Show The Eappahannock Burned Special to TiinHEtiAtD Examiner Dispatch VALPARAISO Nov 2SThe big American clipper ship Rappahannock was burned to the waters edge on the night of November 1 while at anchor in the harbor of Cumberland Cum-berland bay in the northern part of the South Pacific island of Juan Fornandaz Captain Wiley Dickinson his wife and the crew took to the boats and escaped They arrived here yesterday cn board the Chil ian dispatch boat Duelmuel They were taken in charge by the American consul at this port and will be sent to San Francisco Captain Dickinson says the flames swept from stem to stern so quickly that it was impossible to save tho ship Spontaneous combustion is believed to havo been the cause The Rappahannock was one of the largest ships ever launched from an American shipyard She left Liverpool on August 29 last and was bound for San Francisco with a valuable cargo of general merchandise merchan-dise She was just about duo in San Francisco Fran-cisco and her agents were anxiously awaiting intelligence of her arrival |