Foundering of a Barque.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7736, 11 February 1905, Page 4

Foundering of a Barque.

A sensational account of the founi|S£anish bar< l« le I'afirf.' . ."Tf? 1 all , hands, comes from Philadelphia. Hie barque sprang - o " about 200 miles east of . Bwmndas. and was making waifiL? I rate °* six inchPS an hour - when she was spoken by the British steonttr Aras Castle. A terrific «*le was blowing, and the heavy seas made it impossible for the Ara's Castle to approach the barque or lower a boat. The master of the torque sipalled that the vessel was ™ * trip from Brunswick, Ga., to Cil !' with a of pitch pine «W main pump was broken, and the •mailer one clogged, while the crow exhausted. The Aras Castlo shot a line to the barque, and a hawser was made fast to her, tout it J® 0 " snapped, and, unfortunately, tt was the only one which the Aras Castle possessed. The latter could therefore do nothing but stand by to Wait a - lull in the storm, and throughout the night rockets and - Bares were kept going on both vessels. Shortly before daybreak, however, the signals from the doomed banfue suddenly ceased, and when daylight came not a sign of her or the crew could be seen. The master of the Aras Castle thinks that the barque was ripped open by the tremendous seas, and went down immediately with all hands.