The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-02

| From the London Advertiser, June I'll
| The arrivals during the last few days from the
| Atlantic, have brought sad intelligence respecting
losses OF large number ofyessels amidst the floating
helds OF icebergsin western latitudes; and the
number, we regret To add, one was from one of
the Irish ports, with between eighty to one hundred
persons on board, every soul Of whom is supposed
have gone down in the unfortunate vessel and per-
lshed. Great quantities of ice generally looked
Tor by the traders in those parts Of the Atlantic,
about the months of April and May, the result of
the breaking up OF the frost in the Arctic seas and
driven down TO the southwark by the force of the
currents. The masses that have appeared this
son, exceed anything of the kind that has for years
been met with. They have been immense. Fields
Office, many miles in extent, towering up in all man
ner OF forms, 10 very great elevation, have swept
the waters of the Atlantic, and there is too much
reason to fear that the losses appended form a very
few of the mishaps that occurred The ill-fated
vessel, In which so many are believed TO have per-
ished, was frem Londonderry, bound to Quebec
Ten days prior TO her being discovered entan-
ged in the ice-the twenty seventh of April-she
was spoken with by the master ofthe Oriental from
Liverpool. She was scarce of water, having had
boisterous weather, and OH account of the number
of passengers on deck il was supplied her.
On the 9th, the Oriental was beset in the ice, to-
gether with two other vessels, and perceived her
some 10 miles to the westward. She was in
most psrious position, evidently stove in by the ice,
and sinking. Signals of distress were hoisted with
out the remotest chance of gaining assistance For
two days she was seen in the same forlorn condi-
ton, when she suddenly disappeared, and very
little doubt is entertained of every soul having gone
down IN the foundered vessel. Subsequently a
great many bodies were seen intermingled with
The ice, together with some portion of the cargo
he latter led to the discovery of the port to which
The Oriental was eleven days before she got clear
Of the ice. Another similar catastrophe was wit
messed on the 10Th Of March, about 20 miles to
the westward of St. Pauls by the ship Signstte
NJ Mowatt from Alloa for Quebec. The vessel
was apparently an English brig, heavily laden,
with painted portfolios. She had got fixed in the
ice, and had been cut down by it TO the waters
edge, admitting rush of into her hold. Her
crew were observed working at the pumps, evil
IDENTIFY in the hopes of keeping her afloa in the
pectation of assistance; alas, however, she soon
sank. and all on board met with watery grave.
The exact number who perished was not learned.
Letters have been received communicating the to-
the Ostensible also in the ice She was from
Liverpool, bound TO Quebec, with several passen-
gers. Up to the 9th of May, she experienced heavy
weather, when they fell in with an enormous field
of ice, and got fixed in it for five days and nights,
in the course of which her hull was pierced by the
huge fragments. and she became lost vessel.
Pumps were kept going till the arrival of the brig
Duke, Capt. Welsh also for Quebec, which, after
considerable working, succeeded in making
through the ice to the sinking vessel and rescued
the whole of them from an inevitable death The
Ostensible went down within 70 minutes after.
Two other vessels from Liverpool, the Conservation
and Acorn, were both lost near the same time.
The former was on a passage to Montreal. She
got pinched by the ice, within three days after
losing sight of land, and filling, Immediately went
down.; the crew were lucky enough to save the
ships boats, in which they were picked up. The
Acorn met with her destruction within 30 miles of
ST. Johns, Newfoundland, the crew were saved
by the Blessing schooner, of Sunderland. Among
the tother losses in the ice are enumerated, the
Hibernia, from Glasgow for Quebec; the Bril-
fish schooner Collector, from st. John, Newfound-
land, for London; the brig Astrea, Of Weymouth;
the Wilhelmina, of Aberdeen the Gosne, of
Newcastle the Sylph, of Leth and three others,
names OF which are unknown. With the exception
OF the latter the crews were saved Most of the
unfortunate vessels were heavily laden, and their
losses in total cannot be far short Of 100000.