, 1880-09-04


lattons will, tieN. liAncock were Of tho most !
Intimate character. t3cn. 'rarhert wns re-
putctl 10 possess n handsome property IN Mill
tora, where he leaves wlslow. |
Welsh, NJ. -...........-
OritK,. rAsat:SnElls.
Welsh. Mrs., wife at 1t. Welsh.
Welsh, -, allilt! Ut thu foregoing.
Miss 4, NubIe, wllnse naltlc was previously
piye1, In tho lIst nf cabin passengers. COLI
cIuticd for solnu rcnsDn to postpone her tril',
ant, returned her ttcket to Alexatrlre u Sons
on tho ,lny the City of Vera Cruz saIled.
4 ySung ,nan by tho 1,a,ue Of l.acazette. OF
Hayana WA returning home fron Europc,
aud Intended taking passage by the Vora
Crns- lila baggage. hnwcvor, llha been te-
tn{ned by tho Custon,-E{nnsc officers nf New
80 hy. the NiaRara, that sailed the day after
the Vera Crltz
~ tAs Tt.ttrn Aa.oetated 1'rt,s.
New YoiK, Sept. 3.--A spcctai .lispntch
from st. Augustine, Fla, Bays: "Thcre Is
very littlo doubt that the steamer City Ut
Vera Cruz of the Nnxtcnn 1Ano, wlsIell
sailed iron, Now York AuE: 2s Cor Havana
aud Warn Cruz, went down III the rcce,'t
hurricane which bns alrehdy strcwn our
coast with wrecks. Tho
TEt.1lir.E DlsC0vEfsr
was made yesterday, when portions OF tho
mall carried by tile ill-fnteti vessel were
washed ashore s01na miles south Of t1Its city.
One mailbag cot,tulnetl letters for Cuba auhl
Mexico, which llad been posted iii Paris.
France, Aug. IS, and another Int was fo"'al
with envelopes benr1ng tho pDsfnlnrk New
York, Aug. 25.' This alonc Indicated TINT
the lost vessel was tic mntl steamer buunsl
Tor Southern ports, anil tho stlrlntso was TINT
1t must have been tho City OF Vcra Cruz, rs
sle left Now York OIL tho tlay lust namctl.
Closer examination siluWct several bills Of
ladfng Of tho steamer Vera Cralz. Saturday
afternoon large stsnmnr, snpposeA to.
hayo been tho Vera Cruz, passed. tile brig
Caroline Eddy, then nbout sixty mites from
t1,p cnas., oil 81. Augustine. This brig Was
soon nftor
sTnUcK I,Y \ HURRICANE mi, WRECKED,
drifting OH the beach near where tho lost let
tcrs werc discovered. At tho lime tho stea.tl-
or was sighted sfo WINS hcat'cd south. Tho
wind was then blowing very hnr.t, and the
gale was rising. THO City Of Vera Cytx must
have been struck by the hurricane. and prob
ably foundcrel Saturday night NJ Sunday
morning. Every honr brings ncws Of SONIC
more startling discovery tn regard to the sup-
posed wreck.
THE MoDIEs OF 4 LADY AND \ L1TrIf: CHILD
ilave beun found OIL shore cast lip by tho
waves. They were buried by apnrty Of
wrcckcrs Oil tho sa'l.ts near tho p!ace where
found. This makes atrcasiy fisu bodies TT
covered. Two, from their dress, nrethonght
to be passengers, and thu other Is evidently
sail0r.
"The shors for OYER forty miles south OF
this place IL
.BT1tEwN WITH THE CA1l1o
nf tt1a Efnunthr. trunk tpn4 fhtIttI Ynnr15ni
Hernandez This corresponds with tho
Nnn,c OF n lntty OH tho 1'Assen5er Hist OF tho
City OF Vera Cruz, rs 1t nppcarH IN tile Naw
York papers OF last Thursday. Tho nlnl1s,
nr Mt fcast Nil TINT cot.M be recovered NJ
, tfelt, Wefa brought here yesterday, ata VIII
be forwarded to tftIr tlcstillat1ot'' Two sail
tng vessola II, addition to the brig Eddy lave
come ashore since tho aalc l1car here. Signs
nrc TINT tho h,irrlcare has becll very tNtal to
shipping"
Th1 City OF Vera Cruz was
A w0onEN vEssEr.
OF 1874 tons register, built ut Green Point,
Long 1s1antl, fn 1874, for Alexander & SOUS
llue between this city, IInynnn, md Mexico,
fiji which tratte she WIS employed. She wns
ascrew vessel, .1N feet lo.g. 81 feet bcans,
at,d 10 feet deep, and had II .lruught of nine
teen feet watcr. Shu liaa tllfeo tlecks. brig
rugged, and her motive power consisted Ut
two compound cylinder engines.
The propeller Of tho Vern Crnz was fifteen
feet six inches in diameter, with 1t pitch Of
twcnty-tlrco feet, Iron strips four Inches
wide and ilyc-elgt,tl,s af au tuch lii thickness,
doubled and dtngonn!ly laid, strengthened
The vessel very materially, Sho Ind nccun.-
modatlons for 100 passengers, mid wns finely
furnished. CApt. Vnn SIco commanded her,
and Tnbf 11nr, ,.na fho 1rst rf1trnr Gin emr