Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1910 — The Fate of the Oneida. [ARTICLE]

The Fate of the Oneida.

One of the most extraordinary catastfophies that have befallen vessels of the United States destroyed the sloop of war Oneida in 1869. She was bound homeward, with a Jolly ship’s company, eager to see wives and sweethearts 'and native land once more, when not far out of port Bhe was struck by the British steamer Bombay coming in. The stem of the Bombay cut off the stern of the Oneida. The ship was sinking rapidly, and guns of distress wero immediately fired, but the Bombay steamed on her way and left the vessel to her doom. She went down, and all but one or two of her crew were drowned. The captain of the Bombay gave no other reason for his conduct than that he had Lady Eyre, the wife of a distinguished British satrsp, on board, and did not wish to disturb her nerves with Beenes of shipwreck. He was mobbed when he reached Yokohama, dismissed from the service, socially tabooed from that time on and died in disgrace a year or two later. V