BURNT AT SEA.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 287, 3 December 1889, Page 8

BURNT AT SEA.

THE 'BARQUE NORGE.

THE C-tEW RESCUED* ..BY THE

CANDIDA,

TmsfiloM of the*arque Norgp. a!Norwegian vessel by tire in the North Atlantic is reported by Captain Matheson. of the ship Candid*, which arrived in Porto Jackson last Fortunately no lives were lo«t the crew and passengors, M all told, including the captain's wif. and daughter. .fti-P-i-aa* ned from two boats on the high seasly the Candida 20 hour, after they had abandoned 1 "c burning vessel. Ib was on ti -o morning ot September 11th, says the " Sy* Norge was falls. '»" A hv fc A e P aadld f a ' bhe position bein v ? £t. _sdeg. 4W north and long. f ol f in - """v. C * pt ( a J n Matheson was on t ' eck and *f the hrsb to sight bhe burning . «>"P on the horizon. She was some 10 mi. les , dlßfcanfc fro f the Candida ab the bime, au d fc u he dens . c . v , ol » B "? B of smoke pouring from hw told that the hre had gob a big hold of .he « h »P- Daylight had just dawned, and the* eath .° v fane with a southerly breeze C„i )b * m Matheson losb no time in keeping his s. U P °." a P omb or two, with the intention of n. l " m . n £ clown to the burning vessel and rena 6rln o what assistance might be required. X *e!ore the ship had got far, however, bhe t\ v 0 boats from bhe burning ship wore sighted ™L ."S towards the Candida full of people a_ °- with the Norwegian flag flying. They hat % ev idently soen bhe Candida early in the n/orn- j ing, and

FEARING SHE WOULD PASS without giving them succour, had left thei vessel and pulled wibh all might for the] ship. A few minutes sufficed to get them . on board, and having been made comfort-1 able the captain proceeded to give parti-: culars of the disaster. The ship in the meantime bore down bo the burning vessel, and the chief officer and portion of bhe crew of bhe Candida boarded her. They did nob remain long aboard, however, the dense volumes of smoke causing them bo beab a hasty retreat over the side and seek shelter on their own vessel. The Candida remained a couple of hours by the vessel and then kept away on her course. Two days afterwards tho Candida fell .in with the ship Bay of Bengal, homeward bound, and the captain, with bis wife and daughter, the two mates, the SD-ward and a boy belonging to the Norgo were transferred co her. This was in lat. 4deg. oSniin. north, long. 23deg. west. Captain Legg, of the Bay of Bengal, woui'd have taken home the remainder of the <crew of the Norge only bhab he was short o£ water, and as no other homeward bound sb ip was afterwards seen, Captain Matheson had to bring the othor seven sailors of the burning ship on to Sydney. Their nan_es.-are :— Carl E. Carisen, Gabriel E. Bern_sen, J. Thoresen, K. Ereksen, Theoda A. I-obiscn, G. Elerteam and K. Villurnsen.

On the arrival of the Candida Captain Matheson reported the loss of the Norge to the Norwegian consul, who arranged for the accommodation of the seven mem at the Sailors' Home.

THE STORY OF THE LOSS OF

THE VESSEL

is a brief one. She had left Grangemouth in the month of July with some 600 tons of coals for Buenos Ayres. Tho captain intended calling at Monte Video for orders and had shaped a course accordingly. The weather after leaving Grangemouth:. was fine, and the winds being light, progress was slow. All, however, went well until i nearing the Equator, when che ship was found to be on fire, smoke coming from, t-e fore hatch. The- 1 main hatch covers were removed and by making a passage forward among the coal the crew endeavour to get at the seat, of the fine. In- this, however, they were Mnßdccesaful. The fire increased and the smoke •*•' took-! charge" of tho vessel, forcing the crew to. leave their quarters forward and seek, .shelter in the cabin. There they remained' vwodays, when fearingan explosion amongst the cargo, they took to two boats (which b.id been previously watered and provisioned) and dropped some distance astern of hhe vessel. It' was 11 o'clock on the morning of September 10th when the

BURNING VESSEL WAS ABANDONED,

andaibout 20 hours later the Candida hove in sight? and picked them up. Ono night was spent. in the boats by bhe unforbunate people, and ib is sbabed fchafc fchey were only rescued in time, as their frail craft could nob possibly have lived in fche boisterous weather which afterwards seb in. The people from t'.e Norge consisted of Captain C. Ta-lisen (the master), who had his wife and daughter wibh him as passengers, the firsb and second officers, the former _ relation" of the captain, carpenter, cook and steward, two able seamen and five boys. The captain's wife cried bitterly during tho time she was in the boat, but otherwise behaved vtell. The crew saved nearly bhe whole of their effects from the burning vessel, and even the carpenter's kib of tools was brought away by the chief officer of the Candida. Wli6n last seen tho Haines had bursb through the decks of tbe Norge, so that the work of destruction :had fairly set in. The Norgo was on her first voyage under the Norwegian flag. She was originally known as fche Mary Hogarth, and was biiilb ab Ncwa Scotia in 1875, being consbrueted of. wood. Her dimensions were: —I—snpth, 143 feet 6 inches ; beam, 32 feet 2 inches ; and depbh 18 : feefc. She. was 588 tons. Captain Tallisen was part owner of fche vessel, and fche chief officer also had a share in her. She waa only partially insured.