New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-13
DISASTER.
Fruitiess Searcl, for the Missing of the
City of Waco.

City of Waco.
GALVESTON, November 12.-Captain Saw
yer, agent of the Mallory line, returned
late last night He states they sailed forty
miles southwest and ton miles to the west
ward, taking in the entire limits OF the
main track of the gulf, which was thorough
lY searched. They found a dinkey boat be-
longing to the lost vessel, bottom up. 1t
had not been scOrched.
A set of steps were also found. Captain
Sawyer states that large quantities of freight
from off tho deck of the Waco was ALEC
found floating. among which were cases of
astral oil, which were stored on her upper
deck, aud thinks this freight must have been
thrown overheard by the crew. Among the
articles picked up was a jacket life pre-
server from which the string had been tern.
No clue was found as to the fate of any of
the people of the Waco.
Captain Sawyer started outside again this
morning to cuutinua the sesrch
The steamship Stats of Ieras. " ,,:h has
been outside today scNehing for III y Waco
people, has returned, aud brings NJ .urther
news. There seems to be little hope now of
finding any of her passengers or crew.
statement of Another survivor OF the
Lost steamer Pacific.
SAN FRANCISCO, November IA dis
patch from Neah Bay, Washington Terri
tory. dated yesterday. gives the statement
Of Neal O'l1aley, Quartermastor OF the Pa
ciic. rescued by the revenue cutter Oliver
Wolcott, on the morning of the seventh in
slant, to the following effect: There were
about $50 people on board. | went below
about 8 Z. NJ everything was all right and
the lights were in place. When the shock
occurred | ran on deck.
Everything was in confusion, and the
passengers were crowdng to the hurricane
deck. The ship fell off into the trough of
fha saw iarph yp6aal un1er aAil
which they said struck the steamer. | saw
her green light distinctly. The passengers
| crowded into the boats against the COM
mands of the otiiceis. The chief engineer
| got part of a boat forward into the water,
| and fifteen women snt six men got in her,
| but she was capsizsd by the rolling of the
| ship. Saw none of them afterwards. l
supported myself by floating on sky
| light about fifteen minutes, and then
| got on portionsof the hurricane deck with
| eight others. On looking for the steamer
we found she had disappeared, leaving a
| floating mass Of human heings. The
screams for help were fearful, but they soon
| ceased, and We were lett alone upon the
raft. There were the captain, second mate
second cook and four passeps gers, including
q young lady, with me. At one O'clock next
morning, the fifth, it blew q gale from the
| southeast, the sea making "a clean break
over the raft. We lashed ourselves
| to the raft. About A. NJ. the sea
| washed overheard the captain, second mate,
the lady and another passenger. About
| A. NJ. the az copd cook died. 1t cleared
up about A =. NJ. and l saw land tifteer
| miles distant, and a piece of the wreck
| with two or more persons on it, About
| 7. M., anoth or died. On the morning o.
the sixth, another died, leaving me alone
In the afternoon, a large empty box floatet
near me. l got it on the raft for shelter
| and slept soundly that night for severa
hours. On the morning of the seventh
| saw land on beth sides. The weather ther
continued calm until l was rescued by thu
| cutter.
A report from Neah credits O'Haley witt
the statement that the second mate tol'
him, while on the raft, that the chief mate
with eight of the crew in a boat, got clea
| of the ship.
The Wolcott has gone cruising along tn
| coast of Vancouver island. The Guss
| Teifair went south. The Wolcott took la
| tllans and canoes to search the shore TO
any that may have landed. The curren
has been strong from the westward, carry
ing the bodies recovered far up the strait
1t is believed the wo men saved are all tina
| will be found alive, except those in the boa
with the mate, in case they made shore.
Nothing has yet been seen of the shi
which struck the Pacific Several vessel
from the outside have been spoken none O
whom had seen her. O'Haley says the cap
tain was the last man to leave the ship.
Bodies Recovered from the Pacific.
The Gussie Telfair has returned from tn
scene of the lost steamer Pacific. She foun
several bodies.