New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-17

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The total value of the cargo is about s3Oo,oU
| LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
Tho above caroo is shipped TO oonsgnees in all parts
| of Europe though French merchants will receive the
larger portion The consgnees having had no opportu
nifty TO confer with the shippers in this city, 1t Is mpos
sble 10 obtain details OF the exact amount OF losses IN
surance, etc. The following will, however. show the
amount Of insurance obtained the principal ship
ments: Alfred Merriam q Co. of No. "a Exchangeplacc
shipped upward OF 200 bales OF cotton 200 barrels OF
potash and nearly 1900 bushels Of wheat The total
value OF the shipment nearly 900 In gold and an
insurance OF about $4,000 currency will fully cover the
loss. The insurance is almost wholly In continental
companies, the larger part being effected In France.
E. Caylus De Ruyser Co. OF No. 81 Beaver-st shipped
about barrels OF potash. whose value amounted TO
about 600 loss will be fully secured by insurance
in French companies More than 300 boxes OF bacon
were shipped by Messrs. Bauman & Co. OF No. 13l
Pearlst. The total value ia about sl2SOO and French
insurance companies will pay the full amount
One Of the heaviest shippers by the AmeriQue was
Alexis Godiot Of Readest. and West Broadway. He
shipped nearly 10000 bushels of wheat valued at about
Sj0GOO. The entire loss is covered by insurance IN
English companies
r. Newman & CO. OF No. TO Duane-st sent out by the
Amenque about $4,000 worth OF sailed hides. The in
surance which is in English companies, will cover up
ward of two-thirds the value.
Messrs Kutter, Luckmeyer Co. OF No. 81 worth-st..
shipped Of worsed dry goods valued at about
$4,000 in gold. English companies will pay the insur-
shipment OF worsted goods by W. 3. Ia lconer Co.
Of No 27 Churchst is insured English companies for
S5,OOO-its full value.
c. Heydecker of No. co Pine-st. had board large
shipment of hides and 200 boxes Of bacon The value OF
the shipment was upward of $4,000. and 1t was insured
Nam Xnrl
LAmerique was cleared April by Messrs Smith and
Lockwood Cusom-house brokers OF No 4s Pine-st and
the statement Of Capt ROussan placed her entire
tonnage at $500 1G-1OO TONS
DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL.
L'Am6rque was built at Mazaire in 1864, and was
formerly known the Eugenie LImperatrice. 1t was
originally intended for the West Indian and South
American trade In 1873 she reconstructed and
heightened in hull by Messrs. Leslie Co. of Hebburn,
Newcastle-On Tyne. and new and improved machinery
was supplied by Maudsley, Sons Field OF London.
Though not as large others of the Transatlantic Com
pany's fleet OF steamers. she was considered one
of the stanchest. LAm6rique and the Vile du
Havre were often styled sister ships, there
being only difference of few hundreds tons in
rating 5000 having been that Of the Vile du IIavre
The dimensions Of DAmerque were as follows:
Length of deck, 80 feet; breadth of beam, 40 feet
inches her depth Of hold SO feet inches and her draft
of water at oad-lne, feet. She provided with
four decks was bark rugged, and had measurement
tonnage of 1850. and registered Tonnage Of $500.
L'AmeriQue's bottom plating seven-eighths OF
inch thickness while that of her sides but three
quarters, and her strength materially augmented
by the application Of strngers 10 every deck The en-
gines, four in number, were termed "compound direct
acting" with two highpressure cylinders, Al inches
each in diameter, and lOwpressure cylinders, rs
inches IN diameter. with uniform stroke of piston Of
feet inches There six boilers placed leDgthwse
in the ship each provided with four furnaces. Indepen
dent engines aud pumps so arranged as TO afford
great safety against fires accidents There were six
watertigh bulkheads in the ship, and every arrange
ment for proper ventilation
The accommodations for passengers were ample and
Of a most luxuriant character. The main saloon
very attractive The panelng Of solid marble,
with ornaments worked in gold, and the ceiling finished
in white and with gold bead ornaments. On the same
deck aud opposite TO the grand entrance there was
very inviting smokDg-roOm There were accommoda-
lions for rstcass and Ia secOndclass passengers
The stateroom for the former forward and aft Of
the saloon and the latter on the deck In both there
was every provision for comfort and ventilation was
perfect
THE COMPANY's LOSSES
I,Ameridue is the third steamer lost by the General
Transatlantic Company within five months. The Vile
du Havre came in collision with the English sailing
vessel Loeb Earn the 22d OF November 1879 and sark
in "a minutes; 226 lives were lost The Europe
abandoned at sea on the 81 inst the passengers and
crew having been transferred to the Greece OF the Ma
tOnal line and the Amerique foundered on the 14h inst
The Company also os the steamship lafayette on the
23d of September, 1871 The lafayette caught fire the
day after her arrival at Havre and the interior the
vessel was burned leaving nothing except the iron she'll
Capt Rousseau who commanded the Amerique, was cap
tain OF the LAFAYETTE when she burned. The La
fayete was the lost by the Company since
its organization and their prospects bright until
the loss of the Vile de Havre large number OF the
travelling public have great confidence In the line.
Yesterday several parties engaged berths the Kong
Sverre which has been chartered by the agent to I'LL
the place of the Europe, and among them nine
sisters from Cincinnati convent, who making trip
TO Europe.
In addition to the the large feet plying between st.
en the following vessels st. Laurent, Capt Lachesney,
length feet breadth ~ feet depth 80 feet tonnage
5000 tons horsepower 1000 Periere, Capt. surmont.
81 feet long 3O4 TONS and 1850 horsepower; Vile de
Paris 81 feet long 3Ol4 tons, and 1850 horsepower.
The Lafayette has entirely rebuilt and will make
her fret trip this port shortly Tho other steam
ers France and Labrador also expected to be ready
in short time.
THE FIRST AND SECOND OFFICERS.
Capt. Ameder Roussan, the Commander OF the
Amerique first this port Second Captain OF
the Washington in 1863 when the New-Y0rk and Havre
Line was first formed He left the for year or
more, and again entered 1t Second Captain Of the
Vile Paris, under Capt. Surmont. He came out as
Captain OF the Lafayette, and commanded her
until she was burned at Havre. He after
,rord commanded the Laurent. and was