The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-24
THE LOSS OF THE CAMBRIA.
oyIY ONE orr or TUO HUNDRED
PASSENG ERS S.iTED.

,,e circles in our city, owing to the loss Il tie
.,,uer Camtri. at sea Indeed, Throughout tie
,ur. country news OF the terrible disaster mas
,el the deepest distress. Every circle Is p,Iyaded
With he most intense feeling ct Iib and sorrow
md tLose having friends or relatives on board tie
NJ led vcsse, daily nope against hope, not being
wniug TO reiitqLish tie feeling Hat their loved
ones may set, by some proyidcntial intei position,
have escaped the jass OF the angy deep. VITA the
in,cLscst anxiety details OF the disaster sought
.ner through the press and ~ line after line is
Ierused he hope ia still urpermost that the loss Of
lie md property may not be as great as at first an
uolucel. In addition TO the fun cable dcsrg'chcs
published in TUX sun OF SATURDAY. We have the FOL
loving story Of John Mcfarland, Who the
ONLY oSk LgYr 10 TILL ms t,Lt.
From his statement, it appears that nearly two
hundred souls were almost within siglt o. nou.e
WHEN tie ,e,sol struck rock.
TuE Survivors Story.
LoNpoS Oct el.--Laie oil "wednesday evening
woru reached Londonderry. Ireland, that the steam.
snip Cambria, CAPT Carnaghan, Of the Anchor Line.
which lett New York ON the eth instant lor Gas.
row, had tecn wrecked ou tue eoAst vf DONEGAL
The information wa brough TO that city b. the
ouy survivor John hcd1itland 4 stecrlge r.ssen.
ser by the III fatc5 vessel. The intelligence we st
trst dsl,i.eS-i, hOtwiths;aGIin! the vessel VA.
oNerrrc but II has since been confirmed ~ uiLtu-
tuie Of kilograms to the Asent- OF the rr.s aa ;c
iricnIs OF the passengers. 1ue t.lr..s ps ..Irs
throughout Ireland have uecn s.diy disturulp bI
recent storms anu the following despatch. summ
tEng MIR MtGa!IlIuJ's stItcm Al. ia, llsl come
through irum Londonderry: rue voyage rom NtN
ofE W.. Evrers,y fortunate, uItWItus tuuiAg ~.
pioa'ant Ncul.cr prevailed Mus' o. TIE time, Gu.a
TIE mint OF "Wednesday OcL ~, between zen ,itl
eleven O'Clock lhe Cai.b.Ia V,- ticn uud 4 s..,
eai .tcamins ra2'dy suddenly, ~a,l a, W4i ar-
lArtnty -Uins veil, she suLD1 On lnu.ilah.t
Island, tiai ROCKY island t-L ulilcs Nt.t 90 Don,
"a sd thiry mics west OF l"ndcruc:... Lac
vessel lustIhty Or-an 10 III through the
LARGE HOLLIS srovg ~ rHE Borrpu
and tie fires Acre soon e4t.nsuislcd. |, became
tNictnt tLst the ttUaiDsr Nls Au eltssiy los, an
tue efforts were thcrctic DIfvc,cu 90 s.Nt .Ht ave-
OF the PASSENGERS, VINO were ip4.so. u, GA de al.
auJ put On ion the steamer. MI &cttIrt4...t e..
tered one Of these, and he saw no more y. a., .
VI the other bOa,s. Tue WeatLOr Vas y,!y Ltayy,
snd Lie thiuAs tucIe j. no DOUBT
ALL rnE BOATS WERE swAuPlp,
and that he Is the only survivor
Almost nsIanty upon geiIilg iato the boat /, cap.
ttIci aud Re lost tIL-tlOusutss. glu I.yiy.ng lie
iouud hlmseli IN TUE tc" but srasptI- t.e -un ~ae
OF Tie boat, wnch mai nghted, lie suc.rtue ~ ge,
uns In the ulat second tAe, .uu found therein
lie dead BODY Of 4 lady dressed In ack SILK. Sir.
hcuurtano was tossed about many Lou.s. Mntn he
was picked W b. the Eu,,ryrisc, Cape GI.sspi.
WHO ciuised ABOUT the scene y tae disaster TOT
long tlne IN me hoie OF saving hle anu property,
Mr. Mcfarland ssys teat a,nut. at the very U.4, oi
tAe disaster TIE passengers AMI crow were con.riu
Ltlng Themselves Gu
TEnPEStUoUs VOYAGE NEARLY FINISHED,
and rejoicing in tie i4ct that short hour rlore
they wouu lana at hONlur. Iuetl we're tepanIy
one hundred AMI e,h'l sous oG UoAid, .Id ter.aI,
more.
No TRACES or THE MISSING Uolrs.
LoNDosDERLY, Oct .l-His ,ight-Nesses Iu.t
IetHIniLs from the scene Vi TAG a. ts 4sa,.c. ia
the Noita Channel report that they Uncovered vulr
slot OF broken sta's and Il lew barrels y. -four.
shica ioth,d part OF Eer cargo. Not rag hs- !et
been heard OF TIE three S.nal boats which tut out
from the Car bril- Wien sht t.rucA. HOY. Tor tlpir
s-.e9 has not bee" t"t.I,y 40 ,ndoned, l4i McGsr,
peNa Of c Time, "hlcl 1t would be miraculous
iVr suth small craft to weather.
CAREFUL EXAhINAIIOS OF ruE COAST.
