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THE STEAMER "CYPHRENES" LOST
The New York Times, January 1, 1894, Monday
Collided with the Tank Steamer "La Flandre", - Her, Crew Saved.
St. John's, N.F., Dec. 31 - The Dutch tank steamer "La Flandre", Capt. Schmick, seventeen days from Antwerp for New-York, in ballast, arrived here this morning. Her port bow was crushed In and all her compartments were flooded with water.
Yesterday morning she collided with the British steamer "Cyphrenes". Capt. Kelly, from Savannah for Liverpool, loaded with cotton. Both Captains declined to tell how the collision occurred. The crews were also instructed to give no particulars of the accident. The "Cyphrenes" had her bows driven right in to the foremast, and the water rushed in at a terrible rate. The ship was so badly damaged that she sank within three hours after the collision.
The "Cyphrenes's" crew of twenty-seven men were all safe aboard the "La Flandre". Her Injuries are great, and no-ne but a tank steamer could have kept afloat in such a condition. There is an immense aperature In her port bow, which extends nearly from the bulwarks to the keel. There are also two holes in her bottom, and the plates on the port side were started for a great distance. All the port compartments were filled, and the crew was compelled to flood the starboard quarter to trim the ship.
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The New York Times, November 28, 1894, Wednesday
The Sunken Vessel to Blame.
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., Nov. 27. - Judgment was rendered to-day by Chief Justice Carter of the Vice Admiralty Court, in the collision case of the British steamer "Cyphrenes" versus the Dutch steamer "La Flandre". The decision was to the effect that the "Cyphrenes" was alone to blame tor the collision, which occurred Dec. 30, 1883. The "Cyphrenes" was cotton, laden, and bound from Savannah to Liverpool. She ran into the "La Flandre", a tank vessel, whlch was on the way from Antwerp to New-York.
The "Cyphrenes" sank, but the "La Flandre" managed to keep afloat, and came here to undergo repairs. The case, which is the largest ever tried here, and involving half a million dollars, including ship and cargo, will be appealed to the British Privy Council.
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