The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-09
THE CITY OF TOXIC
A Total LOsS-PartieuIars of Passen-
gers, Officers, Crew and Cargo.

NEW YORK, June 26th.-A dis
patch from Yokohama reports the
total loss of the Pacific Mail
Company's steamship City of Toxic.
President Houston, Of the P. NJ S. s.
Company, thinks that the loss had
been fully discounted by the decline
in the price of stock. She was not
insured, except so far as the company
insures its own vessels. The fund for
that purpose is now about $l2O, 900.
The steamer cost 81 ,25O, ZOO, but could
be reproduced for $7OO,OOO The stock
fell off II during the day.
FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS.
The officers of the company state
that they have enough steamers,
however, to do the business offer
ing without the City of Toxic,
and a new steamer will be ordered
very soon. 1t is semi-officially stated
that the company's earnings for the
current quarter are at the rate of 10
per cent per annum. The City of
Sydney. of the Australian line, which
is ready for immediate service, has
been ordered to take the place of the
City of Toxic, ia case the latter is
totally destroyed.
WHERE SHE WENT ASHORE.
The steamer City of Toxic went
ashore on Point Sagami, distant
about twenty-five miles from Yoke
hama, during a fog. The pas
sengers, crew, mails, treasure, and
a portion of the cargo were saved, the
latter in damaged condition. A
later dispatch states that the vessel
will be total loss.
INTERESTING FACTS.
About five years ago the vessel
narrowly escaped destruction when
entering San Francisco harbor in
dense fog, as she struck near Point
Diablo, but fortunately it was
glancing blow, and she slid off with
out damage. She was 42O feet long,
46 feet inches beam, her gross tom
mage 5,O48, and the net 3,129, there
being but 1-100 of a ton difference
between her and the City of Picking.
She was iron and had six compart-
ments. Her engines were built by
the Morgan Iron Works, and they
were estimated at 1850 horsepower.
In addition to extensive repairs in
1875, there was also considerable
work performed on her in June, 1883,
when she was placed in dry dock in |
San Francisco.
PASSENGERS, CREW AND CARGO.
The officers of the ship are: Cap |
tain, Jefferson Maury; First Officer,
L. B. Walls; Second Officer, J. S.
Long; Third Officer, J. Debury; Chief |
Paul Rossiter; and Purser,
Henry Hennessy. She had on board |
fourteen cabin passengers, 24S steer
age passengers, and 12s persons in the
crew. Among the cabin passengers !
were r. H. Hubbard of Texas, the re-
Gently appointed United States Min
ister to Japan, with his family, five
persons in all. The cabin passengers
were Warren Green, III. w. Denison,
Mrs. 5. Foulds, Mrs. Skidmore, Miss
George w. Westcott, J.
and H. Fletcher and wife.
In the steerage were: II. Schmidt,
R. Tatani, A. Pratt, Mrs. Joshudas
and one other person, besides 243
Chinese.
She left San Francisco on June I'd
with cargo for China valued at $685.
500, for Japan $11, 1853, and for various
other ports $4,000. a total of $685. 1868,
n addition to treasure shipment of
S44l, 900, divided as follows: Silver
bars, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank,
Mexican dollars, Hongkong
md Shanghai Bank $91, 1856; Anglo
Californian Bank, $4,000; Compton
i Escompte de Paris, $4,000. Chinese
firms shipped 97,S27 Mexican dollars
and $9,742 gold coin and dust. All
8 we'll covered by insurance, great
portion being in Chinese companies.
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