The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-11
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THE LOST CITY OF WACO.
NO TTDTN9s OF rHs MISSING rAa-
sENGERS AND CREW.

siisst nepe that they Escaped from d. Bsr.-
ING ship-A steamer Searching Aior~ a.
Coam Of the Gulf for the Missing Beats.
GALVESTON, Nov. l0.-The steamer Buos-
thorn was despatched outside again at . o'ciocs
this morning 10 search OF the missing paasss-
gers and crew OF the City OF waio. She win
cruise west sixty miles along the coast bsfors
retufn ming. Capt. J. N. Sawyer, agent OF thu
Mallory line, also started out on board ons a
the pilot boats In search OF the missing bosta
The only hopes now entertained for the ssfssv
Of the passengers and crew are bassl
upon the statement OF Capt iodine a
the steamer Buokthorn, who saw a
forem@t whole out yesterday. He rsportsl
that the end Of the mast was burned OF sppss-
emily between decks. or very close below shs
noor on the upper deok. which indicates thsa
the Ore was below the between decks, In whioh
case u may have been burning soms time, ana
PiVen the ofacers, crew and passengers smpss
time to have left the ship before the aames
reached tho upper deck and was discovered by
other vessels. 1t Ia thought the passengers ana
crew may have escaped in the darkness On
board Of the shlD's small boats before the Gro
was seen from the Fusuyams aud the steamshfp
san Marcos. In this event they would have
dHfted with the sea about thirty or forty miles
Westward before the wind changed TO north
west.
Another statement, which would appear d
confirm the location OF the IRE. is that the C,ey
OF Waco had small wooden case or house buii3
around her foremast. where matches, &C., we've
stored. This casing reached upon the mast fotR
i%eet. % Above the top OF u the mast was grainsdi
was evidently burned OF below the deck On TIE
upoer deck forward large Quantities OF oil wers
stored. and as soon as the flames reached thfs
the entire upper portion Of tue vessel was swspa
The oficers Of tn. San Marcos, a s,eaushi,
lying In the heet- say that the IRE was nrst seca
about two o'clock. when the snip seemed TO ha
wrapped In a sheet OF flame.
Nothing was seen Of ner boats or passenesry
and crew: The return OF the pilot boat aaa
they will De 10 late Tonight.
rhe English steamer Abdiel has Just come b
from outside She was anchored directly 70
leeward Of the Waco. Her mate reports thaf
the nfe was discovered sbouL 1890 4. NJ. and
that the ship appeared to be one mass Of flames,
steam up and their small boats In readiness fog
rendering assistance. The mate says he heard
cries OF distress from nve or six persons IN the
water. One WIS the voice Of a woman or chitd.
clingine TO what appeared TO be a soar or pt -cs
over the Abdlel. The mate went aft and saw che
spar again, but every soul had been washed oG
sts 81 L. As a, soon soon as as steam could be m,as
as near as the officers dared to 60. They staa
shat not sperson was TO be seen on her, and thef
boats TO have been launched The W AGO wns
rolling fearfuy In the storm. and sparks and ola
derH wore nyinR over and past the Aboiel TIE
officers Of the Abdiel placed lights In their sm an
boats and had them Ia readiness to iauncA-
I1er crew were on the watch Tor tny OF the
Waco's people, but none were seen or heard
The mate says that the Ore on the Waco seemed
to spread over the entire yea el IN few minutoa.
He thinks she was 1rs, struck by iightutuR
which iRnited the oil on board and burned eve
rything on the upper decks before the passso-
gers and crew could have left their bertas and
reached tue SIN all boats.
The steamer and pilot boats sent out this
morning have not yet returned.
$50 7. Nth steam tug Buckthorn has 1uss
returned from outside. Capt Irvine saw one of
the Waco's boats which hsd been oonsid etsbtV
burnt ana hoated OF. He also saw some steps
and pieces OF her cabin, but found t<aoe
whatever OF any OF the messengers or crew.
IL Is reported to night that when the steam
shin Clinton passed the Australian lying at the
mouth OF the San Bernard river Yesterday,
she was signaed. but tho Clinton, nsS
knowing Of the Waco disaster, did not stop.
Hopes are entertsiped that some OF the wseoS
people may he saved on board the Austran q.
II the pilot boat. which Is now cruising in th -
vicinity, does not roach her there will be anothss
steamer despatched vest to-m orrov.