The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-08
THE MuRsIy3.

seaman Chas, Garyin, seaman; William As
McGiare, stoker; Joseph Kelly, Brennan T. j.
Sullivan. fireman; John Kelly, fireman: Henry
ison, waiter. Two of the above named firemen
Cai,if, Passengers Richard Clarke, foreman ;
G. w. Siainrook JOS. Brady, assistant steward;
Mrs. w. o. HARRISON, John Meyers, Mrs. John
Sfeerage Pnssenoers.- Ackley, Pat'k
Burke. Thomas Battles. Charles Benson, Alex
auder clay, jr., John Brown, Joseph Brady,
John Brady. Arthur Cos4rove. Joseph Clarke,
William Campbell, Nicholas Collins, William
Coen, Dennis Crossn. Patrick Carey. Edward
Corrin John Cole. John Connery. William Gull
bertson, Patrick Connis, Samuel 0rter, Joseph
Clark, John Clark, Thomas Carton, Jas, Dough-
Elder, Daniel Eaeen, Thomas Farnian, Aioi
Fngalson. John Finley, John Gormley. John
Neil Gillespie, John Hudson, James HanIey,
Patrick Hogan. james Ha9gcrty, Joseph Ham
liam Hogy, Christian Horter, Michael Hearne,
James Howard. Edward Jennings. Thomas
Kane. John Lynch, Anthony Liney, Hugh Nc
Cabe, Harry McGinnis. John McGinnis Charles
Bernard McIntre Daniel McCann. ses obn Me
Connell, Martin Maloy. Thomas Malioy, COrmac
Frank Mesde g. BsrnaTd Msksy ere NM%Ikpey
Mahoney, Anthony MEG uacby. Frank McG iade,
John McGiI. Dennis McCarty, James McDon-
aid, John Myers, Mrs. John Myers, James Ma
hopy. James Madden, Anthony McGlinchy,
Hugh Morris. ]. Nelson, +. w. Magic, Michael
O'Donnell. Philip. Connell, John O'Neil, Hugh
O'Hara, Thomas Rciiey, James Reynolds, Thns.
Riley, Charles Rafferty,, James Rogers, John
Rogers, Peter Senat John Z. Shear Thomas
Shields , pan,si W T%ner; Edward Welsh John
Weininger, Joseph Waddel.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-All the bodies
recovered from the wreck of the Metropolis
have been buried along the beach from the
scene of the wreck to a distance of several
miles north. The graves are simply mark
ed by :wo stakes indicating the head and
foot of the grave. There are no marks
identifying the corpses within the graves.
Survivors having all left, there rmains no
one that can identify the dead.
WAS THE SHIP sEAwORTHY?
On this subject Philadelphia special to
the New York World, dated Feb. I'd, fur
nishes the following
As to the seaworthiness of the Metropolis q
tug-owner says that all you had to do to pull
her apart was to hitchs tug at either end. Cap
tain Ellis, who commanded her on the twenty
eight days voyage from Bermuda to New York.
said that he had refused her captaincy to go to
the other hand there are the inspectors certi-
fcates given in THE WORLD of to-day Sunday.
pers in this city, was told to get good steam
ships and talk about the price afterwards. The
class ship carpenters and the Board of Under
writer's and pronounced by every one thor
oughly seaworthy: Messrs z: I. Collins had
as they had rather lose a steamship than a ran
in the expedition. The Insurance companies
personally Inspected her and gave her the low
est premium known in the trades per cent.
The wreck has brought out sailors super
stitiou that every vessel that has snied direct
from Willow street wharf-that Is, without
touching DOWN the riyer.has been lost; as fol-
sailed for New Orleans in 1865, was wrecked in
one OF the Passes of the Mississippi, and ali
hands lost; the bark Albatross, which sailed
for Pernambuco in 1871 or 1872. was never
heard of afterwards. The brig Edna was
wrecked on the Bahamas and most of the crew
lost, The canul-bJats that have sunk here are
legion, and captains OFTEN go to another wharf
to complete their cargo. And to cap the climax
it is the favorite wharf with suicides aud peo-
pie who want TO walk into the Delaware, so the
Mr.. Thos Collins left this morning for Nor
folk, where he will see to the comfort of the
survivors of the wreck and superintend the
sending home and burial of the dead. Those
bodies that are not called for by friends within
the next day or two Will be carefully buried
and headstOnes erected over the graves. Mr..
