The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-11
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THE UITY OF WACO.
Search for the Missing Crew and
Passengers.

GALVESTON, Nov. 10.
The steamer Buckthorn was dispatched
outside again at 3 o'clock this morning in
search Of the missing passengers and crew
Of the City of Waco. She will cruise west
sixty miles along the coast before return
ing. Captain ]. N. Sawyer, agent of the
Mallory line, also started cut on board one
of the pilot boats in search Of the missing
boats
The only hopes now entertained for the
safety of the passengers and crew are
based upon the statement of Capt. Irvine
of the steamer Buckthorn, who saw fore
mast while out yesterday. He reports that
the end of the mast was burned off, appa.
rcntly between decks or very close below
the floor on the upper deck, which indi-
Gates that the fire was below, between the
decks, in which case the fire may have
been burning some time and given the Off
GERS, crew and passengers ample time to
have left the ship before the flames reached
the upper deck and was discovered by
other vessels. 1t is thought the passengers
and crew may have escaped in the dark
ness on board the ships small boats before
the fire on board was seen from the Fusuy-
anna and the steamship San Marcos. In
this event they would have drifted with
the sea about thirty or forty miles west
ward before the wind changed TO the north
west.
Another statement which would appear
TO confirm the location of the fire Is that
the City Of Waco had small wooden case
or house built around her fore.mast, where
matches, ETC., were stored. This casing
reached upon the mast four feet and above
the top of it, the mast was grained, below
it wac only painted white. The fore mast
was evidently burned off below the deck.
On the upper deck forward, large quaint
ties of oil were stored, and as soon as the
flames reached this the entire upper portion
of the vessel was swept by the flames. The
officers of the San Marcos, a steamship ly.
ing in the fleet, state that the fire was frs,
| discovered about two o'clock. Nothing
wrong was discovered with the unfortunate
ship until she appeared wrapped in sheet
of flames. Nothing was seen of her boats
or passengers and crew. The return Of
the pilot boat and steamer are anxiously
looked for. 1t is thought they will be il
late tonight. -------.---'
The English steamer Abdiel has just
come in from the outside. She was
anchored directly to leeward of the City OF
Waco. Her mate reports that the fire was
discovered about 1890, ana the ship ap-
peared to be one mass of flames. The Off
GERS of the Abdel imedately ordered
steam up and their small boats put in
readiness for assistance. The mate states
he heard cries of distress from five OF Sin
persons in the water. One was the form
of a woman or child, clinging to what ap
peared to be spar or piece Of vessel.
The sea was breaking one The Abdiel's
mate went att and saw the spar again but
every soul had been washed off ofit AS
sion as steam could be made the Abdiel
moved up along side the burning ship as
near as her officers dared go. They state
that not person was to 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 tearfully in the
storm. Sparks and cinders were flying
over and past the Abdiel. The officers OF
the Abdie placed lights in their small
boats and had them in readiness to launch
Her crew were ON the watch for any of
the Waco's people but none were heard or
seen. $500
The mate states that the fire On the Waco
seemed TO spread over the entire vessel In
a few minutes. He thinks she was 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 berlhs and reached the small
boats. The boats sent cut this morning
have not yet returned.