Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-21

Passengers by steamer.
SAN Francisco, June 18th,
steamer City of Chester sailed to-day
with the following list of passen
gers leaving San Francisco: Mrs
Ray, Miss Agnes Coyls, John j
Taylor, c Casper, H l. Morris and wife
r Egbest, G Egbest, Louis Zureg, Mrs
Wade, Miss Il Pinedo, Miss Barrie, Miss
Tryon, Miss Wingard, r White, j H
Lowell, j c Maurham, wife and two
children, Miss B Hill, Miss L Hill.
The Late steamer Disaster.
SAN Francisco, June 2O.-By tele-
phone from Point Lobos it is learned that
Captain Purvis, with Engineer Cook and
the Steward of the steamer Escambia,
came ashore in one of the ships boats
about daylight, near the Ocean House
No report regarding the disaster las yet
been received from them.
Further Account of the Escambia
Disaster.
SAN FRANCIsCo, June 20-It proves
difficult to obtain much information re.
garding the loss of the steamer Escam-
bia. Captain Puroes has been closeted
during the morning with consignees,
and the men rescued with him have
been slowed away to sleep off the effects
of the nights struggle with the waves.
This much, however, has been cleaned
from various statements made by the
captain and by stevedores who slowed
the vessel. Owing to the empty cond-
ton of the water-ballast tanks and the
coal carried on deck, the ship was crank
on getting outside. She encountered
heavy seas, one of the journals became
heated and the engines were stopped
The ship losing Roadway, fell off into
the trough of the sea, and the waves
boarded her, throwing her on beam ends.
All hands rushed on deck and the water
began to pour in through the skylights
and matches ON deck. Owing to the
dangerous condition of the ship, no one
would go below to start tire engines and
get her head to the sea again; so she
filled rapidly and sank. The captain,
engineers and seven others got into u
boat and nine men took the lifeboat.
LATER-Thc boat was full of water
and had no oars. Captain supposes
that the remainder of the crew-eleven
in number-went down with the ship.
The Captains boat pulled around in the
darkness until about one in the morning,
when attempt was made to land on
the ocean beach. The boat swamped and
only four of the occupants succeeded in
reaching land. This morning search
was made along the beach for bodies of
other occupants of the boat, but no trace
of them was found. The Revenue Cut.
ter, Richard Bush, is now out looking
for the life boat. The Escambia had
on board II cargo of wheat, valued at
ninety thousand dollars, fully insured.
The ship is believed to be insured in
Liverpool. 1t is stated that it was the
custom to empty water tanks ON loading,
and as coal is used up to fill the tanks to
preserve stability. The general impression
is that the disaster was due to piling
coal on deck. Inquiry will be held at
once. In the meantime parties interest
ed maintain guarded silence
Burning OF the Old Ocean House.
SAN Francisco, June 2O.-The Old
Ocean House near Lake MERGED was
burned this morning about one o'clock.
The fire is the work of an incendiary and
started in the water closet. The bnild-
ing and contents are a total loss; no
insurance.
Fire at Oakland Pier.
SAN Francisco. June 20.-A fire
broke out about A. NJ. on the Oakland
pier in the vicinity of the old ferry slip
and the depot. The bark Great West
ern was burned to the waters edge.
The ships Big Bonanza and Centennial
and the British bark Norma were dam
aged. The fire is not yet extinguished.
A fire boat has been sent over from this
city.
The san Jose Democratic COnven-
San JOSE, June 20.-The Hearst men
are feeling stronger this morning. The
Stoneman and Berry delegates caucused
this morning and resolved to support
Martin for Chairman. The election of
Martin would be regarded as an anti
Hearst triumph. The San Francisco
delegation caucused with ninety-six
members present. The motion to sup
port Boggs for Chairman was laid ON the
table.
The New Railroad.
Tucson, June 20.-S. r. De Long,
chief engineer of the Tucson and Gulf of
California r. Il. and surveyors, re-
turned to-day, having completed the
location of the line from this city to
Port Lobos, on the gulf. The distance
to tide water is two hundred miles. In
no place is the grade over seventy feet
to the mile, the average being
thirty feet. The entire route
is over plains and passes near and
through vast region of rich mineral
country. Gold, silver and copper crop
out in all the mountains. 1t also passes
near an extensive anthracite coal bed in
Sonora, about forty miles from the
American boundary line. Port Lobos is
completely protected from the prevailing
winds. The cost of grading the line'will
be a small item in the construction, as
there are very few hills or cuts. There
are but two rivers on the line, the Santa
Cruz and the Altar.
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