New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-13
WHERE is THE IBERIANOW
FRUTTLEsS EFFORTS TO FIND HER.
rHE UMBRIA SAILS AWAY NONE THE WORSE FOR
HER COLLISION.

rHE UMBRIA SAILS AWAY NONE THE WORSE FOR
HER COLLISION
workmen were engaged all Sunday night in repac-
ing the two plates in the starboard bow OF the Umbra
which had been crushed In by the collision with the
Iberia By o'clock yesterday morning the injury
had been repaired and the shining coat of new paint
over the healed wound the only indication about
the ship that there had been collision. Vernon H.
Brown the agent of the Cunard Line, said that 5000
$500 would cover the expense Of the repairs The
Umbra left her dock few minutes after IL O'CLOCK
and again headed toward the mouth Of the harbor
Captain McMckan declined to say anything about
the collision yesterday before he put to sea. Nh.
Brown rdculed the idea that the steamer was going
at full speed or at rapid rate when the two vessels
came together. He said that the time which 1t had
taken for the Umbra TO get out to sea Indicated that
she was moving slower than usual He thought the
Umbrfa, being of ten times greater tonnage, perhaps,
than the iberia, would have crushed through her II
going at the rate of few miles an hour He was
unable to estimate her speed in miles per hour
SEEKING THE WRECKED STEAMER
When the tugs went out TO search for the disabled
steamer yesterday she nowhere TO be SEEM Pilot
sayles, Of pilot-boat Caldwell II. Colt, No ID, told
the reporter evening that he sighted the iberia
Sunday morning at about 10 o'clock He and Charley
Fairgraves boarded her and made an examination Of
her condition They found that she was badly set
tied near tho stern and was listing somewhat The
extreme stern, he sad had been cleanly shaven off,
Upon opening the matches they found the cargo ap-
parently not greatly damaged 1t was decided there
FORE that Fairgraves should be left alone on board
until tugs could be sent TO her. Pilot Sayles was
put aboard the steamer Nasmyth. Having locked
her. he started back the wreck the tug Indian.
Tho Iberia, however, had evidently gone down. Tor
there was no sign of her at p m.
After putting Pilot sayles aboard his steamer, the
pilot boat had returned to the wreck She was seen
TO leave there at about dark, so the steamer must
have sunk between o'clock and O'Clock Pilot
Fairgravcs taken of, for he brought steamer
into harbor yesterday morning and went out again
with his piloboat
Pilot Sayres, Captain Sagols aod some of the crew
bf the Iberia went out to look for the steamer again
yesterday morning, but they could find no trace OF
her. Mr. Sayres says that she must have turned, as
the went down, for she listing when he last saw
her. If she had settled straight down her maSts
would have remained above water, there being not
more than ten fathoms OF water where she was an
chored The tugs sent out by the Merritt Wrechng
Company Sunday afternoon returned to Staten Island
last evening and reported that the steamer could not
be found James W. Elwell 81 Co. sent out three
large tugs yesterday morning, which were alike I'M
successful in their search
THE IBERIA's VALUE AND CARGO.
James W. Elwen told the reporter yesterday that
he had not yet decided whether he should try to raise
Inc steamer The Iberia, he said was hne iron
steamer, not a tramp She was valued at 100000
bhc insured he thought, but he could not say
tor what amount The captains manifest and papers
bad been carried Off with the stern AT the British
Consulate the reporter told that report of the
collision had been made there by the captain of the
Cmbna. 1t would be made on the other side, as the
Cmbna had not cleared again, not having remained
In port twenty-four hours. Tho French Consul
said that he had received report from Captain Sagols
but that as Il was official he was not at liberty 10
make IL public.
II learned at Arnold. Cheney d CO.'S TO whom
the Iberas cargo was consigned, that her freight
consisted Of 2s5l1 boxes of dates, l60 packages of
Mocha coffee, $40 bales OF wool and $50 goat skins
value, $l30,0O0 They unable TO tell the
amount of insurance, as all the ships papers had
been lost.