New-York tribune., 1880-02-17
TAKEN FROM A SINKING SHIP.
LOSS OF BRITISH vEssaI.-REsCUE BY THE CITY
OF BRUSSELS.

LOSS OF A BRITISH vEss6I-REsCUE BY THE CITY
OF BRUssELs.
The unusually long voyage OF tho Inman Line
steamship City of Brussels. which was due from
Liverpool on Saturday. and did not srrive until
Yesterday, is accounted for by strong gales and vo
lent head-seas nearly the entire voyage. On Friday
the British. ship Irwell. of London. was sighted
with signals of distress flying. The steamer was
turned to the ship, which was found i'll a sinking
condition, and Captain Mcdonald and wife, Mrs.
Mcmillan, stewardess the two mates, boatswain,
carpenter sailmaker. cook, and sixteen seamen
were rescued.
The Irwell left Bremen for New-York December
81, having on board pig iron and empty barrels as
ballast. Strong gales were encountered IN the
North Sea, and from January 20 until February
violence, accompanied with heavy seas thunder
storms and SQUALLS of snoT anG on and FenrnnT1 Tan
inc vess9i ss9ous s00Lsa leak wSs discovered Which
increased notwithstanding the efforts OF the carpcn-
ter TO make temporary repairs. The crew were Kept
constantly at tho pumps with the seas breakiugoYer
the vessel and frequently taking them from their
feet Thursday morning the signals OF distress were
sighted by four-nasted steamer. hut no attention
was paid to them. At this time the ship Was fast
going to pieces. with the kneesn ana
planSs working against each other. The fol-
lowing morning the CITY of Brussels saw the
signals and after much difficulty and danger rescued
the shipw rec ked crew. Ih lTwell was built at ST.
John n. B., in 1864, aDd was owned by q. Z. TTu-
fant and others OF London.
The steamship Rheola, which was reported miss
ing several days ago. arrived yesterday from Cur
diff after most bolstorOus voyage of twenty-five
days.
CROWDED TENEMENTS UNDER GROUND.
Assistant anitaryfospector Brennan. with De
tectives Mooney and DOnahue and ten other officers
of the sanitary company of police last evening
| made n second tonr through the bascme mt
| dance-halls aud lodging-rooms In tho Fourth
| Precinct They began their work about
| 63O p. m., and soon attracted the atten-
| ti0n Of crowd Of street lOungers, which
| at one time numbered about 300 persons. The
| crowd followed the officers from place TO place,
| showing evidence of great excitement. The first
| place visited was the concert saloon OF Charles
| Brandt at No. 149 Cbatham-st., where the officers
| found nine beds in small hunks made by partition
| lug of part of the saloon The beds and bed
steads were piled up In tho front part
of the basement, and the proprietor wos warned to
have them removed from The building this morning.
| Similar saloons at Nos. 115 and 147 Chatham-st.,
| and at No. 81 North William-st which were visited
on Saturday night. were inspected and the propre-
| tors were warned TO comply with the law
The officers endeavOred to get into No. 10 North
| WIHam-st., but the place was closed. The saloons
| at Nos, 1873 and 175 Chatham-st., kept by Charles
Schmidt and l.. Lock- were visited, and tho prOpri-
| etors were ordered TO remove the beds Then the
officers proceeded to the lodgnR-rooms In
the basement of No. go Jnmes-st.. kept
and women have slept every night like many cat
| tic herded together The keeper of tbc place was
ordered TO move out all the beds IN the place to-day
| Next door, at No. G2, similar lOdglng-roOm was
kept 10y. John Maloney, the owner OF the property
being Mary Talon, sister OF tho late William Var
| ley alias +" Reddy the Blacksmith IA we'll l-known
| thief Two hours were given to Maloncy to have
| tie placed cleared out.