The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-02
CITY OF CHICAGO ASHORE.
SHE Foxes HER NOSE INTO THE rRIsR
COAST ~ Il FOG.

Passengers and Mniis safely J.nuded and
Conveyed TO Queens 'own-The ship
Jsmmed Against n Ciin. with Her For
ward Compartment Fun of WRtcr-Irs
Likely to he n Hard dob Getting Her cr
LONDON. July 1.-The Inman line steamship
City OF Chicago. which sailed from New York
on Wednesday. June 90. for Liverpool. went
ashore at o'clock this evening inside tho Old
Head OF Kinsn'c. on the Irish coast. about
twenty miles southwest of Queenstown.
Aftor passing Brow Head. about $50 o'clock
this morning. tho ship ran into n dense fog
Shc felt her way along with tho usual pro-
cautions until near tho Old Head of Kinsalc
and within short distance OF Queenstown
hnrhor. when suddenly there YVES q harsh.
grating sound and n jar from stom to stern.
and then tho ship stopped.
1t was within an hour Of high water. when
many rocks along the southwestern shore OF
Ireland are hidden. and tho ships officers Mt
once realized that they had got caught on ono
OF these dangerous places
Tho passengers, cabin and Storage. wero
nearly all ur and many Of them on deck. When
tho ship struck there was anxiety among them
for short time. but no panic Capt. Bedford
promptly assured them that they wcro In no
danger.
TING officers found. after q careful examine
tion Of their bearings. that thcy were ashore
on Barrels Rocks. group OF low-lying
rocks near the Old Hend Of Kinsale. usu-
ally submerged at high water. These
rocks arc considered dangerous. and
can only be avoided by keeping some distance
out to sen at this point. where tho coast juts
boldly out into the ocean. forming ut once a
promontory and brcnkwntcr for the harbor
of kinsale. 1t is trap for ocean steamers on
the way to Queenstown that can readily be
avoided In clear weather. but In time Of fog Is
peculiarly dangerous.
When it was evident that tho City Of Chicago
was fastened on tho rocks. the chief officer put
Off in n small boat and landed at tho Old Head
Of Kinsale There he telecraphed to Queens
town an account Of the situation Of the vessel.
Cummins Brothers. the agents Of the 1nman
line ut Queenstown. at onco sent tugbouts to
make an effort to get tho steamship of. In the
moan time tho fore compartment WIS found
be filled with water. and it was decided to
land the mails and tho passengers. The pms
sengers were then taken ashore In the ships
boats. women and children first, and were
conveyed to Queenstown. to be sent thence by
rail and steamer to their destinations The
transfer OF the 400 passengers and 200 bags OF
mail from ship to shore was made without
mishap.
was smooth and the wind light Tho vessel
lies with her stem damned into the cliff. Her
position is ono that will make rescue extreme
y difficult. She will probably have to be light
encd considerably and perhaps even disman-
tied before she can be pulled of.
Tho news OF the City Of Chicaeos mishap
was received so late ut the Maritime Exchange
yesterday afternoon that It's circulation
tied. 1t followed SO close upon tho announce
ment that the steamship had passed Brow
Head. whence Europe gets tho first news
of tho arrival Of liners. that some
doubt was expressed rs to its truth.
Before the news had travelled UP town the
Inman Office in bowling Green was closed.
The agents OF the line said they had received
no dispatches confirming tho report OF the
disaster. They did not doubt the truth Of the
item tcegraphcd to tho Maritime Exchange,
but they were much surprised. not suppos-
ing that anything could happen to the
steamship that coast under 30
careful and experienced a commander
as Cart. Arthur bedford. WHO Is as familiar
with tho coast us any veteran in tie service OF
the lnnlan line. The news of the lnman liners
plight did not got around town generally. and
there were no inQurcrs around the Inman
Office after it closed.
Among the City OF ChicaGo's passengers
were NJ. d. Gallagher of this city. ONeill Ryan
Of st. Louis. and George Sweeney OF Cincin-
natl. tire, Of tho Peace Comm iSsioners whom
tho Irish National League Executive Board sent
ABROAD to endcavor to heal the breach between
the orposin.. factions OF III" Nationalist party.
william Lyman. tho fourth Commissioner.
waited week and sailed on tho City Of Paris.
Tho Rev. Charles N. Gflln. one of the best-