| Show PERILS OF THE DEEP unless something to the contrary reaches us at ones onee we might as well consider the breamer among the lost it is now some gome thirty two days sines she sailed from liverpool and so go much delay it would woula seem could scarcely be accounted for on any other hypothesis than a complete wreck even the fatal disability of her engines or propeller would not of keep her at sea aea long as a her sails alone would surely bring her into port somewhere beolder no vessel that has arrived has seen a sign of her although a number of them have followed the route usually pursued by her and her companion ships of the same game line lin two of which indeed have reached new york since she became overdue hence the conclusion is irresistible that the baronio is no more the vessel is a large laree freight steamer of the white star line the fact that she carries no passenger list hat naturally makes public concern for her safety less acute but still there are pome come 70 70 human beings aboard whose fate may never be known we are advised that some borne of those these on the ship are cattlemen or of horis hori hors s woo who took passable with their stock block the rest reef bellig mem berb bent of the prow crew the cap captain talta of the vessel will be remembered as the mau man who achieved notoriety some two years ago an aa commander of the adriatic in refusing refining to take the city of paris in tow when the latter vessel was in a helpless condition for this act he be was waa taken from the passenger and put into the freight service as a measure of punishment if his vessel should still be drifting upon the at bantle lantic how bow gladly ally would he avail himself of the succor which he with held from the city of an account reaches us from san ban francisco under date ut of the ath instant saying that two deep water ships reached that port after u u long for recent times and perilous voyages they were the kensington bays from london and adolph days from new york both ships had a stormy time the old kensington which was waa nearly a year byear getting to port from london had bad a very bail bad time of it As the vessel was rounding rou the horn she was catgut in ia a storm that nearly sent her to the bottom rho oreion foretop mast top gallant mast main top gallant mast and all the yards were carried away the parallels ot of the main yards were broken anu all the sails on toe the fore and main masts were carried away one boat was smash ed ea and two of the others were c caned aried away about feet ot of ane starboard bulwark was stove in while another wave carried away the forecastle covering the board and railing and wrecking the dook house one of the sailors was injured internally through being thrown against the main mast and was sent home from port stanley St auley the ship made lor for port stanley where it took six months to make the necessary repairs the ship adolph had a still harder experience in the latter part pan of july she was waa caught in a hurricane and the secona mate and two sailors were washed away by the first wave that broke on board all ali the sails were flown away and the cargo w went out adrift to make matters worse borbe the rudder head was sprung and made it almost impossible to handle the ship the mountainous waves continued to break ou on board and stove in the deok bouse and smashed a couple ol of boats when the gale subsided the ship was headed tor for port stanley when she arrived ou on august ath laut the crew deserted and a now new crew had to be brought irom from valparaiso before the vessel could proceed eleven months tor for a trip from new york to san ban francisco and still buuger for one from lindohl does nut not tuis rt rk cail cah the early days with a vengeance |
