New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-26

OFFICIAL JoARNAL Of THE UNITED STATES
afFIclAl JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS
FURTHER OF THE CAMBRIA.
No More Survivors F0und-BOats Picked
M North of Ireland-Hecuba Found
cred at Sea, etc.
he St. Louis Repuhlicanl.

cred 0t sea, ETC.
From the st. Louis Republican,.
NEW YORK, October 22.-The total loss
Of the steamship Cambria, of the Anchor
line. which was YESTERDAY rumOred, is fully
confirmed by later dispatches, ana 1here Is
little to give hope that the passengers VINO w,
had taken to the boats have escaped. Inc
coast is very dangerous one, ana IL Is eNt
dent from the upsetting OF the one ooat,
from which single survivor OF the wreck
was picked up, that the sea was very rough
Mt the time of the disaster. Nevertheless,
those who had friends on board need not he
in haste To imagine the worst. The coast is
o1,p;rahlv guarded by expert and adven-
Nr,rous men. and it is not impossible II the
1snats are driven ashore that some of the
messengers were saved.
The Cambria was considered In sound
condition, and has ever been regarded as
fhe finest vessel on the ocean lines. She
was but recently rebuilt thoroughly of iron,
and in every way was prepared for the
; eeyerest contest with wind or wave. Cap
tain Carnaghan, the commander of the Cam
iria during her Inflated voyage. was one of
the most experienced and skilltul officers
visiting this port. He has been in command
of vessels of the Anchor line for several
wears, and was thoroughly conversant with
the navigation OF the transatlantic route to
Glasgow.
The agent of the Anchor line at Pittsburg
was passenger in the wrecked steamer
Cambria.
LONDON. October 22-Latc on Wednesday
evening, word reached Londonderry that
the Cambria. of the Anchor line, had been
wrecked off the coast of Donegal. lnfOrma-
ton was brought to that city by the only
survivor. John Mcfarland, a steerage pas
senger. The intelligence at first was dis
believed but has since been confirmed.
The telegraph lines have been disarranged
by the recent storms. The following sum
mary of McGartlands narration is just got
ten through from Londonderry: The voy-
age from New York was generally fortunate,
notwithstanding that unpleasant weather
: prevailed most of the time, till the night OF
"Wednesday, October 49, between ten and
eleven o'clock The Cambria was then
under sail, and steaming rapidly. Suddenly,
when all was apparently doing well, she
struck on Mistraline Island, a small rocky
island ten miles west of Donegal, and thirty
west Of Londonderry. The vessel instantly
began to fill through the large holes stove
in her bottom. and the fires were soon ex-
tinguished 1t became evident that the
steamer was hopelessly situated, and all
efforts were, therefore, directed to saving
the lives of the passengers, who were
massed upon the deck. -Four boats, crowded
with passengers, were launched and put
off from the sinking steamer. McGart-
saw no more of the ship or the other boats
He thinks there is no doubt that all the
boats were swamped, and that he is the
only survivor. Almost instantly upon get
ting into the boat it capsized and he lost
consciousness. Upon reviving he found
himself in the sea, but grasping the gunwale
of the boat, which had righted; he succeeded
in getting in the boat "a second time, and
found therein the dead body of lady,
dressed in black silk Mr.. Mcfarland was
tossed about many hours, when he was
picked up by the Enterprise, Captain Gil
1esuie who cruised about the scene OF the
disaster for a long time in the hope of saving
life land property. Mcfarland says: At
almost the very time of the disaster the
passengers and crew were congratuiating
themselves on the tempestuOus voyage
being nearly finished, and were rejoicing in
the fact that in one short hour more they
5 would land at Neville. There were GER
tainly one hundred and eighty souls on
board, and perhaps more.
LoNDoNDERRY, October 81 midnight
Vessels are Just returning from the scene OF
the Cambria disaster in the North channel.
They report that they discovered nothing
but lot of broken sparS and 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 Hope for their safety has not
been entirely abandoned by Mr.. Mozart
, land. He reports that wind little short
of a hurricane prevailed at the time, which
it would be miraculous for such small craft
to weather.
LONDONDERRY, October pa careful eX-
animation of the coast and waters for miles
around the scene of the Cambria disaster,
by river steamers, fails to discover any
traces of the missing boat.
" GREENOCK, October 0.-Captain Chenn0-
worth, of the steamer Ross, reports that he
passed through much wrecked matter off
the northern coast of Ireland. Among the
debris were portions of the cargo of the
Cambria and frag ments of her small boats.