New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-27
Wreck OF the Rmigrant ship Floridian-Twc
Hundred Lives Lost.

Wreck OF the Fmigrant ship Flortdian-Twc
Hundred Lives Lost.
The following are the details Of the shiPwreck en-
Long sands Essex Coast England, Of which brief &C
coun, va. given 10 our Teegsphic dispatch Of Saturday
morning
The vessel los, was the bark Fl0riiaH 500 tons bur
den Cspt Z D. Whitmore master, from Antwerp see
VS.. the property of Mr.. Z d. Hurlout Of New orN,
and had been chartered by German company lot ihe
conveyance Of emigr grants 10 the nited states cne
sailed from Antwerp the previous sunday wheD sue
lefI that port and proceeded down the rVer She dd
not however insy take her departure from the coast
until Tuesday last The number OF emigrants tnai nad
taken passage By her ~ Antwerp, and had come on
board before her weighing anchor 10 stated 10 nave
been from 10 10 200 Tney comprised German asri'
cultural Iaborers with their wives and families aud
many mechanics among the number on board were
from 80 10 60 women and between - and 80 children
The ship was worked sy crew % nearly 70 part Oh
whom we're Eusshmen, surgeon being on board. IL
wa. ate on Tuesday evening when the Floridisn put
out 70 sea. al which time the weather was hne Inc
course taken after clearing the Flemish banks was west
ward for the straits OF Dover. AZ midnight the WIND
shifted round e. the :. w. blowing very hard vita
fall OF hail and snow, and heavy was the isl tast IL
impossible 20 seethe length 81 the vessel Iney
tackled ship and bore to the y W. until four on ned'
nesdav u6rnipg and then sliered her course Day.
break brought fearful weather the wind had prdns up
tsrrircsy with great tall ot sno and sheaVy toAns
sea on At about eigh. the chief mate expressed some
nissyipes As H. the course they were then pursuing
being their intention 10 make Tor the south foreiani
Lighis and calling the second officer requested him
10 take chsrge Of the watch while ne went b"io" 70
look 10 his directory.
scarcely nad he quilted bis pos, before the snip struck
with such force that her psnks and false keel mmed-
Aiely rushed up along sdethe emgrants hsstened on
deck Ia frantic dsmsy. Within few moments OF the
vessel striking the broke into her null, driving up
the h-tchwsys and sweeping many q the poor cleat
ures overheard. while others were drowned IN theH
berihs being unable 20 rise from sea SICKNESS. OspI
Whi,more gave orders his men to launch the boats
which were carried with dispatch, but they were
utterly inefficient for the purposes OF SAVING 81 on
board ICY we're not capable OF containing even one
,brd of Ia smgrants The fret boat broke sdriil toe
nome ut she launched, aud IL Is said esPsized dl
rectlY with two who were IN her. The moment
the second boat lowered, the captain jumped INTO
il with Mrs. Whi.more bis wife This led TO sdespsr
ate r h toward the craft some 20 or 80 poor creatures
men and women eaped from the quarter deck OF the
laundering ship into the boat The result was that II
slso Instantly cspszed aud the whole party were pre-
cipitsted overheard and instantly lost.
There being now no possible means Of escape LETT Dr
those on board the took TO the rigging 70 which
they sshed Themselves ana upward OF lOO OF the emil
grants ted the quarter deck Here they hsd
not been than hour before the ship BROKE 10
two anidships The msnmas, fell over the side aud a
tremendous carried away ths whole OF the quarter
deck. with the mass Of human beings on H. by great
efforts or 10 were rescued by the men, who hai
secured themselves In the rigging. The moment tue
ship broke in two her cargo tOaied, and men women
and children floating abost on the packages ire
MI ht had set in however, all had disappeared Inc
then survivors about - In number continued IN the
ging OF the foremost (which with iorepart OF the
vessel all that remained OF the wreck the whois
Of the night enduring the greatest suffering ino sea
kept breaking over them, and the cold being most IN
tense rendered their condition the most painful
When Thursday morning broke II was discovered
that six OF the poor fellows bad died apparently rom
cold in the course of the night and their bodies were
dangling in the rigging All that day the same fearful
weather continued and aid could be rendered tnose
who st foated in the rigging They could see vessels
passing At distance but they too FAR of for tho
crews 20 observe their situation. Thursday night and
the greater portion Of Friday passed away yet no nep
came Only four now remained, three sailors ana one
passenger the other two were frozen to death IN the
course of the preceding day and night About on the
third evening the cutter Petrol came 10 the
aid of the survivors The crew belonging 10 ner oy
direction of the snding officer lowered their boa.
aud pushed of the spotne heavy surf beating round
the ia such AS 10 render the running OF
the cutter alongside the wreck exceedingly dangerous
After considerable difficulty the poor fellows were got
of and taken board the cutter where was
done for their comfort The OF the seamen saved
are Henry Hill William Harry, and Swede, name un-
known The fourth Is one OF the emigrans apparently
a mechanic He has been deranged ever since ne mas
been landed $50,
Colchester vessel lost five hands In lsudsole at
tempt 30 rescue Of the sufferers. The crew saw
the quarterback carried away with the emigrsns on H.
They Immediately pushed OF In their boat win a view
of saving some Of the drowning creatures, bur had
scarcely got few strokes when heavy sea caught
their craft upset IT, and the whole Of the poor fellows
The revenue cutters which returned TO Hsrwich
have reported that ves,ige Of the wreck remains
the whole had been swallowed up In the sands great
number Of dead bodies hsd been seen nosung SPOUT
The fact of most Of them being naked leads 70 toe pre-
sumption that they had been previously picked up and
stripped Of their clothing. Many were known TO have
large sum. OF money about their persons-some TO the
extsn, Of $500 and 440O.
large number of wreckers were seen in the vicinity
of the wreck ssr the survivors had been taken os oJ
the Petrol and with the exception Of some OF the cargo
that has been landed at Ramssate and 2argate, no
other portion has been reported 10 the customs On
the authority OF the Coast Guard Service It's stated
tina, desperate gang Of wreckers nfest this part Of
the coast.
The H,rwich correspondent Of the Time (Wednes
day) says very strong current sets In on the Long
sands and By many IL is inferred tina, the ForIdidl,
bepg hove TO- carried by the current 10 the fatal
spot IL Is scarcely three months since the Bussady
with upwards Of go emigrans was lost on the same
sands 10 that lnItsnce all the passengers were res
eued by bos,s from this port bundle Of letters sP
parenty belonging Of the chief cabin passengers
In the floridifE has been picked up by foreign coast
and delivered 10 the Belgian Consul At Deal SIX or
eight experienced divers collected over the wreck
with view OF recovering more Of her cargo. 10 10
doubtful II they viii succeed the shoal being similar 10
the Good win quickssnd which in few idos sTallovs
up every thing casg away on H.