New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-14
TIE NEWS mi THIS CRY.


WILD RvMORs cfncUtArRD--rHE VESSEL AND
WHAT aig CARRIED
wild rumors we're afoat In shipping and other
downtown business cirtlss yesterday In regard TO
the burning OF the steamship Niagara, OF Wards
New.York and Cuba Line. which sailed from this
port ON Saturday last Cor Havana with twenty
cabin passsngsrs six strerage passengers and full
miscellaneous cargo OF provisions grain. etc. ODe
story was 10 theefeci that the vessel had icundered.
aud that all on board hid been lost Another was
that the vessel had been destroyed by Gre and that
after being scuttled tho crew and passengers were
landed on tho Florida coast. where they
we're encamped waiting for suceor. Dis
p.sebe. were received at the Office Of
Messss Ward, at No. ii3 wa-sL. from Agent
Mcclellan at Havana, which refutod the sensational
ramors and showed that the passengers aud mails
had arrived safely at Havana and the vessel would
probably be there to-day.
DISPATCHES agckIvED ny THE owSTRs.
The fisst dispatch read as foilowsi
Niagara burned Of n Foftda coast EngSh steamer
snt.ds siin gssssnssrs reIors' a,l bands saved wi"
A later dispatch received about O'clock D. m.
saidi
rnrser steison here with passengers and malls lie
rcparls that NIAGARA scnied Alligator Reel indian
end procesG IN day two. WIN send tugs frofn here
" ber relief
TIiK PASSENGERS AND CARGO.
The vessel sailed fron, here a, 3 O'Clock p. m. on
Saturday In command Of Captain Thomas b. Ba-
ker. II was supposed at the oflcc that she took
Ere on Thursday. ~ the place where che is
scuttled Il about 100 miles from Havana.
Her cabin passengers were Romero Cespedos. A.
Fuller Domingo Rivas. +. dc Laserte, I. Lagrange,
Enriqas Leon, Arturo Casanova, Gerario San tos,
John Cameron, b. de la Rionda. Lorenzo Inyiel,
Salvador Fiuriseb. w. A. Williams. Petro Bscay.
Leon Lopez. Leopold Lopez. Jose Gonzalez A.
IIoltz and Dr. J. b. Laudota aud wife. Her cargo.
which will probably prove total lo~. consisted of
sO,G05 pounds OF lard, 200 barrels OF beans, q
shocks and heads. 675 drums of fish, 1 packages
Of paper 80 packages OF manufactured wood. 4
cases Of oiclotb, III packages OF drugs, cases OF
printed matter. 25 cases OF sewing machines car
riage 81 packages OF hardware, l case OF cor
seis, 10 car5oys OF acid, ease OF crockery 10
boxes Of benzine. q barrels OF resin, IA cases OF
farnitare, 1850 bushels of oats A. 220 bushels Of
corn, t5s barrels of potatoes. 2 packages OF lamp
goods. 81 barrels OF pork. 200 bushels
Of peas 225 barrels OF four bale of Whips, cases
of brass goods1 Of leather of cnameiled
goods 2 eases Of nails, 20 packages Of machinery.
barrels Of beer, Of toilet goods 10 OF
mineral water, ] case OF India-rubber goods. 10
bundles OF oars,2 packages OF grndstones 200 kegs
OF beer 20 cases of marble, 60S7 feet Of lumber
IL packages of glassware, bale OF rags case ol
books. 537 gallons Of spirits OF turpentne. ~ bar
rcs of rye -four i2 of straw board, refriger
ators 200 iron tubes.4 packages of pumps, case o.
tinvare I case of candy. 21 packages OF agricnltu
raj implements. 20 cases of wine, case Of paint
7J cases Of slate, / case OF showcases. packages
OF chloride OF lime. 200 gallons OF petroleum
10 CAGES OF tar. packages OF gro
cenes SO packages of fruit, 33l
pounds of cheese. % barrels Of vegetables IL cAso
of canned goods, $40 ponrds Of butter, 30 melons
case Of veneers. 90 packages OF bread, case o
snlphur ~ packages OF meat, 10 barrels OF minera
dusr case Of pictures, bale OF leather, Gl pack
ages of broom materials kegs of spikes. case o.
white powder. 2 packages of medicines, 2S cases o.
man ufaetursd tobacco. 10 packsass OF signs, IL
boxes of haks, 90 boxes Of dried fish, and 70 Kits OF
picksd nah.
No estimate could be obtaiusd Of the value Of the
eargs, nor of ths damage to the interior OK the
vesssi, although N ~ probable that tbs WOODWORK
will DO nearly II NOT quite destroyed, 1t 70 be:
i,sysd from ,hs nfa,u,nabIs nature Of portion Of
tas easss and ths faet that the passengers ana rs
mails wsrs Transferred thSt the are sprssd through,
out the ship; Tho pstrolsup', tar. beaxlns. rosin
eud sprlts OF turpshIns 10 shs cargo are ot ooufss
ape assamsllp NlsFasA ca!red malIs icr ~ points
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