The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-27
The BURNING OF The RALEIGH.

Description OF the stsamshIp-OrigIn OF
the FiTe-LOas Sustained -Insuranc0-
Probable Safety OF ThlrtY-0ns Persons.
From the ". Y. Evening Telegram of yesterday
The sidewheel steamship Raleigh was a sister
ship to the steamers HRtteras, Rapidan, and
Albemarle, belonging to the Atlantic Coast
Livingstone Fox 90, are the principal owners
These vessels were built by Messrs. Lawrence,
Foulks q Co., of New York, in the year 1885,
their dimensions Of hull, character OF ma
cninery, and fittings. similar in every respect,
are as follows:-Length on deck, 40 feet; breadth
of beam, 33 Ieet; depth OF hold, 10 feet; number
OF decks, 2 draft Of water, lO feet 9 inches null
of white oak and baomatac, square fastened
with copper and treensiis: Vertical heam en-
gine, one cylinder A inches in diameter by IL
Ieet stroke; fitted with fue boilers, schooner
rigRed, and 666 tons buTtben.
The Raleigh had fire risk OF S75000 the
greater amount in insurance companies ofNew
orleans. There was no sea risk upon her. the
company being their own insurers In this re-
spect. In character of fittings and security and
Wooden vessel eyar sft ,bfs st InaL no
as independent steam fire and bilge pumps were
on board, hose. boats, and all else In this regard
Captain Marshman, who was in charge Of the
vessel has been in command of first-olass
steamships running from the ports of New York
and Philadelphia since the year 1851. and had,
in every respect, the confidence of the Atlantic
derwriters. Her official rate was:-Class T. rate
Al15. security and provision against fire indif-
ferent-a atesimilar to all hrst-class american
At the office of the Company yesterday after
noon it was asserted that two of the lifeboats,
containing respectively eighteen and thirteen
persons, that left the steamer at the time of the
dire calamity, had been heard from.
The loss by the accident IS not accurately
known, but is estimated at 1926, 600. The vessel
alone was worth Sl25,000.
STATEMENT OF THE PURsER
Mr.. McManus the purser of the Raleigh re-
ports tSat at noon on the Gath instant flames
were discovered Issuing from the engine room
OF the vessel. AT this time the steamer was
about twenty miles off the South Carolina
coast, and in nve minutes the fire had made
such progress that the officers OF the vessel took
immediate steps for the provision of means of
escape for all the passengers and crew. This
gentlemen confirms the report of the safety OF
the two boats with the thirty-one persons
alluded to above. ',.- oh.
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERS OF THE RAIEIGH
No. IS LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK, Dec 2s-SVe
are without definite Information 80 the cause of
we received the names of the saved. The ships
plement, including captain and officers, forty
fifteen steerage passengers. and the shlp was pro
Vlded wih llieS boats 70 carry much Larger ger number
turn out 70 be very small, indeed there is any.
e. hs ne oCa%n % Of
the HergLd this morningl was frst class vessel,
Tor this SSnps5y was furnished and tted in strict
and experienced captain, with officers and engineers
OF well known capacity.
append csrs snd S ore" but
oticers.1C, p Marshman, Captein: T.. McManus,
officer; d; B. Rice. Chief Engineer; John Brooks,
Cabin passengers.-D. John oass H ]. Halsek,
G. r. Siihsm. F. g. Ha6er.tein r. ,@ and SpSrS son.
H Romen. F. Maitral A. Neuman, f. w. Moody, A.
LIVINGSTON, Fox q co.
ut will. perhaps, be remembered that the
Raleigh is the vessel which rescued the passen.
gers from the Philadelphia steamship TIoga,
destroy ed by fire not long since 1t then was
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