The majority of identified derelicts have been reported only once, and these are given in chronological order below. Amongst those for 1893 are a few that were seen more than once, but whose drift tracks are not known on account of a lack of definite information. Derelicts reported but once. 1887. Secord, schooner, 45 25' N., 64 28" W. February 1. March 15. September 6. Clara Pickens, brig, 35° 40' N., 72° 25' W. Octo ber 25. Domingo, steamship, 33° 36' N., 73° 48' W. Novem ber 1. Albert H. Cross, schooner, 33° 45' N., 73° 40' W. November 30. Elizabeth, schooner, 35' 46' N., 70W. Novem. ber 29. Sheila, bark, 34 30' N., 73° 30' W. November 27. M. & A. Morrison, schooner, 42° 26' N., 70° 04' W. November 20. Alfred, brig, 32° 30' N., 78 55' W. November 17. William Weber, schooner, 40° 10' N., 60° 41' W. December 26. Kate Carnie, bark, 36° N., 56° 20' W. December 16. Concha Ballister, bark, 32° 10' N., 64° 30' W. Decem ber 1. Seretha, brigantine, 50° 02' N., 21° 19' W. Decem ber 26. 1889. Garnet, brig. 36° 09' N., 75° 04' W. January 5. Fannie Atkinson, schooner, 2. 10' N., 833° 50' W. February 7. Johanna, brig, 36° 40' N., 7:3° 14' W. March 22. Saragossa, steamship, 29° 57' N., 74° 30' W. March 22. Linah C. Kaminski, schooner, 36° 53' N., 74° 21' W. March 23. Marcus A. Ward, schooner, 38° 21' N., 69° 51' W. March 24. Laura, ship, 38° N., 74° W. April 5. Addie M. Chadwick, schooner, 41° 40' N., 69° 30' W. April 4. Clotilde, schoenor, 41° 50' N., 69° 24' W. April 7. Arianna, sohooner, 42° 30' N., 69° 50' W. April 8. L. B. Marts, schooner, 37° 10' N., 75° 10' W. April 13. L. B. Young, schooner, 33° 21' N., 69° W. April 20. Edith, schooner, 41° 45' N,, 68° 48' W. May 5. Vidette, steamship, 23° 50' N., 81° W. June 13. Alice Hearn, schooner, 34° 50' N., 75° 10' W. June 14. Joseph Baymore, schooner, 40° 01' N., 49° 30' W. July 24. Monmouth, schooner, 43° 50' N., 69° 50' W. July 30. City of Montreal, steamship, 42° 45' N., 41° 41' W. July 30. Triumphant, ship, 43° N., 550 W. August 28. Clyde, ship, 46° 52' N., 40° W. August 30. W. H. Latimer, brig, 28° 20' N., 54° 28' W. August 31. Orguell, bark, 48° X., 18° W. September 5. Lammergeier, bark, 45° 54' N., 18° (8'W. Septem ber 1. John Mann, ship, 47° 27' N., 17° 21' W. September 2. Emeline, brig, 37° N., 67' W. September 5. Lillian Baxter, schooner, 43° 20' N., 61° 30' W. September 5. Journal, bark, 45° 12' N., 67° 30' W. September 23. Samarang, bark, 45° 55' V., 33° 31' W. September 5. Phitos, bark, 44° 54' N., 42° 46' W. September 20. Ocean Friend, schooner, 46° 40' N., 49° 37' W. September 13. Hope, bark. 30° 42' N., 73° W. September 15. St. Pierre, sloop, 44°20' V., 51° 20' W. Septem ber 30. Renpor, steamship, 34' 01 N., 30° 25' W. Septem ber 24. Parthia, ship, 44° 29' N., 15° 04' W. September 3. Salvator Massa, bark, 3:30 N., 470 W. September 15. Lavarella Suocero, bark, 10° N., 57? W. Septem ber 27. Paron, brig, 31° 50' N., 30° W. October 23. Nordlyset, brig, 17° 16' N., 53° 31' W. October 28. New Brunswick, bark, 45° N., 42° W. October 2. Happy Home, schooner, 44° 29' N., 60° 40' W. October 10. Dahlia, brig, 21° 06' N., 6210' W. November 7. Mary G. Collins, schooner, 38° 30' N., 72° 17' W'. December 19. Henrietta, schooner, 24° 36' N., 67° 12' W. Decem