Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-01-09

the first picked up by the boat, although
he, with the Chief Engineer. being the
last to leave the rigging. When res
cued he was III the act of passing life
buoy to drowning comrade. As show
ing tho terrible nature of the collision
it further says. the main compartment
of tho City Of Brussels was cut right in
two. After the collision the fog thick
ened and it was dangerous even for the
boats to move about. They approached
the sinking vessel and found boy
named Hamilton, half drowned. cling
ing to the mizzen crosstrees. The two
Italians drowned seem to have lost
their wits from terror and jumped over.
board without waiting to see what
could be done for safety. The persons
lost include Connor, quartermaster, and
Cockrane, steward.
LIVERPOOL. Jan. S.-The steamer
Kirby Hall-the steamer that was in
collision with the City of Brussels
has arrived. She reports that the col
lision occurred at the estuary of the
Mersey. The City of Brussels foup-
dered almost Immediately. Eight of
her crew and two passengers were
drowned. A dense fog had prevailed
in the vicinity of Liverpool for several
days. When the City of Brussels a..
rived in the vicinity OF the northeast
liyhtship. at about 6 O'Clock Saturday
in the morning, the fog VAS so dense
that the captain decided not to attempt
to make Roadway. but remained under
steam near the lightship. A careful
lookout was kept and the bells kept
ringing and the fog horns frequently
sounded.
For some time the steamer lay in
safety, with extra locke men posted
in every part of the vessel. These
measures lad reassuring effect upon the
passenger s. Suddenly the low. gurgling
sound of vessel approaching was
heard, and large steamer. only few
wards distant and moving quickly
through the water, doomed up through
the fog. Before any measures could be
taken to avert it, a tremendous collision
was seen to De inevitable, and imme-
diately the bow of the Kirby Hall
struck the s.arboard bow OF the City OF
Brussels with terrific force, cutting her
down to the waters edge and almost
half through.
The passengers seemed to be uncons-
ci,us of the gravity Of the situation and
of the terrible gap which had been made
in the forward part OF the vessel. She
was known, however, to be leaking
rapidly. All the passengers wer, mar.
shaled into their appointed places, 90
there was no hurry or confusion. Life
buoys were served out. boats swung and
every preparation made for the emer.
gency. This proved to be more critical
and immediate than was Anticipated.
The passengers had been put into
boats and some of the crew told of to
man each OF these craft, the captain
and remainder of the men continuing
on board until after the safety OF the
others had been assured. The vessel
soon got visib.y lower inthe water. and
those of the crew who had not escaped
in the boats climbed into the rigging
and awaited the results. In about
twenty minutes after the impact the
vessel gave tremendous lurch, tiinsins
off those in the rigging and plunging
them into the depths with fearful
swirl.
The scene was heart.rending in the
extreme. The people IN the boats were
enveloped in darkness, and those IN the
wa,er were without help. The KIRBY
Hall, which Immediately after the
collision had rebounded through the vio-
lence of the impact, and was soon
obscured in the fog, was unable
to lower her boats or render any
active assistance. The boats of the
City of Brussels picked up all who
could be recovered. The fog lifting, all
the people were taken on board the
Kirby Hall, and when mustered on
board it was found that two of the
passengers had been drowned. They
were steerage passengers, Italians
Eight of the crew were also lost. IN
Guiding second officer Young. and car
penter Woods.
The Flooded Districts.
BERLIN, Jan. S.-A house-so-house
collection will shortly be started
Throughout the + NJ ire in aid Of the
sufferers in the fl 'oded districts. The
Prussian government has already
granted $3.50 for their relief, and
tie government of H2sse has gwen the
came amount. The Subscriptions in
Prussia reached El75.CO0 Large sums
are arriving from England and America.
TUSIs, Jan. 5. The remains of John
Howard Payne. left here on Saturday
for Marseiiles, en- route to the United
States.