New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-21
THE NARONIC LOST.
"a nor,BT THAT SHE IS AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE ATLANTIC.
-,o oF HER LIFEBoATs SEEN FLOATING on
THE BANKS OF NEwFouNDLAND-A
CHANCE THAT THEIR OCCUPANTS
NAY DE ALIVE.

NAY DE ALIVE.
Damon March 2O.-After long-contineed any,
,..r rerarding the fate of the White Star line
...,sht steamer Naronic. which sailed from Liv-
.-,col on February IL for New-Nork, and which
~, NOT since been heard of, intelligence has been
".,.r,d here showing beyond any doubt that the
r.ssl is lost
1se British steamer Coventry, Captain Wilson.
..m Fernandina, Florida, February 10, arrived
:. This port to-day. She reports that at o'clock
!. the morning of March 4, when in latitude 2
.,tb longitude 46 west, she passed a lifcboat
,,inted white, bearing the name Naronic The
~, was floating keel upward.
A. 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day
.,o,her liieboat from the Naronc was passed.
nj. boat gave evidence of having encountered
h..vr weather. The mast and oars of the life
hoa, had been lashed together and attached to
,bs painter and then thrown overheard as spa
anchor TO keep the boats head up to the wind
and pa Judging from appearances, neither Of
,he boats had been long adrft
The positon Of the drifting boats was about
.on,b by east of Sable Island, on the Banks Of
newfoundland. There is chance that the oc-
.upants of the boats were picked up by passing
vessel.
Can,ain Wilson states that he was not able
,,s;sly TO decpher the name on the first liieboat
nassed By the steamer, though there Is no doubt
in his mind that il was Naronic. The boat being
eausized rendered the reading of the name almost
impossible, as the reversed letters could only be
.eo when the ends of the boat were thrown clear
Of the sea.
The Coventry sailed from Fernandina on Fcbru-
AT TO- calling at Brunswick. Georgia, and Nor
nlk Virginia, which latter port she left on Feb
f,o finna fha
aue 70 arrive at New-Yerk Captain Wilson.
therefore. was not aware that any accident had
befalen the White Star freighter, or that she had
NJ, arrived in New-Yorl< When the Coventry
.ame I'M with the second lifeboat the name painted
AN 4 was plainly disccrnbe. This boat was hal:
filed with water Its appearance led Captain
Wilson to believe that its occupants had been
taken on board some vessel, after which the boat
was cast adrift.
Iiverpool March 2O.-Oficials of the White
Eta, Line here have received the full report OF
The steamer Coventry, which arrived at Bremen
to-day. They state that their advices show that
the last lfeboat of the Naronic passed by the
Coventry was recently occupied by portion OF
the Naronics crew, and they express the hope that
the occupants had been picked up by passing
vessel They also express the hope that the
occupants of the other boats had been rescued:
All doubt 10 the fate OF the Naronlc mas Deen
dispelled by the sighting of her llfeb0a's. mat
she is now at the bottom of the ocean cannot he
disputed but the cause Of the disaster Is s'lll
matter of conjecture. II may be, Judging from
the latitude and longitude in which the ooats
were seen. that the steamer struck either q dere-
iict or an iceberg. though it is still rather early
in the season for ice TO be adrft 80 far south as
ihe Banks 1t is hoped that the mystery OF the
loss of the steamer will soon he cleared up by the
landing at some port of members of her grew;
A vessel which passed Deal to-day eignalled
and the White Star officials say there is strong
probability that they are part Of the crew OF the
Naronic The arrival, Of this vessel is eagerly
hard N, from the Naronic. all conjecture to
the causes that led to the laundering Of the
steamer will be removed.