Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1887 — STORIES OF THE SEA. [ARTICLE]

STORIES OF THE SEA.

Sensational and Very Fishy Report i from Canada. Peculiar Accident to a Ship at Brooklyn—. Arrival at Halifax of the British War Ship Wrangle—Seixnre of Canadian Steamer* by the American*. The ¥ew York Herald published a sensational story Monday from Ottawa, Ont., to the effect that an American fishing schooner was fired into and sunk by a British cruiser off Buctouche, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore of the province of New Brunswick. It is estimated, the dispatch alleged, that fifteen sailors lost their lives. .-The authority for the story is not given bv name, bnt is said to be a man of undoubted veracity living in Buctouche. This man says that he and his wife were awakened by the firing, and that many other people saw the foremast of the little schooner go by the board, with all sails, etc. This careened the ship so far that she filled and sank immediately. The cruiser then disappeared, going out to sea. The man was able to learn that an American vessel had been chased by & cruiser the day before, but he could not learn the name of either. He found two fishermen who had been in a rowboat the night before, and who were witnesses of the firing and saw the vessel sink. The reason for suppressing the news is obvious, but if true, the story is bound to come out. The affair is wholly discredited. Two Canadian steamers, the Hastings and the Kathleen, says a Buffalo dispatch of Monday, were seized by the custom house officers at Charlotte Bn*day. The seizure was made on the ground that neither of the boats had been inspected by the Unites States Inspectors. The owners of the boats gave bonds and were allowed to return to Toronto.

The British warship Wrangler unexpectedly arrived off Halifax Sunday, and gives additional color to the report that men of-war are to assist the Dominion fishing cruisers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Wrangler is from the west coast of Africa, and there was no previous announcement of her coming. When the naval officers were questioned about the proposed movement of war ships, they said nothing whatever concerning the expected 5 -arrival- of the Wrangler, but whether that fact had any significance can not at present be determined. The only statement that can be elicted from the best informed officials is that the fleet will sail on the 23d for its regular summer cruise to Charlottetown and Quebec. While the Spanish bark Maria Louisa, of La Palma, was on the dry dock of the Brooklyn Water Front Warehouse and Dry Dock company, at twenty-sixth j street, Brookly, Saturday night, the dry [ dock sank and the vessel careened over lon her port side, killing one man and injuring nine others and raining the cargo. She had on board seventy-six passengers. The passengers had with them, besides their personal effects, large quantities of cigars and tobacco, while the cargo of the vessel consisted of rum, molasses and sugar. The accident was caused by a defect in the dry dock. In 1800 the Mississipi territory was organized, and Indiana territory formed, with St. Vincennes as its capital.