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Show lUMIMOn AT ftEA. A riahlna a.-henr tin ft and Mine ftf llie trie lirweU Honi-uN, Ju 14 I'h Gloucester flailing aeii'ionwr For Uue, Wtaurik lu a collialou with In lUelon Fruit cum pany'a steamer, llarna'.able, of liign land He hi, laat blghl. tue fti Kortuua'e crew were drowned aud fouru-eu aaved. The tiial nsws of iha disaster reached this oily ou the arrival ut the Itaruatatile to-lay with loiirteeu sur-vivuraol sur-vivuraol the Fortuua's orew. From tbeae It waa learned that the oolllslou occurred about 7:Sd p.m., wheu the vesaele were aboul four miles oil llign-land llign-land light. Thai ulghl waa extremely dark and ft lumpy eta running. Tne Foriuua was bouad for Gorges, carrying ft oiew uf twenty-threo tuen, Including Captain Johu W. Ureeulaw, The ecbooner was ou the starboard ' lck going al ft good rate. The (Ham stable lights were seen, bul tb sobooii-ei'a sobooii-ei'a courau was nut altered until loo late, a khe had the right of way. The aleamrr alruck her well forward, outllagftdeep bole and the schooner tejau lo settle luimedlalely. Before lb boats ojuM be cleared aha went dowu aud the crew were lei I struggling lu the water until fourteen were picked pick-ed up by the Jlarmirtbis boi. The others had gouedowu. |