ber 7. Valuta, bark, 43° N., 20° W. December 31. Probo, tark, 47° 20' N., 30° W. January 13. April. June 28. Rachael Coney, brig, rerer heard from. June. Rebecca H. Taulane, schooner, 42 05' N., 70° 02' W. July 16. Giacomo Martola, bark, 41° 02' N., 52° 10' W. August 4. Emilia, bark, 190° N., 24° W. August 11. A lsylva, bark, 38° 57' N., 74° 50' W. September 12. Carrie Hall Lister, schooner, 39° 06' N., 70° 37' W. September 12 Sirius, brig, 37° N., 70 W. September 10. Erna, bark, 39° 50' N., 74° 06' W. September 13. Elizabeth Winslow, brig, 27° 10' N., 79° 40' W. August 9. Henry Clay, schooner, 41° 10' N., 71° 25' W. September 20. Antonio Perez, brigantine, 40° 47' N., go 18 W. September 28. Gaston T. Hubbard, schooner, nerer heard from. September. John H. Kranz, schooner, never heard from. Sep tember. J. & L. van, schooner, at sea. September 10. Martha N. Hall, schooner, never heard from. Sep tember. 1888. Goethe, bark, 41° 44' N., 11° 19' W. January 27. January 1. January 11. Mary Bent, schooner, 43' 25' N., 66° 10' W. January 20. D. A. Huntley, schooner, 38 34' N., 61° 45' W. January 29. Centennial, schooner, never heard from. December. Rescue, bark, never heard from. December. Lindesnaes, bark, abandoned, 38° N., 60° W. Decem ber 3. Pollux, steamship, abandoned, 54° 14' N., 21° 15' W. December 29. David Brown, jun., schooner, never heard from. September. Furman L. Mulford, schooner, 30° 10' N., 79° 30' W. November 17. Alfred, brig, 32° 30' N., 78° 55' W. November 17. Lookout, schooner, never heard from. November. John L. Hasbrouck, schooner, never heard from. November Carrie S. Bailey, schooner, never heard from. November. Sparrowhawk, schooner, 44° 40' N., 61° 30' W. December 23. Wilhelm, bark, 42° N., 34° W. December 18. Millie G. Bowne, schooner, 33° 10' N., 51° 10' W. December 22. Juan, barkentine, 50° 18' N., 28° 48' W. Decem ber 20. Jernbyrd, bark, 36° 15' N., 43° 27' W. December 8. Bridgewater, ship, never heard from. December. C. B. Church, schooner, never heard from. Decem ber. Charles R. Lewis, bark, never heard from. Decem ber. 1890. Mertola, bark, 38° N., 60° W. January 11. January 10. January 8. Vidette, schooner, Grand Banks, N.F. January 22. Meteor, bark, 430 07' N., 48° 54' W. February 17. Peter, bark, 35° N., 32° W. March 9. Osseo, bark, 45° N., 12° W. March 22. Rebecca irnaim, bark, never heard from. April. Romola, schooner, at sea. June 19. W. W. Rice, schooner, never heard from. June. Prinz Frederik, steamship, collision, 47° N., 6° W. June 25. Benguella, steamship, abandoned at sea. June 23. William Rice, schooner, at sea. July. Speranza, bark, at sea. July. Mary M. Bartlett, schooner, abandoned, Grand Banks, N.F. August 7. Vilhelm Gynther, bark, abandoned, 38° N., 69° W. August 31. Drafne, bark, at sea. September. Lion, schooner, abandoned, 29° 22' N., 69° 16' W. September 3. Adele and Georges, schooner, Grand Banks, N.F., September Stella, bark, abandoned, 47° N., 32° W. Septem. ber 19. Il Campedoglio, brig, 29° 40' N., 72° 36' W. Sep tember 8. Cinq Freres, schooner, abandoned, Grand Banks, N.F., October. Dovre, bark, abandoned, 48° 30' N., 41°05' W. October 5. Granada, bark, sunk, 36° 55' N., 68° 59' W. Octo ber 21. Maria Bambi, bark, Banks of Newfoundland during