New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-03
THE VESSEL ABANDONED.

explosion is unknown. The fire gained such
headway th.t Captain Hoffman saw it would be
impossible + check 1t. and orders were given
TO abandon ne ship. There were 400 hogsheads
Of rum aboad. and this part of the cargo. when
It caught fir, caused immepse masses of flame
10 ascend frcn the hatchways. the matches hav-
ing been blorn off.
At first tire was great excitement aboard
but the offices succeeded in restoring order'
As soon as tie fre-alarm was sounded the crew
went to thG fire stations. and the stewards
began TO cary provisions to the boats lhere
was comparatively little sea running ana ho'
much difficuy was found in lowering away the
boats whenthe bell forward tolled the signal
abandon IL ship" The scene of the burning
of the steanr was only twenty-five miles from
Havana an, the officers in command OF the sew
eral hoats-1e captain. first officer. purser ana
chief enginer-had little fear OF not oeihs aoie
fo reach thu port OF some other place along the
coast - ,...., ,oo, ra
said "a hav Jumped into the sea- Ihose VINO
arrived hei in the small boat this morning
said that xty had been drowned. many oil
them throuh the upsetting OF ooa.; a,a.ei sn,aI,
boats upse and that many OF the persons az az
FIRST repor.d as lost reached BacuIanao III
safety. Te number of the drowned a snno moM
believed to)e thirty -four or thirty-nVe. Among
the lost wee Herr Leibinger, a cabin passehseI.
whose hon is in Germany end several Cuban
stevedores. ,s ,ora
c, raral tue were sent u the burning steamer
TO give whtever assistance they could. W. ,
of the tug returned this afternoon oi'"e'"e
nineteen srvivors from the vessel .,
The nans OF those known to have peeh SaHsu az
from the dty of Alexandria are captain IioiI
man, Owe Niece second assistant ens'iIet,' Iehr
r 7 Jennings third assistant engineer JohIl
Donah,,e A. Williams o. Ward, J. ward o.
Kirk NJ. (koy. f. Enasco. Emenchil Drumstaf'
F Antoni j. Poland. j. W. Reid. j. ramona
William Hdd second officer Andrew Neiisoh.
Charles Anderson Nicholas Clarkscn chiei
cook: Michael Haven. Francis McEamara'
Michael Ry,er William Dcttelbark W. Harvey
F. Pettersn w. Wallace and Z. Erlcson'
carpenter.
The news of the burning of the steamship CITY
OF Alexandra caused great excitement in ths clty
Yesterday the offices of the line being fairy De-
s,egcd by ppple who thought they had friends on
hoard Fortunately the clerks were able TO reas-
s,,ra many f them Immediately by the informa-
ton that there few. If any, passengers on
the vessel The steamship had taken dcwn large
number of people. but had landed nearly all at
Havana She trcn went on TO Matanzas, where
tho res, disemba, ,ked. IL was on her return voy-
age 10 Havana that the fire occurred and unless
some passengers came on bodrd at Ma'ahzas she
would have only her crew ana her steVeaores on
board.
This intelligence ailayed the fears OF those anx
ions about the passengers. but did not contail
rnucb comfort for the friends of the oficers and
crew Before long, however, the following teie-
gram WIS received from the agents OF the line at
Havana:
Alexandria burned at on Wednesday even
ing Total loss. The news reported by second ON
GER who arrived in ships boat with following
crew: Nielsen, Andersen, Clarksen' Harem' NC
Namara, Ryder Diggelbaek and some steVedores.
Assistance has beer sent
Shortly after this another disIatcn was received
from the same source. "One tug has Ieturhea WIZ
e fol,swins Jennnss DTnagEa EnaseN EnenchiI
Durmston Antoni, Poland. Reed, Ramond ana NJ;
julius" x third dispatch said: "second stew%rd
CHIEF officer chief engineer. steward and about
thirty 9 M ana ana prsSr
Others mere are Harvey, Petersen "aACch filcs'
" H. 7. Hughes, manager Of the line. says that
he believes only two persons lost their lives These
were Catherine Carter. the stewardess. an Engilsh
woman thirty years old, and Ralph w. Bowen
THE city Of Alexandria was tuilt by John Roach
andre & Sons She sold in lss5 to the New
York and Cuba Steamship Company she was was a
measurement She was 3O7 feet long. 2s feet inches
beam and 26 feet inches depth of hold Her
sasans we S p5 b 'ae 3 ad e by 4 ches She M
this city october q for Havana. discharged par'
OF her cargo and proceeded to Matanzas wtere
she took on among other cargo fourteen puneheons
OF rum which are believed to have caused the &C.
cargo was partially insured In several English com
panles Following is a list OF her officers: x; 4;
lam Field second officer r. Bowen. purser; c. A.
Poole. assistant purser; T. Linden senior quarter
master Msm Reed assis'an Essssn
carpenter A Godins cadet j. e. Porter rs; sadss ss,
.agt Saes snsnssr fna g ae MTass
,sinesr; J. B. Jennings. inTd assistant engineer
s soS sseS seSosS so6
N. Heren. baker: Mrs. Carter, stewardess.