New-York tribune., 1886-03-17


OF the steamship companies yesterday stating that the
Sops ,ssscs and requesting that lights be stationed
| over the wreck. dispatch from WasnnGton say 8
OF Tho Third Lighthouse District TO investigate the
matt and report Board at on2e the necessity or
placing buoy light on the wreck rs ""'hinN "
Tue log OF the Arizona which arrived late Monday
eighteen miles east OF Fire Island Buoy passed wrcok
with three mss standing to ee' ABOVE n0
The Rescue picked up yeisht bags of mails several
of goods three trunks. bales OF goods
three hfe RATS and several life pTeservers that we're
floating about four miles southwest of the wreck
NO CLAIM by THE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
Tho North German Lloyd managers yesterday IN
formed the managers of tho Cunard Line that IT would
make claim for remuneration for rcscung AMI Drlng
n1 port and OF the oregon by the
Fulda. This dispatch from the North German LIoyd
managers al Bremen received by Oelrichs Co..
the managers here:
highly grafed having been instrumental IN saving so
many lives No clJm
This is regardc1 by steamship people a; handsome
Richard Rinek the master, and H. Eide, the pnrser OF
the Fuda In behalf OF themselves anu thr nS en-,
yesterday in the United States District Court to recover
Which we're saved and brought this city the Fnla
The complaint says the jewelry was contained i'll seven
GiHS' %nG GS one rnSkatfm il snS cases Se'o
E. & Co 81" "A. b. 16l." IS & X No l." and IA: A.
value of the diamonds Is placed by the nbeLahts at
about 5000 900 aud they ask such salvage as may ne
the consinHes Of the Jewels are or their value
The Fuda, the beants say was delayed twenty-iour
bo rs IN arriving s this city through the accident TO Ge
Ore.on Three of tho firms to whom these diamonds
were consigned are William S. Hedges CO., A. H.
Smith Co and smith knapp Purser EGH shli i hst
evening that shese boxes OF diamonds are small aud they
were all in the safe the Oregon when the purses D.
Hoey left the snip transfer rel tho diamonds 10
boat and had them Ia his charge till the Fndh came
up and then they we're brought on & board ana "Sfn S tho @
Fulda goan1S picked up AT sea- anu were SO Wt,u 10y ~
the Custom House officers When tne rdIa M 10, ] .% t y,
pier there was some tax aoo9; leI3NihG tno it ~
New York, but it was iI@y h"cldnh py 'ho aIents VI
the line not to disturb them ana dnnE .o,o NE boxes
are In the custody. y.o' United SthtesMashh' 1ner
niat"t NAV he too much Mr. Eirk did not know any
Ching about any bonds or stocks which were stared IN
The Times he the Oregon and Is certain tht te
we're rot brought hoard the Fnlda; In speaking OF
the people taken from the Oregon he sald ht ner crew
stmulants bat none was given 10 them or TIE fuda
crew the custom The amount OF iood eaten a o o
the Fnlda would frghten any one nut s'arV'u III Al
THE SCHOONER STILL MYSTERY.
