The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-22
TIE LOSS OF TIE CAMBRIA.
OYER 100 PERSONS BURIED IN TUs
BOSOM OF THE DEEP,
She IL Wrecked on the Irish Coast-One ss
her Bonts Picked up at Sea with n s,.-
Ris Survivor Tho steamer q Totsi

| She IL Wrecked on the Irish Coast On. II
her Boats Picked mp at Sea with n si.-
gle Survivor - Tho steamer Tet.i
Wrock-Grcat Excitement In the City.
The most intense excitement prevailed through
out the city yesterday In regard to the folio wing
cable despatch 10 the American Press Association,
| and numerous speculations were INDUCED In con-
cernlng the truthfulness OF the report:
LONDON. Oct. 2i The following despatch has bees
received heres Tho Cambria launched four boats one
containing nftoen persons lost Except Gsrti aha
nothing 10 known about the other three boats.
Many persons called at the once OF the "Anchos
Line" Bowling green 10 which the Cambria b.
longs, an1iously inquring to the fate OF the
sci, but the ohccrs OF the Company having received
no nimation as to her loss, were unable 10 AFFORD
any information the subject.
Al p. NJ. they transmitted q cable message In
quiring afer the Cambria, but up to late hour b
the evening had not received a reply.
About midnight the following despatch to the
Associated Press was received, which confirms the
loss Of ,he steamer:
LoSDc;f. Oct 2i-Thc steamer Enterprise. from Gar
ton to Londonderry picked a boat OF Ia nishoven
Head at three O'Clock yesterday aern oop coLtainns
sailor and the corpse OF eirl. The sailor stated that
the steamer Cambria. of the Anchor Line from New
York, struck At ten O'Clock the night previous, on
Innishtrahuil Island and became a total wreck -Four
have not yet bcen heard Of The sailor reports thas
his own boat was upset oil nl but hirnten wore
drowned
Subsequently the following despatch came TO hand;
which gives eight additional particulars concerning
the Inflated steamer:
LONDON. Oct 2i.-rhe agents OF the Anchor Line a.
Glasgow have received full onnrmatlon Of the io,s Of
their steamship Cambria on Wednesday niaht The
sailor who was saved 10 now In London Jerry His
ia lart md nd ha a 0f ntns
There are no tidings yet Of the missing boats
The Cambria sailed for Glasgow, Scotland, on the
ctn inst, putting in at Londonderry Ireland on her
route. She was new and staunch vessel having
been built last year in Port Glasgow. by Robert
Duncan x Co, expressly for the Atlantic trade.
Her dimcn sions wero Length, 325 feet breadth. IS
ieet d. pth OF hold, % feet. She had two engines
OF $50 horse power each, which were built at tbs
Finncston Steamship Works, Glasgow. This was
her thirteenth trip across the ocein In addition 70
her passengers she had lar;e aud valuable cir.o
OF grain, flour and cotton. The Cambria was co n
mandcd by Cant George Carnaghan, and carried .
crew, OF abont sixty men. Among her oticers were
Dr. James W. Pennington, surgeon, and Alexander
Sinclair, first engineer.
Below we give her list Of passengers:
Csbn-Ieon lleumSnni s,m,. Krcnhslm, 4. 7. Hob
% suG cSd Cen DAVIES Jane. fgfe f wife sn8 ss
!$$sR !$r cHG JS &lST od ;R,0s ss $
Ann an. S'ceTs Lla Sss,iS; Mrs. Geo. Hi Nj, 4; y;
rniSy plSissS% 'd 'its .gs sanas:s ss
ples John Iiolson and wife Mr.. 4. A. rel and child
gmlep Rdi ard chiid. Henry Noi,nian. Ha,ria Nc.
| GG,s,rg and ,eJs, Lahhts AOyei, Ro1Ti Pahon. 7
ns, : Rs@roT, ~; Rsgs's,on, A,scri Haison.
Lynch. pTidgc, raorg,on, Mary Gum. Margsrot Boys
and child. Cessna Mayer, n5bcEt Allen wifs, and four
Clarsn.o u. MeGhiy. A Syandsr Cumming. Ms
Robert Elliott WIN. Eloit, aichseI flnnesty. ysSs
MrGNckan, Mlchie TiHny, Oh Peder.on, Achd
Baud, Carr A. FahnAck. con O'Conner, Jorgen Oar
hSsen, Hans Hansen, Aug, Jansen. John Fleming,
Gath hclsurtn, John OWN. Eliz. Callahan. AnI
| O'Nein, Ellen Lemon. John MartiBson ia mes Mont
gomery. WIN. Mills +. Dohvry, Miss Dohcrtv, james
CrUsnn, Woncrl Colbert. Hugh IorkhAIt Thos. Han
SEN George Bruischin Arch ctnyre, Thos Potts An
| drew Riddle Mary A Dennniond, John Marshall, WIN.
Bcneka John Clark. Agnes Buyd. W Duuton. II. Ruhs
| Aug: lohnaon james Kown, and Jamcs Miller.
Cabin, ~ intermediate, lS ttecrAge, q. Total Ia
No1I-Those IN italics were second cabin pssse engors.
| The Cambria was the cohsort OF the Anglia,
| and both have made passages from land TO land n
| ei2ht days She was bark rgl cd, and was divided
Into six bulkheads, and the plates OF which her hull
was constructed were threc-quarters Of an inch In
thickness. Among her stearage Passengers were
several lTussiIn yOu urtecrs.