, 1874-04-17
Sinking of the French Steamship
Amoriquo or tho FronCh
Coast,
Tho Third Vessel Of the Same Line that
Has Gone Down With"
in Year.
All on Board Saved, Except tho
Second Officer.
The Steamship Netherland Ashore on tile
New Jersey Coast.

LsAmerlUt1Ce
LONDON April l0.-Tho Trench Transatlantic
steamship L'A1aeriquo, which left Now York on
tho 4th inst for Hayrc, sank on the 14th inst,
100 miles from Drcst. Everybody was Hayol OK
cept tho Second Officer.
j., New YonK, April 10.-The nows OF tho loss OF
'Amcriquo was frat received horo by
H. \ stch from passenger named Oonsinioro,
t'sp' ,tcd Brest, this morning. Tho announces
anu a. tho loss WAS promptly posted on tho
mont OF bulletins, mud printed iu extras and,
uo"apaPoA mo, tho otIlco Of the French Traua-
III shoss s'' any was tllronged with reporters
atlantic col4t Il, and With the friends Of the
asking p"tneua1 - ohor their sympathy at this
Aho' "no s"nc ~ = WITHIN slx MONTHS.
THIRD D'e1o11s mt Of tho line, would not
MT McAonzo' ~ ~ sob roceivodnowa of tho loss
~ r,Amorlouc from FrnA CO. -, nAmo1'1no que, "aa
eomewhat similnr than tt> shn 'roa 'ln1 nav uv
Ilnyro. Int Of smaller bnild. s,o.sm.t,o .f'yno
yesso nt a1 GyF y9as ng at tin sSout eighty
nir. GailIard WAS tho name Of tho s:'cona ar.
Ger reported ioHt by THO s1nMlnE y Mosro ,rl. n
iouo. Ho was on board tho WILD -" ~
that vessel wont down. u aa;+;ora1 dIa-
Lonpoy April 1850 p. aduatsoonaa ,oaa.ns1;,, GlI
nntohos, lust received, state that tnn nteasas ~
L'Anloriqu sunk near the Island o. ,,;1oa from
Tho Coast OF Brlttany. t"enty-si4 "1Ne' Atol''
111r p.ssEsoEns AND CREW WE'RE nE.VcuED
by Euglish Norwegian and Italian vcesgls aan
Italian vessel nrryoa at bfess W thn ,'J disaster was
not received ut LloydB', London, until n@n-p"os
o'clock this afternoon. a,.
NEW YonK, April 1o.-At the Office Of, Of cue ;n
% formation ot tic loss Of tic vosso! haa heen 9;n
;ecoiyod at o'clock, Although y. dis
patches from both Dreet and hayro
had been received this morning. nos .,s.a Ssun
iho rumor Of hor loas Ind boon sent TO thenl.
lI'Ameriguo was not q new vessel. she WIS .s
Iormorly tho Eugenio L'Imperatrice, aud va. wns
one Of tho finest STEAMBOATS, Of tue line fepolt,
sho reconstructed anI .opgfaoncn y,
worka Of Handley, Sons & Field, Of London.
FURTHER PARTICULARS. -
BnEsr april a9I1he H. ,:;e,a, s.eannr ta,mnost on lie
.dth She was abandoned when on lug po'ps 1npe, "
sinking. Tho Itnlan ship, Which saved the larg-
est number Of those on board and arrived nS,9 nn
fady u II" n,'nss crew. f9f5y TSo
which saved more of passengers, also arrived
lcre. The English vessel, with the Ioma1ncr 1laa
Of tho pasaengors aud crew. ls osrGatou rnr - III ts
English coast. The passengers unite III prn1se .1se
Of tLe coniluct Of Capt. Rosseau, OF tho
A,uerinue, who, they say, was cool aha esaSo
throughout. .
