The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-30
Marine A airs.

Marine A airs.
sIRIoUs DISASTER TO The STEAMER WILSON q
HUNT, BOUND TO CALIPokHIA--Loss OF TWO
LIVES AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
We learn from Capt. Cochran Of the British brig Nay
Flower. from Bermuda, that the steamer Wilson q.
Hunt Capt. sprsl which sailed from New York. "a last
sSd from Loves, De the Ath inst for CALIFORNIA;
put into Bermuda, the llsh iostsnt In . most dc
piorsble condition, leaking, forema.t gone and her
piper works nearly tern to pieces having narrowly
escaped fcuDdeiug at sea, during most violent gale
Of wind on the 9th inst One Of the rsmso by the name
Of Francis Blsekusy killed and others wound
3D. by sea which shs shipped and swept her decks.
One Of the sssuen named Richard was put 10 . boat
fer 'sfety The captain fearing the vessel would sns
in the gale, the boat dropped sstern fastened to
two-snd-s bali inoh rope The vessel gviss sudden
lurch parted the painter, and he went adrift they
found it impossible to him. In attempting to
into the boat box containing $4,000 in gold belong
ing to the ship and SPAS belonging to the captain the
cabin silver and ships pspers, it accidentally
slipped from their hands into the and was lost
[srom the Bermuda Regal Gazette, March "a
Steamer Wilson q. Hunt Geo J. Sprai master OF
and from New ork bound TO California arrived &C Sc
Georges sunday last most dsporaoe ditiou,
eaky foItmast gone aud upper works nearly toro
To having narrowly escaped founisripg ~ sea
during viols MT gale of Wind on Thursday last:
The w q Hunt lett New York I'd March and on the
vatsr xh.rs sbs rod ont = hssvv nIo +. from the 3 n
On ths evening ths Arb ,ba AGAIN oro,.ed xus
Gull without trouble sDd the tb had got 1910 lat
81 Ion 81 40 when toward night ,bey encountered q
violent atom from the q r. with a very heavy cross
tsa the boat laborrg badly an great guam
ttiss o, wst,r en- deck Az m,dogbt The wind ssd sea
increasing they got out drsg with the assistance
wind hauled TO The w and blew viii great viosnce
the sea ptly making com .te breach over tho
forward deck AT nine A NJ shipped n sea- which
stovS The forward buI~srks rails and steupcnsons,
NAH M In fnr I'd deck md A hal
rst t. heavy sea struc the boat for ward star
ard and rolled con plstely over rhtp
kiinpg iprtsptiy a freu an named Eraucis Back nsy
and ~,un ding two Others svse ping assy bul Sarks
bukkeAds and eyerv thing in its ysy from tna wheel
hou,e forward: carried assy the boiler casipgs aud
extinQuith.d the trss: washed away the stsrbosrd
rosI d. bousss stoya The for. mart OF tn. hurricane
saloon .rgineIoom al after ,cutto with water and
Leaving three feet W alter in the hold
The BOAT having no way Tell into the trough Of the
SEQ nd water log cd BEGAN to work and plunge tear
fully; the sea often rolling entirely over her, Sap.
posing her to be il sin King condition Captain Sprail
having ordered the beats 10 be got in eainess went
below spd got up some provisions aud water, box
fro IN the cfoe $40 900 In gold b-lonypr Z,
he hip and S245 10 the ms-.r thu CABIN silver srips
Papers and then ordered one OF IN. surt ,ats co
be putting one of the sea en- namsd
INTO Der to b., her from striking the vessel The ship
making n heavy lurch In. painter Ia new az inca
ror.l farted and he went sdrf. t being i'm 20
ss ~ him
The second surf beat was then launched and the
,.cond mat. ana tro man vsr. npt into ber tn- h,x
y, non.1 q. ra. n,nsd an "a. .yrhn,rd sna,.sr r..r
the lite boat which Capt spali directed to be got in
I,aoL.ss ,of isu.cnns ana ordered tne money 90 Dc
overbosrd Having given thi. order. be. with Mr.
Rhodes the first officer went forSsrd cut away tue
h,a,a 80 eaa ~, SasS rus .nt
mate misun der,tsp ding the order directed the box