THE STEAM-SHIP

AMERIQUE
THE DERELICT VESSEL SAFE AT PLMOUTH
REPORT OF THE SALVORS -- SIX OR EIGHT FEET OF WATER IN HER
ENGINE-ROOM AND COAL-BUNKERS ---THE OTHER COMPARTMENTS
DRY---PASSENGERS' BAGAGE AND CARGO IN GOOD CONDITION.

PLYMOUTH
April 19.--The direlect French steam-ship Amerique was towed into this harbor yesterday by
the steamers Spray, from Newport, for Gibraltar, and F. T. Barry, from Panama.

The Captain of the Spray reports that he encountered the Amerique on the 15th inst., in
latitude 470 40', drifting in the trough of the sea.

On being boarded, she was found to be abandoned, with six or eight feet of water in her
engine-room, stoke-hole, and bunkers. The other compartments of the steamer were dry.
Her spars and steering
gear were intact.

The Spray immediately took her in tow, and was afterward assisted by the steamer F. T.
Barry.

The pumps on the Amerique were set at work, and when she arrived in Plymouth harbor
yesterday the water in the engine compartment had gained only two feet. The pumping is
still going on.

The ship's chronometers and the baggage left by her passengers have been saved, and it is
expected that a large portion, if not all her cargo will also be preserved.

NO DISPATCHES RECEIVED BY THE AGENT.

Up to a late hour last night Mr.Mackenzie, the resident agent of the Transatlantic Line, had
not received any dispatches relating to the saving of the Amerique. He could not, therefore,
say anything about it, except that such a rescue would be likely to prove more disastrous to
the company than the loss of the vessel, as it was first described. He did not export any
telegrams from Europe until today in relation to the matter.

The New York Times

Published: April 20, 1874