The Catalonia

This collision happened about 30 miles north-east of High- ' land light, in a thick fog, on the morning of July 14, 1889. The Catalonia was bound on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, and was heading due west for Boston light. The Rebecca A. Taulane was pursuing a voyage from Richmond, Me., to Philadelphia, with a cargo of ice. She was sailing on the starboard tack, close-hauled, steering a south-westerly course by the wind. At about 8:30 o’clock the sound of a fog-horn was heard on the steamer, and at the same moment the schooner was seen •through the fog by the lookout on the starboard bow,…