The name Of the vessel which in collision with the
Oregon has not been ascertained There are various
theories regard to her and every man mas an arSu-
to support his theory. but nothing definite IS
known. Some think that she was collier bound from
some port south Cape May to Boston. Providence or
Portland and others claim that she was loaded with
stone bound from Eastern port probably Portland
to New-York Others think that she may have been
coast which had been driven of by the norhery ana
westerly gales that prevailed for the greater part oi
last week and was making the coast again II the
vessel, whatever she was was bound fiom any port
OF Cape May TO Boston or Portland she was eYl-
IDENTITY long distance out OF her course II SHE was
bound to any port in Narragansett Bay she may
have run In under the land with me Intention 9 oO"-
the coast TO Mo9tauk Point and then rassing III Ie
consderab distance her voyage, and generally the
CAPTAINS coasters take the shortest route II tne
vessel had been blown off the coast ana was lst making
her way back at the time NJ tine collision sne wuni be
lust likely make the coast at Fire Island az any
where else for cOdsng captains as general thlng ar"
not expert navaators she ~ nave been one OF les9
vessels but those who support the theory or te vessel
coming from the eastward say that vesse coming from
Portland here would have had iar wlhd ilntll AFTER AFTER
she had passed Nantucket shoals Then, VITA the wnd
west-norlhwest she woIld he Obliged TO beat mp to
NrwYork making long tacks to the west and south aud
short ones 10 the northward and they mink mat the
headed toward Fire Island light when the collision
occurred
Abbot T. Lawrence. OF Taunton. Mass isinteresiet IN
tramp" scnoouers that 90 anywhere for freight one
of schooncrs supposed to he the Ace Is overdue
she was from Alexandria, Va, loaded with coal
and bound ior Tauntoh She Is large vessel nroD'Dy
700 tons. and a three-master. Hor course from the
Capes Taunton would cross the route OF the Greg
me aet OF nef nTi a[,lynS ~ IN t6e he That
she may be the boat that struck the oregon Inc pace
course usually taken by vessels bound Taunton from
the Capes but she may have gone out Of her course
little TO get the heneht OF the wind dispatch was re,
ceiyed from Mr. lawrence sterday at the Office OF
Henry Clews Co. making Inquiries about the missing
schooner and asking that Information sought IN New
York vessels that up 10 the coast lately
co .DITIoN OF MAIL MATTER PICKED Up
Forty-eicht bags of mail matter from the Oregon
which were found floating about and were picked up,
were received at the Post-Otlice about hsfpast 3
yesterday afternoon These make lls bags saved out
of the 59s vessel or the foryeght bags there
were six closed bags for Nsw-York from London and
one from Manchester, for Boston from Cork, also
one registered bag for Mexico from Madrid Spain The
seven closed bags for NewYofk from London and Man
chester contained 400 letters for NewYork city
limit. rpp mail
from Manchester tor New York and two money order
list from London of transit mails one letter nag FOR
Bermuda, Tor Nassau and one for Ncxic3 al from
London Tie newspaper mail consisted OF lhe follow
New YORK distribution twenty bags London,
one from Glisgow. one from DnDhn. FoT IhiaIephlu'
bag from London aud one from Dublin For san
Francisco and Hamilton caro- Toronto, Two 9aGs each
from London. For Kingston. Halifax ana 81 Jnnn; ono
bag each from London For Montreal one oag from
G asPOw. Fol Ottawa. two bags from GlsSEoW .
Postmaster Pearson said that all the etternall eoud
be delivered. The packages ot letters we're we cnouEh
to cause the to together somewhat Tut they
were separated without great difficulty The addresses
could be 1eciphered Ihe newspapers were IN III wolse
condition. and 1t WAS doubtful Whistler large proper,
mail is almost entirely lost The Manchester registered
with the London and Liverpool mails.
MRS. MoRGAN's Loss OF DIAMONDS.
Probably none Of the passengers on the oregon suf
ered heavily by the entire loss of baggage as did
Mia L. d. Morgan. With Mr. Morgan, Stanley Mort
and 1homss Hitchcock, jr and other friends she
had been spending the winter at Pau. In the sOuh Of
France and had taken with her large share OF the
family Jewels mostly diamonds.
/ have not talked it over with my wife said Mr.
Morgan yesterday. but the Jewels -he lost would be
worth should ju ge. about $3OO 600 Most OF them were
slowed in trunks not easily accessible and with
them a lot Of valuable lace. OF the jewels within
reach in the stateoOm Mrs. Morgan saved merely as
much AS could grasp in hand and put In "a
pocket"
"Coud not more have been saved by packing them In
a yalise or hand bag asked the r5pOr
ut was question OF saving lives at the time" replied
Mr. Morgan and II would not have done put INTO
tho boats anything that might have been regarded as
freight
Mr and MIRA Morgan occupied stateroOm A, the
promenade deck far from where the first boat
launched left the ship In tins boat Mrs. Morgan
was placed "SOme men made rush for the boat" said
Mr. Morgan and 1t was No easy work keeping them Off
The doctor "A very cool ahd plucky fellow, as
sisted the Officers In beating them back. ]
Ala not motto. whether they all hremen whether