol-llslou uud one or belli hasegonn luthe bottom, buch n calamity woull In-voire In-voire ooO live In the grualoat lerll Captain Caseell Of the ttuntlishlp "Ottan," whh li rttchtd hero Ironi .Vmsterdani Haturdity, said that Thurs. dsy mornlug hla vessel pat-ied tho sltrnola (ailing ship which had evidently evi-dently been tut In twain by some other cratt about SOO inllia last uf Handy HooJ. Tho wiecked stern was bottom up nnd thu ship's name auh. merged. Above the water, In plulu lelina on Iho stern he nud "iar mouth, N. (,'." CaptalnCatsenagaie n tfciecrlt tloti which tallUs ahuoit exactly with the meusiiremont ot tho stern uftho"l'rod II. lajlor." It waa rut, ho silj,Jutt aaa big Iron hulled steamship would hnve douu when cleaving a wooden vessel. Iho Taylor" lolt Havre In ballast manned by ncruw of twenty.two men under Cailalu llurlbert, May Uih, nud she ha now been uitt fotfy -lour days. Juno I. Hi she was rrpoiled alajill KU iclltaeast of Handy Hook. The "ln)lot" wns n la.t sailer aud should have iieen lu New Vork eight da) aaj OKI least. What connects tlto PortiigutM stismer 'Vtga"wlth thu niltlllig ahlp li thu fact that the hUu. ship "Vega" whicfl lelt Lisbon uu JnueSlll, Is nuw lully live da)m,vtr. Our. Hnel.cotialgneatotJ. Aii.lng ,V Co. ot thla elly, un I whin shu lift Llsh-u there weru. lid steerage weu. gar nu board. Hhu was inner Ihe conimml ut .plain Ho. a, aud manned by rttrewit about llity men, clllcer lliuludo.1. Hhe alwayaalu) d at tneAajreafur lAisuLgers, hence, It la believed Unit, wtle al leant 191 ei. oiii nu tho vteiol when the lelt for Nuw Vork. Iter (aajagn rarely cicuplta mere than llfieen'lays, Inu'udlug stops, uud one of tho ogenla yesiurtlay sal 1 ho ex-ptcted ex-ptcted Hi arrival of Ihe vessel lmt WcdniiJay. Thtro la nothing to Indlcnt. that the "VoeV hat l.fll in collision fcltli the ffrod II. Taylor" beyond the fact that the steamer on thu last voyage her would take nf. nil! the simu course n the silling culirat'. Time Interested In Iho ship ntoftarful Ihat what Is now u nuaiilolou may l rot, e to lie ft dreadful certainty. The fact that the "fcega" ( ovelduu and no vcisel ht, sighted her to fr as known,! regarded hi a d.piltll ng clrcumstAtiie. |