New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27
THE RALEIGH DISASTER.


THRTY-osE PERSONS KNOWN TO BE SAVED
TELEGRAM FROM CAPT. n. II. MfJIS-rwEE-
TY-FOUR MIssING-THE OWNERS CARD
LOSS $375,O0O.
The side-wheel steamship Raleigh which left
this port for New-Orleans on Saturday with 10 passen
gers officers and OF 30 men. burned at sea.
on Tuesday noon, when about 30 miles OF the
coast Of Charleston, S. G. According 10
the report OF the Purser, Mr. McMaDus, flames
to issue from the engine-room at about noon
Tuesday, and in five minutes the vessel enyeoped
in flames, that all hope OF saving the steamer
abandoned, and the officers turned their whole
attention 10 saving the lives Of those on board How
far these efforts have been successful have not yet
learned only two boats containing respectively IL and Is
persons having according to the latest accounts been
landed.
The Raleigh was a companion steamship to the Hat
teras Rapidan and Albemare, belonging 70 the Atlantic
Coast Mail Steamship Company, OF which the Messrs.
Livingston Fox & Co. the principal and
agents These built by the Messrs Lawrence
Fouks Co., at wilhamsburgh in 1865, and were similar
in every respect The following are the dimensions:
Length deck 10 feet breadth Of BEAM 80 feet depth
Of hold, 10 feet number Of decks, two draft Of water
10 feet inches hull Of white oak and hacmatac square
fastened with copper and reenais vertical beam engine
one cylinder inches diameter by feet stroke fitted
with ue boilers, schooner rigged and S6s tuns burden
The Raleigh insured in New orleans against fire 10
the company being their insurers in this respect
the character Of her fittings and her provisions for seen
rity against fire, her say that wooden vessel
left this port her superior. She provided with
independent steam fire and bige pumps hose
boats, aud every other appurtenance in this
regard in eJ cess OF the law. Capt Marshman.
who in charge Of the vessel, has commanded first
class steamships, running from this port and Phils
dephia for the last l6 years ndThad In every respect
NJ dot he
The loss OF property by the accident not accurately
known but supposed TO be about $4,000 The vessel
alone worth tl75,OOO
The owners Of the Raleigh have published the following
card:
No. IS LIBERTY sT NEW YORK, Dec. 9G, 1867.
We are without definite information to the OF
the fire by which the Raleigh burned, nor have we
received the names OF the saved The ship complement
including captain and officers 49, and there
board three cabin and IS steerage passengers and
the ship provided with fe-bOats 10 carry much
larger number Of people, that trust the loss OF life
may yet turn out to be very small, H. indeed there 10
The Raleigh notwithstanding the very generous insin
uation to the contrary the editorial columns OF Ih
Herald this morning., firstclass vessel built at VII
lamsburgh in 1865 by Lawrence F0ulks, for this
pany furnished in strict accordance with the law.
and commanded by an able and experienced captain.
with officers and engineers Of well known capacity.
LIVINGSTON, Fox Co.
PS-We are unable to give the Of the crew, but
append those OF the officers and passengers:
0FFICERs-ClP. MarshmaD, Captain; T. McNianus, Pur-
ser; C. w. Bentlebb, First Oicer q: Gordan, Second
officer; d. b. Rice ChiefEngineeri John Brooks, First
istant-Engneer.
CABIN PAsSESGERs.-D. John Cas- A. j. Halleck CAPT.
Mills
Roman f. Msitral A. Nenman, +. ". Moody. A. Garrga-
TO, j. Garr.garO. and three children.
The following dispatches have been received from
Charleston.
CHARLESTON S. C., Dec. 49, is6T.-The following named
persons who upon the Raleigh are known 10 have
been saved. and now here:
Purser McManus and his wife d. b Rice, chief eng
neer; John smith, seaman; Ihomas heat1s, jake,
Marsaret Murhs stewsrdess Capt n R. Mills captain
Of tho NewYork Poiee Charles Ehitson passehgei y:
Charles smith, duarternaster; - Gi6ney, messmani
Thomas p Brown. fireman. e. Roberts q. Short and
Francis Mehal steerage passengers.
The following are probably saved; 49,, n.
c. p. Marshman, jr son OF the captain Patrick HAT
captains boy These persons escaped in large boat.
and known TO have others with them whose names
are sGG onns on poons the
dispatch received in this city from Capt Nathaniel
K Mills OF the Metropolitan Police yesterday announc-
~ fhe following persons we're lost:
Henry Pelvn, chief steward; Thomas CallOpy, third
stswsrd JAMES r heasS Dow with am Welsh boy Of
New Orleans Joshua sveTnail coal passer ID. Lavee.
fireman; Mrs. Bryant, passenger. ,.,
The fate OF the remainder, including capt hatshmhhs
IL up TO this time unknown.
THE LATEST.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Dec. @.-The third boat OF the
steamship reached Kiowah Inlet yesterday with Is
more persons from the wreck They reached Charleston
to-day. Their names are:
DR. j. Cass Lawrence sweeny, James Brady, john
Sloan, and Angelo Garragan, passengers; Charles r
Marshman, IT, Acting QqsrtermasteI snd tne Iolo mig
James Penned, Michael Larkin and Patrick Harragan.
Thirty-one persons In ALL FROM the Raleigh nave ar
rived here aud % are stu MISSING OF So ~ee cs1
Marshman and those who remained with nun on the
when the first boats eft nave been ny
Yesterday at the scene Of the disaster but without sue
cess in finding any Of the missing parties.