NEW Yonx, April 16.-Mr. Mackonzie, agent
Of tho Transatlantic Steamship co1npany, has ~
received dispatch from tho manager saa OF H. rht
courageous efforts of Capt. Rossoau ana crow
arc unanimously testified to by the pAssqngef.s, 7,
Tlo Dimensions Of tho Ameri1uo were: Aehgt!
deck 40 % tSo Il GS 3 Fl feat aes ces ~ isi: d
Of water at load 24 feet. She had 1onr aeehs
was bnrl rigged, mud is 4,600 tons b,srslen build
er'a measurement, while her registered tot'nas
Nns 800 tons.
THE CA1qp,
Tho Amoriquo WINS tho last Of tho vessels pc
longing to the Company Which had beah length
cllol. Size waB loaded with nbons the aVes;a; a;'i
cargo carried at this season to tho other atae
wlcl, was composed Of n great variety Of net
chanaiso i'll two or thrco hundred =, !ots. ~ tue y Sg
gregato Of which was valued at slsl ,25a; 81; e, On
Of Of WI Wheat, p's!Ia yaiaed 1T $4,000 aaled hide
valued at al5,434: sos boxes; Of bacol
worth 31200D 204 balcs cotton, l.oA7: ], ,o4
packages machinery and 1ixtnreH, SGuoo; w
lots OF wheat yalucd respectively Mt ST. l40 M
Sl0400; IL barrels of jewelers. ashes or R"ceE
:rgs uont abroad for resmolting was valued q
@l5,ooo. .-..
The agent says the Company will not be fnai
cial}y affected to any great extent. and there q
stcalnors enough to make weekly passages,
tho managers see lit to take them from oth
linca. The An1oriquo WIS insured III trahce Il
100000.
Red star Zine steamship Ncther1a11
AHNOEcs
New YopK April 16.-A Philadelphia dsl,at
,says; s'AIuch anxiety ia manifested for t
safety Of. tho steamship Nethorland, which
now q week overdue. Tho same storm that {
10 much damage to tho Pennsylvania in3u1
tho Ncthorland sufficiently to compel her to I
pack to port WHENCE aftor repairing, sho put
Bca again on March 2G.
PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-A dispatch from !
}antic City. N. T.. says Tho steamer ashore
tao Brlgautluo shoai is the Nethor1and, from
eyerp, via Liverpool, whore she put in for rope
to lor running gear. She has Il large and ya
bic cargo, shipped in Antwerp M TOR ihllade'Pl @ p
Eeueers. Her ruldor mud wheel aro gone,
Ele is otherwise in good condition
Tho Nothorland Of tho Red Star Limo, was
sEcoSD VESSEL OF THE LINE
built at Newcastle -on-Tyue in tho latter part
the year 1879. she haa hnrdon Of U, ,ooo Tor
is m iron screw propeller, $50 feet in length,
feet i'll breadth Of beam, aud draws Il @ foot
water when loaded. She is divided into wat t
tight compartments, eud has double sides. y
vesselA at tho lied Star Line, although built
England nnd smiling under tho Bolglan1 lsg. lsl
'c tom Company. .''} Tho M Nothoriand was appoi.
to sail from tils port for Antwerp on tue
lust, aud after another round trip, WAS 10
taken tlD place Oil tho New York brunch OF
line.
Wreck OF Il Pacific 0conM Steam
SAN FRANCISCO, April p.-A private IL
from q passenger on the stoamer Mctif
statos when tho Tartar left lor slae bud Ho
ieen fcet Of water In hor hold, There wa
iarGo holo forward, md much Of tlo cargo
thrown oyorboard.
Sinking OF u Schooner OH Long ISL
Sound.
NEW YoRK, April 10.--Dy the sinking
schooner III tho Sound during tho late
Tires mon were drowned.
CANADA.
Dominion Einnnccs-The Case Of
still Unsettled.
Spfeial Dispatch to Tho Chtcago 1Ffbane
Tononro, April 10.-Tho Globe, III conf
ing upon tho now tariff aud ncccssitated inc
of taxation, chargcs home the cause upe
John 4. Macdonald during the past ak
rule. 1t Haya ut is to tho policy OF lll1