The New York herald., 1878-02-20
THE CITY OF DALLAS.
EFFoRTs TO RAISE THE BURNED STEAMER
FROM THE EAST RIVER.


EFFORTS TO RAISE THE BURNED STEAMER
FROM THE East RIVER.
Captain Merritt, OF the Coast Wrecking Company,
with gang Of twenty-five men, calkers and divers,
worked away all day yesterday to make arrangements
TO pump the water from the hold of the City OF Dallas
The vessel was completely gutted by the fire. What
injuries the hold had sustained could not De ascer-
taned as the which had poured in mad pro-
vented an examination. Captain Merritt, however,
rs oil the opinion that holes have been burned
through the vessel below low water mark. So far
tho wa.or permitted an investigation every
thing was In state Of dilapidation, the flames
leaving nothing untouched from stem to stern. lew
OF the hands connected with the vessel were busily
engaged yesterday trying remove portions OF burnt
clothing from among the charred timbers; but their
work seemed to be prompted by spirit Of Misguided
industry, as the clothing vsneIess when recov-
ered.
VESSEL.
Tho vessel Is total wreck, her machinery not escap-
ing the general havoc. Her smokestacks, too, have
partially toppcd over, who between decks presents
to tho sight nothing but charrcd timber, broken
beams, burnt bedding and fragments OF coihing The
vessel lay with her hoad out OF the water he Coast
Wrecking Company viii continue their work through
tno nishl, auu u Two pumps are founu insufficient TO
accomplish the task OF clearing Out the others
VIII ps added to-day but It Is thought that tue pres
Eariy IN The forenoon large pumps were trans.
terred from The Coast Wrcckiug Company steam
Relief and put in position over forward hutcn.
Iney were respectively 20 and 80 inch Worthingion
pumps the larger being able 10 dIsplave 200 pni
Ions Of water per minute Az Ave O'Clock p. NJ. the
oo-inch pump Was iuy rgged aud the WORK OF pump
ing OUT tue water from ihe hold OF the vessel was
begun The smaller pump soon soded its powerful
assistance toward The work. ana CapLain Merritt was
hopeful that the City OF Dallas would be nnJal ms
AFTERNOON.
The c,iKers closed up all the hoes on the side of
nm an nQ hut
whie Tue pumps Kept constantly at work, without,
however, showing any appreciaDIe decrease iu The
volume oil water NO attempt, however, was maze TO
rescn Tue cargo, That be uccohp cx.
cept Uy The assistance o divers, would rcsui.
Ia no practical benefit. A. water has been
pumped out the vessel Will right itself then the
cargo VIII be easily approached Preparations are
being made 10 have portion oi the goods
merged removed from the vessel to-day; but the ef
forts oi the Coast Wrecking Company fined 10
raising the vessel SO that The cargo be removed
without unnecessary delay
CARGO.
Mr. Mallory, one OF the agents Of the Florida line
OF steamers, stated that the Ciy Of Dallas was To-
surei, but 10 wnat amount he could nol say Tho
cargo consisted oil 400 Dales Of cotton ana eighty bales
oil nay and fruit, The latter merchandise Ue,ng con.
signed TO dealers at distance from New York. About
u third of The cargo was dischargs anu suffered no
injury from tho flames; but to what extent the re.
mander Of the cargo has been damaged VIII Ue i'm
possible 10 tell until The vessel bas been
raised. 1t Is thought, however, that the injury
u sustained Is not conhued to that caused by being
submerged IN the water out that the flames had nrst
accomplished their com plete destruction. One hun
dred and three bales OF cotton ed to Tut
tie Wakefield, winch was insured al 500 Ger Dulo in
the Commercial Mutual Insurance Company. Twenty
one bales we're consigned 10 Eare Pcrkins an ere
iuily insured and 0rty bales had been removed
dock before the nro broke out
While the damage sustained ny the vessel Is consid-
erabe the amount or extent OF the injury caused by
the flames cannot be dete med uutiI she hue en-
raised and her cargo discharged. careful survey
will then take place, aud caiculut inme-
diutey follow.
Captain Hynes commander OF the City Of Dallas,
saa that he expected 70 have the vessel aoag by th
evening He could give no explanation 10 the or.
igin or cause Of the Are. He SAID that whom thcy
had reached their pier The afternoon they had be-
gun to discharge u portion OF their cargo but
knocked OIL work when they mad unioadcd LOO bales
oil cotton leaving about four hundred bales and forty
tons Of coal on board He thought that she was not
seriously damaged and that she could be got rights
soon again.