, 1870-06-07
THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Her Los" Admitted by the Owners
Probable CAuac OF the Di1nsteT-
Communication OF Mr. lnEnags to
the London Board OF Trade

S"AlAuAACNdiOu OF Nlfa AMMAN I'd
the London Board OF Trade.
From the .Se7o York Herald, JuneA
The sad fate Of tho steamer City Of Boston,
which loft this port Oh the 25th Of January
last, cannot longer be gainsaid. Everybody
can remember that tie vessel left this port on
tho date above mentioned. She had on board
at the tIme general cargo, consisting OF cot
ton, oil cake, Aour,- beef, bacon, lard, hops,
tallow,. wheat aud copper ore, weighing
altogether 500 tons, and had also on board 937
arrived at Halifax on the 9th Of
January, and there took on board the
mails, . small quantity OF cargo, consist
ing Of extra luggage OF passengers and pack
ages shipped by the Naval Storekeepor, which
made about twenty tons extra weight. Tho
total weight the ship had Oh board when leay-
GIG tons; coal, 1877 tons; making total OF
2,08l tons.
The aforementioned facts arc stated, To-
gether with other particulars in communica-
ton made by Mr.. William 1nmnn, Of tho H.
man limo of steamers, TO tho Secretary Of the
London. III the saule communication the loss
Of tho steamer is admitted by Alr. Inman. he
saEs; .,, II,
overwhelming probability that the total loss of
this company's steamship City Of Boston, with
FL On hoard he1 h1s taken 3b Pa I and tna the 4e %
report her loss officially to the department
have no direct evidence in my possession
showing the date, manner, or cause of tho
loss. but as statements have appeared in the
newspapers and questions have been asked in
the House of Commons redectng upon the
seaworthy condition OF the vessel on leaving
Halifax, 1 think it desirable to take this oppor-
tunity OF placing On record, for the informa-
ton Of the Board OF Trade, the particulars Of
the case which are in my possession and ap-
pear to be material"
measurement Of tie vessel, aud to show BY tho
company's figures that she was possessed OF
:" as good qualities as 3 seagoiug boat as any
crossing the Atlantic" hIr. Inmnn gives his
views Of the cause Of the loss. He sayH:
ttThe company's steamer Etna, with the
on the 25th Of January, and reported clear
weather and no ice visible on the northern
track. ! think that Captain Halcross upon
report took the northern track. BY all &C.
counts the ice broke up suddenly this year,
aud I can only como to the conclusion that the
among if. Ny company's steamer City OF
Antwerp, which left New York the day after
The City Of Boston left Halifax, was aware Of
ice to the no1thwaEa, although it was not
seen."
MIR. Inman Chime that his view OF the loss
appears 10 po lne more ptooableY 1fom the
fact that no portion Of the wreck has ever
been picked up. He also refers in the COM
mu1,;1cstt;;on to letter the London
Times on the 18th Of March, aigncd W." en-
closing an anonymous letter from Halifax
Which was Afterwards used by Mr.. Pasknton,
n. P, in the House Of Commons, charging
that the vessel had been lost by overload
ing" Another letter il mentioned, which mp
peared in the London Times OF april II,
signed "One who has often crossed tho At
lantic." The writer OF the latter letter, on
being discovered. it appears, inserted full
letter signed a." (AIr. 3. ]. Jenkins), failing
to apologize, has been sued for LIBEL. Dir.
Inman's communication then goes on to state
how long his company's steamers have been
engaged in tho passenger traffic, and how
many passengers they have carried safely;
but carefully avoids mentioning how many
passengers and others lost their lives On the
Inflated City Of Boston or any Of the other
ships Of the company. The communication
also contains full and explicit list OF the
cargo, with the marks and numbers, names Of
consigpees md other items of interest to
those only concerned in the freight aud NOR
chandise.