The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-05
THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER MISSOURI.

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Omcfal Report OF the United States Local
Inspectors OF Steam vessels-Thc Vessel
Found To BE Perfectly Equipped-A
Breach OF the Steam Vessel Law In
CURED However.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 1873
The following statement was received here to-day
from New York, and puts very different coloring
upon the loss OF the Missouri from that report made
by local magistrate at Nassau and transmitted to
the authorities here, which abused the Missouri,
her equipment and American steamers in gen.
eral:-
OFFICE LOCAL INSPECTORS,
ADpIsos Low Esq United States superyins Inspector
sIH-In compliance with your instructions of the 7th
TINS me 70 proceed wth the q
at sea the morning Of the I'D oetober 1874 about
to m Of Of
construction and equipment we respectfully make the
the morning Of the 18th u and continued on The toll
& aa wen ne the s0 Of wS
sumed.
oaIned Tuesday 18th plt this case was adjourned 70
an nat Of an the that could h
another boats crew had been saved, therefore
The nyesiisatioa Tsonensd the 9TH inst, and
first and third assistant engineer, an oer, fireman
and passenger by the OF 0uerbridge-was made.
ocesd six dsy sa'n ''0''a Oh '"e 9TH '' "'n
orders Was oldsred o. the 18th inst witnesses
%e o COMPLIANCE
the 10Th inst the case was finally Closed having occu'
Missouri screw steamer Of iiso Sc tons bur.
Ssr TO- BY yfsf esSI
Of
fsate Of inspection copy Of which nesswn SUD s
cate was strictly in compliance with the requirement Of
Mr.: George H. Alchorn, the carpenter who made the
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nss e a %is SO
that her equipments complete and In some parcu
nrs IL i her
paired and that every precauton was taken to guard
further testiaes that the engine and boiler
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iss PVT on boilers az against n re but
heating Of ohe ali INV
well known 70 practical engineers A.. a,. o ,.o
usnty slowed and stopped during the first
Of the boilers TEis is not an uncommon occurrence
is It dangerous when such precautions as were used
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ann .ss to !s!s. N hi! svdsnss
hs het hS sy sensds9 s SU II pa
could be necessarily spent upon her She lett New
Sn f for
I'D when about twenty miles northeast Of the island
m nssa
5 snS ns after
but a Wiz M apy
were Of but little Seeing no chance or hope Of say
and lower hs boats which was done with ndsI;
va psSssy Rsa = ssssSsd @
YER and Ave Of the crew Another Boat
which had nine Of The crew on board landed on the
having lost Ave their
Singing the up ws
in reached land n her the morning Of the eighth
and privation and one Of them died some days alter
THE RESULT EVIDENCE.
From careful consideration Of the evidence we are
and
short time Ss% s psss d
launch the only remaining available boat with What
hs but a the q ne IS they
this a hns a a the sa
y
ing his safety regardless Of safety We are there
G5s
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
s S az y The
trym "af and Richard MsrpSy assistant
s ha n Is %
very inaammabe natare in the port locker Of the pan
!ss a discovered locker; tssy also state thai
% they sa ssas this the
na S and
the treasurer Of the company teses that under no cir
allowed board except such are kept In the store
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II aguardentc was on board it must have been taken by
&c H s for % ss
s ss a$ or
to the orders of the does not seem to admit Of
the opinion or belief that there was anything con-
sruction or management Of the boilers to cause the
being SO far from the ont
pursue the investigation in that direction.
OF LIFE
viz, twenty-four passengers, Including i've women,
ana and n Of the
The loss Of s can only be ssS int for by the
stance Of heavy gale and running at the time.
The difficulty of launching boats and disembarking
people under such circumstances can only be fully
such Althoug It to be exceeding our
in the % W. cannot m nc close his
waC n ave * being s
bes Conditioned boat and in about thirty or forty MINI
the breaking out of the fire. left the ship and
in than hours pulled away for the land leaving
their shipmates to their fate.
There effort made by them to the few help
less and children on board 1t Is in evidence
that the boat could have carried nine persons with
safety still these are the men some Of them protesting
be seamen) who cast reflections others who unset
hsnly shared the fate Ofthc vessel
The evidence the other papers herewith
subTntted
The ship valued at. .$l75 COZ
Cargo g. 5SS
Total. .S2s7 Sss
Ali Of which is respectfully submitted:
JOHN K MATTHEW'S,
Isoca tori levy