Disaster off Cape Horn

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1880, 18 July 1905, Page 3

Disaster off Cape Horn

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Saw FhanCisco, Jano27 | Nineteen of tho crew ot tho German ship ' Agnes went to their graves in a sea off Oapa Horn when tho vessel was hurtled and went to thp bottom, Captain Ilenry Bohrens and ten seamen wore found drifting in a small boat by tho (iuioricun ship Aryan, which arrived in this poit last night witli tho rescued men, Tho Agnts Wis bound from Shields to Valparaiso wiih a cargo of coal, OnjMarch 10 she was working iu;aiu3t heavj head storms and seas to fi_ct lounil Ciifif Horn into iho Pacific, whcii a liw was discovered in the, cargo forward. Many tons were burning. Tho coal was jettisoned ami water poured through tho uatebos x iii t'i& rfiost, ti (ptGticli the Humes, but. nil to no effect. Tne fire gradua'ly gained headway, and Rases formed in the hold, and it exploded, blowing oil tho hatches. On' March 20 tho ship was uo longer tenable, and Captain Beliven* give orders to abwilon tho craft. • One boat, in command cf tho first mute, boll twclvo men, and tho second mate's beat held live. Ten seamen accompanied tho captain for three (days. Tho boats voaiainod by tho burning ship, and then, who:i 5o imku off fopo Horn, the little boms hoisted,their sail-, and hoaded for the land. They soon separated. The high bluffs ot tho enpo had list loomed in sight when tiio Aryan appeared, and a bout load of shipwrecked men were soon aboard the American vossej. Mot many mimitos afterward ut severe gale swept tho ocean, and tho Aryan had oil she could do toe,ire for herself in the storm. Though a sharp wat ;h k , vfiis kept for tho other two boat:, thc.v ■ wcro not seen, and thcr.i was no hope of their escaping death.