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15 Y TELEGRAPHDAY DISPATCHES.Foundering of the Bom ua—GreatLou of Life.I,nMrt»x, December 24. A Time* oor-indent dispatch, says ten men suvivors from the Bonissa, were landed by the Maliowdale. Their names are William s:r*ait Day, Doctor Doolittle, third olfi-err Wylie, fuurth engineer Henry [!n«n, tmatawain William Barer, able vaman James Dixon, poet master Alexander, Johnson and Henry Stevenson stewards and 1’atnck Cain and Patrick Quinn •iai trimmers. One of the survivors state* tliat seventy-six passengers embark-■ 1 at Liverpool. Tltc vessel reached i .minna November 23d—all well.After having shipped some cargo and embarked eighty Spanish emigrants the llorusaa proceeded for Havana on the 2*;'li. the wind blowing light from the -• itlx-ast with a calm sea. On Novem-Irr r«ftih tlw wind freshened and increased '••a sale. * In the following Jay it suddenly clapped to tl»e north and north- J w esc blow ing strong with a heavy cross •ca, in which the shfo laltored heavily. At im/0(1 sIim spranga leak amidships. All efforts at the pomps wore fruitless to keep L.- -hip free of water. It filled the cn- 1 ciih- room and stoke lade, patting out the Gn a and stopping the engines. The crew -till «-.»niiniie,l to work at tlie pumps until tit** next day, the second instant, wlien it »»« determined to abandon tho vessel.Her brats were launched and part of the crew, u iih alxrtit a dozen passengers, got into them. Those of the crew who ro-mained l»v tie- vessel were tlie Captain,- cotid mate, three engineers, eleven fire men, three stewards and the carpenter and two boys. Slmrtly after leaving the tom’I one of tl*** foots swamped, and tlie ««'eiipauu, five in niirnlier, were drowned. The surv ivor* state that the steamer's covering lioard, wlien they sltoved off was not more than two inches above water.It is supposed site must have gone down with her living freight. Tlie fate of the otherfo*a!s is doubtful, as nothing has -'•n fo-anl of their occupants since/
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Macon Telegraph and Messenger
Macon, Georgia, US
Thu, Dec 25, 1879
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