The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-11-09

American conS6, If. ssundeis. gave - elch
TIL the zth Of November. at two O'Clock in the
afternoon, when We we're taxen on Doard tns
srArsnENr OF RICnzHD MURPHY, PASrHYnAN.
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dining saloon came IL 70 get the plate BASKETS and
(metailicl. and thrsx the ;taroOsId buckets
Of water and threw il into the irs, and an.
nounced the nre All out but the smoke stin con-
saw through the s' window Of the engine room that
the are was burning at the head OF the stairs lead
ing to the nre room. ] stood aft two milntes, g
going up stairs saw : colored woman, with the
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mer; he asked II It were NOT better to stop the
engnss he was s cool, Iney were stopped and the
When got on the hurricane deck Captain Green
was giving orders % get the. boats out he was
statement OF Jones with reference to the boats Is
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had but two IN the boat were the drst and third
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. Sss, despite all our efforts Va ialsa g e" give
; sss No SGs sayss e os
trees and in the morning We pulled the boat across
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the schooner Spy, OF Nassau, Captain Russell. We
pulled out into the stream. Captain Culmer put
on board. We were taken on board about three
2. M They treated us very wei, and we reached
c Great Harbor Elbow Key me authorities gave US
r-- STATEMENT OF WILLIAM JONES, snAMAN, N
We had reached q point about twenty-five miles
group
OF nine A. NJ, Il was IN the foreyard sheetings,
rsens AZ ss ws4e n # ARE
order to attach the hose 20 the donkey pump: the
Are gained sass me donkey pump pn be-
broke Out the passengers were al At break:
seemed ana As M IS se
grating Of the, engine roon. a heavy gale was
blowing from tho eastward and o high sea was on.
When the fire broke out the wind swept u across
to the port side and ina few minutes all that part
of the vessel near amidships was aname. ! could
only see three boats launched. One was STAYED,
right saw three men clinging TO one, while the
other, with nine men in ", wa. filled with water
Al THAT were known to be sayed were IN my boat
hours. The sea was running SO high that
our only safety was at the lee Of the vessel and the
was 90 asns that we a9s to see
passenger and resident 0fthe neighboring islands,
took charge OF the boat as far as any one could be
the crew were in 6er. After doing ali in our power
to succor those in the other boat we stood south
saw ne smoke q the burning ship as late
as half-past two Ps n. There were thirty-seven
passengers and hfty-seven sailors and crew aboard
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but they returned in twelve hours without ERECTING
! - - THE HERO OF THE DISASTER. ,,,
The following is the narrative Of Captain J. w.
Culmer, Of Nassau, through whose instrumentality
the twelve survivors were saved. L ..,,e.,
The Atlantic Mail steamship Missouri Green
commanding, sailed from New York on Friday
the voyage the machinery worked badly, the ship
making very slow time; light wi, winds from the
the northeasJ, with q heavy sea running on
T g e Sa q zine alarm and u atwas
last and the crew an rushed to the man deck. "A
scene Of great disorder and confusion ensued, and
names, which advanced rapidly. Some or the
boats were lowered, but owing to the hasty and
swamped alongside one Of them turning bottom tom
up. The boat we were In was the only one not
filed with water. Alter we had cleared the ship
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and another filled with water with nine men In
her. We tried to reach the boat with the two
men and gave them bucket to BAN with. We saw
another boat some distance on with about fifteen
persons In her, but she was also filled with water
Alter laying around for nearly two hours the boat
was given in charge to me, when steered for
Abaco. In I'VE hours time we saw land, and
Great Guano Cay. We hauled the boat up on the
beach and stayed there during that night On the
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schooner spy, bound for that port. on my arrival
at Hope Town despatched vessels in search Of the
any Of them. am afraid that there is but little
possibility OF any others Of the passengers being
the Missouri but the few facts have mentioned
may be relied on as correct es
STATEMENT EN- OF EN- Mr., W r TgNNEIia OF NASSAU
Missouri, advertised to sail from New York on the
afternoon Of the nth ult, did not leave the wharf
sequence Of new fclting being required around her
boilers. We steamed slowly out OF the harbor, and
nothing 81 NOTE a Ss sS the M nt
cns Mr. take Of ae
and run RI towards the engine ROOM and on return
"iT is NOTHING BUT Box OF MATCHES,
and Is all out; but while he was utterng these
seemed to come from the engine room. Then fol-
lowed perfect stampede 10 gain the deck, so as
some means to extinguish It; but all human efforts
seemed OF no avail, and In few minutes the
flames were RHTstin. out Of several places on the
hurricane deck. Orders were given to stop the en-.
gines, and efforts made to lower the boats. The
first boat lowered was the after boat on the
weather or port side, and before II reached the
water there were nine men in her-principaly fire.
men-who said the boat belonged to them.
ALL HOPE SEEMED THEN TO FAIL,
so far az my safety was concerned, and running
aft found boat that had Just been launched
from the hurricane deck, filled with people, ana at
the same instant heard the order given to cut
aWay the painter lost no time In cutting piece
OF rope about ten to fifteen feet long, and making
it fast to the rail, lowered my self to the end,
awaiting an opportunity to let go, but finding nv
position critical occasioned by the heavy rolling Of
the ship, !. - .~,--,...
MM ! pNOlrED INTO the SEA,
ana although al this moment the painter OF the
hnat had been cut she shot ahead OF me, but by
swimming about twenty-five yards 1 gained her,
and by the assistance OF or the passengers was