October. Elmer F. Hawes, schooner, Bonne Bay, N.F. Octo ber 29. Charger, bark, abandoned, 51° N., 16° W. Norem ber 15. Brage, bark, 48° 34' N., 38° W. November 23. Prima Donna, bark, 46° N., 45° W. December 1. Alice, brig, 35° N., 61o W. December 7. Gracie C. Young, schooner, 4 to 12' N., 57° 30' W. December 22. Fred E. Richards, barkentine, 30° 28' N., 72° 06' W. December 20. Laura A. Smith, schooner, never heard from. December. Laura B. Winters, schooner, never heard from. December More Light, schooner, uever heard from. December. Wm. D. Daisley, schooner, never heard from. Barden, brig, never heard from. December. James Freeman, schooner, 1891. Contest, schooner, capsized, 16° 30' N., 84° 55' W. January. Canton, bark, abandoned, 27° 30' N., 42° 10' W. January 21. Carlton, steamship, abandoned, 31jo N., 70° W. January 13. Louisa Coipel, brig, at sea. February 19. Moland, bark, 45° 30' N., 15° 40' W. February 12. Peter, bark, abandoned 800 miles west of Azores. March 7. J. H. Henkes, brig, abandoned, 20° 41' N., 51° 16' W. March 23. Vesta, bark, collision at sea, 48° N., 70 W. March 14. Agon, bark, abandoned, 10° N., 39° W. March 14. Integridad, brig, abandoned at sea. March 1. Brighton, bark, abandoned, 18° 50' N., 7° 32' W. March 14. Magda, bark, at sea. March 1. Saint Pierre et Saint Paul, schooner, Newfoundland Banks. April. Auguste, bark, abandoned at sea. April. Humboldt, bark, abandoned, 36° 18' N., 36° 20' W. April 20. J. S. Lane, schooner, Stratton Island, Me. April 17. Niobe, bark, abandoned at sea. April. Magna, bark, abandoned, 47°N., 27° W. May 5. G. M. Cairns, bark, abandoned, 48° 07' N., 26° 01' W. May 22. Carl, bark, 45° 17' N., 43° 28' W. Jirne 13. Mette, brig, collision, 41° 38' N., 26° 50'W. June 25. Polar Star, schooner, abandoned, 190 07' N., 84° 50' W. July 24. St. Christophe Colombo, bark, collision, Grand Banks, July 27. Truth, bark, collision, 46° N., 47° W. July 20. Oliva, bark, 33° 40' N., 50° 01' W. September 28. Ellen, bark, 31° N., 620 W. September 23. Wolpiston, steamship, abandoned, 47° N., 36° W. September 22. Quebec, bark, abandoned, 43° 03' N., 63° 16' W. September 8. Sherbrooke, schooner, abandoned 48° N., 50° W. September 17. Lina, bark, abandoned at sea. September 9. Minnie G. Elkin, abandoned at sea. September 9. Devonshire, steamship, abandoned, 54° N., 16° W. September 30. Nicolette, bark, abandoned, 47° N., 36° W. October 7. F. Merwin, schooner, at sea. October 15. E. T. Cottingham, schooner, 34° 38' N., 75° 07' W. October 17. Annot Lyle, schooner, 56° 50' N, 14° 32' W. October 3. Fairfield, steamship, abandoned, 47° N., 6° W. November 11. Johanna, bark, abandoned at sea. November Antonio Pallas, brig, capsized, 21° 43' N., 88° 25' W. November 12. Owen Donken, bark, abandoned, 43° N., 17° W. November 18. Frank G. Dow, schooner, abandoned, 37° 43' N., 73° 03' W. November 8. Consuelo, bark, 48° N., 39° 10' W. November 3. Southern Belle, bark, 40° N., 9° W. November 15. Mary B. Gildersleeve, schooner, abandoned, Bruns wick, Ga. November 18. Eurydice, ship, at sea. December 20. Ferdinand von der Tacler, steamship, 37° N., 6° W. December 23. Aukathor, bark, abandoned at sea. December. Mexico, barge, abandoned off Tortugas, Fla. De. cember. 