The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-17
THE TERRIBLE STORM,
On Sataray Night and Sunday Morning.
Tremendous Loss of Life and Property.
TEN VESSELS STRANDED,
ON SQUAN BEACH.
Sixty Human Beings Perished!
&c. &c. &c.

Many years have elapsed since we were called
on TO describe greater calamity to life and proper
ty than that of the night Of the l4th inst and morn
ing of the 18th. About sixty lives have been lost in
wreck-master's district, and the amount OF pro-
perty is not yet fully ascertaned; but enough is
known to say that, from quarter to half million
Of dollars will fall upon the insurers of Wall street,
from this gale.
The wind, through the afternoon of Saturday, had
been light, and the inward bound feet, known to be
very large, were crowding every thing to get into
our bay. AT nine o'clock, it commenced to blow a
reehng breeze it soon made two reefs necessary I;
close reefs quickly followed, and, by eleven O'Clock,
scarcely any vessel could carry more sail than
enough to lie to with. The force of tiS gale was
from E. N. E., but it shifted, for a moment at a
time, to every point of the compass 1t was impos-
slble to claw off shore an attempt to scud was to
end only in stranding and lying to was hopeless
effort, and beyond the endurance of canvass, rig
glng, or spars
About twelve o'clock the schooner Alaba ma, from
Philadelphia, struck the sands of Squan Beach, New
Jersey, about twenty miles south OF the Highland
lights The crew are saved
At one o'clock the schooner Register, of and
from Newbern, struck She had cargo OF 800
barrels turpentine. The Captain had taken in all
sail but his topsail, which partly blew away and
could not be furled, and to this topsa the captain
and crew indebted for their lives for when she
stranded, she came broad side to the sea, and the
sail threw her masts over fiat upon the beach All
were saved but one passenger, who supposed to
have been crushed to death.
The Swedish bark Lofty, which sailed for Ant
werp on Friday, ais got ashore, and the Captain
D'Haen, and mate, were lost. She has gone to
pieces. She had cargo of grain The crew
were saved
The bark New Jersey, Lewis, from Savannah, is
also ashore, and has gone to pieces-believed all
saved.
The New York pilot boat, Mary Ellen, which
caught the gale whilst on cruize, fifty or sixty
miles at sea, and having tried every effort that hui
man skill could devise, to keep an otiing, finding
that they must be stranded, the brave crew boldly
determined to put her ashore to the best advantage
They landed her so that she can easily be launched,
and saved all hands. Still this disaster will fall
heavily on class of men who, since the unjust
crusade OF the Board Of Underwriters, have had
much work and little pay.
The ship John Minturn, Captain Starke, which
sailed from New Orleans the 9th utmo, for this
port, having on board valuable cargo-fve cabin
passengers, besides the captains wife, son and
daughter, with twenty seamen from the ship Chero
kee, who were coming home after her lOss-struck
at about three IN the morning. She sheered broad
side to the beach, and heeled off shore. The cap
tain, his wife, children, five cabin passengers, and
others OF the two crews, amounting in number to
twenty-elght persons. persisted, and among them the
second officer, Mr.. Sturgs. Seven persons escaped
in the boat but some of them have broken limbs.
BY, the Pilot Boat Blossom we have received the
following list Of her cabin passengers Mr..
Kohler and lady, Mrs. Stark, Mr.. J. Leeds,
Capt. Babcock, Messrs: Levy, and Baker,
Crhe manifest Of the John Minturn will be
The ship immediately bllged. She is principally
owned by Messrs. Stanton IL Frost, Of this CITY
She was a fine A ship, five years old, $50 tons
s hs poa the S %as
Alliance Company, ga, $50 at the New York, 49,
$50; and the remainder distributed. The cargo
consisted of 2s3 bales cotton, BOZ hhds 2bbls sugar,
254 bbs molasses, 5000 pigs lead, 100 bales hemp.
754 bags corn, IS bbs. wheat, 5 casks hams, l06
tierces beef 100 bbls pork, III bbs 54S kegs lard,
~ bbs talow, a do seed, 10 boxes mdze., l6 bales
athers, bales 30 bundles casks hair, II bills
cask bristes; and is also insured, with the freight
in this city.
The schooner Pioneer, from Brandywlne, bound
struck at about the same time, and all on board
persisted The vessel Is total loss. The cargo
will be saved, but is scattered along the beach.
The packet ship Orleans, Sears, from New Orleans,
: lie n
near the schooner Register on Saturday at sun
down; and, as there are two other ships ashore
farther south than the John Minturn, one Of them is
believed to be the Orleans The particulars ne to
these ships cannot be known before to-day The
Orleans belongs to VIM Nelson's line; she is an old
but good ship, OF 600 tons burthen. She is, with
consists Of l2s bales cotton, 45O hhds sugar, g do.
tobacco, 22o bbls molasses, 200 do pork, 400 do.
lard, 1853 do. -four 80 bales hemp, l6 do skins, 2S4
bags feathers, % cases wine, bales wool, casks
boxes merchandise, 90l hides.
! II is feared that many vessels are ashore near
Barnagat, Little Egg Ha rbor, Great Egg Harbor,
and at Absecon Beach, From these districts news
will be expected with great anxiety. Our packet
may have escaped, or suffered only in sails and
spars We hope to hear soon of their safety.
The district OF Squan is under the charge OF one of
the most energetic and humane wreckmasters on
the coast, who has great experience. Since the
Barnagat pirates were broken up, there few rob-
berries, and the wreckers daring in saving lives
John ). Foreman Is the wreckm aster.
The losses will fall heaviest on those companies
best able to bear them, viz The Atlantic. the Sun
and the Mutual Safety Companies. Each of these
despatched special agent to the beach forthwith,
with Mr.. Samuel w Thompson.
There is a schooner ashore at Deal, loaded with
corn.
The ship Avalanche Exclusively reported in yes
terday's Herald,) ashore on Mudhats, between FL
is's and Gibbet Island, will be got off in few days
by the assistance Of lighters now dscharging her
The brig Robert Bruce, from Belize, Honduras,
lying at anchorof Bedlow's Island on Sunday morn
inI, dragged her anchors, from the violence OF the
storm, and went ashore on the Mudhas She will
probably be got of after dschargng part OF her car.
60, without damage.
The brig DR.. Hitchcock, for Bermuda, also drag.
ged her an"h.rs near Robins Reef but did not get
ashore.
The scn. Volant, Lyons, reported yesterday, }
bound to Virginia lying Staten Island dragged
her anchors and went ashore near the Quarantine,
and knocked of her rudder.
pr AcE into thai ha
and came to anchor under Sandy HOOK, at IL o'clock
on Sunday When the wind shifted she parted one
OF her cables, and to save the vesselfrom going
ashore, cut away her mast. The u. S. cutter Spen-
Ger went to her assistance. took her in charge and
towed her up to Staten Island, when the crew sue
ceeded in getting her up to the city yesterday
ing
The schr. Senator, for Norfolk, which was at