Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-29

{ burden, belonging TO London and NigO.
! We left London on the ninth Of April
/ aud arrived at Lisbon on the fourteenth.
I We then went to Gibralts-, which we
reached two days afterwsrd, and thence
| to Malaga and Csdiz, arriving at the lat
| ter port on the twenty fourth OF April.
/ We left again on the following Thurs
| day. There were on board a crew Of
| thir.y.one all told, all ErE' shmen, and
! thirty-five passengers, twenty Of the lat
Ter being Portuguese sailors, who were
coming 10 man a ship in London. We
sailed from VigO for London. The
weather, after leaving VigO, was vely
thick and foggy. 1t became very thick
on Thursday night last, ard this lasted
till the time when we struck on the
Wizard rock, off Brest, at three O'Clock
on Saturday morning last, the eighth
instant. The captain wPs at that time
IN his cabin, but do not know if he was
asleep. The second mste, Mr.. Atkins,
had the watch on deck, and | was at
the wheel. | could see nothing for the
fog, and l think the captain did not
AnOw that we were SO far across the
bay OF Biscay as we were. We saw
no ming whatever of land until The
ship struck. The Wizard rock il a
long way off Brest, and is one of a great
many rocks which form islands there.
Directly the ship got ashore the captain
came up, mounted the bridge, and told
the second mate that he thought the ship
had struck heavily forward. The third
mate-I don't know his name-ran for
ward, and he had not been there more
than thirty seconds before he sung out to
the captain that the ship was going
down by the head, and the captain then
ordered the boats to be cleared away, but
as the ship was sinking so qaickly there
was no time to comply with his direc-
tions. The Cadiz had large boats,
enough to have carried everybody on
board. One boat was lowered, and about
fourteen hands got into her, under the
command OF the second mate, but after
the boat had pushed off from the side
the ship heeled over on the top Of her,
and forced her and all who we're in her
under The boat came up aiterward keel
upward, with three Of the Portuguese
sailors, who hung on to her keel, and
she drifted ashore with them. was at
that time standing aft, and seeing that
the ship was making a surge to go down
by the head, took off all my clothes
and jumped overheard. got clear of
the suction Of the vessel. When she
went down the water was very rough.
After | was overheard could see some !
rocks about three hundred yards from
me, and to these | managed to swim. |
Other persons swan along with me, but |
they did not reach the rocks, as the sea |
was SO heavy. AT the time the |
vessel struck there was great |
confusion on board, but the captain APP |
peared to retain his self-pOssession, and |
the officers, so far as l could see, obeyed |
the orders given them. Before left the |
island l saw one body washed ashore. 1t |
was that Otan English gentlemen, pas
senger, whose name did not know. He |
had sailed from London with US and had |
gone the round of the voyage. We left |
the body on the island. There was one
gentleman passenger Oh board accom-
psnying him, but l saw nothing of him."
Among the persons lost by the wreck |
of the steamship Cadiz, was Mr.. John
Morse, dentist, of Detroit, Michigan.
This may be the gentleman to whom
Wilson refers.
1.-The secOnu mate, Atkins, swan with
me from the ship toward the shore, but
he was drowned before reaching the lat
ter, aud man named Thomas Jones,
fireman on board, was also drowned
when swimming near me. Among the
others of the crew / remember Pippings,
John Gray, Kinds, Featherbridge,
Wright, FOrmsn, Maclesn, all seamen.
Thomas Carr, fireman; Jack Carr anG
James Pedley. 1 don't know the names
Of any Of toe passengers. The first mate
was named Duxer. OF the sixty-six
persons in the vessel, thirty-One crew
and thirty-tive passengers, l and the
three Portuguese are all who are saved"
FOUR CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
CINCINNATI, May 28.-Four children,
one all infant, of S. M. Christian, of
Versailles, Ohio, were burned to death
last Wednesday, by the explosion of
can of cOal-Oil, with which one of them
was endeavOring to kindle fire in the
kitchen,