Show A STEAMER LOST Tho Alva Perishes with Seventyfour Souls on Board NEW YOHK Sept Consignees of the steamship Alva which has been long overdue at Haytien ports telegraphed this port today that they have eiven her up The consignees say they have knowledge of the Alva being in a very heavy stormthe center of a great tornado tor-nado on Aug 20 and their belief is she foundered or struck upon a sand bank and has since gone to pieces Besides the crew of sixtyfive men the Alva carried nine all of passengers al people prominence in Central America and the West Indies a follows General Pedro Pilar Vincente Latawue A Gatti Henry Hurtubise W L Mugridge J Francis Ribon Fireman Reyes F Hurtubise and A DeCaen General Pedro Pilar wasommander inchief of the armies of Nfw Grenada The Alva was commanded by Captain David Williams |