The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09

Has Happened Before.
SAN FRANCISCO, March S.-The Pa
ciffc Mail Steamship company's big
liner, the City of Rio de Janeiro, which
left this port for the Orient, heavily
laden on the 9Th of last month, should
have arrived at Yokohama on the 29rd
of February, yet not a word has been
heard from her.
At the east the agents of the compa-
my declare that they have received in
formation of no sort regarding the
steamers welfare or whereabouts since
she glided out of the bay on the after
noon of February 6. The New York
office of the company has been wired
necessarily by the local agents but the
reply comes regularly and monoton-
ously that as yet nothing has reached
them by cable concerning the vessel.
The Rio left here with 156 people on
board, all told OF those four were
cabin passengers and there were in the
Steerage ten Europeans, ten japanese
and twenty-five Chinese. The crew
consisted of thirty white people and
seYenty-nine Chinese. Following is
LIST OF THE PASSENGERS:
Cabin-J. Fisher, w. T. Sylvester,
Lamar Lyndon, Mrs. Lamar Lyndon.
Steerage-A. Bodelsen, T. Rosenfeld,
ST., II. Rosenfeld, jr., ]. A. Riddle, A. v
Garlando Mrs Anna Burge and family
of three, F Gaillard.
The names of the Chinese and Japan
ese are not registered. -
The list of the Rio de Jarespo, s#Hhite
crew is- as follows; W. j. Rs5sey cap
tain; j. r. rtoDinson einef o4ncssst -. T.
man, purser; A K. Tichenor, freight
clerk; S. NJ. Terrill, surgeon; ]. c. John
son, second officer; l.. C. Newgard,
third officer; j. Anderson, carpenter;
William Bray, main deck watchman;
W. ]. Palmer. D. c. White, F. Smith,
quartermasters; H. Mclaughlin, first
assistant engineer; J. e. Handley. sec
ond assistant engineer: Charles Smith,
third assistant engineer; T McCabe, J.
S. Marble, John Riley, water tenders;
G.. G. Reade, John Cavanagh, oilers; A
Burrell, steward; S. Kidd, steerage
steward; S. Hankin, storekeeper; Mrs
j. C. Dorman, stewardess; George Lam
cashire, butcher: Robert E. Kelly,
salon Waterman; J. G. Spencer, steer
age Waterman; N. G. Yoy, and seventy
nine Chinese.
THE ONE THEORY
upon which the company's agents base
their greatest hopes is that the Rio. by
force CT bad weather or other circum-
stances, was compelled to pass Yoko-
hama without making her usual stop
there. This would not be considered an
unusual occurrence. It has
happened several times during the past
twelve years to other steamers in the
service of the company. Should this
be the case, there will be a still longer
period of anxiety for nothing can posi-
bly, be heard from her in that event.
until she reaches Hong Kong. Many
shipping men feel hopeful she will
shortly be reported from the Chinese
port.
The Rio de Janefro is one Of the
handsomest and largest vessels en-
gagged in the trans-Pacific service of
the Pacific Mail. She is a four-master.
amply provided with sails, so that in
case of damage to her engines while
at sea there would be nothing to pre-
vent her weathering her way to some
nearby port with the
USE OF HER CANVAS ALONE.
If this were the case, however. she
would doubtless be long delayed. and
it might be even weeks before she
would be heard from.
The Rio was built in 1878 at Chester.
Pa. She is of steel and is equipped
with the most modern machinery and
appurtenances and has the reputation
of being a fairly fast and staunch yes
sci at sea.
When the Rio left this port she car
ried cargo of general merchandise
and bullion valued at nearly million
dollars. The merchandise, which was
consigned to various japanese and
Chinese ports, was valued in all at
$152, 233 The major portion of this
cargo comprised flour for China, cotton
for Japan and canned goods and sugar
for both countries
General Superintendent Center of the |
Pacific Mail company stated that the
had not begun to lose hone
for the safety of the Rio.
''Of course" said he, Eve cannot
help feeling somewhat anxious.
WE ARE HOPEFUL
and have good reasons for entertain
ing that hope. Many things could
have happened by which the long alb
sence of the Rio could be accounted
for to our minds, even though we have
received no dispatches or anything of
a definite nature in the shape of news
from her. We do know, for instance
that they have been having very
heavy weather between the Hawaiian
Islands and Japan of late. It is not at
all improbable that the Rio got into
the worst of this weather and that
Captain Russell decided to take plenty
of room and not antagonize the storm.
even though he might lose much time
in reaching Yokohama.
1T is possible that he found it com
pulsory to even skip by Yokohama en-
tirely That
HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
We did become anxious when the
steamer was only overdue a week, be-
cause the Belgic, in making her last
run down, was six days late. She re-
ported exceedingly heavy weather.
THE Rio is good. stout boat and
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