New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-01


Press Agent ON BOarG-BurdensOm Gus
sOnhGwse ChRrges-PartieuiGrs of the
Burning ThriIi1ng Scenes and Inci-
tentso
NEY YORK, October 3l.-Colonel Albert
| S. Evans, author and journalist, and agent
| Of the New York Associated Press at San
| Francisco was on board the lost steamer
Missouri.
KEY WEST, October 3i.-The only ex-
| pense incurred in this port by the little
English steamer Annie belonging to The At
lantic Mail Steamship Company, which
brought to this.port the survivors OF the i'll
fated steamship Missouri from Nassau, was
forced upon her by the United States Gus
toms officers, who even charged her with
tonnage dues for twelve months in advance.
Everyone else with whom the Annie had
business worked willingly and gratuitously,
The following particulars OF the burning
Of the steamship Missouri have been OBJ
tanned from survivors who arrived here:
When the boat which was saved left the
burning ship one boat was seen with its
keel upwards which had two men in it.
The rescued boat lay for two hours by the
sWamped one containing nine men, includ-
ing the engineer, fireman, and the ships
barber.
4 bucket was given to the occupants of
the sWamped boat to bail with, there
being two in the rescued boat As there
were no seaInen in the swamped boat they
were unable to properly manage it, and in
this condition they were left. 1t IS not
likely any @f them were saved. No sails
had been seen for two days previous to the
ire. On that day the Missouri was in com
aany with a ship from 9:15 A. NJ until 3 P.
NJ, when she lost sight Of it, For forty
minutes after the rescued left the Missouri
q
manned Oh board crowded on the att part
OF the vessel.
1t is said thaG the fire was first diseov-
cred 0D the floor Of the locker in the pantry.
ana the CRY ot fire was Immediately given.
Wet carpets were Immediately pat on the
fire by the pantrymen and stewards. 1t
was reported to the passengers that the
fire was out. The alarm was given while
the passengers were at break fast, but on
receiving the stewards report that the fire
was eEciDguished, breakfast was resumed
and the fears of the passengers quieted.
Within two minutes, however, several
voices screamed fire from the stoke hole
All was then confusion. Within twenty
minutes three boats were launched. In the
rescued boat. with the exception of few
pieces %. sugar cane, theBe Was neither food
oc water, and only two snail oars and
large one; neither were there anv sails or
anything 70 make them OF. Il was from
4. M. oi the twentg-seoon6 till : P. M, Of
the twonty-tlird before assistance was Oh
tanned. st that time the schooner Spy
was sighted and rescued the party, who
pulled Vigorously toward her.
The Spy took the survivors 20 Hometown.
on Anelb0w Key. where thew arrived abonf
. p. NJ, on the fwenty-third On the even
+v-fourfh the scLooner was sent foyvard ej,,
burning ship. witt charts and fnlI direc-
tions where to find her. and wi5h insfrUc-
ti0Ds to look for the ship,s boats and skirt
ffe coast. The schooner returned about
thew had seen nothing Of the boat @ and 3Yi has. ss
sengers THE sea was then breakins EeaTiIy
on !he reefs. The party LETT Hopetown at
ten o'clock on the twenty-fifth. and arrived
at Nassau at .:3G 2. IL. Oh the twenty
eighth.