The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-09
The Wrecked Steamer City Of WASH
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NEw YoRK, July 8.-The following
dispatch has been received from the pur'
ser Of the wrecked steamship City ol
Washington; ,,,,,z
To join @. Dale, Ageut Of he Inman Line!
The City of Washington struck on Gull
4 Rock bar, Port le Bar, seventy miles vest
Ioi Sambro, at 3 O'Clock P. NJ, on July 9th
in a dense fog, and Is likely TO become Q
total wreck. All the passengers, the crew
baggage, and spare stores were landed al
POrt le Bar. She had dense log oil the
way from Queenstown, and the wire had
not been working since Saturday.
.rSiRnedl MAHoN, puTScT.
The civ Of Washington was built at
Glasgow, In 1855, and was. considered q
staunch vessel, being Of iron, with stout
iron fastenings. She. was 500 feet long,
40 feet broad, 20 feet deerS and % feet
draft, was ship Tigged, had three decks
furnished with water.tight bulkheads,
and had a maximum capacity OF 1855
tons burden. During the Crlmean war
she made several important, trips in the
serylce Of the English. She has been In
thaUeEEice ofths company lor 9 eonllder-
able time, but was used latterlY as an
extra vessel. II insured at all, the rtnks
arc, probably held by underwriters 10
England. S5s Z
31ALlFAx, July 9.-Bermuda dates are
to4he lstinst., While . number ol men
were pdthufns 'outi The istRnded ship
Beaunafh CSStle, Edmund Rydh. In Iat-
tempting to clear the strainer Of the pump
was sufocated by foul gas in the ship
hold. Capt. Brown and four men went 10
his rescue, but became exhausted and had
10 be hauled out Ryan was dead before
he could be got out. -
HA1FAx, July s.-The tug. boat La },
Of Liverpool, arrived here this morning
with Henry Waid, purSer Of the Inaan
steamship, City Of Washington, from
whom the following particulars Of the
shipwreck are CLEANED: The City Of
Washington sailed from Liverpool on the
cath of June, and from the time OF s1eaY-
ing that port until the vessel struck ION
the vest side Of Port le Bar neither sun
nor stars had been seen, so 1t was impos-
sible to obtain observations during the
entire passage In order TO ascertain
the position Of the ship. When
the steamer struck, about 9 A. N, on
Saturday, the fog was so thick
and 90 dense that no objects could be seen
three Yards ahead. Everybody on board
supposed that the vessel was proceeding
on her way to New York, and the only
inlimation 10 the contrary was tho heavy
grating sound as the vessel was driven
over the rough bottom on the shoals,
where she now lies. Tho steamer was
going at the rate Of about nine knots an
hour when hestruck. There was no eX'
cltement on board at the time, everybody
was perfectly calm, and Captain Phillips,
the officers and the crew set about lower.
Ing boats and getting the passengers on
shore, OF whom there were 28 cabin, and
4Sl steerage. In the meantime, guns
were fired from the stranded ship, and In
answer 10 them men came alongside In
small boats, from whom Tho frat intima'
ton was obtained as 10 the locality, where
the vessel had been driven. Fortunately
the sea was calm and the distance from
the main land only about quarter OF
mile. All the boats were speedily low
cred and manned, and in three hours
from the time Of the disaster, every soul
on board was landed at Port lie Bar,
where the inhabitants busted themselves
providing temporary accommodations
ior the passengers and crew. All the pas
sepgers' baggage and effects ship stores
&c, were also saved and landed. The
ship is lying on her keel as II riding at
anchor. There Is about 10 feet Of water
on the shoal. The engine room Is full OF
water, which ebbs and flows through II,
and 1t 10 supposed that hole was stove
in the bottom beneath the engine ROOM
The second deck Is pretty clear Of water,
but below that the ship Is full. The log
did not lift until yesterday morning,
when Tor the first time 1t was seen that
the vessel had narrowly escaped being a
total wreck, with probable loss Of every
one on board. The distance between the
port bows Of the ship and Little Gull
Rock was only about two hundred yards
How she escaped in the dense fox Is mar
yellnus, aud all on board are deeply
thankful In the direction the Bhip was
sailing, along the dangerous western coast
OF this provinces, her escape from desruc-
tiou on the reefs and sunken nQeks, 30
plentilully spFinkled along the coast was
simply proVldentIal. There % no theory
offered 10 account for the ships deviation,
though II Is q iRct that no observation
had been taken from the time oi leaving
Liverpool TO the moment Of the disaster.
The place where the steamer Is
stranded Is inside Of Little Gull
Rock, or what Is properly known as
Gull Rock Bar. This d distant
from Lockport 10 the nearest port
twenty miles, and from HALIFAX about
eighty miles, in latitude 49 deg. 50 min. I,
longitude "a deg. GO min. The cabin
passengers have been comfortably accom-.
odated in houses at Port le Bar, while
for tie steerage passengers and crew,
tents and awnings made rom the ships
sails have been erected on shore, where
they have been comfortably attended 10
since landing. The agents Of the com.
pany hero have chartered q steamer To
bring the passengers and crew 10 Halifax.
Che sailed for the wreck at daylight this
morning, aud will probably return to-
marrow afternoon. Pho passengers will
be forwarded TO their destination by the
most expeditions routes. Instructions 70
that effect having been sent the agents
here. 1t is not correctly known whether
the ship will prove total loss or not. II
Is thought that all the cargo will be got
out in a damaged state. Divers and
wrcckers with their geer will lerve here
Immediately for the wreck. A feeling ol
intense relief pervades this community
that no lives have been lost, and that a
second Atlantic calamity has been pre-
vented
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