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Show WRECK OF THE OREGON. One of the "Ocean Honnds" Meets iler Fate Outside of New Tort Harbor. The Result or a Collision The Other Vessel and All Hands Are Lost. Wild Scenes on the "Oregon," but Her Passengers and Crew, Numbering Num-bering 800, Are Saved. The "Oregon's" Passengers Safe. . Sandy Hook; March 14. The steamer fOreg6nn was sunk by a schooner "between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning, while east of Fire Island, having two holes stove in her. Part of her passengers were transferred to the pilot boat and part to the schooner, and it is believed they were all subsequently transferred to the steamer "Fulda." There are over eight hundred passengers and the crew of the " Oregon" on the "Fulda." THE "OBEGON" WAS ENTIBELY ABANDONED. She sank at 1 p. m. to-day. Fibe Island, N. Y., March 14. The lookout look-out at this station sighted a four-masted steamer this morning proceeding very slowly southward. Later she turned southeast, ana since has been drifting in that direction, being be-ing about fifteen miles southeast of this point. Only the tops of her masts can be seen, but the observer thinks it is the British steamer "Oregon," from Liverpool. At 11:25 a. m. she had drifted out of sight. At 4:30 p. m. the German steamer "Fulda," from Bremen, via Southampton, off this point, reports by signal that the steamer "Oregon" ia sunk. All of the passengers of the "Oregon" are on board the "Fulda," and they will probably reach quarantine at about 8 p.m. New Yobk, March 14. The German steamer steam-er "Fulda," Captain Ryngk, from Bremen, which arrived at the bar at 5:12 p.m. to-day, reports: Stopped off Fire Island March 14th at 12:15 p. m., in order to take up the passengers passen-gers and crew of the "Oregon," and anchored at the bar off Sandy Hook on account of low water at 6:25 p. m., same day. The saved of the Oregon are 185 first cabin, 66 second cabin, and 389 steerage passengers, and 205 of the crew. The steamer "Oregon" collided with an unknown three-masted, deep-laden schooner on the 14th instant at 4:20 a. m., when between be-tween Fire Island light and Shinnecok, striking the steamer on the port side, immediately imme-diately under the dining saloon. B0BINO A LABGE HOLE IN HEB SIDE Under the water. Captain Cottier, of the "Oregon," was below, be-low, the chief offioer being in charge on the bridge. One of the passengers states that the hole was so large that one could drive a horse and wagon through it; also that when the vessels collided it sounded like the report re-port of an ordinary cannon. The boats were, after some difficulty, manned and lowered into the water. The ladies were first got into the boats and transferred to pilot boat No. 11, and the schooner "Fannie a Gordom," Capt. Mahoney, from Jacksonville Jackson-ville for Boston. From 8 to 11 a. m. the work of transferring the passengers was proceeded with. All were transferred in safety,' . - SOI A SINGLE LIFE-BEING LOST: r- Z""' At 12:15 p. ni. they were all safely trans-'f trans-'f erred again to the steamer "Fulda," which, owing to the state of the tide, was obliged to anchor at Sandy Hook at 6:25 p. m. Captain Cap-tain Cottier was the last man to leave the ship. The steamship "Oregon" was built by John Elder & Co.. at Glasgow, for the Guion line, and was launched on June 21, 1883. She arrived here on her initial trip, October 14, 1883, making the run from Queenstown to New York in 7 days, 8 hours and 30 minutes. min-utes. At that time SHE WAS THE MOST MAGNIFICENT, Powerful and fastest of the Atlantic steamers, steam-ers, with the exoeption of the "Etruria," of the same line. She retained a record for the fastest speed. In August, 1884, she made the run from Queenstown to New York in .6 days, 9 hours and 42 minutes, this being nearly twenty-four hours shorter than her first trip. On her return trip to Queenstown, Queens-town, she made the run in 6 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes. The dimensions of the "Oregon" were 520 feet in length, 54 feet breadth of beam, 40 feet depth of hold, and 7,250 tons gross measurement. She was built of iron, with nine transverse water-tight bulkheads, five iron decks, and a strong turtle back deck forward and aft, as protection from heavy seas. She was fitted to acoommodate 340 saloon, 92 second cabin, and 1,000 steerage passengers. The tug boat "Fletcher," which went down after the mail, arrived at the Cunard pier at 11:40 p. m. W. G. Tevay, United States Inspector, who had charge of the mails, said he only succeeded in recovering sixty-nine out of more than 600 bags which were on board when the collision occurred. He added he was able to learn little about the collision, except that the steamship was run into by an unknown schooner. None of the baggage, he said, was saved. The Tribune's account says: THE SHOCK OF THE COLLISION Immediately awoke the sleeping passengers and that portion of the crew who were having their watch below. The passengers were at first thrown into great confusion, but the calmness of the officers and the fact that the day was just beginning to break over a tranquil sea, reassured them. At the time the collision took place, pilot boat No. 11 was about to put a pilot on board, and the schooner "Fannie A. Gordon," of Boston, Bos-ton, was passing near. These immediately bore down to the scene and lay by ready to offer assistance. An examination of the "Oregon?? showed that she had TWO HOLES IN HEB POST. SIDE Below the water line, as if the schooner had rebounded from the first blow and then struok the steamer a second time. All efforts ef-forts to stop the leaks were unavailing, and the great steamer began to settle in the water.. wa-ter.. The boats had been lowered when the accident first ooourred. It was evident that the "Oregon" would keep afloat for some hours, but that it would be impossible to bring her into port. The work of ferrying its passengers to the waiting schooner and the pilot boat was begun at once. WOMEN AND CHILDREN WEST FIB3T, The captain leaving the ship last. It was eight hours from the time of the collision to the time when the captain of the J'Oregon" reached the deck of the pilot boat. The "Oregon" had settled low in the water and soon after the captain had gained the pilot boat he saw his magnificent ship go down before bis eyes. mi New Yobk, March . lo. The steamer "Fulda" passed Sandy Hook at 1 a. m., bound in with the "Oregon's" passengers. The "Oregon" filled rapidly and went down head first in about twelve fathoms of water. The upper parts of the main mizzen and iioger masts remain above water. The schooner that the "Oregon" crashed mto was seen in the wake of the steamship for a moment after the collision, her bow and all her head gear wrecked, THEN SHE DISAPPEARED. It is supposed that she sank, and that all her people were lost. - One of the passengers i on the "Oregon," whose room adjoined the mail room, heard all hands ordered below to get coffee a few minutes before the collision. When the shock occurred the crew was ordered on deck again. He 'ran on deck in his night clothes. Women and men -were running wildly about. The officers and captain cap-tain benaved splendidly. Nobody seemed to be injured. The sea at the time of the collision col-lision was as smooth as a ball room floor, and the sky was clear. The wreck of the "Oregon" is about five miles from land and within sixteen miles of the Fire Island light. New Yobk, March 15. One of the sailors of the "Oregon" said this morning that immediately im-mediately after the collision the hulk of a sailing vessel was seen drifting slowly by on the port side of the steamer, grazing her sides as she passed astern. .It was thought that she sank as soon as she cleared the "Oregon," and as none of her crew is on the "Fulda," he presumed they had all been drowned. ...... |