Collins will Toe assisted by Captain Ankers aud
Others I'm the work of Identification. He and
the calamity. MIR. Philip Collins was out of the
city when the news OF the disaster came, but
care to notice the unjust destinations Of some
OF the papers that he and his brother had
knowingly sent an unsafe vessel tn sea. but
that they wound him deeply, being utterly un
founded.
MORE on THE SAME SUBJECT.
Mr.. Philip Collins received the following
dispatch on Saturday last
NEW YORK, February e.-An statements of
the uflStI wort Illness OF the MefrOpNt9 false.
She has always been perfectly tight In all pre-
Vtous VovagCs. The utmost care was used IN
slowing the cargo, and a vessel could not he
better supplied and ntted than she was. The
underwriters and government inspectors here
approved her for the voyage for which you en-
gng"h her. IT the vessel sprang a leak. as is re-
ported. during the terrible gale, IL was some
thing we are powerless to provide against. We
have never sent our vessels 10 sea without be-
ing fiftrd in the best manner. There was
officer on board, or passenger, or anybody,
with whom we came In contact before or after
she loaded. who expressed the slightest
doubt of her ability to perform the voyage.
With no moro than one-rourth insured, and
fitted for four months service, what object
was there for sending her To sea unless she was
In the very best possible condition? Our con
science is clear of having done anything but
the right thing TO the right parties Captain
norted Wnrytbing in gnna order and conditinn
(Signed) LUNT Bios.
NORFOLK, Feb. 4.--Metropolis survivors
have left for Philadelphia. Officers and
crew went to New York. Officers of the
Metropolis were to-day examined at the
Custom House before Inspector of Hulls j.
j. Dunbar, and j. E. Bowers, Inspector of
Boilers, with a view to ascertaining the
condition of the ship when she sailed.
Capt. Ankers and First Mate Dickinson
both testified tina. she was i'm good condi-
tion and entirely seawOrthy /; that the
whole trouble was caused by unskilful
loading of railroad iron.
THE CARGO OF THE METROPOLIS.
The folio wing articles composed the
cargo shipped by the Collins Brothers on
the wrecked steamship Metropolis, and on
which they had An insurance Of $40, 600:
Five hundred tons iron rails, $50, 900; /; $50 tons
of coal, 1926, and lumber; 225 mattresses, 225
pillows, 225 pillow cases, 200 brown blankets, 30
barrels extra mess beef, 35 barrels mess pork,
10 tierces smoked ham, IA tierces picked ham,
100 barrels navy bread, 90 barrels pilot bread,
LOO pounds green coffee $50 pounds roasted cof-
fee, $50 poun tea, zoo pounds sugar. P0 ga-
Ions cider vinegar, sacks salt. 30 pounds olack
pepper. l25 gallons moiasses. barrels homfny,
LOCO pounds navy tobacco, 500 pou dds Smoking
tobacco. pals fine cut tobacco, 20 boxes bone
less Goldfish box desccated Goldfish, IL sacks
dried apples, dozen wash basins, | dozen Ian d.
terms, 2+0 coffee cups 2iO soup plates, 240 three
prong forks, 240 metal spoons, 10 coffee cans,
IL dish pans, IL large tin dishes, IL large tin
I buckets, pair measuring scales, coffee mill,
l scale, lo0 pounds adamantine candles 4sO
pounds soap, 100 pounds saltwater soap. 25U
gum army blankets, barrels granu la ed sugar,
barrels cut-loaf sugar, barrel fancy maple
drip. barrel extra syrup, bat rels New Orleans
mOasses Is barrels beans, barrel plain p:ck les,
~ barrels onions, l0J barrels flour.
THE WORK WILL GO ON.
Another Philadelphia special published
in Sundays World says:
The loss of the Metropolis will by no means
cripple the Brazilian enterprise of the Messrs.