LoNpo>uEnEr, Oct. ga careful examination Of
We to-'t, ana waters TO- miles around the scene
IamOfia
Th,G.aSr, ~ TuE SMALL BoA1s SEEN.
GRLLao,A. o.. 22.-Capi. Cn,EHONIth. Of the
steamer t-- irh rIy,d at this rurt iu-iy. lie
lolH h'L- p"'co Though much wrecked matter
on 'Ae hoi'"rin ,".-t OF Ireland. hmous tAe de-
tris were portions col TIE c.i-V Of tbs Cambria AMI
ha.heLIs " LtI sn"l buHt-.
Tut LOST
Tie Csmh.i had on board iott.-ihree cabin p
tenecr-, cEatcrn second cabin passengers. and
siXi. seven ,H o., t,C..t com potv lIs uf whom
War Iupuehtd n ~atuIual : SUI
r. eminent among tue passengers are Gen. Davies,
and family, Of k,okuk Iowa; MIR. " iilam Bins.
ofthe Company, VINO, WItu has WI Jld i,i4.l'. we're
a. route to lay shuIt Nst to their ui,ads N TIC
other ride.
THS OFFICERS AND GREW.
The following IL correct list u tue officers of the
wrecked ve~se.:
Captnn-,Georfe cOrrachan scouanli chief once
lTEdTmd Jglhsop, $. 'lsaa second nleet- =, e.
tursc0n-Jame- ". Remington, scotland Pp1cr-
kcotsnd - ond ,tcvatI ATCi.6, d II, iiruilc Sc y.
l ltI sCShtos,' Mis Adam. scotland IhciL lg
Ie-idts d eco ttfre were. nil toll 70, an,
assistant cu-.rtIs, iryren. coil-la--,I. Wal.prs.
sni scau.cn-"ho mostly. It j. Dcll, ed oc.ons to
Glasgow.
The car nra h'd ~ oaid when she "os wr-c'.e'
eargoas follow :" 80 bu hos Of wheat. 24'- raI.
res OF flur 200 DIt, 90 cotton 1888 toNr- o.
thees-, - BAGS 0t see lt3 lalrc- oi tsn oil 80
barrels o. tpr g. 1 $50 slaves and some cka.c.
81 measurement goods, the whole cargo ya4ueG at
$4,000
pEfcEirrIoy or VIE LOST srl,Srr.
We Ur,nd lrof descnpu"n Of TIE steamer. as
reported 70 tie Board OF in'erWrI'et- ni sir
Ctarles H. haswcil, uiaiiue engineer By HON TIE
,llp Nas surveyed On May ., 1863, which vi be
tLOws a. follows
s'ga,u'g,r ompna-nonte, New Yolk 20 Glasgow
e""'.t, " In ei as'' one Iatc, Az, sro lriN
ttdlorec.. u, r1"o, lnd cabin o. DC, load.
q Ire an. ua, 'r..u ,1' ica..l :, isnn he anI
e,ty Io o s 40 S ,i r. % G@s-sw. To-!
me-! i'ei In. tao q. Ca; l,nu,-, 'lo tons hul'
Of NtouE4, 400 d .te- ntl., Of d,uh auSr non;
vertical ~ .tl-utD engines @ .L.tls, each ti =
J. Hts H. at-.ttl f.tu"c ul i.i... 4t.t l.turs,
errrtN" h'frc yer ut ~ mes, tutr- propeller
O. cast NJD, tubular boiler uIu.t 10 ltt. roe.
dcrdcnt steam tre ana bllLc UuuU ha, Nafcj gut
UliAaeads sHu gci b1ilIrlt ol uu and n.Acu.uu.
~ Atssf. hob.H duncan q co.. GLASGOW.
srA1EHLST ~ 4 FoEuER PASSENGER.
A Rertc' an who 'me over u Me Cambria with
his vie ard tamil, On her lat passage from Gas.
FtN sIt.Es IA the highest terms % The onCcT- one
ana all lie lt. Cfus. cl tie ocean many times. aud
never wa Ia tc.t Where there was better tisci.
Itue ar u'lr u.I,r-h tcamaLship exhibited tLan
On board II o." Dau..il,
CART. chpNAGHAN,
te command Vt the vessel, was universally
kroAn .s .I tIlr ~ Trustworthy seaman, a Kind
and ccls.Nl.c Moor. amt man possessing 90.
domitibc couiar. lll- uitn..uly la. been proved
On more T. AZ one ttuas.uu ,ra y 20 boo tie case
Of tHs =; ne 81 10 in o. L'I .e l,tu-- tie A..
Ia uC, when, ttt pgoI orr lt,.as Ntrt.ac o,t and
ebdarrcginl gTeIIy he sa'clJ Vt tie ,. q, he aa.
luWerrI into the sea, and wIiH Ca4us 10 .tyutl
ne WoTeltvr q. 20 enable Tan " rsl the ycs.c.
~ ely into poIt.
4Ie r'.tt ~, :" vi'ch he was held la. on several
occaslon. been ian!.oIDr,y and appropriately t,,u.
BED to b} iIu-e NO had tallud with lI'u, and DI
tie ddy On which be la. SAFE. nom iIi- won't I' Ir.
telytd costly e. .iiu .Iu. 81 silver pt'" from 81,
IDsseugo- and ilrL'- '.I ga been WiI ulW pE
ioiuci Noy .-cs. II ..- include tai every
tlug VA.t.. ium.r - f.Ho 10 avoid tuc acci.
dtul Var done nv CO. ..l.iI, 800. lat he " a,