New-York daily tribune., 1849-05-18
Dreadful sbipwreck and Loss oi Life.

Captain Marshall of the bark Nicaragua, from
Gloucester arrived this morning, brought up part o.
the ana some Of the passengers of the bng Han
nah. of MarrypOrt Captain shaw, sailed from Nc")
Sd April for Quebec, which came ia collision with tie
ice al o'clock the morning OF the 2'ih Apri. when
the passengers were m bed. i0undcrns IN about I'D
minutes after. The captain. lst aud I'd mates aud a
lew others left the ship n the life boat Immediately ON
finding that their smp Was going down capt Mai.
shall reports
Apul 10Th, passed through a hcld Of ice 80 miles
=. OF - Paus from the above date was detained 1y
The zee unul the "a o May. when Cape Ray bore = J.
10y + distance . miss. April ~. strong gale = : T.
and thick -lc-i. ship lyn. 10 windward Of the zee
AZ IT, 80 W. ihesnow cleared away. when discovered
lag Of distress the ice-madc su and prepared TO
take the ice by putting the Ice lenders down az pui
the ship the Ice and succeeded IN getting about niy
TWO people board. leaving lar.e number siil on
f- ict clcwed up ail sails and -o rope last 20 "a
gan of lcc and succeeded taking thirty more ln The
-ps long boat which they found on the ice, making
all ole hundred and twenty nine passengers and SIX
scaincn No pea describe the puable situation ind
ir.tliutnn OF these passenger parents win loss n
children. children Ith loss o parents and they them
selves all but naked and the greatest part % them
frost bitten. am informed that fHf-s prlslal "rh
Il r.a
On the 30in of April spoke the bark Broom OF Glas
-ow who rcccit ci ou board - of the passengers also
hc Lord Byron of Glasgow. who received u ani ihe
bark A'debaTau. of Newcastle p ON The "a no May
poko the bark Port Glasgow. ul Poole. Who fectife eel
1O more
Nl,nr. Of Pa.,,ager, sfig op Bo.yL-Wm Anderson.
wife and iour children VIM. Iati1rd wlic AMI one
child Alex Thompson vile and i0ul children John
Murphy wife and four children David GurwIn and
wiic Patrick McGll Jos Murphy and wife Or. Wm
Graham. Peter Mcf crilno. orphan
N1iats of ne >fdHea.-John Ohm, John smith, John
Parker. Richard llarsn Alex Harms aud David jordan
The Margaret Pollock arrived this morning picked
up the captain and part Of the Of the brig Hannah
also the same day. another hrs 60 odo"n-cfe"
avcd by the hrig Reward Of sunderland
Mouwaqdaw y tic rlpor' Qf me bar, Peaf' ia',a'.
r,yfred vfqordsg sailed from the Downs. March -
IOr NJ. ON the 2sth April. in TAT g. "a North long
% f9 West fell IN with ice and continued 10 and about
f unt the - of May noon. when the hip wts quite
clear. si obsd 5s % North long al $3.50 =. NJ hl lJ
West hy chron0ncter. spoke while 90 and near tht
ce bark Cor-sir a well also on the III instant. the
Paragon. which appeared 10 be- making htie water
but anied assistance. There We're also Nery many
other vessels sishf.
On same day. when within quarter Of mile oi clear
water Andrew Dahl. seaman, iel from the fore top sail
yard ou or between the ice the ship was then CON
nesd 90 proceed and again the ice 10 be- enabled
to steer direct Tor the man h. was subsequently got
on board again. but found 20 have received such
severe injury the head that death nsued IN about an
hour and half alter he was taken on board Wnich IN
fortunate circumstance detained the ship i've hours
Capt " ade. OF the ship Great Britain. arrived also
YESTERDAY reports that be took the ice On the 81 Apu
% Cape Ray was ten days ia heavy ICE had on The
passage. generally strong westerly brcezes
Cspt simpson Of the ship George, arrifed yesterday
forenoon reports he detained several days IA the
ice lie bark or - Pauls, apparently Win some
damage she was onminfd over, ana QcoF-r were
working az her.
CAPT Douglass OF the Douglass. spoke schooner
sarah with passengers on the 'ih Aprli al Wen IL
the ice.
The Anne saw p ships 10 the ice spoke the Aoer
foyis from Waterford with passengers for Quebec.
The ship Sr Richard Jackson DOran, arrived yester
day morins reports that be was IN company win the
bark ngaltou. Ion. i- - W. lat A. p1 - Ietefs
saw the ship Great Britain sud the bark henrew shre
and between the Bird Islands and Cape Ray The George
Ann, Rory ONogc and l. others IN the ice