Show FIFTEEN SAILORS MISSING steamer tropic Is in port after losing part of crew anen aground i in storm charleston S C sept 6 the british steamship tropic 2340 tons captain barber arrived in this port today after a voyage lasting nearly tarse months the second mate purser and fifteen seamen are missing sailing from valparaiso chile june 21 the tropic met with bad weather at ones and on june 28 while off cape autu putu and about fifteen miles from conati duclon the ship went hard aground not over yards from uie beach high seas were running the second mate purser and fifteen seamen put out in the first life boat for for aid but never returned all night uie seas dashed over the tropic and the twenty men on board momentarily expected the end moraig brought hope in the sight of men on shore but there seemed no way to get to the ship the captain with a kite sent a cord to shore and next a line and then a hawser reached the land over this the man i went ashore when the storm abated somewhat the vessel was found to be undamaged A nava court at talca buano huano exonerated the captain and arev the grounding is accredited to a deviation of tho snips compasses com and the prevalence or a strong inset current oft patu in south and longitude west the tropic was 28 days overdue and a cable from valparaiso to the maritime register dated june 29 said that she would be a total wreck |