Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-11
MARINE HORRORS.
NO TidinEs Yet from the Missing Boats
of the Steamer Waco.
HeartIess Indifference Of sesmen 10
the Pate OF the People Of the
Pacific.

GALVESTON, November IC.-Tae
steamer BucktBoTn was dispatched Ou.-
side gain at three O'Gigcz t1is moTniIg
in sesTch OF passengers and the crew Of
the City Of Waco She will cruise west
sixty miles along the coast before re-
turning Captain J. y. SAWYER, the
agent Of the Mallory Line, also started
out on b. ard Of one OF the pilOt-b)ats in
search OF the missing boat The only
hopes now enter aimed fCT the safely Of
the passengers ami cIeS are based upon
the statement o. Captain Irvine, 81 the
steamer sBdcktGOrn, who saw the fore
mast while on. yesterday. he reported
the end Of the 4msst was burned of,
apparently bstwesn the decks, or very
close below the fiocd or upper deck,
which indicstfs that the fire was below
or between the decks, in which case the
fire may have been burning sometime
and given the Officers, crew a8d passen-
geTs ample time to have left the ship
before the flames reached the upper
deck and was discovered by other ves-
Ee,s. Ii Is thought that the passengers
and crew may have escaped in the
darkness on board Of ships sDd small
boats before the fire was seen from
Fusiguma and the steamship SanmGn-
cos. In this event they would have
driited with the sea about thirty or fJTty
miles westward before the wind
changed to the northwest Another
statement which would appear to con-
firm the location of the fire. The City
Of Waco had small wooden case or
house built around the fOTsmast, where
matches, etc were stored. This casing
reached up on the mast four feet, and
above the top Of it the mast was grained
aud below it il was only painted white.
The foTema.t was evidently burr ed off
below the deck. On the upper deck,
forward, large quantities OF oil were
stored, and as soon as the flames reached
this the entire upper portion Of the ves-
sci was swept by the names. The Off
Gers Of the SanmancOs, 3 steamship lying
in the feet, state that the fire was first
discovered about two O'Clock. Nothing
was discovered wrong with the unfOrtu-
nate ship until she sppe9Ted wrapped in
sheet of flame. Nothing was seen of
her boats or pssseng gers and crew. The
return OF the pilot boat and the steamer
outside are anxiousIy looked for. II is
thought that they will be III late to-
night.
GALVESTON, November lO.-The
English steamer ,Abdiel has just come
from outside She was anchored direct
ly to the leeward Of the Waco. Her
mate reports that the fire was discOvs
cred about hslf-past twelve, and the ship
appeared to be one mass Of flames. The
officers Of the AbdieI Immediately or
dered steam up and the small boats in
readiness for assistance. The mate says
be heard cries OF distress from five or
T. IN E1r t,a
voice of q woman CT child, cling
ing to what appeared to be a
spar, CT piece Of one Of the vessels
mDsts. The sea was breaking over
the Abdiel. The mate went aft and saw
the spar again, but every soul had been
washed off of it. AS soon as steam
aiongside the burning ship as near as
her Officers dared go. They state that
not q person was ID be seen on her, and
they do not think it possible for one Of her
small boats to have been launched. The
Waco was rolling fssrfully iD the storm,
and sparks and cindeFs were flying over
the Abdiel. The officers Of the Abdiel
placed lights in their small boats and
hsd them in readiness TO launch. Her
crew were on the watch for any Of the
WscO's people, but none were seen or
heard. The mate states that the fire on
the Waco seemed to spread over the en-
tire vessel in a few minutes. He thinks
she was first struck by lightning, which
ignited the oil on board and burned
everything on the upper decks before
the passengers and crew could have left
their belths and reached the smell boats.
The steamer and pilot-boats sent out
this morning have not yet returned.
$3.50 pm.-The steam tug BuckthOrn,
has Just returned from outside. Captain
Irvine saw one Of the Wsco's boats
which lad been considerably burnt and
fioated of, aud some steps and pieces
of her cabin but no trace of any passen-
gers or crew. 1t is reported tonight
that when the steamship Clinton passed
the Australian, lying at the mouth of
San Bernard river yesterday, she was
sigralled. but the Clinton not knowing
81 the WacO's disaster did not stop
Hopes are DOW ente rtained that some OF
the Waco's people may be saYed on
board the Austrs liam in the pilot boat
which is now cruising in that vicinity.
If it does not reach her there will be
another steamer dispatched west to-
morrow.