The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-09
THE Loss OF TIE s1EA1sE.P n'BEaya.


Description Of Ill. Vc-se--DeinMs OF trs Dia-
asier--Eull Lisa of Passengers and Cargo.
The laundering OF the steamship Hhernia Of the
Anchor line OF steamships, sailing directly between
this port and Glasgow, was announced in yester-
days HERALD by telegram from Liverpool The ac-
cident was reported 10 have occurred ut sea- about
700 miles west OF the north coast OF ireland.
Further details have since been received 10 the ef
feet that when az point tythree degrees northern
latitude and twenty degrees western longitude
the Hibernia in the midst OF heavy gale, broke her
shaft and stern pipe, sprung desperate leak ana
foundered. The passengers and crew behaved admir-
ably and embarked In an orderly manner in Ave boats
duly provisioned. The boats in charge Of the cap
tain and the boatswan respectively contained each
ify-two persons including all cabin passengers, eN
cepting Nelson A. Odds and q. Mason, ana nave
arrived safely shore. The other three boats, I'M
der the first, second and third officers containing
the remainder Of the ships human freight, eighty
one persons IN all were still out ut the date OF the
latest despatch from Glasgow received last night
but 1t was hoped that they are safe.
The IIibernia was built only three years ago and
was, therefore, comparatively new vessel. Her
builders are the Finneston Steamship Company
at Glasgow, who have built all the other steam
ships OF the Anchor line. She was 1915 65-10O
bOu3 TtSstcf kLkEilsi. .tS leeb lUUr, oh itct
broad and 221s feet deep, propelled by two
engines OF 400 horse power. She was "a screw
: steamer and provided with water-tirht compart.
ments in accordance with the statutory enautments
ofBritish law. Her consumption OF coal was forty
tons a day, ana leaving here she had 600 tons
board. The lIibernia sailed on the 1ith of Noycm.
Der last and was, therefore, eleven days out when
she foundercd and could not have suffered irom
insunlciency OF coal The engines or boilers OF the
ship could not have been foul, IL ~ asserted for the
practice OF the company Is to thoroughly overhau |
them each trip when port IL made, ana according to
law IN England every ocean steamer must go into
dock at the end OF each twelvem0nth. Hence the
agents in charge OF tho companys Office In this CITY
are unable TO account for this terrible calamity
that has befallen tins ship, as everything was done
that human ingenuity aud experience could suggest
TO provide against IT, II is hoped that many more Of
the passengers saved than first reported, for
Client TO carry 600 persons, as the English law pre-
scrbes and appears every soul on board was sue
ccssiuny embarked III them. The original cost of
the Bibernia was f39,6S0 and she was insured In
England at onefourtn Of her value.
The following ~ full list Of her cargo, which was
all shipped on account OF English owners ana rhe
insurance on 1t is all abroad not $4,000 OF IL beng
insured here:-36,036 bushels wheat, 20Ss bushels
corn, 24S3 bushels peas, 2,2G9 barrels flour, 800
tierces beef SO h0gsheads talow 1859 boxes cheese,
90 tierces lard " boxes bacon l3l barrels apples
ana 240 bags waste.
The officers Of the Inflated vessel wcre:-Captan
Munro; first olcer Rcid second officer Davis; third
officer Atkins; fourth oiiicer, 5 doctor, Barclay;
McTamany: purser, Brown, and about sixty others
az engineers, frcnen, stewards, bakers butcher
and sailors. The names OF these could not be ascer
tanned al the olcc in this city, as they are shipped
AT Glasgow for the round trip, are booked there, and
the purser only keeps list ON board, which Is not
filed here. Captain Munro Is said to have been one
OF the most energetic and popular, with an active
service at sea CT over twenty-five years, and chief
engineer McTamany had been employed 10y this com
pany for over seven years and mad given general
satisfaction. The Anchor line have now been In
Istence for ten years, during 1--WE OF which they
n rll al "A n nd
gov direct, With great pecuniary success and in
crcasing popularity and this they say, has been the
first disaster any OF their vessels, in all twcntsX
A full and corrected list, from the books OF the
agency In this city, OF all the passengers on board at
the time OF her sailing IL here annexed
CABIM--G. Mason, A. Mason Miss a. Rogerson,
Catharine Boyle, George {. Forbes, Mrs. +. Morrc.
Brewster, Nelson n. Old5. Mrs. ID. A. Melvin, John
Robinson, Bernard McFeey. Rev. Al. O'Conner, Jo-
siah Cooks and AIRS. Cooks.
INTERMEDIATE Campbell and Joseph
McGr0rly.
Observation-Disclosures Carson, James Ewing, Eliza
Johnston Thomas McCready, Agnes Nelson, Ann
Richmond, Sarah Richmond, Bernard hearnan,
Fras. Rodgers, John Mccormick, Daniel Fpna-
gan, John Derepny, John ridley, George Cusey,
Patrick MCGOWAN. rhos MCGOWAN, Ellen hicGowan.
and infant; Anton Moser Cornelius Cunan, Patrick
| Cummings, Chas Devenny, WIN. Smith, Patrick
Boyle, Chas. sharp, Patrick Brislyn. Peter Grimes
! Catharine Myers, Mary Myers, Frank Rickart, VIM
| McIntosch, Thos Mckenney, John Magce, Catharine
Magee, James Hi, Edward McGinn, Hugh Tenar
Eliza McMichael and infant; Jas. Morrison, Samue
Brewster, John Henderson, Martha Henderson
| John McElhcnny, Roger McCann, Mary Mellon, Fran
els r. Kerrigan Mary Dimes Jas. Dimes, John Dinef
Austin, Patrick Mciinden iiichard Scoen, Jane Sco
lem Mary McConaghy Francis Houston George
1 Dohn.
ToTAL-Csbin, II; intermediate, 2: steerage, 49,
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