Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-14
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. WRECK OF A STEAMSHIP. Only Three Survivors Out of
 Twenty-Seven Men. DEsERTIoN OF eHILpS ENTIRE ARMY. Buffalo Bill to Take Indian Prisoners to Europe. FIRE IN A TENNESSEE ASYLUM. Parnell's Manifesto to His
 COuntrymen.
FATE OF TWO STEAMERS.

one vessel Wrecked on the South
 Coast of England -Twenty-Three
 Sailors DrOwned-A cc1dent to the
 Steamer Suevta-Drifting About In
 the Channel Seas.
 LONDON, March 13.-The steamer Mirama of Liverpool, bound from London to Colombo, was wrecked off Start Point, near Dartmouth, Monday, during the se- were gale that swept over the south of England. The captain, the chief en- gineer, three mates and the steward took to small boat, while twenty-two of the crew left the wreck in life boat. The small boat was swamped and all on board were drowned. The large boat made for the shore, but could not land, owing to the heavy surf She was obliged to put to sea and capsized again. Those who had thus far kept in the boat clung to the keel, but they were exhausted and finally all were washed off, except four stokers These men were afterwards washed ashore and were compelled to climb a precipitous cliff. One of them died of exhaustion, so that of those on board only three survive.
 THE sUEvIA MISSING.
 LONDON, March 13.-The Hamburg American line steamship Suevia, from New York, February 26, for Hamburg, which was reported yesterday as being in a disabled condition sixty miles off the Lizard, is still breasting the channel seas without anything definite being known as to her exact condition. Particulars have, however. been received as to the nature of the accident by the chief officer, who land ed at Plymouth under considerable diff culty. From the chief officers report it appears that the low pressure condensing valve was found to be broken when the Suevia was off Prawle Point, near Start Point, the southernmost point off Devonshire on Monday last. At the time this accident occurred strong wind was blowing aqa Tha susvia haavy ws1 run9hg drfsd down the channel and experienced dread full weather during the whole of Monday night and Tuesday, when towards the af- ternoon her signals of distress were re- sponded to and a small London steamer named the Acme, which was proceeding down the channel, went to the big steam ships assistance. After steaming up alongside the Suevia and putting his yes sells head to the wind the Acmes captain and the commander of the Suevia ex- changed views upon the situation. The Suevia's commander wanted the Acme to at least try to tow the Hamburg American vessel to Plymouth or Dartmouth, but the captain of the London steamer decided that his vessel was too small to even at tempt to tow such a large steamship as the Suevia against the gale which was blow ing, as it might result in disaster to the smaller steamer.
 ANOTHER VESSEL BROUGHT INTO SERVICE
 Finally the chief officer of the Suevia was put off from that ship in lifeboat and was put on board pilotboat which had been braving the storm in arch of vessels bound up the channel The pilot boats commander readily consented to make an attempt to land the Suevia's chief officer at Plymouth, and eventually suc- ceeded in so doing, reaching that place on Wednesday night after receiving terrific pounding from the sea. The chief officer immediately upon landing placed himself in communication with the Hamburg American line agents, with the results that a powerful channel tug, the Imicaton, was sent out of Plymouth in search of the dis abled Suevia. The Imicaton experienced bad weather while searching the channel for the missing vessel, being repeatedly swept fore and aft by the waves. The eventual result was that the tug was com pelled to put into Falmouth yesterday, having failed to find any trace of the Sue via. The agents, however, do not intend to give up the search. They no sooner ! heard of the return of the Imicaton and that her mission had not been successful than they made arrangements to send another and a more powerful channel tug out from Southampton. 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 l have put to sea in the hope of falling in 1 with the disabled steamer