, 1880-09-04

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NARROW ESCAPE.
Miss r. 1suhio purchased ticket md lit.
tended 10 visit Havana. Int just before the
Vcrn Cruz sailed sln returned ller tiuket mud
decided to wait another sicamer.
The passenger list 1T tho Vera Cruz COLI
tnlnctt twcllsy-suyet llnmcs 1laa tho t'1sas.
ter happened to ono OF tho steamers tllat sail
this month tho loss would hive bcan mitch
greater, since TITO return 0f Cnln,ls mud Mex
irnns to their homes lrgnn Sept. |. ni,d tho
stGnmcraf passenger isis nre larger tllan NJ
a1ly other part af the yrar.
THE oFrtCERs.
Following Is d ctlnp!eto list 0t tho officers
Of tho Vera Csnx when sllu arrived In tllis
port OH her last trip:
Captain, Il. Yam Slice.
First Officer, +. ". Harris.
Sccond Oll1crr, II. Nelson.
1'Arscr, SfIns Whitney.
Carpenter, II. AEnller.
Quartcrlnasters, e. fsrandcnburg nnll W.
0'Nclll.
Chief Engineer, W. Miller.
First Assistant Engineer, i. l3ronk.
Second Assistant Engineer, g. Smith.
A CONVERSATION
was had to-day With First Officer James
llnckley, ot the steamer New Orlraus,
which passed safeiy through tho gase liz
which tte Vera Cruz is supposed 10 l,ayo
been lost. "It was a Tremendous cyclone"
said 11sncklcy. "We left Now Orlcnl,s
Wednesday, Aug. g, mud were ont thrce.lnys
when the cyclone struck us. 1t was atoMt 3
o'clock y. ILL.,, Aug. %. The storm was from
tho north, and passed 10 ttlo enst. THO
steamer was struck On tho port sttle and was
hcayetl on her bealn ends. At II i. III. tho
wind WAS very STRONG, md tho WIVES carried
everything fro,n tho duck. Julius Thompson,
who was securing tie tftlcr ropes, WIS car.
rfel oyarboard by wave almost rs high rs q
h0usc, n1li wns not seen ngnln. At 10 a. ut.
tho following .lay the storul abatcti, nna then
nc learned tint onr entlre deck rail- bad bec,i
carrletl away. Three Of our hoats were stoyo
III, md the fourth one lost Throughout tho
cycfono fur men remained Mt Tho rl,tldcr.
1t was Of 10 use, however, and We were
driftcd
At T1tH MERCY OF TIE SEA AND WAVES.
It was Impossible for n man to stand OH deck
unlcss lilo was lashed fnst Tic storm first
struck us between Chpes Jupiter md Carver-
raj, oft the coast of Florida"
Several Of tho seu'nen ON board the New
0rlenns incidentally remarked TINT Tic Vern
Cruz must have been about sixty ,nElcs to
Hla nnrthwurd of their steamer. The office
M Tie Company was ttlled this afternoon
with rcifttyes Of tic officers md crew scck~
fng information In regard to The vessel.
Many OF these pe0pt1 were women who lad
husbands, sung, or brothers among tic crew,
n.ost'ol who.u wero sltlppud from thls clty.
Alr. Alexuntlre answered their fearful i'll
putries kindly, and said liz did not behave
tho ycsscl was last. giving the same cxplana.
ttOh lle dill to n reporter and nrerdy
sent III these dispatches. There were no
Inquiries madc OH tho part Of any
friends OF tfe passalecrs, atti afr. Alexandra
saia TINT nil of tho passongers 10 far rs 10
X now lived III Cuba, nint were returning
home after passing the summer In tlls cou,,-
try.
A son of Capt. Van Slice visited tho oillco
Of AlexntMlrn u Sdn this afternoon. llo
l!sM lecN cnEngcu In tho coaSslng trl&to
slllce hu WIS ~ years old.
WRECK srUFF.
