Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part I

Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Gresham .

British Embassy,
Washington , January 8, 1895 .

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that a representation has been recently made to Her Majesty’s Government by the committee of Lloyds, drawing attention to the large number of fires on board cotton ships in United States ports.

The accompanying list, furnished by the committee, gives a statement of those that have occurred from the commencement of the present cotton season up to November 24 last, and I should be much obliged if you would be kind enough to favor me with such information as you may possess as to the origin of these fires.

I have, etc.,

Julian Pauncefote.

[Inclosure.]

List of fires on cotton ships up to November 24, 1894.

[Liverpool Salvage Association.]

Vessel.	Destination.	On fire at—
Shidby	Liverpool	Savannah.
Dalegarth	do	Do.
Castlegarth	Bremen	Do.
Baltimore City	Barcelona and Genoa	Do.
Stag	Bremen	Do.
Petunia	do	Do.
Armenia	do	Do.
Whitfield	do	Do.
County Down	do	Do.
Hajeen	Bremen (from New Orleans)	Put into Key West.
John Bright	Liverpool	Galveston.
Georgios Michalinos	Havre	Do.
Maria Dolores (Spanish bark)	Barcelona	Charleston.
Lampasas	Galveston to New York	Breakwater (Philadelphia).
Alamo	do	New York.
Royal Welsh	Dunkirk (from New Orleans)	Marquesa, south of Key West, since off and at Norfolk.
Alvedena	Reval	New Orleans.
Paulina	Liverpool	Galveston.
Barbadian	(Wharf fire; cotton not on board.)	New Orleans.
Yucatan	Do	Do.
Malabar	(Second wharf fire)	Do.
Pembridge	Bremen	Galveston.
Madrileno	Liverpool	New Orleans.
Starlight	Liverpool (from Galveston)	Put in St. Johns, Newfoundland.

This list of cases on the other side, and excludes Baltic, Bremen, Havre, and Mediterranean fires.