Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-09-04

Experience of An Officer Who Went
Through the Storm.
Nsw IoRK, September Sup TO nine
O'Clock tonight there is no dispatch from
It. Augustine, Fla, confirming the story
of the probable loss OF the steamer City
OF Vera Cruz, published in the Herald OF
this morning and sent in to.day's dis
patches OF the Western Associated Press.
The only correct list of the names OF the
crew OF the City OF Vera Cruz was in the
possession Of the purser on board the
vessel, Van Size. whose family resides
in Yonkers. The company's agents do
not give us hope OF the vessels safety.
They say the mail bags and the passen-
gers trunks were in a house on deck,
and the heavy sea may have swept them
away. This would account for the mail
bags and trunk marked Hernandez, OF
the City of Vera Cruz, washed ashore.
The following is the corrected
List ofthe Passengers.
Rafael Arrue, Mrs. Il. Arrue, Alexander
w. Atteridge, Alexander W. Atteridge,
Jr., Walter Betch;e, Adolpho Bosque,
Mrs. Az. W. Burns, Miss Clarke, Geo.
W. Cole, Miss Sadie Fay, Edward Furn-
ties, ]. A. Garcia, Mrs. J. \. Garcia, II.
GIashof, John Gledhill. Jno. Gourlay,
Felipe Hernandez, Mrs. S. Hernandez,
+. Littletield, A. Martenez, Owen Ro,
deriqnez, j. Revensburg, o. p. Silva,
F. ). st, Manner, NJ. Welsh, Gen. Alfred
I. A. Tarbert, NJ. Welsh, Mrs. NJ. Welsh
and child.
She Did Not Go.
Miss L. Rubic purchased a ticket and
intended TO visit Havana, but Just before
the Vera Cruz sailed she returned her
ticket and decided TO await another
steamer.
The passenger list OF the Vera Cruz
contained - names. Had the disaster
happened to one OF the steamers that
sail this month the loss would have been
much greater. Since the return of the
Mexicans to their homes began, Septem-
Der LIST, the steamers passenger lists are
larger than in any other past year.
The Ships officers.
The following is the list OF OF the Off.
GERS OF the Vera Cruz when she arrived
at this port on her last trip: Captain
Vanrice; First Officer, f. NJ. Harris;
Second Officer, b. Nelsyn; Purser,
Slas Whitney; Carpenter, II. Muller;
Quartermssters, c. Brandenburg and W.
0'Neil Chief Engineer, w. Miller; First
Assistant Engineer, {. Bronx; Second
Assistant Engineer &. Smith.
An Officers Story.
\ conversation was had to-day with
First Officer Hincklev, OF the steamer
New Orleans, which passed safely
through the gale in which the Vera
Cruz is supposed to have been lost: at
was tremen lous cyclone. We left
New Orleans August 18th. and were
out three days when the cyclone struck
us. 1t was about s O'Clock z. NJ, August
2Sth. The storm was from the north
and passed to the east. The steamer
was struck on the mort side and was
heaved on her beam ends at IL o'clock
L. NJ. The wind was very strong and the
waves carried everything from the deck.
Julius Thompson, who was securing the
ti.ler ropes, was carried overheard by
A Wave Almost as High as House
and was not seen again. At loan. the fol-
lowing day the storm abated, and then
we learned that our entire deck rail had
been carried away, three OF our boats
stove in and the forth one lost. Through
out the cyclone four men remained at
the rudder. 1t was no use, however,
and we d-iited at the mercy OF the sea
and waves. 1t was impossible Tor man
to stand on deck unless he was lashed
fast. The storm first struck us between
Capes Jupiter and Carveral, off the coast
OF Florida.
Several OF the seamcn on board the
New Orleans incidentally remarked that
the Vera Cruz must have been about
sixty miles to the nOrthward OF their
steamer.
Scenes Around the Company's Office.
The office oi the company was
filed this afternoon with
the relatives OF the officers
and crew, seeking information in regard
to the vessel Many OF the people were
women who had husbands or sons or
brothers among the crew, most OF whom
were shipped from here. Mr.. Alexan-
der answered their fearful inquiries
kindly, and said he
Did Not Believe the Vessel was Lost,
giving the same explanation as to re-
porter, and already sent in these dis
patches. There were no inquiries made
on the part OF any friends OF The passen
gers, and Mr.. Alexander said all OF the
passengers, so far as he knew, lived in
Cuba, and were returning home after
passing the summer in this country. A
son OF Captain Nansice visited the office
OF Alexander d Son, this afternoon. He
said his father is SO years OF age and had
been engaged in'the coasting trade since