The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-21
THE NARONIC LOST
All Doubts as to Her Fate Are Now
Dispolled.
DIASTERoFF NEWFOUNDLAND



ItRwEN. March u. After long con.
tln1cd anxiety regarding the fate Of
the White star line freight steamer
Naronic. which sailed from Liverpool
February II for New York, and which
had not since been hoard 81, Intelli.
Cence has boon received showing DO.
yond q d0nbt that the vessel Is lost
The british steamer Coventry. Capt
Wilson. from Fernandina, February 10.
arrived ut this port Monday. Sho re-
ports that 81 o'clock in the morning
N March a'when III lat - deg. n,
long, 40 deg. W., she passed lifeboat
painted white bearing the namc Ma
ronic The boat was floating keel up
ward.
Az : o'clock In the afternoon 81 the
same dHy another life boat Of the Ma
ronic was passed. This boat gave cvi.
dence Of having encountered heavy
weather. The mast and oars Of the
life boat had been dashed together and
attached 20 the painter and then thrown
overheard as a sea anchor to keep tho
beats head up 10 the wind and sea.
Judging from appearances neither Of
the boats had been long adrift. Tho
position Of the drifting bonts was about
south by west OF Sable island ON the
banks Of New Foundland. There II 4
chance that the occupants 81 the boats
were picked up by passing vessel.
LrvERrool., March 81. Officials Of tho
White Star Line Go. here have received
the full report OF the steamer Coventry.
which arrived at Bremen Monday.
They state their advlces show that the
last lifcboat OF the Naronic passed by
the Coventry was recently occupied BY
o portion Of the Naronic's crew, and
they expressed the hope that the occu-
pants Ind been picked up BY passing
vessel They also expressed the hope
that the occupants Of the other boats
had been rescued.
All doubts as TO the fate OF tho
Earonic has been dispelled BY the sight
ing 81 her life boats. That she Is now
at thu bottom of the ocean can not be
disputed, but the cause Of the disaster
Is. Of course, still matter Of conjec-
ture. II may be. Judging from the lat
itude nnd longitude In which the boats
were seen. that the steamer struck
either q derelict Or an iceberg, though
It Is still rather early In the season for
lee 10 BIO ndrift 10 far south as the
banks Ii Is hoped that the mystery OF
the loss of the steamer will soon be
eloasxsl MP ~ the handbag 81 eomn naff
OF members Of her crew. A vessel
which pissed Deal Monday Mgnaled
that she had on board eleven ship.
wrneiked nffslsfd and fha Nhffa gfaw
officials say there Is a strong probabil.
ity that they are part of tho crew 81
the Earonic.
The arrival Of this vessel Ii eagerly
awaited, as should the shipwrccixod por.
sons on board be from the Naronic, ali
conjectures rs TO the causes that led
TO the laundering OF the steAmcr will
be removed.
The list Of the officers Of the Naronie
Is ns follows: Captain, William Roberts;
chief officer, q. Wright; chief engineer,
Duncan; ships steward, ,. Taylor. The
crew numbered, including the officers,
fifty-fiye men. The only other persons
on board, II Is shid, were fourteen cat
tie men connected with Eastmen's cnt
tie yard, al Sixty-ninth street, this city
who had gone over TO the other side on
the Naronic In charge Of cattle and
were returning on the same vessel.
Their names arc: Tim Corners, r. Ne
Etee, Jas Shannon, Jas Kane, II.
Larkin, r. Smith. John Watson, VIII
Shaffer, James O'fIara, r. Burke, Hen.
~ Beney. J. Stafford, VIM. Tobin and
William Magcc.