, 1870-11-10
THE LOSS OF THE. CAMBRIA



The London Daily :sondar, Of October &c,
r1lblit hes the statement OF John Mcfarland,
tue cole eu1ylvor Of the steamer Caubria;
II left Ireland twelve mouths since for
America. On the sth inst. called for the
old country on board tho Cambria, from
Sew York Was storage Passenger. We
lad = good complement. Of passengers on
board, but cannot tell the e1Act humber.
The weather waa calm At Vrss, aud wo all ex-
pccted fine voyage. At tho end
OF Last week, howcves-~Fnday or Sat
SS' Sss Wind asa md 5stRssT tRa 1bsas bss
troubled. The gale gradually increased. uutii
| On Wednesday Il blew a pctfec: hurficaue.
The ship. bo~ever, got along travely, and I
| b here no one had any doubt 1t least had
"Wednesday night the vi Gather waa very bad.
The wind blew fusiouely, and heavy rain
fell. and Whit with the rain and the waves,
nothing outside the ship. Idont think any one
distance: fensined on on deck st tIat
| night till about II o'clock: then l went be-
| low. bad seated nnx.elf lat nv bunk,
thinking over old times and M pe.f approach
to home, when suddenly there Was hor1id
face On the door. d.l not lose my senses,
although was good deal frightened, and
getting on my feet ] hurried up Oh deck.
Here found passengers running to aud fro
in great excitement, but cannot sAy there
was much crv1ng or ahoutiog. l was myself
LAUGH the boAts,' but cannot sag whose
soice it was: and also heard gone Que aAy-
ing. There's mighty big Aole in the
beat
Tour yessel. now know, had strnck the
rock at 1unist1ahull, bow on, hut at that time
l really sAw nothing beyond the the boat itselt
the night WAS 20 dark, and there Was so
much binding rain and aIEay. I did not see
the light on 1unistsahu1l. Some time before
the wreck SAW two lights. but do not know
they we're. As hare said, tie order wat
| given to lower the boats. There we're eeyeI
small boats, think on board, four Of whicl
f'were lowered. One Of them was in the foro
PIT, the others in the otf:pa1t, or cabin end
saw the three toats in the cabin end ii
courae Of being lowered, bat 1 did not &c,
them iu the wster. and know nothing what
! ever ~ to their fate. Wueu the boat in tn,
steerage end Was lowered, got iuto it witl
. others. There WAS IN a1l. to the best Of N,
Judgment, ten or eleven Of ua, all storage paa
eengcrs. think, beside two seaman. 30 pro
visions we're taken on boatd We were nea
, | shore Our boat, however, was ec1rcel
:, launched when she capsized. When the boa
n Iurched over got hold Of it; but I canno
say whst part OF it, and when it E3ghted agai1
i ! managed to scramble in.
II never saw living eoul after that. 1 t.it
net Eear i single cEy when tue boat hee1e'
| over, and never afte:ward saw any Of N
companions. was ytEy much put about
1u,let have Grasped the boat quite mecnau
ics1ly. md Hhen got into t asAin I don
did not sec the Camoria 60 down. The wave
carried uy boat quickly away from her. NAe
/ recovered myself notireu rome one lyiu
in the bottom Of the boat, ts1ooped dowf
ard found that it WAS young Voc AZ, lEro
vas dressed in black tilk so~s
but / did not pay attention to II,
thing else. I believe she was = stee
aga passenger, but I do not know ht
name. My reason for thinking rhe WIS
Camhrss, boy whom knew told me that b
KEW 4 young WOMAN that was going to son,
! pIAce between Enniekillen and Hyineatow1
don't remember exactly where, and ffo
whst be raid of believe that that w1s Il
4purE Woman who was in my boat.
Well. saw that nothing could be dor
for her. poor thing; and. to tell the truth.
did not feel able TO do much for myself. T!
le oars were tied With small ropes
=. the boat. and waa not equal
\. the e1ertion OF recovering them:
9, inst let the boat diff. Ainaleeely alon
:. The Mind and the vaves carried me along .
]. morning With my melancholy butaen-tt
y poor thing At the bottom Of tie boat. AIT
sss dsylreak the wtnd moderated sonewh.:, AZ
+ the rain took Oh slightly. Tho sea, howeye
It ny bos.. and every moment expected hss
le eo down. I had no knowledge Of the oo.s
H. sl.hough eav 1t not far od. and knew !
:. more than the dead where I vi
shefe nj .,s .;,s1naoa a3'ins, s,,.1 TO- As bo
q, drifting he1pleeely in the storm. v
picked up by the Enterprise fCapt Gllespi,
=. IN Lough Eoyle. HAs Almoat lnsAnslble
= the time. ! rope W4 passed around I
body, and I WIS draEn Oh de-k. was broug
entirely confined to bed. I lost ali my clio.
'w '.s ins md eleven guine4s in money. Beai
- this, brother Of mine in -America intrust
- me With parcels Of goods to friends At hon
it, and these have all been lost
ps ,5 Tho NORTH British Daily Xa1 saJs:
or. Tho thraa boAts OF the Cambria are q
q: missing One eos. has ,; inaesd g sops "a ~ IN,
It; in which NcGa1thland eubaEked, and wh
TO- drifted away from The Steamer ente.ps
when be was taken out OF it. 1t then G.
taired the body ef a lady firmly wedgsd una
hi. the seats. and the belief that the boat n
sns discovered is McGarthland's one Is support
:ne b. The fsct that the body Of = Lady has b!
b t.uce fron the boat. Though to ii apps
ance few years older than the gtl descrit
By MeGzzthlAnd, there u little dou1t
law body nov caat ost,n;aa On sae osaeh &c IS sn
ss5 q Sos Sost with him. ii sl5ng The COST #
Lough FoJ!e to Port:ush, great quantities
ate w1eciage h.ve been d.ssovezsd, composed
aoE, noet part Of ships fittings and cargo:
zen: ahaolatelv nothing hAa been found which
sqa ri IN my Wy be ide1tided as belonging to
a'" ihtee boats which sfcGasthlsnd saw lanncl
md filed With p.asepgers before his
toat was cspsized. Part Of He-boat
rom fourd oa saturday, supposed to have been
fect hoard the Cambria - an e11ta+ ELL "as
am away wben she vent doSD; ;, tsa se.@ n,
over cosst- nni1 !. mir1or has been picked up in
II Of ! Soa*:. ~" no-+ n,lIsntraa hit
'pse Wbe1e has vestige been found Of he Il Il
rom boats. Cnless, thsseto1e' theE aase iSap 1Sa'
Ell eitbe1 sna Iii .aos. i q h.ye driitsd toward
on coast Of lslas. They hsd oos oeen seer
1siay on Saturday nor "a ~ anf a.S e. ,ss o.
xreeksge found the!c, an1 ,enc on ea a;1.s,n M -
s5es its s sTpossd ps1t vithea. e,alnE ny
extensive shipRss pR'ss e:1as1sna :tss1sn
ak2~ TIC o{1fe0.s s.ar n M when specull