Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-09

boat Daisy, of Liverpool, Nova
Scotia, arrived here this morning
with Henry Maid. purser of the Inman
steamship City ot Washington, from
whom the following particulars Of the
shipwreek were cleaned: The City of
Washington sailed from Liverpool on
the tWenty-fourth of June, and from
leaving that port until the vessel struck
on the west side of Point Lebear, on the
western coast,
NEITHER sun NOR STARS HAD BEEN
SEEN,
so that it was impossible to obtain OBJ
servatiOns during the entire passage in
order to ascertain the position Of the
ship. When she struck, about two
o'clock in the morning on Saturday, the
fog was so thick and so dense that no
object could be seen three yards ahead.
/ Everybody on board supposed the YES
sci was proceeding on her way to New
! York, and the only information to the
contrary was heavy grating sound as
| the vessel was driven over the rough
/ bottom of the shoals, where she now
! lies. The steamer was going at the rate
| Of about nine knots an hour when she
| struck. There was no excitement on
board at the time.
EVERYBODY WAS PERFECTLY CALM.
Captain Phillips, officers and crew
Immediately set about lowering boats
and getting the passengers on shore, of
whom there were twenty-eight cabin
and four hundred and eighty-one Steer
age. Meantime, guns were fired from
the stranded ship, and in answer to
them, men came alongside in small
boats, from whom the first information
was obtained as to the locality where
the vessel had been driven. Fortunate
ly the sea was calm, and the distance
from the mainland only about quarter
of a mile. All the boats were speedily
launched and manned, and in three
hours from the time of the disaster,
EVERY SOUL ON BOARD WAS SAFELY
LANDED
at Point Lebear, where tha inhabitants
busted themselves providing temporary
accommodations for the passengers and
crew. All the passengers baggage and
effects, the ship stores, etc, were also
saved and landed. The ship is lying on
even keel as If riding at anchor. There
is about fifteen feet water at high tide
on the shoals. The engineers room is
full Of water, which ebbs and flows
through it, and it is supposed that a
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 fog did not lift till yes
terday morning, when for the first time
it was seen that
THE VESSEL NARROWLY ESCAPED
total and immediate destruction with
the probable loss Of every one on board.
The distance between the port bows Of
the ship and the Little Gull Rock was on
ly about two hundred yards. How she
escaped in the dense fog is marvellous, |
and all on board, passengers and crew,
are deeply thankful. In the direction |
the ship was steering along the danger
Gus western coast Of this province her |
escape from destruction on reefs and |
sunken rocks, so plentifully sprinkled |
along the coast, was simply providen- /
tial. There is no theory offered to ac-
count for the ships deviation, though it /
is fact that
NO OBSERVATIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN
from the time Of leaving Liverpool to
the moment Of the disaster. The pls ee
where the steamer is stranded is
inside Of Little Gull Rock, or what is
properly known as Gull Rock bar. This
is distant from Lockport, the nearest
port, twenty miles, and from Halifax
about eighty miles, IN latitude forty
three, thirty-nine north, longitude
sixty-six west. The cabin
passengers have been
COMFORTABLY ACCOMMODATED
in houses at Point Lebear, while for the
steerage passengers and crew tents and
awnings have been made from the ships
sails and have been erected on the shore,
where they have been comfortably at
tended TO since landing. Agents Of the
company have chartered q steamer 70
bring the passengers and crew to Hall
fax. She sailed for the wreck at day
light this morning, and will probably
return tomorrow afternoon. The pass
engers will be forwarded to their destin-
stiOns by the most expeditions routes,
to that effect having been
sent TO the agents there. 1t is not cor
rectly known whether the ship viii
prove tOtsl loss or not. 1t is thought
that AL the cargo viii be got out In a
with their gear, leave here Immediately
for the wreck. A feeling Of intense re-
lief peryades this community that mol
lives nave been lost, and that q second
Atlantic calamity has been averted.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
There has been very little further re-
eeived from the wreck Of the City Of
Washington. The passengers are sup
piled with cooked provisions from the
ship. 1t Is expected she viii be got off
IL the weather continues favorable.
There is great anxiety among the pas
sensers FOR the arrival of the NJ. A.
SteTr, which sailed from this port this
morning ftT the wreck. The officers of
the ship report that no observations had
been taken foT eight days. When the
shin first struck there were only q few
feet water over the bar. The tide being
low the Gqt-water came in through
hole knocked n the ships bottom, and
now over ten feet OF water is in the
held. It wiH be impossible to ascertain
the extent Of the steanieEs injuries until
the cargo is taken out, but It Is Boped
THE HOLE WILL BIZ PLUGGED
and the vessel foated and repaired. She
has full general cargo, part OF which ls
very valuable. Ragged lslands received
their name from the rough nature Of that
part of the coast. Several ships have
been wrecked at different times within
fhsea or four miles on either side Of
where t1e City Of Washington lies. The
most notable n these were the transport