New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-25
peash or Rev. william J. PebInsn.
r,.n ~ Alsssr Fr.-rs J,arll


BIZ the Europa We have received the particulars
Of nc ssd accident By hca th devoted missionary
denf.ve1 OF Lis lds Hs 49, IN nis rsisrn n nl
Hong kors - Annoy. n toe schooner Ouegs, naVlsz
accompanied h sister % the for place Tor the Oene.
Of nesith (c The night Of tce u o January soe1
T. n oh Breakers Po.nt about rsif vay o-tSeen
Hong Kong and Annoy. distant from the shore soou's
quarter Il nile the vessel struck upon ROCKS
TIE zfnf blowing fresh Enc The ses ranhn
hig5 Pv the asvce r. Nr g5tn su they al renamed
upon t. ssssel uu.i daylight f0r The weather as
thick and hszy Ehen iasy attempted . get foPe =.
shore oy o me nen Sho IA 900 sNllillei -,
rz - t-- ash s,d strong EsFes and TIE ore1ke's
IN IT, beach .nrv could nntB8c -e@d Assoon g u IS
iisht tn- wreck discovered 5y some Cain4m-n %
shore Tcey gave :1e alarm and b was r0i long ''''
there were fuldrc1s c1 Iiectsd 5u ne ,@aca- -,
The v-ssei Vas fsst going o. pieces s1d lAihs -
T.t.r NJ off.a ca nsrnrr > TOE nl1loer Of go
" more swan from i1e shore 70 tie ~'eeA- en' -
nence1 yliering InsteTer tn-y eona ~ 'l7I -,
uror ln tais s-esdf1l situation. ~ waves Drs1A.us
rra- the res.- the cabin 1aviDC ned VIII Taier a.
the trurss and boxes hsvius -1sied oai ice 49,
bn- rsshed 0peb anl tn- decks cleared o. every
Mr p ansu tod the Chinese. With he consent o' -
eso,ain Inst iosy could have everJthing lac ~
ttog thev the creE wished ior, Tas - prese4Fe -.
Hces 10 this situation they si-sd uut- zoe csPAn
in4yedi :, .a llU tide. which Tas about j. " ~n"h
,oev lowered the lost rn dong when u as sl11'J
go ,ha csats.n frs, a-I s@cua1 na,cs
Sir Poh.msu aud about DOZEN NJ tne crew -
aid ths7 could not swim Fot into it lea'4es 81 -
could sriu except the gunner fnd ste~sI1 <p'I -
v,aek When the boat showed I'd from iAetessel tae
c,sn ordered those sfg 5eh nd . amp into ne "a
Ter ard sEin ssbo-e They 80 Jump mo N--sI, -.
Instead II swimming % the sn1re' t1ry cAu az 80
the sides Of 'te o0t IN such numbers a. . swamp heI
al are in.n-distely went down. OF 81 thst ~ere 10
fer O.. Anlsrson The secoat mate, tae sunrer ana
10 steward tie only ones b. sue ceeaea % =''
,.rg - shore. Al the rest were drowned
lie crew -usisi-d Of l' - were afoWn-1 .. sll
-yare saved o. O. the crew were Chnanen s ~ tnese
were drowned - sooa es tas 99Ai sunk -nd ~
f-.t rrata rsu2ut b. II toe legs of Sac gunner
uss good sEimmef TIE g1ntcr c.i ngf2ea -lnls
s1f turned rouud y look af,er ir H. "nen NJ -"
h..n sinking ~ tee same nornt z; Le saw NJ F"..
man with his face under the water snd struggling Tita
hs hands DJvs the surface This eai the lat nsl 40
seen Of Mr Potinsn. Lvery tains 10 the vessel va
lost, The Cn.nsse from the shore Tadtd Ap - tn'r
wss.s ia water = meet those W. were Struggling "
s. son as tsey could ll7 ;sir and, upon thsr' they
,triopcd them 4 their clothing 10 dong wnca tnfy
rrr1.r red Caot.n Andcrrou ly holding hs head under
ygs,er prtil he vss drovnei Tnose wA1 reached ihe
shore alive bad - rahss tbcr escape without cpine'
and 90 travel 80 CgpC hec village s50u, - ~ - M
distant from ,bc Wrtcs, Whefo tie peop.e "sFo ana
euou Ia % give them few rags t. cover themselves
ss.th and s.re ,lia1 . ca..
f.amihl.vil.re ttev trevcled on ~ SOW s'sros as
p- as thy cDu0 sH5sistng upon the charity ~ ine
C1.lssa Mandarns % the clisfeni VI leg 'nio-tH
uhioh they pissed Until they reached Celton on the
- II January. Dn one 1cc..ion ,rcy were oil licstd
- n ia. during iie % sG. theui tly iooi Ire neA'
NOM ls .he rludaln ret asc lsI, aBl gave lnth
each forty cash about three c1nts) and ieht 'sen On
their ~sy
The ui tive for Capt. Andef,ons murder was doubt
less that he had more AID bitsr clothing on than any oi
h's crew lie at0feih-r Likely that bad Sir l-flmsn
succeeded in etuiOg % shore. the cup.dit7 g the
Chinese and their sux'eiy AID haste - poiiess hs
clsthug would have I'D them - ay vioent haatsuPo
hr1aso Mr Thomson. The second mate. from whom
these particulars were obtained snd who wss In The
boat with Mr. Pohlmsn. says tast be was quite calm
and o. d y1fsessed ile was prepared for any event
Death L. bm as but the eniisnce int1 e. The China
men n contendiug lr the property Of the wreck, killed
each other % the number OF fifty or sixty.
TIE above particulars were derived from letter q
E-v Richard Cae, Missionary Al Hong kong, uaser
uate of Jaru1ry -t I-iy.