Daily Colonist (1899-03-25) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1899-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

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accoriii:ij; t'.i .•;.;e aiul amor.ut iur.ured, SCCO, £1000, 1500onG2000.

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Miss Catberliie nradlcy. dnnghte" of the covernor of Kentucky, who christened Ihc battleship Kentiickv, nad who Is Rtill in her teens, Is stiulylng Iirv under iier fa ther'a direct Ion. and hopes when Ins tci ni r;;idr(>s to become his Iiiw partner. The g(.vcrnor Is tired of pollllcn. nnd when he cnea ont of office. In less ili.nn n year, will leave Kentucky nnd open an office In New Vovii, Cincinnati or Los Angelce.

THE CAPTAIN'S STORY.

("oniDiander Barrett's Accoant of I/oas of Castllian and the Warning of Danger.

Unllfax, N. S., March l.n.—Capt. Barrett, of the wrecked Allan steamer Cnstlllau, gives the following statement of the disaster: "When nltput eight mllcB from rortland nt Half Way Rock, ns It is called, I slinped the ship's course and found the compaBses accnrate. I t<pk my bearings , rioni (lie nick In the usuiil way. The iiinlit bring clear and Iinving ni> desire 'o spare myself, and waste time by glviie.; Cic N'ova Scotia coast too wUW a hcr.li, I shiiped my course sn as Li> clear .'Seiil Island by 1(1 miles. I could have kept fiirllH'r

i.i'iiih and i;nne ( fortably to ]ic<[. At

the usual lionr I ivent below, giving l)^llcr.^ to take soundings at 1 (relock and ri'iMirt lo the nie llie depth of water, hly Instriic-llinis were compiled with, and at 1 o'cIock (17 fathoms were reportcil. This was e.v actly as It should have been, and I directed soundings to be taken at 2 o'clock. At this time 37 fathoms were recorded. %Ve use, on the bonta of the Allan comiiany, you know, I^ord KoIvIh'h pi,tent lead, which records the depth wltlieut requiring the stoppage of the ship. A little later oth.jr soundings were taken, which wore sntla-fiictory, nnd indicated nothing unurtiial. At ."i^'iO, iiowevcr, I ordered a man to gj aft and sound again. Ho did ho, nnd I was startled to hear the ring of the tele graph, which Is used to t.riiasinit the resii'.t of soundings, when no time Is to be lost by Bending a imm to report verhnlly. Reven-teca fathoms was Indieiitcd. 1 knew thee that danger was liiimlneni, anJ thought 1 had been forced Into slmllow water by the tides, r ordered her head to be hiiuKd lo the southward, nnd went Into the chnrt^ room to consult iny charts, I lind been there but' a" brief space when the 'flrst nffleer, who was on the hridfre, nhouted thnt there wns something hit on the Btnrbonrd bow. I cnnie out of the chart-roon nt once, but being somewhat da/.eil by the light, was niinble to see what he pointed out. The ship's lieiid wjs then swinging, with the helm hiird nport. Suddenly we felt her bnmii, and then she eiiine vo a sharp Binndstlll. I seized (ho telegraph ant shouted full speed astern. Rut she wns hard and fast on the rocks, and remained

Pel! inf;)-!.T,i,;..-A f-i.ri.e.dl to In-rulrcrs bv ; '.

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