The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-12-12
WRECK OF THE STEAMER He
LENA SLOMAN.
NINE LIVES LOST
ONE HUNDRED AND sEvENTY-FIvE PAssEN-
GERS RESCUED!

| US Sdpi
Berry, which arrived at New York, yes
terday morning, brings intelligence of III,
total wreck of The steamship Helena Slo
man, which ran between New York ant
Hamburg.
The following are the particulars, whIci
we gather from the log of the Devonshire
"On the 9Th of November, of the Start
the Devonshire was in company with I
Havre packet, bound west, (U) signal
supposed 10 be the Splendid. Thursday
November %, lat. 42 l3. lon. 81 80, q
9, 80, A. NJ, she fell in with the propeller
Helena SlOman, Paulson, from Hamburg
TO New York. having signals of distress
| flying. The Devonshire ran down to her
and hove under her lee, it blowing hard
at the time from y. W., when a boat with
a mate and two passengers came alongside
and informed that she had lost her rudder
and sternpost, and wanted immediate assis-
tance, as she was leaking badly, and all
wished TO abandon her, and that she had
been in that condition eight days, and
could not get assistance. We immediate>
| ly manned two boats in charge of first and
third mates, and they, with three boats
| belonging 10 the steamer, commenced
Transporting passengers on board the
| Devonshire.
The third mates boat haG made two
trips, and had on board seven passengers
on her third, when she stove alongside the
steamer, and the third mate, three seamen
and five passengers were drowned only
one seaman and two passengers were
saved. No other accident occurred, and
bv p. NJ, fifty-three cabin and eighty
six steerage passengers, with the crew of
forty men, were safe on board the Devon
shire, when we made sail and stood to the
westward. The steamer, when the Cap
tain left at 80 P. NJ. had about six feet
of water in her. The passengers only
saved what they had on them.
The following are the names of the
crew drowned:
John Johnston. Sd mate, New York.
George Riley, seaman. London.
John Hasson, seaman, Londonderry.
Daniel M'Arthur, seaman, Montreal.
Also, five steerage passengers of Ger
many.
The following are the particulars of the
| disaster:
From the time of the steamers depar-
ture from Southampton TIL the 19th of
| November. the weather was rather more
bosterous and variable than usual, even
| for the time of year. On the evening OF
The 18th, when in latitude of IA deg. l9
min. N, and longitude (by chronometer)
50 deg. 81 min. W., the wind which Gu-
ring the morning had been blowing fresh
| from n n w, increased TILL 7 P. NJ, il
became most fearful gale. About l l P.
NJ, heavy cross sea struck her on the
stern and larboard quarter, sweeping the
| poop, flooding the cabins, and causing her
TO quiver some moments throughout her
whole length.
The next morning, Thursday as soon
as ii was daylight, a boat was lowered.
and a thorough examination made of the
stern, inside and outside, when it was
| found that not only was the rudder gone,
| but that it had carried with it about tw elve
| feet of the stem of the outer or false stern
post, the lower part of which being attach
ed TO the keel, causing a considerable leak.
| Beside this, the end of the shaft, by
means Of which the propeller was worked
| being made 10 rest on this stern post, was,
by It's giving way, deprived Of lis support.
and was considerably bent IN an oblique
direction, causing the fans of the propell-
er to incline inward towards the stern
thus enarging the stuffing box in the in,
| ner stern post, (or that builtin the ship
causing a second leak.
Thursday, the 2Sth, at daylight. all the
pumps were worked, but the water had
during the previous twelve hours, gained
from ten to twelve inches in depth. A
half past o'clock she was seen by the
| Devonshire, who came to their relief.
| Additional names of those lost by the
staving OF the Devonshire's boat:
/ John p. Nelson, aged 40, Of Mechlen
burg, wife and five children on board; DR.
EGw LUZ, 80, of Heilbroon, Wurtemburg
wife and two children IN Germany; Au
gusla Rosenbusch, aged 10, of Mechlen
burg; John Popake, aged 80, of Mechien
burg; Henry Otterburg. aged IS, of Han
!, overall steerage passengers by the He
lena Sloman.
The Helena Sloman was built in Hull
England, in ls49, and was SIX hundred
tons burthen. She was a propeller anC
built of iron. Her original cost was PROB
ably about Sl20,000, and her cargo may
be estimated at about 100000 or $4,000
which is heavily insured in Wall street.
Additional Accounts OF the Awful Tornado q
i Cape GirardCau.
? The ST. Louis papers contain full par
tic1larS Of the recent tornado on the Mis-