The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-09
CITY OF RIO MISSING
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP HAS NOT
BEEN HEARD OF SINCE FED. 6.
She Fad on Board 156 People, Include
ing Crew, When She Sailed
from San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, March s-The Pacific
Mail Steamship Company's big liner. the
City of Rio Janero, which left this port
for the Orient heavily laden on the 9Th of
last month, should have arrived at Yoko-
hama on Feb. q, yet no word has been heard
from her. At least. the agents of the COM
pany declare they have received informa-
ton OF no sort regarding the steamers
welfare or whereabouts since she glided out
of the bay on the afternoon of Feb. G.
The New York Office of the company has
been wired repeatedly by the local agents.
but the reply comes regularly that nothing
has reached them by cable concerning the
vessel. The City OF Rio left mere with lJ6
people on board. OF these four were -ab:n
passengers, and there, were in the steerage
ten Europeans, ten Japanese and twenty
two Chinese. The crew consisted of thirty
white people and fifty-nine Chinese Fol-
lowing is a list of the passengers:
Cabin-J. Fisher, w. T. Sylvester La
mar Lyndon and Mrs. Lamar Lyndon.
Steerage-A. Bodeison. j. Rosenfeld. sr,
j. Rosenfeld, jr., J. A. Biddle, A. V. Gar
land. Mrs Anna Burge and family of three.
+. Gaillard.
The names of the Chinese and japanese
are not registered. The list of the Rio de
Janeiro's white crew is as follows: w. ].
Russell, captain; ]. E. Robinson, chief Off
Freeman, purser; A. T. Tychenar, freight
clerk; s. NJ. Terrell, surgeon; ]. G. john
officer: j. Anderson, carpenter; William
Bray, main deck watcnman; w. j. Palmer.
D. C. White, F. S. Smith, H. c.. Muliin,
first assistant engineer; j. E. Handler, sec
ond assistant engineer; Charles Smith, third
assistant engineer; X. MacCabe, J.. S. Lar
die, John Reilly, Walter Landers, r. c.
Read, john Cayanaugh, oilers; A. Burre.l,
| steward; S. Kidd, steerage steward: s. Hal
| kin, storekeeper; Mrs. j. G. Dorman, stew
ardess; George Lancashire. butcher; Rob
steerage watchDian; ". e. Vow and seventy
The one theory on. sshich the companies
| that the Rio, by force of bad weather Ar
other circumstances, was compelled to pass
Yokohama without making her, usual stop
| there This would not be considered an al
| together unusual occurrence. 1t has hap
| pened several times during the past twelve
years to other steamers ei in the service Of the
| will be still longer period Of anxiety, for
nothing can possibly be heard from her in
Many shipping men feel hopeful that sne
/ will shortly be reported from the Chinese
| port.
The Rio de Janeiro is one Of the hand
| soonest and largest vessels engaged in the
| transpacific services of the Pacific Mail.
She is four-master, amply provided with
| gines while at sea there would be nothing
| to prevent her weatherng 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 II
| might be even weeks before she would be
| heard from. The Rio was built at Chester,
| Pa, in 1878. She is Of steel, and is equipped
! with the most modern machinery, and has
| the reputation of being a fairly fast and
| stanch vessel at sea- When the Rio left
| this port she carried cargo OF general
| merchandise and bullion VALUED at nearly
| 100000. The merchandise. which, was con-
| ports, was valued in all at sl52,2 This
| majcr portion of this cargo comprised flour
for China, cotton for Japan and canned
| goods and sugar for both countries.
General Superintendent Center. of the Pa
| cific Mail Company, stated the company
| had not yet begun to lose nope for the
safety of the Rio.
/ feeling somewhat anxious. We are hopeful
| and have good reasons for entertaining
that hope. we know there had been very
heavy weather between the Hawaiian ISL
| able that the Rio got into the worst of
/ this weather, and that Captain Russell de-
| cided to take plenty of room and not antag-
| nuch time In reaching Yokohama. 1t is
| possible that he found ii compulsory to
| even skip Yokohama entirely. That has
happened before. The Rio Is a good stout
| boat. and perfectly capable OF taking care
of herself under the good management she
| receives in any kind of weather. She was
only recently overhauled and pat into thor
/ oughly good condition. She was at tha;
| time pronounced to be about as good q sen
boat as we had on our line. Our engines
| are in perfect condition, as far as we know,
| and In fact, everything about her was IN
fit condition for any kind Of a voyage"
movements of Steamers.
Nryy vOPK March S.-Arrived: La Gas