The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-11-11
THE MARINE DISASTERS.
No Clue Yet of the Passen-
gers or Crew.
Hopes for the Safety Of ihe Passen-
GERS of the Waco.

NEW ORLEANS, November lO.-The
Galveston steamer BuckthUrn, was dis
patched outside at o'clock this morang
in search Of the missing passengers OF the
Waco. The only hopes now entertained
Tor the safety OF the passengers and ere"
ure based ON the statement OF Captain
Civine q. the steamer BucRthOrn, which
saw tine foremost while out yesterday, IN
which case the officers, crew and pr->rn-
ger, may have had time TO escape before
the flames reached the upper deck, and
was dl-covC.,i by other vessels. IL j,
thought that the passengers and crew
may have escaped IN the darkness on
board the ships small boats before the
fire On board was seen. The return Of
the steamers outside are anIiously looked
for, aud 1t Is thought they viii BE- in late
tonight.
Additional Particulars.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, November 10
The English steamer Ab!iel has just
come np. She was anchored directly TO
,rewnrd Of the Waco. Her mate reports
tbs, the fire was discovered about l2.3O
and the ship appeared to be one mass of
flames. The officers %. the ADiIel I'M
m,i.utc.v ordered steam up and their
small boats in readiness for assistance
The mate states he heard cries Of DIS.
.ress from five orsiX persons In the water;
one Was the voice OF u woman or chl.d,
clingns 10 what appeared 10 be spar
or piece of one Of the vessels masts Inc
Sc. was breaking over over the Abilel.
The mate went az, and saw the spar
again, but every soul mad been washed OF
Of IT, As soon Is steam could be made,
the Abdiel moved up along side the
burning ship as near rs the officers dared
90. They state that not q person was 10
b.. sem ON her, and they DO not think it
possible for one Of her small boats 10 have
been launched. The Waco was rolling
iea-!u.ly in the storm, aud the spark
and ciudcrs few over to and past the
Abiicl. The officers Of the Abdiel placed
lights in their small boats and had them
a readiness % launch. Her crew were
On the watch for any Of the Waco's peo-
pie, bat aouc were seen or heard.
The mate states that the fire on the
Wacp seemed to spread over the entire
vessel III few minutes; he thinks She
wa. first struck by lightning, which IL
nited the OIL on board, and burned every
thing ON the upper decks before the pas.
sengers or crew could have left their
b-r.Is and reached the small beats. The
steamer and pilot boats sent out TINS
morning have not yc. returned.
GALVESTON. November 10 $50 p. VI.
The steam tug Euckhoru has just re-
turned from outside. Captain Irvine
saw one Of the Wacos boats when had
been considerably burned and l1ated oil,
and some steps aud pieces of her cabin.
No trace of any of the pp-S"ng gers or crew
Is reported. l. l. reported that
when the steamship Clinton passed the
Australian lying at the mouth of san
Bernard river, yesterday, she was sig
nailed but the Clinton, no; knowing Of the
Waco disaster, did not stop. Hopes are
now entertained that some of the Waco's
people may bs saved uu board tn" Aus
trulun. A pilot boat Is Now cruising IN
that vicinity. /. she does not reach here
there will be another steamer dispatched
WEE, tomorrow.
several Bodies Secured.
SAS FRANCISCO, November ia
man wasrescuel by the Revenue Steamer
oliver Walcott, whe says the steamer
CALIFORNIA; passed in paua sight of the
raft while several We're surviving. Other
vessel, also passed m their vicinity. The
WsucOtt mas also recovered one or tw"
dead bodies The steamer GUs>ir T.,
pm. report, -orIug II v,s-r. ia the dis
tr,ct outside the cape, with her flag
Union, down, and hpwsprit gone. which
was uuloubtcilyth vessel which coI'iiel
with the Pacific. The steamer TeIpin
has recovered several boaIcs.
Another Survivor Of The Pacific.
SAN FRANcI>Cp November ia
dispatch To- the Merchants Exchange
from Port Townsend, >ays the United
States revenue steamer Oliver WolcJt, at
3 UclocA Monday morning, picked up
one OF the crew OF the Pacific, upon RAFT
thirty miles inside the strait, Of Fuca
lie says that Captain Howell was drown