1892. Lucayas, bark, 44° N., 12° W. January 20. Jan Pieterszoon-koen, bark, 24° 10' N., 69° 28' W. February 24. beard from. December. never Anna Dorothca, bark, 41° 44' N., 390 03' W. August 26. Ashirn, schooner, 46° 53' N., 51° 34' W. Septem ber 2. Zulu, bark, 19° N., 50° W. September 9. Rosenne, schooner, 35° 33' N., 21° 37' w. Septem ber 19. Ruby. brig, abandoned off Bermuda. October 3. Isabel, bark, 48° N., 35° W. October. American Union, brig, abandoned 100 miles from Sable Island. October. Lady Gertrude, bark, 49° 55' N., 21° 02' W. Octo ber 23. Lucy Ann, schooner, near Scal Island, N.S. Octo. ber 24. Princess Alexandra, ship, 43° N., 24° W. October 28. Belle, bark, 53° N., 24° W. October 27. Sparkling Water, brigantine, 35° 37' N., 67° 56' W. October 30. Phebe J. Woodruff, schooner, 39° 50' N., 70° W. November 7. Lunendale, steamship, 52° 37' N., 16° 20' W. Novem ber 21. Maggie W. Smith, schooner, 45° 52' N., 36° 52' W. November 25. Arctic, brig, 8 miles off Turk's Islands. Decem ber 16. Bear Creek, steamehip, abandoned in midocean. December. Annie Batchelder, brig, 160 miles E. by N. from Tybee Light. December. December 21. December 21. December 24. Mattie E. Eaton, schooner. 200 miles S.E. froin Cape Henlopen. December 25. Matilda, bark, foundered at sea. December 26. Felix Mendelssohn, bark, near the Azores. Decem ber 27. Eleanor, schooner, 35 miles off Topsail Inlet, N.C. December 28. Thomas Booz, schooner, 5 miles N. of Winter Quarter Shoals. December 29. Gold Hunter, schooner, off Boon Island Ledge, Me. December 30. Nightingale, bark, 42° 55' N., 46° 40' W. April 5. April Nova Scotia. May 8. Enigma, bark, abandoned at sea. May 12. Lamartine, schooner, 20 miles S.E. Cap Cod. May 17. Cragside, steamship, 10 miles off Whitehead, N.B. May 20. Baltic, schconer, 47° N., 26° W. June 1. Mary Lee, bark, 41° N., 16° W. June 2. Thos. P. Ball, schooner, 32° 15' N., 75° 13' W. July 24. William H. Wellington, schooner, 40 miles S.E. of Coffin Island, N.S. August 7. Louis, brig, on the Fishing Banks. August 7. Francis, brig, 40 miles off Ferryland, N.Š. August 9. James, bark, abandoned 46° 09' N., 41° 58'. W. Angusi. Chas. K. Buckley, schocner, at sea. August 24. Geo. W. Fennimore, schooner, lost at sea. August. Hippolyta, bark, 36° 29' N., 70° 22' W. August 22. Johnatan May, schooner, 80 miles S. of Frying Pan Shoals. August 28. August 28. August 29. August 30. Stella, brig, 30° 50' N., 80° 10' W. August 30. Villa, bark, at sea. August. Joseph Souther, at sea. August. Linda, bark, abandoned off Southport. September 1. Catherine, bark, 24° 46' N., 33° 05' W. Septem ber 6. Windermere, schooner, off Matavzas. September 16. Immacolata, bark, 15° 30' N., 47° 30' W. Septem ber 27. Columbia, ship, 21° N., 57° W. October 6. Lady Elibank, barkentine, 29° 31' N., 76920' W. October 10. Dorothea, ship, 27° N., 70° W. October 11. Marseille, steamship, 33° 58' N., 76°05' W. Octo ber 11. Hans, bark, 32° 20' N., 73° 40' W. October 13. Chestina Redman, bark, 31° N., 75o W. October 15. Romulus, bark, 34° 19' N., 74° 26' W. October 15. Juan J. Murga, bark, 30° 17' N., 77° 10' W'. Octo. ber 15. Ceres, bark, 29° 20' W., 74° 45' W. October 15. Adorna, bark, 32° 45' N., 76° 15' W. October 15. Hattie, F. Rich, brig, 31° 20' N., 72° 