New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-12
OCEAN RISKS AND LOSSES
ALARM ABOUT THE CITY OF BRUSSELS
coyF,pEycE IN HrR SAFETY STILL EXPEfssED-
FALSE TFIEGRAms OF HER ARRIVAL RECEIVED

Of the Inman steamship line ycstttuhJ Ia ANiN''V'
missing steamship City OF BrusseS Many inquiries
e- made but the agents could only ASSERT their hope OF
hearing from her at any moment. All ANXIOUS NiSorS
receive stero0typed reply that there IL MS yet no a'o
for giving the vessel up lost but that she mas o'
with sou. arrangement of her machinery, and is makng
port under SAIL many other steamers have done ie
tofore IL is not remarkable circumstance that Steam
shin has met with such mishap and made passage Oh
20 or even 30 days the ocean Inc Assurance
with which the agents speak satisfies many OF inc H.
qurors while others so away despondent one ola sea
captain says that is likely that the vessel has en-
counered icebergs If she has the mid1e passage
rs the yet too early for new bergs from eher
the Greenland or Labrador coast aud the old oergs nave
long AGO disappeared in Southern waters. Major Kelly
the president the reception committee 10 the Caha
dian pilgrims in this city April 90 says that although
be il very anxious about vessel he nciines to the De
lief that nothing moro serious than accident 10 tue
vessels machinery has occurred and be sees no reason
for feeling any great alarm to her safety W. D.
Hughes secretary TO the reception committee IL IN con
slant receipt OF dispatches from Montreal asking for
tdngs missing vessel ana says that the hrst news
Will be immediately sent TO the anxious friends
The friends relatives OF those ON board the missing
vessel seek information ao at the religious houses IN
Brooklyn thinking that the priests may Laye some pr
yata Information account of the number o. cieigy'h
on board Abou, 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon MIS-
Gen Newton assured TRIBUNE reporter that she n"d
received a private telegram which stated that the CITY
or ErlsseH Ead aflFeu ~ Vi'tHoNo"h Ni'f''J "'-0
repair with much of her machinery broken, but that all
the passengers had hlcn landed safely Mrs Newton
was the and on account Of the source
from which she believed it to be perfectly true
No news having received In the city 10 conhm thS
private dispatch the reporter called later IN the even
ing and while lac IN the house Mrs. Newton received
another telegram denying tine statements contained In
the first dispatch Another private telegram similar
TO that lrst sent To Mrs. NowtoD WAS receiver ny
the Sisters Of Charity in Brooklyn which, 1t was
stated came Father Taafo one of the pilgrims
and pastor OF ST. Patrick's Church IN Brooklyn
The information contained was quickly circulated
among the Catholics. The apparently authentic
source OF the news made every person DeheEo
it, and many persons were seen last evening VINO ne
eved that the City Of Brussels safely IN Larhor at
Queenstown but q very late hour no cohlrilalou Ha
been received a the Inman Office
In cogversa An yesterday with Capt Burlington VINO
was formerly chief officer of the City OF Bru'se' and
who WAS on board when she broke down in April 1870
he stated ibat hardly possibly that anything more
serious a dsarranscnen of her m'chlnary conih
have happened All the incoming steamers he sald re-
ported castcrly and northery winds which would com
pei Boz to steer in southery direction and out Of the
usual track Of steamers. With change OF tho wind
which was only question OF time. he thought that the
weasel would be able 20 make Queenstown without dlm-
entity lie spoke Of the tu5 when he knew her 10 De 70
lays in making the trip and the Ahe.iiNe was hVe
weeks undcr similar circumstances. His theory Il that
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SAFETY
The. steamship City Of Brussels built at Glasgow
| and launched Aug IL. 1869. Her dimensions are; 400
feet long 10 feet beam, depth OF ho: > feet inches
5000 tons carving capacity sho draws - feet OF water
-le is built iron, with Waei-tiSht huikhras,
tho loodgates being worked from the spardeck. After
runr az successfully until lac; Iao she ld up at
Liverpool and completely reitt-d She was converted
practically into = now vessel The saloon now occupies
the midshp section OF the vessel, where the feast notion
is felt with StatrroDms fore and aif The saloon amt
,taerooms are handsomely upholstered and the httinsS
throughout are of the most elaborate description The
number of sa has brn reduced, AID those re-
manning have been enlarged containing a. much
| available space ordinary hall bedroom IN an
uptown house They furnished with every requisite
for comfort ard Convenience Ich as hot ald cold wafer
cOnmOdous warirODcs etc, While every room commit
ncatcs with the stewards quarters by ot electric
bells 4 ladies' par,or, beautifully decorated, AMI u
most comfortable smoking room have been PROVIDED
with nearly everything which good taste ana heIaI eA
pcuditGrc directed by complete knowledge OF Tie re-
GurIGcnts OF passengers, caH supply N'W double com
pound. dIreCacHg glnrs of $500 actual morse power
nave been pu, in calculated to develop speed Of l2
knots au hour. To supply boilers Pre- provided,
with * furnaces. having very large amount OF nth@
/ IN ease o. irr shn "a provided with centrifugal pump,
cilare ~ delivering over -uUj r' Ions % minute '''
'i,r.r', v.,tts XIX, has nrr. I'm tfr employ ~ he
c,Ipau rs year, ami for many ears the r+i ON err
81 a., ty OF Berlin duur- which uu- %. has earned
'.r2a population .or .,amauss.p I'd q ni,i,ty.