SAVANNAH, {in., Sept. H.-The beach north
ni.l south Of 81. augustine, Flu, Is strewn
, With wIsskSd st%t s ,{t; Tho 6lcs Of thrss
No pnrt of tho City Of Vcra Cruz cana
asl!ore. Al! this wrcckage, however, shows
tt S H ~ ft9E a pi %t as,fe ns On %dv Sr tSnSts nirt
or Tuesday morning, during the heavy storm,
o1ld stll OIL b0ard porlshet.
IN FLORIDA.
WAs.f1NOroS, y. e., Sept. 3.-Tle Post
nee ;nsrtisit IT,, reeeiyo! a,lyifes tolny
stSrn, swspt "ver tiio csntral III portioa Il
Fl0rltia on tho Ist nlat :4.i inst. t'pst rnAtis
wero it0otcti, bridges washed away, md iuil
communication serioslsly lnterruptcil between
Ocnia aild TAhtpu, 0ll tflU west c0ast.
GEN. ToRHEtrr.
Among tho passengers Ut tho Verh Cruz
wAs Maf. Gen. .A'frtM Z. 4. Iorbart, WHO
distinguished Himself during tho Itebelllon s
It cHsHlty cntltntMlcf. GetI. I'urhcrt was at-
tacllcd u the Army Ut tho West, and was n
strong friend OF Ten. NrAnt.
IN JAMAICA.
:NEw YonK, sept.8.--The Stdrantl Herald,
! ct pnl!atln, Just recetstNl, tlas the story nf
| tho disastrous hurricane which swept Jn,na1.
cn the ntgslt ut Aug. ~. THE wind rage.t
with such fury 1t tho bcglnftng TINT street.
beull stink mn! ,tlriyc, ushuse, wlnryes d.
stroye'f. roofs blown of, trees npr!,otcsl. md
nthcr 'aMaEn s,'atA!,,es., whis!' " IL 1N,sossl-
l!s to estlinase. Not si!Elc coaster Il! tho
Tweilty-ansc'' ,spssals, brlRs, barks, ttr:,
wero driven usl!ore, ar wclt ID pteces nj thplt
ttacks. Every wlnrf but nln III blown away.
'rile beac!l " stIcwl With the carg1cs Of rcs.
they are Hltplttsrh 10 l,nye purlsl,etl. al tllu
l'"nltel1ttars vessels to,lltnrctl. and th0sD Mt
Port lsNynl sustained considerable damage.
TiN tAlll''sa IN la!ul Ii roughly estimated ut
tlW, tV0. The cHe0H-itus tretis
! ALL sN1srPEN IN PIECES,
Strung allt substantial houses felt before
tho fury of the Wild, ta say Hasl!.sg at t!,c
tclleinGlltH Of the poorer cussps, anil STREETS
aud lallcH ;trn frig|ttflll t, lOuk npon, 'rbe
yiIlagns ot AlLnlants,wu. l!townst<iw,,, l'ass.
nsnTpluwl1, llniil,Allst0Wn, Slnltllsvitlt, nnt
Fictcitur's Latta suffered severely. School
houses were leveletl. ansI churches, cl,npels,
thu l1l' l'urk camn went dow. in, tin Gaae
Ilu hn,iatn, crop 10 destroyed, Mll trees o
MI kinds have sagsshed. Iarea .aayart
shocks of earlhql,nke werc tell during ttli
| Atny!n, md tho cries Mlltt 6crtAtlA Ut people
rt's'!'iig from their falling dwellings vert
lrlEhtfnl to heAr, a few s!nall teIteno,.ls u
Masl,.la'a CUrllers antl A9guatnwn wcr'
bl0wn. wway. ltnc.!teltss III t!thcr plact:
sl,are.l Il sinlilar fate. !CouiiNun!catloli witt
bs snnt from KIngsto,m Ststiut,. Tho ,tra!nl
bAylng hr0keh when tlle s,urt, wAs at II.
&Eht; s9ar,!s, s tssses s'sss, s5'"xe;, o,!s.,,
tic Air with fiuhtn3ny.}ihn Yn,4tf3tr whi1f