10' W. Octo. ber 16. Jury, bark, 29° 54' N., 74° 04' W. October 16. Peter H. Crowell, schooner, off Bodie Island. No vember 11. Ingeborg, bark, 59° N., 12° W. November 19. L'Union, bark, 50° N., 30° W. November 19. Atalanta, brig, 49° N., 6° 15' W. November 19. Albt. Neumann Berlin, bark, 82 miles S.W. of Ushant. November 20. Saama, bark, abandoned at sea. November. Rosin, bark, abandoned at sea. November. Ane Cathrir.e, brig, 45° 30' N., 8° W. November 25. Charles A. Coulomb, schooner, 34° 34' N., 76° 02' W. December 2. Screamer, brig, foundered 50 miles N. by W. from Turks I. December 3. Nimrod, bark, 43' N., 40° W December 17. British India, bark, foundered 40 miles N. of Madeira. December. Agder, bark, lost at sea after December 17. Star of the East, schooner, Cashe Ledge. Decem ber 20. Forest, bark, 50° N., 19° W. December 22. Glasgow, bark, 47° 21' N., 20° 12' W. December 25. Roska, bark, abandoned at sea. December. Cypbrenes, steamship. Eastern edge of Grand Banks. December 30. 1893. Garibaldi, bark, 36° N., 36° W. January 5. Minnie Smith, schooner, 75 miles E. of Cape Henry. January 6. Pride of Wales, bark, abandoned at sea. January. Thekla, bark, 39° 29' N., 32° 46' W. January 7. Rudolf von Bennigsen, ship, 160 miles S. of Hatteras. January 11. Lorisa, bark, 370 N., 31° W. January 16. Mineola, schooner, 30° 21' N., 67° 30' W. January 17. Henry A. Burnham, barkentine, 30° 05' N., 67' 30' W. January 18. Vesper, schooner, 350 N., 58° W. January 22. Quebec, bark, 40° 10' N., 59° 55' W. January 23. Lillie F. Schmidt, schooner, near Bermuda. January. Ann Maria, schooner', 43° 53' N., 64° 20' W. FeliVelox, bark, 51° 25' N., 11° 29' W. February 6. Rebecca M. Walls, schooner, 32° 25' N., 74° W. February 6. Knudsvig, bark, 30° 30' N.. 74° 19' W. February 11. Georgiana F. Geery, brig, off Delaware capes. February 20. Dois Amigos, felacca, 21° 26' N., 31° 51' W. Feb ruary 4. ruary 14. Sea Foam, schooner, on Georges Bank. February 21. Daniel Brown, schooner, between Fenwick Island and Delaware capes. February 22. John M. Price, schooner, 39° 11' N., 71° 27' W. February 23. South Shore, schooner, 38° N., 72° 53' W. Feb ruary 24. Chiselhurst, barkentine, 34° 11' N., 65° 04' W. February 26. Adamantine, barkentino, 47° 21' N., 47° 39' W. February 27. Annie Isabella, schooner, foundered in Gulf Stream. February Iceland, schooner, 42° 17' N., 57° 52' W. March 20. Castlegate, steamship, 48° N., 47° 30' W. March 27. Victoria, bark, 39° 30' N., 470 05' W. April 4. VII.--NUMBER OF TIMES A DERELICT IS REPORTED. In the period from 1887 to 1893, inclusive, this office received 1,944 reports of 482 derelicts, which shows that these derelicts were reported on an average of about four times. IN 20 1 * VIII. — NATIONALITY OF DERELICTS THE NORTH 15th October 1889, schooner Forest Fairy struck and 33° 40' W. Per Cent. of 16th December 1889, schooner Cornelius Hargreaves struck a derelict off Cape Henry, put into Norfolk, and 1st January 1890, steamship Seminole struck a derelict off Charleston, and had to return to port. 160 33 132 29th January 1890, schooner W. B. Merrick struck a 95 19 derelict in latitude 34° 40' N., longitude 71° 25' W., German 24 and sacrificed deck load to save ship. Italian 18th July 1890, schooner J. N. Harlow struck a French 11 derelict off Fenwick Island and was towed into Norfolk. Swedish 10 · 13th September 1890, schooner Joseph I. Pharo struck Spanish 8 & derelict off Fenwick Island and was towed into Russian 7 Norfolk. 