The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-11
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FURTHER OF THE STEAMSHIP CITY OF WACO
GALVESTON, Nov. 10-The steamer Buck
Thorn was dispatched outside again a. 8
o'clock this morning in search of missing
passengers and crew of the City of Waco. She
| will cruise west sixty miles along the coast
before returning. Capt. J. NJ Sawyer, agent
of the Mallory Line, also started out 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 Buck Thorn, who saw the foremost
while out yesterday. He reported the end of
the mast was burned off apparently between
decks, or very close below the floor on the
upper deck, which indicates the fire was be-
low, between decks, in which case the fire
may have been burning some time and given
the officers, crew and passengers ample time
to have left the ship before the flames reached
the upper deck and were discovered by the
other vessels.
1t is thought the passengers and crew may
have escaped in the darkness on board the
ships small boats before the fire on board
was seen from the Fusyoma and steamship
San Marcos. In this event they would have
drifted with the sea, about thirty or forty
miles westward, before the wind changed TO
the northwest
There is another statement which would
appear to coufrm the location of the fire:
The City of Waco had small wooden case or
house built around the foremost, where
matches, ETC., were stored. This casing
reached up on the mast four feet, and above
the top of it the mast was grained; below it
was only painted white
The foremost was evidently burned off be-
low deck On the upper deck forward, large
quantities of oil were stored. 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 lying
in the feet state that the fire was first dis
covered about two o'clock. Nothing was dis
covered wrong with the unfortunate ship I'M
til she appeared wrapped in a sheet of flame.
Nothing was seen OF her boats or passengers
and crew. The return of the pilot boat and
steamer outside arc anxiously looked for. It's
thought they will be in late tonight
New YORK, Nov. 10-Mr. and Mrs. Rogers
were of Brooklyn Fanny Heller is colored
girl; beyond this ths agents here know moth
ing of the Waco passengers. The steerage
passengers were mostly Germans. Capt.
Greenman was considered thorough and
efficient officer. The mate was named Nick
VIM. Huxly, and the stewardess Fanny Best.
The list OF the crew. numbering thirty, was
kept on board; their names are not known by
the agents.
GALVESTON, Nov. 1O-The English steam
ship Abdiel has just come from outside. She
was anchored directly to leeward of the
Waco. Her mate reported the fire was dis
covered at about 1890, and the ship appeared
to be one mass of flames. The officers of the
Abdiel Immediately ordered steam up and
their small boats put in readiness for assist
ance.
The mate states he heard cries of distress
from five to six persons in the water; one was
the voice Of o woman or q child. They were
clinging to what appeared to be spar or
piece of one of the vessels mast. The sea
was breaking over the Abdiel. The mate went
aft and saw the spar again, but every soul had
been washed off Of it
AS soon as steam could be made the Abdiel
moved up alongside the burning ship, as near
as her officers dared go. They state not a
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 vas rolling
feariully in the storm. Sparks and cinders
were flying over and past the Abdiel
The officers of the AbdieI placed lights in
their skull boats and had them in readiness
to launch. Her crew were on the watch for
any of the Waco's people, but no more were
seen or heard. The mate states the fire on
vessel in a few minutes.
He thinks she was struck by lightning,
which ignited the oil on board and burned
everything on the upper deck before the pas
sengers and crew could have left their berths
and reached the small boats The steamer
and pilot boat sent out this morning have not
yet returned.
GALVESTON, Nov. 10, 9:30P M-The steam
tug Buckthorn has just returned from outside,
Capt. Irvine having seen one of the Waco's
goats, which had been considerably burned and
tioated off, and some steps and pieces of her
cabin. No trace of any of the passengers or
crew. 1t is reported tonight that when the
steamship Clinton passed the Australian lying
at the mouth ofSan Bernard River, yesterday,
she Was signalled, but the Clinton, not know
ing of the Waco disaster, did not STOP
Hopes are now entertained that some of the
Waco's people may be saved on board the
Australian. In case the pilot-boat which is
now cruising in that vicinity does not reach
her, there will be another steamer dispatched
west to- morrow.
RESCUE Of ONE OF The PAClFICs CREw.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 10.-A dispatch to
the Merchants Exchange from Port Town
send, says the United States revenue steamer
OIiver WOIcOtt at O'Clock MONDAY mornipo