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Show i DOWN IN THE FOG. THE GOOD SHIP CITV OP CHICAGO ' FAST ON THE ROCKS. n IjMaeng-ers Transferred to the Shore on "SJItope ladders The Members of the j .'Irish-American Commisson Aboard. K ueexstowk, July 2. The steamer City 'o.Chicago which went ashore on Barrel rocks near Kinsale last evening remains fast ahd the prospect of saving her is not as good as If the sea should become rough. Her stem, from hawse holes down, is torn away a&d the fore compartments are full of water. T)ie stern is in deep water, which allows her to respond to the movement of the sea, grinding her bottom. Three tugs are lying t near, but is is not yet thought advisable to try to haul her off. When found last evening even-ing there was no probability of floating her, and. as the sea was comparatively smooth, it waa decided to take the passengers off. They were transferred to boats in perfect order and rowed to the foot of High Cliff, facing the point where the wreck occurred. In the meantime the steamer's signals had drawn peasants to the top of tha cliff, who assisted the coast guard in constructing rope ladders by ! the means of which the passengers reached the table land without serious accident. acci-dent. As they came to the top tha passengers passen-gers were supplied with heavy coats by the peasants to keep out the penetrating fog whose impenetrable mists were the cause of tha vessel's stranding. They were then loaded into carts and jaunting cars and taken to Kinsale. a distance of twelve miles, thence forwarded to their destinations. - Among the passengers were three mem-bfys mem-bfys of the Irish American commission going go-ing to try to settle the difference in the ' Irisli party. ' Lighters were dispatched to the stranded vessel who took off the maJs, baggage and tome of the cargo, |