5 13th October 1890, steamship Grace struck a wreck Austrian 0 off Cape Henry, and was towed into Hampton Roads. Holland .3 30th August 1891, steamship Dubbeldam struck a Portuguese derelict in latitude 49° N., longitude 24° W., and put Brazilian back to Plymouth for repairs. Japanese 1 30th May 1891, bark San Giovanni E. struck wreckage in latitude 40° 30' N., longitude 67° W., broke rudder 28th October 1893, steamship Empire struck a sub merged derelict off Frying Pan Shoals, and nearly IX.--PROPORTIONAL NUMBER OP DERELICTS FLOATING listed her cargo. BOTTOM UP. 12th December 1893, steamship Iris struck what was believed to be a derelict in latitude 43°, longitude 24°, Prior to 1890 the record of derelicts floating bottom which caused her to leak in the bows. 18th December 1893, schooner Max cut through a submerged derelict off Cape Hatteras. Rudder broken; 31st December 1893, steamship Managua struck of the 280 known and unidentified derelicts annually wreckage in the night, latitude 28° 40', longitude 74° 44', afloat in that period of four years. and lost a propeller blade. December 1893, bark Mazatlan struck a derelict at Damage Slight. derelict in latitude 10° 12' N., longitude 73° 27' W., and broke her centreboard. 10th May 1889, steamship Myrtle struck a derelict off 28th June 1889, schooner John S. Davis collided with damage slight. The number of fatal collisions would doubtless prove 18th January 1890, ship Antoinette struck a derelict in to be larger if details could be had of the fate of the latitude 32° 20' N., longitude 68° 32' W., and lost copper steamer Naronic, and other vessels reported missing and on forefoot. never heard from. But the list is large enough, as it 4th December 1890, steamship Katy struck a derelict stands, to prove the dangerous nature of derelict in latitude 34° 37' N., longitude 71° 50' W.; slightly vessels and the urgent need of their prompt removal. damaged. 17th November 1891, steamship Cascapedia struck a Totally Lost. derelict in latitude 49° 45' N., longitude 13° 15' 15" W.; slight damage. attached to a wreck of Barnegat; no serious damage. Damuge not Known. of a derelict in latitude 38° 40' N., longitude 73° 50' W. 26th July 1888, steamship Allentown strack a sub- 1st October 1890, steamship Glenrath struck a wreck 20th April 1889, steamship Cuban ran into a derelict in latitude 38° 10' N., longitude 66° 30' W., penetrating 1st June 1889, schooner William A. Marburg ran into merged wreck on Nantucket Shoals and afterwards came off. the Delaware capes. Port Royal, S.C. 12th August 1891, schooner Maria Pierson struck a Damage Considerable. wreck off Hog Island. Virginia. 14th February 1893, schooner Two Brothers ran into 18th May 1893, steamship Norman carried away the 27th September 1893, steamship Dago struck wreck- age with propeller off the Virginia capes. 11th November 1893, steamship City of Dublin, in latitude 39° 30' N., longitude 530 W., struck part of a * See Appendix, p. 184, vessel's deck or deck house. leak. |