St. Paul daily globe., 1892-12-30
SPOKE THE UMBRIA.
Which Met the Cunarder
on Christmas.
She SignaIed That She Was Dis
abled, but Did Not Need
Assistance.

/, New YORK. Dec. 3O.-The steamship
! Umbria has not yet arrived, but the
! Cunard officials still profess TO believe
the vessel is i'll no special danger The
J North German Lloyd steamship Lahn,
! from Bremen and Southampton, passed
| Fire island at 1890 o'clock last night.
! She may have more news of the miss
! ing Cunarder.
The steamship Galilleo British, Capt.
! Jones, Mate Coleman, from Hull, Dec.
! IL, with merchandise to SandersOn
| Sons, arrived at the bar at a. N. yes
1 terday. She had continuation of
| west northwest gales and high
head seas throughout the pas
| sage with frequent sRoW squalls.
! On Dec. 16 Capt. Coleman was taken
| sick, and died OH the 18th from valvular
| disease of the heart. He was buried at
| sea on the goth during northwest gale.
He was fOrty-two years old and native
i of Bristol, residing at Hull.
/ On Dec. 25, at 5 p. M, latitude 1852,
i longitude $3.50, she sighted large
steamer bearing northwest, apparently
disabled. Bore down close to her, and
| she exhibited three red lights, showing
! that she was nnmanageable but not re-
Quiring assistance. Exchanged night
| signals with her, which showed her to
| be Cunard steamer Umbria (BritiSh),
! from Liverpool for New York. She
made no other signals for assistance
! although heavy sea was running at
the time. She laid quite easy and COM
| Portable. with the wind northwest
| blowing a gale. Capt. Jones was of the
| opinion that her machinery was disabled
! and that she was laying to making the
necessary repairs. On the morning of
! the Goth he passed two steamers bound
east. which no doubt would fall in with
| her and render any assistance neces
| sary should she require it. Capt. Jones
| states that there need be no alarm for
! her safety.
HALIFAX, n. S., Dec. 2S.-A rumor
| was in circulation here here tonight
that the disabled steamer Umbria had
reached Darlington in sinking cOndi-
i tiOn, but inquiry at the New York
| agency there shows that the story was
| false. Nothing had been seen of the
steamer there. The ship has not been
! sighted anywhere Off the Nova Scotia
coast, every part of which has been
| communicated with from Yarmouth to
| CanSo.
| LONDON, Dec. 29.-The report that
! the Umbrla had been spoken OH Dec. %,
/ ana Hdu Slgnaleu IldI SIG utSireu nO
assistance, though disabled. was re-
ceived here late this afternoon from
!, New York. The news spread rap
| idly, and removed a terrible load
| Of anxiety from those who
! have friends aboard. The officials
| and clerks at the offices of
the Cunard company, though they all
along maintained tha: the delay was
! due to some disarrangement of the Um-
bria's machinery, showed by their faces
and CHEEKY words that the cabiegram
from New York had also brought re-
| lief to them. kilograms reporting the
| fact that the steamer had been spoken
were sent in every direction to those
| who had requested that they be in
formed of any news received. The
value of the Umbria and her cargo is
roughly estimated at IL, 100000, two
thirds of which is insured in London
and the remainder in Liverpool.
QUARANTINE. s. l., Dec. 30.-The
steamer Lain. which arrived at 1:45 a.
m.. reports having seen nothing of the
| Cunarder Umbra. Capt. Heilmer
stated he had not sighted the missing
steamer. She has no doubt drifted
away to the south of the regular course,
some hundred miles Or more.