STRANDING OF THE NEDERLAND.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1834, 22 June 1874, Page 3

STRANDING OF THE NEDERLAND.

A telegram from Atlantic City, New Jersey, dated 17th April, Bays that a steamer, afterwards ascertained to be the Nederland, was seen ashore among the breakers on Brigantine Shoals, at daylight on the 16th, after one of the wildest nights of storm ever remembered on that coast. A lifeboat put off, but could make no headway, though manned by fourteen experienced oarsmen, and was driven. The storm continued all night and all next day, and in spite of the efforts of Beveral wrecking steam-tugs, powerful, and built for stormy weather, ifee Nederland continued to drift higher. t* on the shoals. When communication was had with the vessel, it was found that Captain James— a Frenchman— had mistaken Absecum light for that of Cape flenlopen, and supposed that the flash of Little £gg Harbor was the flash beacon of Cape May. Hence he suddenly became stranded upon Brigantine Shoals, and lost at once his rudder. He ran aground at 8 o'clock in the evening. He signalled all night long, sending up rockets and burning blue lights; but the signals were unanswered from the shore. Next morning, at about 6 o'clock, the large ship was seen, and assistance set out for her. She was found lying upon the shoals, with her head standing east-south-east. When aid reached her from Atlantic City, the crew of the Nederland, consisting of eighty-five men, were hastily and indiscriminately throwing overboard the cargo. The Nederland belongs to a new line recently established between Antwerp and Philadelphia, in furtherance of the policy of the present King of Belgium, to establish commerce between this country and his own. Happily the Nederland has no passengers, and although drifting helplessly on a most dangerous coast, without wheel or rudder, there are hopes the vessel may be saved. The Nederland was on her voyage from Antwerp via Liverpool, for Philadelphia. She had a large and valuable cargo on board. The Brigantine Shoals are known as the roost dangerous part of the' New Jersey Coast. The Nederland was a brigrigged iron screw steamship, owned by the International Steamship Company, -lied Star line, but making one with the American Steamship Company, which rung to Liverpool, and is owned by the

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Pennsylvania Company. The Nederland is 1819 tons register, 2839 tons gross, has three decks, and a draft of 21ft. She was built at Jarrow-on-Tyne, England, and was launched June 1, 1873. The Nederland was intended to make regular passages between Antwerp and New York, though of late it has been decided that the vessels of the line shall alternate with this port, tii.i Cybele being the first to sail. This was the first regular line established between this country and AntAverp. The vessels of the line are merely inlonded for freight, though they accommodate 200 steerage passengers. The cargo of the Nederland consists mainly of Belgian glass and railroad iron and steel. The voyage of the Nederland was a peculiarly unfortunate one. She left Antwerp originally in the latter part of February, and had on board 200 steerage passengers. Being several days out, she encountered a hurricane and put back to Queenstown in.* an almost disabled condition. Here she discharged her passengers, which were brought on by the Indiana, of the American line, while the Nederland went on to Liverpool for repairs. Here she remained about one month, and started on the present trip March 28. She took no passengers on this trip, and was nineteen days ovt and four days overdue when the accident happened, which may prove fatal to her further existence.