Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-10
The Steamship Waco Burned In Sight of
Galveston of the Crew and
Passengers Supposed to be
Lost.
The Brig PaIO Alto Lost on the Coast
of Cuba-TWO Brigs and Three
SchOOners Sunk at Jamaica
and Santiago.

senger III q WretcheQ CONDITION, ne hav
ing been on raft thirty-six hours be
fore he was picked up. He says the Pa
cific collided with some other vessel
whose light ha saw; but in bis inter
+ view with Gilkey, captain of the Mes
senger, lasting twelve hovTs, he mad
no mention of the lights of the vessel
and some think him lsboring under 6
halluciDatiOn SIS to that. Experienced
naVigators here think it more likely tha
sh struck hidden rock.
Jelleym m axes statement to the follow
log effect: "rOok cabin passage on the
Pacific from Victoria, leaving about 8
quarter past niue O'Clock on the morn
l ing of Thursday, the fourth instant
J about two hundred people were on board
the steamer; she ran all day against q
sOutheaster,y wind; the crew were con.
! staEuy pumping water into the boat tC
trim the ship; the boats aloft OF the
. paddle boxes had no oars in them, the
others had eight or nine; in the even
ing. while in bed, heard crash and felt
a shock as il the vessel had struck q
rock; heard something fall as if rocks
had fallen; the staI board DOW bell struck
to stop, back, and go ahead; went on
deck; heard voices cay, It's all right,
we have struck vessel;' saw sevt raj
lights at distance, tut do not think
they were cOlOred, but paid little stten-
ton; returned to the cabin; noticed that
the ship took heavy list to port; went
on deck to the pilOthOuse; heard some
o. e say, She is making water very FAST
the captain coming cut OF his room, /
asked him if there were any blue lights
or guns; he said there were some blue
lights in the pilothOuse; got them and
burned five; noticed the engines still
working, but no one was at the wheel;
went to the starbCard side forward
of the paddle-b *, where a number of
men were trying TO get out the longboat,
but could not; went to the port be AZ for
ward and helped five or six women into
it, and tried to get the boat off, but
| could not move it; there were about
twenty women in it; heard the boats
abaft the paddles had got off but did
| not zee them: think it was about an
| hour after the steamer struck when she
listed so much that the pOrt-boat wa1 in
the water; 1 was in that boat, which I
| cut loose from the davits: the boat filled
and turned over; / got on her bottom
| and helped several up with me; imme-
| diately after the steamer seemed to
| break in two, fore and aft; the smoke
stack fell and struck our boat, and the
steamer sunk; think about all the
women were in our boat, and fear they
were all drowned when the boat upset;
this was about ten o'clock in the even
ing, the night not dark, nor the sea very
rough, but fresh breeZs; aiterWard left
the bottom OF the boat, and with an
other man climbed on top of the pilot
house h1ating near; next morning
got some life-preserveIs floating near
the house, aud with their ropes iashed
myself and companion to the house;
cav three RATS; the first had one man
on it; the next had three men and wo-
man; could not make out the other for
the distance, except there were people
on it; think we were thirty or forty
miles south Of Cape Flattery when the
vessel sunk; passed light on Tatloosh
island between four and five in the even
ing; l and my companion were ON the
pilothouse all of Friday until about four
O'clock ia the afternoon, when he died;
cut him loose; the sea was running very
high all day, the waves washing over
us; soon after he died sighted q vessel;
called, and heard the people on the other
RATS cslllng, but the vessel did not come
near; Friday night there was but little
wind until morning, when the wind and
sea rose; was then within mile of the
shore Of Vancouver island; sighted two
vessels on the American shore, which |
passed on; about ten ia the morning,
Saturday, the Messenger picked me up.
HENRY F. JELLEY."
There was great excitement in this |
city on hearing the news, and the tele. |
graph and newspaper offices, and Mer. |
chants exchange were besieged by peo- |
pie who had friends and relatives on |
. =, A.,
OF the Hurlbert Rockwell troupe, but it |
one of them, and the Others were per. |
formers picked up in that part OF the
country.
The steamer Los Angeles will be dis
patched to save the survivors, if there
are any.
Jelley stated Informally that there
was no terror or confusion on the part of
the pa 'sengers, and that if the boats
could have been launched and properly
manned and the sailing comparatively
smooth all would have been saved.
The Steamship City of Waco Burned.
GALVESTON, November 9-The
City Of Waco, of the Mallory
line, arrived from New York yesterday
and was anchored outside with q fleet
Of vessels. At one o'clock this morning
she was discovered to be on fire. A
strong northeast wind was blowing, with
showers of rain. The passengers, off,
Gers and crew took to the ships open
boats at three O'Clock and passed
through the fleet. The sea was so high
that the other vessels could render them
no assistance. The lsst seen OF the open
boats they were drifting in a westerly
direction down the coast. The agents
Of the line have telegrsphed for her pas.
sengeTs. One Of the Galveston pilots,
who had gone out On her arrival, was
also on board. Carriages have been
sent down the beach, and a steam ting
for cruising outside in search
OF The missing passengers and crew. The |
steamer burned to the waters edge, and
is now reported sinking. 1t is supposed
that the vessel aud cargo ara total loss.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
New YObK, November The steam-
er City of Waco was an iron-screw
steamer of fifteen hundred tons burden.
She was built about two years aga at
Pennsylvania, and Was In
good condition, having been
oveIhauied just before sailing from this
port. Her value was two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, partially insured,
and her cargo was worth one hundred
dOl'a 'ars. She carried crew OF
thirty men, including ofiicers. Her pas
seDger list numbered twenty in the
cabin and steerage. Her cabin passen-
gers were Miss MOelliug, Mr.. Rogers
and wife, II. Meyer, Mira. A. HorsIey
and Child w. Fanny HeiIe, w. Boden-
heimer. In the stserage there were
Twelve passengers, as follows: Robert
Mrs. Mary II. Rsuberg, S.
). Duane, A. FIR ,zier, VIM. M'Intosh,
Alexander Christholm; Won. Minesta
and SOD, A. Steineleke, E. Dreisbauch,
J. L. Albert, and +. ]. Martin.
GALVESTON, November 9.-The CITY
lf Waco, which had burned to the waters |
edge, snd her hull rolling in heavy sea,
sunk at one O'Clock this afternoon In
seven faIh0ms of water. The vessel and
cargo are total loss. The wind this
.-orning was blowing gale. The pas