Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-11-12
Tho Lbss Of the Cambria:

The total loss Of the steamship
Cambria with one hundred and
eighty passengers, is condrmcd by
Yesterdays mail. From our, New
Orleans exchanges we copy tho fol-
lowing statement OF tic only passcn-
ger saved!
LONDON, October 22.-Dato on
Wednesday cvehifg nows rcnched
Londonderry that the Cambria, Of
the Anchor Line, had been wrecked
off the coast of Donegal. Informa-
ton was brought to that city by
tho only survivor. John Mozart,
land, u Storage passenger. The
intelligence at FIRST was disbelieved,
but has since been cohfifhied.
The telegraph lines were disar.
ranged by the recent storms, and
the following summary of Mozart,
lands narrative has just Been got,
ten through from Londonderry.
The voyage from New York was
generally fortunate, notwithstaHd'
ing that unpleasant weather pre-,
vailed most of the time, until the
night of Wednesday, Oct. 10, be-
tween ten and eleven o'clock. The
Cambria was then under sail, steam.
ing rapidly. Suddenly, whom all
was apparently going on well, she
struck on Misiraline Island, q small
rocky island ten miles west Of Done
gal and thirty west of Londonderry
The vessel instantly began to fill
from three large holes which stove
in the bottom. Tho fire was soon
extinguishcd. AS it became evident
that the steamer would become a
total wreck, efforts were made 10
save the lives ofthc passengers, who
were then massed upon the deck.
Four boats, crowded with passen-
gcrs, were launched and put off
from the sinking steamer. Nc
Garland entered one Of these. lie
saw no more of the ship or tho 9th
or boats. He thinks that there is
no doubt but that all the boats were
s#amped and that he is the only
sdrviFBr. Almost instantly upon
gettiiig into the boat it capsized; he
lost consciousness and upon reviv-
ing foiiiid himself in the sea, but
grasping the gunwale of the boat,
which had arighted, and succeeded
in getting into the boat o second
time, found there the dead body OF
a lady dressed i'll Black silk. Nc
Garland was tossed about for many
hours, when he was picked up by the
Enterprise, Capt. Gillespie, who
cruised about the scene of disaster
for a long time in the hope of saw
ing life and property. Mcfarland
says that almost at the very time OF
the disaster, the passengers and
crew were congratulating them
selves on the tempestuOus voyage
nearly finished, and rejoicing in
the fact that in one short hour they
would land at Movelle. There
were certainly $50 souls on board
and perhaps more. g.
Vessles just returning from the
scene of the Cambria disaster, in the
north channel, report that they dis
covered q lot of broken spars and a
few barrels of -four which formed
part of her cargo.
Nothing has been heard of the
three small boats which put out
from the Cambria when she struck.
Hopes of their safety have not been
abandoned by Mcfarland.
Wind, little short Of q hurricane,
prevailed at the time, which it
would be miraculous for such small
craft TO weather.
The Cambria was considered in
sound condition. and has ever been
regarded as the finest vessels on
any of the ocean lines. She was re-
Gently rebuilt, thoroughly, of iron,
and ID every respect prepared for
the severest contest with wind and
wave. Captain Oafrighan, the
Of the Cambria, during
Tie iII-fatsd voyage, was one Of the
most experienced and skiliful naval
officers visiting this port. He has
been ia command Of vessles Of tie
Line for several years and
was Thoroughly eonversant with
Ire navigation Of the Transatlantic
route 10 Glssgov.