The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-17
MARINE DISASTERS,

MARINE DISASTERS,
me Missing Ship "Moadrch of he Seas"-Seuen
hundTed ana IIoentyetgM Persons Supposed TO
Haze Pertshed-The NeD York Clipper Ship
"Horne" Burned 0t Sed-Ihe Odp,dtn and
CTeU Fortytbree Lays IN a Loagbod!-T.O
Boats stu Missing Wreck of ne schooner
Ctnderetq" on hquun Bedoh-The s. Ups
"Be0f0rdShLre" and "Oyclopsn from B1nlbIU
for L,09poot both OUerdue, Etc.
The American emigrant ship Monarch of The
Seas, which let Liverpool Tor New York on
the afternoon OF the 10Th OF March last, with
valuable cargo and GA passengers, IS now,
lacking but two days, rour months at sea, and
as yet nothing has been heard OF her. 1t Is
feared that some disaster must have occurred
10 the vessel, and tnat she has gone down with
all on board. The Monarch Of the seas was,
without exception, one OF the finest emf
q ant ships that ever lett this port. She
was under the command of Captain Robert
Krkaldy, a clever ex xJerienced seaman, and
was in every respects Hrst-ciass vessel. She
was built in tins city by Messrs. Roosevelt IL
Joyce, in 1854; rated AL, was copper and iron
fastened; 1879 tons burden, rs feet in length, 43
feet breadth OF beam, 20 feel depth or holi and
three full decks. The IS ne vessel sailed from
Liverpool with about 1900 tons of freight, con-
signed to B. !. Ii. Trask & G :, and was valued
at $l26,CC9. She was owned by Messrs. A. Taylor
d Co., OF Liverpool
LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND CREw;-Richard
Emmett John Burns, Nll am French, w. K r.
kaldy, John Smith, Robert Burns Charles Nell
nj. McLoughliD, Peter Knight, John linsdale
Henry Williams Jonn Jeireys, John Daley,
jeremiah Flynn, William Henderson, Charles
Collins, Richard Chatham, Richard Murphy
Michael Campbell, Richard Thompson, John
Isaacs, John MoIrIS, John Sayers, Frank Porter
John Eute Charles Bell, Michael Ryan, Samue
Vmney, Eowa Young. John Hughes. David
A. Hussey, Henry Parr Alexander Dias, M chae
Shelly, G. Sanders, William Mills, John Burke
John Feed, James Hughes, James White, John
White, Con. Brice, James Butler, James Horgan
James McKenna, Lawrence McIn,yre, Mlchae
nTn MIlll llnn
Smith, Jerem ah CrinnIon, Michael Mulhern
John Farrall.
TOTAL NUMBER LOST.
Officers and crew. 81
Passengers, adults. .6O6
Sm 81
lnRhts' "a
Total. taI..,........................ .728
BURNING OF THE SHIP "HoRNET."
BY telegraph from San Francisco we learn
that Honolulu advlce5 report that the clipper
ship Hornet, Captain Mitchell, from New York
for San Francisco, was burned at sea May 8, in
latitude degrees north, longitude l35 degrees
minutes west. The captain and twelve OF the
crew, and two passengers named FERGUSON,
brothers, arrived at San Francisco after being
foTty-three DAYS in longboat.
Two other boats are yet out containing the
first and second mates and about twenty others.
The boats kept company for nineteen days and
then ported from one another. The ship carried
large 1aDtty OF kerosene and burned rapidly.
The Hornd was owned by Messrs. Lawrence,
Giles d Co.. OF No. IL South street, in this city,
and was 1927 tons burden, and was built by
Messrs. Westervelt Il Mackey, of this city, in
1851, and lated Al3 She had a large and valu-
able assorted cargo, and It is said that re firm
In this city shipped $4,000 worth of goods by
t1e Hornet, on which there was no insurance.
The vessel be oDged to Sutton & Co IS sDespatch
Line, and is the fist ship lost out Of one hun
dred and fiftywhich they have sent It during the
past seven years. The vessel Is fully insured,
aad with her cargo was valued at 100000.
The following telegram, received from San
Francisco yesterday bv the owners OF the vessel,
gives some additional particulars OF the
dsaster:-
SAN FRANCISCO July II Lawrence, Giles &
C0.:-The shlp Hornet was DESTROYED by fire Nay g.
The captain two passengers and thirteen seamen
arrived at one of the Sandwich Islands June l5 in
q state OF starvation
They had been in the long boats tortv-three days.
Two boats, with the first and second mates, and the
remainder of the crew. are yet out. The boats were
in company Tor nine days. GEORGE HowEs.
There were only two passengers in the vessel
when she left this port.
The Hornet sailed from this port on the 18th
Of January last under command of Captain
Mitchell.
WRECK OF THE SCHOONER CINDERELLA"
The schooner Cinderella, of Welheet, Captain
Mel, went ashore on Sunday morning about 2
o'clock, on the north side OF Wreck Pond, near
Squan beach, New Jersey. She was loaded with
fish. all OF which has been saved. The vessel
was sold as she lies for three hundred dollars.
The schooner was an old vessel, and rated two
and half in Lloyd's. Sne was built in lS43 al
Essex, Conn.,, and was sixty'three ton burden.
OTHER MISSING VESSELS.
The ships BedfOrdShip and CyclOps, from Bonn
bay resi- ectively 18th and llth OF January last
bound Tor Liverpool, are very much overdue
and fears are entertained for their safety. The
premium Tor insurance stands very high at pre-
sent IL England, and is rapidly increasing
heaD York Herald.