Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-18

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Mattresses invented by Mr.. Mcintosh, perhaps every
individual now unfortunately lost to their families
and the world BY the disaster, might have been
saved
Let owners and captains of vessels in future provide
themselves with the most essential, and least expen
sve Of life preserving machines and not only will
people to the wide waves with less fear and ap-
prehension than they now do, but moreover with
an almost utter assurance against the too often fatal
consequence of shipwrsck.
The anxiety to see the list of the names of those
who were saved and who had persisted yesterday after
noon, was intense One gentleman was observed to
eyince the utmost agitation while reading the list ;
when he had got through il he fell down upon his
knees and exclaimed "Thank God thank God -
Two others approached.
al wish you joy" saidone
"What, of my DEATH" asked the other
"No--of your being killed by proxy" exclaimed
the first.
Numerous other incidents occurred during the
day.
The steam packet Charleston, Mercken, Phladel-
pha was out in the same hurricane, and suffered COR
sderably. She succeeded however in effectng an
anchorage by running into "Look Out" shoal.
Mosr MELANCHOLY DISASTER !-WREcK OF STEAM
PACKET HOME OF New YoRK AND NINETY FIVE
LIVES LOST BY the steamboat from Norfolk, ar
rived this morning, have the truly heart-rending
intelligence that the steampacket Home, Capt. White
from New York for Charleston, whence she sailed
on Saturday the 7th inst, sprung aleak on Monday
the 9th, when off Cape Hatteras and was run ashore
of those on board. The Home had on board ninety
passengers of whom SEVENTY Persisted, and of her
crew Of forty five, TWENTY FIVE were lost-makng
total loss OF TWENTY-FIVE LIVES.
Two of the passengers who escaped have reached
this city.
ADDITIONAL PARTIcULARs.-Since the foregoing
was received, we have conversed with Messrs Row.
land and Holmes, the two passengers on board the
Home who reached this city on Their return to New
York to replace their lost papers, &C. They state
that The Home" made rapid progress after she left
New York, and had proceeded far as to the south
ward of Cape Hattaras when the wind, which had
blown very freshly all Monday morning, 9th inst. in
creased to gale about two o'clock, p. NJ. and caus
ed the boat TO labor very much 1t was soon very
generally manifest that her frame was not strong
enough to Withstand the violence of the sea, and we
learn that she raised in the bow and stern at least
three feet from her proper line. II is supposed that
water as to render her wheels entirely useless and her
sails were then raised to run her on shore. About
seven or eight O'Clock, P. NJ the water had qnenched
the fire under the boilers and she continued nearing
the land by means of her SAILS until half past ten o.
clock at night when she struck the shore near Ocra-
coke, and Immediately went to pieces The passen-
gers were in the greatest confusion and alarm
SEINE leapcd overheard and were drowned in attempt
ing to swim 10 land, while others possessed themselves
of pieces of timber and foated ashore nearly exhaust
ed with cold and fatigue. One of the gentlemen above
mentioned informs us that he remained quietly on
the forecaste and oated ashore on it after the boat
went to pieces. Mrs. Shroeder one of tie two la
dies who were saved, dashed herself to one of the
timbers and reached the shore in safety. Mrs. La
coste although very feeble old lady, aged about 20
years, was safely dragged out Of the surf ;-she is
supposed to have been buoyed up by settee One Of
the passengers had life preserver and got safely
to land by its aid. The boat was entirely broken to
fragments, and the few trunks which were washed
on the beach next day were more or less injured
Messrs. Rowland and Holmes remained at Ocracoke
two days before they could get conveyance to Nor
folk. they state that about twenty bodies had been
washed ashore and buried before they left the
beach, among them the bodies Of tive or three Of the
ladies'
The list furnished above, we are sorry TO add, is be-
leved to contain the names Of all whe preserved
from this most distressing disaster.
On referring back to the New York papers of the
9th instant we find list OF the passengers who sail
ed from New York on the 7th in this illated vessel
which we subjsin. In addition to those here named,
there were some six or eight others who went on
board just before the Home" sailed, and whe are
not included in the list We have put in italics the
names of the survivors,:
7th from New York for Charleston :-Messrs c. {.
Cadv, j. Root Tlleston, g. Johnson, Jr., r. Smith,
J. M. Roll, T. Anderson James Cokes, Vanderzse
j. ID. Roian is w. S. Read, Captain Hill, Kennedy,
c. Drayton, Walker, Fuller, Cohen, Benedict, M.
Cohen, "A. Loregreen, y. Holmes, j. Boyd, G. III.
Palmer, II. C. Bangs w. Whiting Rev. J. Cowes
b. r. Hussey and lady, G. Willeman, H. b. Groom
and lady, Miss Groom, H. Anderson, Wiley Weld
O. III. Prince Clock, J. Paine, A. +. Bostwck, Miss
Levy, Miss M. Levy, Mrs Camock, Mis-. Whiting,
Mrs Hill Miss Stow, Miss Robert, Mrs Prince,
Mrs Boyd, Mrs. Faugh, Mrs. Flynn and her two
daughters, Mrs Miller, Miss NJ. Groom, Mrs. Levy,
Mrs. Schroeder Mrs. Bondo Mrs Rivere Mrs. La
coste, Mr. Desabye lady and servant Mr.. A. Desabye
Capt. +. Desabve Saitws, Prof Mott and Lady, Mas
ter Groom, {. Quin, Mr.. Smith, Larocque, Broquet,
lady, child and servant, p. Domngues Labadie, Wal
ton, Hazard, Gamblers, and Finn.-Bdk Amer.
Since the above was in type, we have conversed
with one of those passengers saved-he says, that at
the time the leak discovered they were about rs
miles from shore, and the vessel had nearly four feet
water in the hold and with all the pumps going, and
all hands, passengers and all bailing il gained upon
them so fast that they were Obliged to desst and seek
their own personal safety-the boat grounded about
quarter Of mile from the shore, and went TO pieces
in the space of twenty minutes. Those saved got on
shore by swimming, and on pieces of the wreck. Our
informant with another person only, had the India
Rubber Life Preservers and he states, that if there
had been lb0 of them on board the boat, he thinks
but very few would have perished.-Bah. Gaz.
o., In tomorrow mornings Herald we shall give
table showing the exact time in which the Old Line
Liverpoo packets have performed their passages to