The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-05
TERRIBLE p!sAs TER at SEA.
ToTAL LOSS OF THE ISAAC MEAD.
1WENIY-FOUR PERSONS DROWNED,
&c, &c, NC.


tcr1sy evening, from CbGrloston. We have obtained
from Cap. Berry and other the foilowing as,
count Of collision she had With the bark lease Mead
Capt Brown which sailed from this city on The Sd o's
At II M for ssvsnnsh by which the latter vessel was
sunk, and twenty four person. dro~asd Tas agents
IN this city fer the Isaac Mead are DrD'll Co..
At O'Clock yesterday morning the Alta int, in
lat 3s 80, sounded In twenty-five ia'nons water
relieved the wheel; iu ten minutes sttor made
sail on the larboard bow put the helm hard aport'
stopped the engine soon as possible, and backed
strong, when in contact backed clear;
stopped the eDgne when the vessel vent dowa under
our bow which was In less than five minutes from the
time OF the collision Hearing the cries of dstrass In
the through the tIeroDs OF the crew aud psssen
gers able TO three OF fraaciS lie bos's,
and saved Of the spd two passengers out OF
thirty three in ALL she proved to be The bark Isaac
Mead, iron New York for Savannah, with a valuable
cargo; she wss steering S W., We NNE the wind at
the time north blowing strong. With sharp They
unfortunately put their helm to starboard to cross
q they nrst aud took us Tor vessel standing
in shore. The bark struck on the bewsprt, which
appeared to pletey open her We laid 20 for about
three hours and half until every vestge OF her dis
appeared aud nothing heard but the moaning Of the
Too much cannot be said In favor of Francis life
beats had II not been for them, We could no. have
esved one soul OF all board; q wooden boat would
have been stove TO pieces In lowering or coming along
side the was bad. To show with what facility
they were got ready, in fortyfve minutes from the
time the fret boat lowered mannsd By the second
oicer and two Of the crew. she retained with sevea
The second boat was manned By the first officer Of
the crew, and Capt Lubbock an Capt j. O. Berry, who
nobly volunteered their services and the third by
Thomas all and the balance Of the ore~ The weather
at the tine Of the collision clear overhead but fog
Ky. when gave up all hopes OF fading any more
turned attention TO own dG mage and found
that We had carried away our cutwaser bob stay and
flying jibboom with the head rails and had some bad
scratches on the bow.
The Captain j. c. Berry named above was the one
whore vessel the brig Oregon, OF Somerset, Mass,
foundered at In latitude 90 north and longtads
20 west, on the 18th Of last month
The s. carried, according to the post once order,
white light at the mast h.si-s red light the star
beard paddle boz, and . blue light ca the lsrbosrd,
which can be seen ten miles of.
The collision slightly felt on board the g.,
that many In the esbin did not go on deck.
The l. III. had . valuable assorted cargo at the tlmo
Of the collision. She Ten or twelve years ola and
was formerly brig, under the sane mmspdor, aud
employed in the Dsren, Ca, trade bat was changed
to bark about six years back.
rA,sse,ss ,Ivrp.
X. A. Bradley, W. IL. Stanton.
rAsrrGrE- Iosr
Mrs Catherine Bradley, OF DR.. Msgnnis LADY ard
Connecticut, child If Savannah,
Miss Harriet Grannis, II. Grsnnis, OF Conneetl-
Mrs.. Amerit Barnes, of M out,
con, Ca, Air Cornis Of DO,
Mrs Barnard, otWilmins. Two Messrs Adams, Of
ton Island, Ca, London,
Mis- o. Barnard, do, J. II Brown, the
Master John Barstcw, d., Captains son.
urrrvEEs cpxv sE,rn
Capt. Z. r. Brown, A. Meainu seaman
j. y. uildrsth 10, us.s, IL. Bailey, do,
9. Saith, I'd do, J. Brown, ID.
J. Prankhp, steward,
John Smith. Mas. Richard -, England,
Francis Butler, ssrsrnsh Cook, nsus unknown,
Co, James McSlo~en, Il do,
Jas. Draper, Duns.rian. New Ye.k,
Ireland Mrs Bra ey, st.wsrder
Robert Moore, Bnslasd,
The scu.herner will sail again for Chelsstea, to
Day, at III. NJ, her usuAl hour.