St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-14
Fears Entertained That the
Great Liner Has Been
g Wrecked.
Return OF the Powerful Tug
Imcaton From a Fpuitless
Search.
Loss Of the Mipama With the
Greater Portion Of Crew
and officers.
More Fighting Results From
the Present Rebellion in
Chilli.

LONDON. March 1S.-The Hamburg
American line steamship Suevia. from
New York Feb. 26, for Hamburg, which
was reported yesterday as being in Il
disabled condition sixty miles off the
Lizard, is as this dispatch is sent still
breasting the channel seas without any
thing definite being known as to her
exact condition. Particulars have, how
ever, been received as to the nature of
the accident which has happened to her
by the chief officer, who landed at
Plymouth under considerable difficulty.
From the chief officers report 1t APP
pears that the lOw-pressure condensing
engine valve was found to be broken
when the Suevia was off Prawle point,
near Start point, the southernmOst point
of Devonshire, on Monday last. At the
time this accident occurred strong
east wind was blowing and a
Heavy Sea Was Running.
The Suevia consequently drifted down
the channel and experienced dreadful
weather during the whole of Monday
night and Tuesday. when, towards the
afternoon. her signals of distress were
responded to, and a small London
steamer named the Acme. which was
proceeding down the channel, went to
the big steamships assistance. After
steaming uD alongside the Suevla and
putting his vessels head to the wind,
the Acme'S captain and the commander
of the Suevia exchanged views upon
the situation. The Suevia'S commander
wanted the Acme to at least try to tow
the HamburgAmerican vessel to Plym-
Outh or Dartmouth. but the cap
| tain of the London steamer de-
| cided that his vessel was too
small TO even attempt to tow
such large steamship as the
| Suevia against the gale which
was blowing, as it might result
| in disaster to the smaller steamer.
| Finally tile chief officer of the Suevia
| and was put on board pilot boat which
! had been Drawing the storm in search of
! vessels bound up channel. The pilot
| noats commander readily consented to
make an attempt 10 land the
| SueViass Chief officer
at Plymouth. and eventually succeeded
in so doing. reaching that place We'd
nesday night after receiving terrific
pounding from the sea. The chief Off
Ger immediately upon landing placed
| himself in communication with the
Hamburg-American line agents. with
the result that powerful channel tug,
the ImcatOn, was sent out of Plym-
outh in search of the disabled
Suevia. The Imcaton experienced very
bad weather while searching thei chan
Del for the missing ocean liner, being
repeatedly swept fore and aft by the
waves. The result was that the tug
was compelled to put into Falmouth
yesterday, having failed to find any
trace of the Suevia. The Hamburg
American lines agents, however. do
not intend to give up the search. They
no sooner heard of the return of the
lmcaton and that her mission had not
been successful than they made ar
rangementS to send another and more
powerful channel tug out from South
ampton. The new search vessel was to
have left Southampton this morning,
and after calling at Plymouth for the
chief officer of the Suevia, was to have
put to sea i'll the hope of falling in with
the disabled steamer.