New Borough - a general history

Masters: 1890-94 MP Lund: 1895 D Jenkins: 1898-1900 JW Simmons: 1903 J Leech: 1907-09 JH O’Leary: 1911 GC Benner.

On a voyage from Tampa for Stettin with a cargo of phosphate on 17 April 1895 New Borough went ashore of Washwood, North Carolina & was declared a total loss. She was sold & repaired.

On a voyage from Florida for Stettin with a crew of 17 & a cargo of phosphate rock Wilhelmina went ashore broadside to the beach during fog on the North Carolina coast in April 1895. The crew were rescued using rocket apparatus. Shewas refloated in May 1895 & towed to Newport.

Crew May 1895: Chattele, Henry, Swansea; Davies, Swansea; Gibson, George, Swansea; Fender, Swansea; Lennard, Arthur, Swansea; Meredeth, Joseph, Swansea; Moore, Jeremiah, Swansea.

New York Times 14 July 1916:

“Viscount Mersey, arbitrator in the case of the cargo of the American steamship Wilhelmina, which was seized & placed in the Prize Court on 11 February 1915, today awarded £72,400 to the WL Green Commission Company of St Louis, owners of the cargo. This virtually covers the entire amount claimed from the British Government by the Green Company, which asked for £86,161, while the British Government only offered £33,142.12s as compensation. Interest at the rate of 5% will also be paid from 13 September 1915 to the date of payment of the award. The cargo consisted of foodstuffs destined to Hamburg by her consignors. When the seizure occurred it was decided to make the cargo a test case to stop foodstuffs proceeding to Germany, but the issue of the Order in Council of 11 March 1915 made the case an academic one & the case was settled by the Government taking upon itself to compensate the claimants by paying for the cargo. The vessel was released on 21 April 1915. ”

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