Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-10-27
The Wreck Of the Cambria.
STORY nF MCFARLAND, SUPPOSED 10 nix
fiiE ONLY SURVIVOR.

Late W cdne>day evening word reached
Londonderry, ireland. that the steamship
Cambria, Capt. CarnIshan, OF the Anchor
| line, which left New York October .th for
| Glasgow. had been wrecked on the coast
| Donegal The information was brought
| To that city by the onlv survivor, John Nc
| Garland, a stecragc passenger The ii cl.
| ligcncc was At n.-t d >b,iiycd rotwith-
I standing the vessel was overdue. bu, (,
now confirmed by Il multitude OF kilograms
| To the agents. press and friends OF the
passengers. The telegraph lines through
/ out Ireland have been sadly disarranyrd
| By the recent storm. The following de.-
| patch summarizing McGarland's narrative
! has Just been received from Londonderry
| The soya age from New York was generally
| fortunate notwithstanding unpleasant
| weather prevailed most Of the time until
| Wednesday. the 10Th, between 10 and II
| O'Clock The Cambria was then under
sail rnd stcanlns rapidly. suddenly when
all was apparently going well She struck
on Mistraiihe Island, Il small rocky Island.
ten mics west sf Donegal ant thirty west
OF Londonderry The vessel instantly be-
gan TO ill through large holes stove in
| the bottom and the irr~ were soon extin-
guished IL became evident that the steam
| er was hopeles>ly lost and efforts were
| therefore directed to save the lives OF the
| passengers who were ma>sed upon the
| deck. -Four boats were crowded with
passengers and launched and put of from
| the sinking steamer. Mcfarland en- cred
one OF these and he saw no more ofthe
ship or her boats. The weather was
| very heavy and he thinks there Is no doubt
| that all the boats were swanped and that
| he j. the only survivor. Almost Instant,
upon getting into the hoat it cap lied and
hs.l all
found himself il the sea graspny the
the sunwales of the boat which had right
ed. lie succeeded in ge ting in the boat
the second time and found ther..in the
dead body ola lady dressed in black silk
| Mcfarland Was tossed about many hours
when he was picked up by the Surprise,
captain Gillespie, who c, used about the
scene or the disaster for long time in
hope Of Saving life an property. McGar-
iaid says that almost at the very time OF
tue disaster the passengers and crew wer..
con2ratulating themselves that the temp
estuous voyage was nearly made tni>hed
and rejoicing in the fact that in Que short
hour they would land ut Neville. Tnere
we're certainly one hundred AMI eighty
souls on board and perhaps more.
4 despatch at midnight say, vessels lust
| returning from the scene of he disaster in
the North Channel report that they dis
covered only lot OF broken spars and
few barrels of -four which formed part
OF her cargo. Nothing yet has been
heard OF the three small boats which put
out from the steamer when she struck
he hope for safety has not yet been en-
tirely bandon, but McGarlaLd reports
that the wind was lit lie short of A hurrI-
cane which prevailed at the time and
which II would be miraculous for such
small craft TO weather.
A careful examination Of the coast and
waters for miles around the acene of dis
aster by river steamers fails to discover
any traces Of the missing boats from the
Cambria. The .cks on which the steam
er struck are two miles from the island
There Is lighthouse on the latter but
there Is no warning placed on tn. fatal
rock TO indicate its hidden danger The
British Admiralty have been repeatedly
notified of the dangerous character Of the
rock, but have never needed the warning.