Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-10-03
Wreck Of an Iron Vessel at Sea-Supposed
the City of Glasgow.


the City Of Glasgow.
By an arrival at New York, intelligence has
been received that gives some hope that the
mystery which has shrouded the fate of the
steamship City Of Glasgow is about TO be dis
PEELED. The New York papers say M
captain McLeary, of the barque Mary Nor
ris, from Glasgow, arrived yesterday, reports,
18th August, in lat $50 26>, lon. Ice OF, fell
in with the hull of large iron vessel, painted
black, with bright red bottom, apparently'a
Clyde built vessel; had three or four compart
ments; the wood work entirely burnt out sent
some men aloft to look into her, some of whom
report seeing machinery in her. 1t was very
thick at the time, with heavy sea on. Next
day fell in with and took on board full length
female figure head, about seven feet in height,
has wreath on her head with gilt stripes on
her dress, hands extended. 1t is the impression
on board the barque, that the wreck was that
of an iron propeller, and no doubt that of the
City of Glasgow
The telegraphic correspondent of the asso-
ciated press at Philadelphia, states that the
City of Glasgow had no such figure head as
picked up by the Mary Morris. She had, how
ever, red bottom, and the figure head, which
was not fshed up until the day after passing
the wreck, may have belonged to some other
vessel.
The New York Tribune remarks on the
above: +.
at is possible, nay even probable, that the
above was all that remains of the City Of Glas-
gov. 1t may be that her crew and passengers
persisted by fire, and that their chared remains
strew her hold with mementoes of their fate
It may be that the iron hull, uninjured, still
floats up and down the ocean, until some tenn
M ot baI rrx,lf Oh
and hide it forever. The agonizing suspense
that agitates not the friends and passengers of
her crew alone, but the great body OF the peo-
pie of America and Great Britain, should have
induced Capt. McLeary to lay by the wreck
until an opportunity presented for boarding
her, or obtaining some definite knowledge Of
what vessel she was. That he did not do so is,
we think, inexcusable. Better that he had
spent, weeks lowering the wreck, so that he had
brought to humanity some solution of the mys-
FERROUS fate of over 800 human beings"
The following is minute description of the
City of Glasgow.
"Built of iron; 1910 tons register; but at
sea appears to be much smaller; length over
all, 25S feet; breadth "a feet three inches $50
horsepower; sides black: bottom dark yellow;
white full length female fgurehead; scroll
work and name board on each bow; imitation
quarter galleries; had no bulwarks proper, but
net work around her, supported by an iron rail,
painted yellow, which might easily be mistaken
at distance for wood work; decks yellow;
was barque rugged, with bowsprit and jib-
booms her smoke stack, which was black with
white ring near the top, was abaft the fore
mast; house on the deck, also abaft the fore
mast; she carried the American ensign at the
fore blue pennnant, red edges, with her name
IN mt he ,o,n IL L. Il
star in it, at the mizzen; and the British en-
sign at the mizzen gaff."
"The figure head it is thought, belonged to
the British ship Shandon, an iron ship which
was burned at sea in the early part of August,
while on her passage from Glasgow, Quebec,
and Montreal, the passengers and crew having
been rescued and taken off by vessel and
taken to Quebec. The Post speaks of the
Shandon as a steamship, but the Commercial,
probably more accurately informed, speaks Of
her as a ship, and cuts from its files the follow
ing account Of her loss:
The ship Shandon, Of Glasgow, with her
cargo, together valued at $500, 200, was burned
at sea on the Sd ult., on her passage from Glas
Cow TO Montreal She was coo tons burthen,
and one Of the finest modelled vessels belong
ing to the Clyde. Her crew and passengers
forty In all, were taken on board the ship Glen.
cairn. The hire is supposed to have had its
origin in spontaneous combustion of some un.
known part ofthe cargo"
IL the crew ofthe Mary Morris we're correct in
seeing machinery in the wreck they passed.
there would seem scarcely doubt that it must
have been the remains of the City of Glasgow,
as no other iron steamer has been lost for some
three years back. The great difference be-
tween the tonnage of the City Of Glasgow and
the Shandon, ought to enable decision in
reference to which Of the vessels it was to be
made with ease.-Bah. american.