The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-11-09
What Caused the Fire and
Who is to Blame.
The Passengers Sworn Statements Be-
fore the United States Consul.
Heartrending Scenes and
Tales of Horror.
The Hero Of, the Hour and His
Story Of the Disaster.

story OF tho O1SaSC0T.
Is ANYBODY TO BLAMEa
me MORO Castle, one Of the steamers Of the
Atlantic Mail Steamship Company, arrived ct this
port yesterday bringing i've Of the survivors Of the
crew Of the Missouri, the steamship OF the same
line which was burned ut on the 22d ult. Quite
. large gathering OF men and women and children,
In great part relatives OF the seamen employed on
the Moro Castle and OF the ill-starred Missouri.
had assembled on the wharf long before
the vessel was sighted at Quarantine. Many
OF them were attired In deep mourning.
About noon the steamship arrived, and rush by
the crowd OF anxious ones on the pier was at once
made for the gang plank soon as it had touched
the wharE* The Custom House onicers and the
agents Of the steamship company. however, had
taken the precaution to stretch rope across the
dock, effectually preventing anybody rom reach
ing the vessel until they had examined the meaCre
baggage Of the passengers. This duty nof the
governments officials accomplished to their own
satisfaction the friends OF the sailors Of the Mis-
souri, were allowed on board. It fell to the lot of
Purser Albert to Officially announce to the majority
the sad tidings that save Ave. not one Of the crew
had been saved. As there were no friends OF the
was spared the painful task Of announc-
ing to them how, out OF the whole num-
Der that had sailed from New York, but
seven had escaped to tell the tale Of the
awful disaster by which eighty-seven human
beings had miserably persisted. Among those
whom the kind-hearted Albert had to meet was
,he aunt Of little EDDY Clark, the newsboy. He
lad gone on the last voyage Of the Missouri as
'ubstitute for Tommy O'Brien, the regular news
BOY, and went down with the other unfortunates
u the crew. The poor woman could not be con-
oiled, and cried piteously as she listened to the
'urser's words OF sympathy, which fell evidently
spon cars that heard not Among the visitors was
n elderly woman, dressed In deep mourning,
AIMED Mrs. Mason. In a timid. besltating voice,
hoklng with emotion. she asked Mr.. Albert
''Have you any news about himi'i espQroA fa
"About whom, Madam" replied Mr.. Albert in o
indy tone. isa giey Fbtsrs slelisfaEm
my darling boy" she asked, has he been
avedYr nf od' toaod Git q
The Purser made no reply, but shook his head
IDLY, and the ebereaved mother turned away
,bbing, bitterly exclaiming, "Oh God my poor
oy gone gone gone" t man 4 =
ON BOARD THE MoRRo CASTLE. .esf rfse
While the anxious friends of the Missouri's crew
ere busy engaged in elicitipg all the information
icy could concerning the loss Of the vessel, the
RRALD reporter went into the "office" Of the ves
J. where he met the following survivors Of the Ill
ted Missouri 6y@4 s.ss s9 stucs In
Richard Murphy, assistant pantryman, New
Patrick McGovern, purser's assistant, New YorK.
Samuel Cone, seaman, 200 Madison street. New
W. Jones, seaman, Newark, N. j. lf asgfp
Louis Bohme, seaman, Newark, N. j. &c
The following are the narrat ives of the men, who
eak one and all, in the highest terms OF Captain
cen and the rest Of tine officers OF the Inflated
ss0uri:- aT@k eG r1ia Is .h#a
STATEMENT OF SAMUEL CONE, SEAMAN. n.
nin s Of the disaster them ssee e
lthwest course, and had been for some hours
been blowing for some time, and the sea was
o d, eyer very h, high !, After ! was relieved
s pu naa on nsen an fners for
ii out reef tackles Of foretopsail. The ship was
near as can make ont about TWENTY-FIVE miles
rds it was reported that it was extinguished,
! the are was gaining heard the first and
0nd officers ordering
hen went 70 second cer ana got hose on
donkey pump, and when that was done went
.clp 10 get the hose on the malndeck pump, but
pa by.to assist: Soon the are
room and the hurricane deck, at which latter
90 there was solid mass Of fame fifteen feet at
AZ & @ aqnKey WAS now se
that '''f' 80 -
rnE SHIP WAS LOST.
everybody was driven to look out Tot his own
the starboard side OF the vessel, and It was
0ss sss e Sl s. 81 q Ss fas U.s. BOATS
next thing noticed was that the Captain
cred the first officer to try and get out the boats
ybody that was able !ana not too frightenedl
and crew worked together like desperate
In company sn ny with dozen dozen AZ others helped
a hall an hour before starting, and which be.
cd formerly to the Moro Castle. We launched
[er the lee quarter, and first, with painter at
port sisef boat, and the next lower
n is the boat supposed to have been seen be-
:" WIN sEe psr sS" sst1s II AS can
who think they were reg At Ns this time 'n' =
THE SEA WAS RUNNING VERY HIGH.
! had done my duty towards the ship
Hero oai Sss sssn s osrsS as . ssss
imp into the water ard was told to swim to
boat lwouId not have accepted the money,
boats, except one which was water-logged.
lrited away, and the ship was E
ENvELoPED IN MASS OF FLAMES
Eur boat, winch was taken charge OF by q
leman named Captain James dulmer, OF
au, we nao only threc oars, anu one OF them
used for steeriDs. IL was impossible
us to help those in the waterlogged
with nine people in It, as it was full OF water
ran up to 1t and gave them one Of our two
cts to bail her out with They succeeded in
this, and, as far as we know, they had as
chance to be saved as ourselves. IL Is pos
that they were picked up by some vessel on
course. All her crew were engineers and sea-
When we saw that we could give no assist
we pushed for land. Before we left them we
them that they must all get out of the
except one man, who should bale
out. We did not leave the neighborhood
vessel tll a quarter past eleven. when the
ner was abiaze to the waters edge. saw, /
to say, poor Captain Green on the steamer
lleft. No women or children were saved.