Tie delay in ,Inr news ir.H tl' iil nI IFus>r,
.rc %, tAr cAcitrmtnt m last year, about he i'te Of
.gca ,,,se. winch have been b.. 81. son without any
-.. steamship President, Capt. bDhrrt s7iie'i from
: N,-Yor, Aa-,n ii. ISL. ior Liverpool -hr rncon-
.,r.i terrific storm tWO days AFTER leaving Io', ara
,i can't Eorr,> Vas ihe cor maj der of tn first steam
sliU cross ihe Atlantic, ana WIS t"' hs Ia be lost 80
r. ct, 81 Gaegow, Glasgow. Steamship, with $50
wr>"rs t--n-''N ana c'c"l On h''t' as; %, ~
No. Is-t SrItLcr vessel Eo, crew WEI, f,war heard
from Ieycu transports were wrecked aun disabled
M i, '.iu. .ir.' Win III li.cs anH Il CARO- "orih
s-AuOg' THE OF lie ~ the other Vessels "is rsii-
,ca ip Pacific OF tie Collin, line lctt LIVERPOOL
Tor Ncy ipih jan -: l~jG atd 60 pass u-trs and ill
! - rI,uii.r vail. al m ahoui - 80r0C) III, was
never heard from after leaving LNclrDoi and q was
-t!rlrs, mat be wrecked tY az I'D. ycr- Two YES
-,i ,., sc. IN search OF Der ly hr English GOV
lnrnt bat NOT trace of her godtt be discovered Tho
seantEip Atlantic lust previously hui made passage
/ az ~ DAYS between Liverpool and Srw-York.
J Toe steamship iii guard lrft NtWtasue Dee 20,
ieu2 with a pl--yn.eIs besides officers and crow Ter
f,lc uevrrdsroyercd. but was supposed tia. she
! iuUuucrtd Ell FHlubJ.OuEA ijrat.
Tue tlty n Boston oi ne lnmau lire lcft Ncw-York
In - i~-o and tial,ax on Jan - for Queenstown
ana Liverpool In addition to her crew she carried IL
IRE eXritcu,rrt over the is, OF mi, steamship thai
over any previous disaster ard even clIiCOyants we're
consulted, All OF whom asserted her safety. II WAS not
until june that the company abandoned al hope The
conclusion arrived was it yrss, touUdcrrd in
consequence of running MO field OF ice, which broke
! M, unusually early that year.
lrr steamship colombo OF Wilson's line left Iul In
eliud, Dee 3, ana Was Cue ia Sc#-1VIk on Dec. 10,
! ae.nfs curz To- The hope that she would soon
purtcd, until she had been missing Two months, when
tlcy gave herup Her crew consisted Of i3 persons ana
one ua~scugcr Not Ne-ge Of thc vessel I'M, been
OF heard 81 since she lett Iiull.
The Anchor line steamship Siionian, which was last
tan by the steamship RUSSIA nine day within 100
niles Of the Irish coa, under sail has NOT arrived at
Queenstown yet As TIE Ported oX.osIon OF Tie boiler
d nat seriously ujurr TIE vessel, II Is thought that ~