The New York herald., 1850-12-06

TOTAL Loss a. SEA
OF THE
SCREW STEAMER HELENA SLOMAN,
Eoyage from Hamburger via southampton
to New York.
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NINE LIVES LOST
AND THE
WHOLE OF THE CARGO.
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RESCUE OF 175 PERSONS,
BY THE
American Paeket-ship DevOnShire
&c. &c. &c
RESCUE OF 17s PERSONS
American Packet-ship DevOnshire
&c, &C., &c.

yesterday from Londsn, bringing the melancholy in
telgence of the loss of the Hamburg steamship Hele
ga sloman with five of her passengers and four of the
of the Devonshire in their gallant to res
cue these ON board the st,amer
The Helena slomsn left Hamburg the Goth ooto.
Der, at p. NJ, and reached Southampton on the
morning of the got and left again November 1st On
the 18th she had heavy gale which lasted the 2Oh
when 1t was discovered that the rudder had been un.
shipped and hanging by the chains and in endea.
vorug get 1t aboard the chains broke when the rud
der and chains lost Attempts then made to
steer her with cable but 1t found an impossible
ity owing to the unsteady king the screw which
upon examination, found to have been severely
damaged by the breaking away Of the rudder The
lattsr 1t was also discovered had carried with IL about
twelve feet OF the stern Of the false stern post
The lower part OF which being attached the keel
had, in breaking away, caused considerable leak
After beating about eight days and riding three
heavy gales tho vessel leaking badly the whole time
they fallen with by the packet ship Dsvonshr
In the attempt to rescue the persons board the
steamer four ofthe crew Of the Devonshire and Eve
of the Helena soman's passengers unfortunately
lost l15 persons taken rately from the steamer
Her cargo consist ed of about 100 of and
French merchandise $50 of coal and 100 tons of
IRON, the latter for balast) Her manifest will be
gound below.
This unfortunate vessel only her third voyage
5urthen, and built at Hull, England, about two
years back The cost Of her construction was about
Sl2o,ooO, which is heavily covered by insurance in
Wall street We could not ascertain whether the ves-
sci was insured In this city.
The following particulars Of the catastrophe are from
The log Of the Dsvonshirs -
On Thursday. Nov 2s, when in latitude AZ Is. lon
gitude 30, at half-paet nine O'Clock In the msrnng,
fel In with the propeller steamer Helena slomsn,
Captain Panl'en. from Kambursh for New York.
hAy afg Ia of di.tr avfa Ran doua IN har
and hove to under her lee blowing hard at the time
from the northwest. boat, with the second mate
and two cabin passengers. came alongside, and re-
ported that the had der and stern
post, and wanted Immediate assistance. as she
leaking badly, and all wished 20 abandon her
She had been In that condition for eight days, and
mad been unable to obtain assistance.
Captain Hovey immediately manned two boats in
charge of The nrst ard third mates and they, with
three beats belonging to the steamer commenced
The tbird mates boat had made two trips, and had
on board seven pssssngers on ber third when she
three and passengers drowned. oaly
,esman and two passengers taved OF her
three cabin and eighty elk stssrsss passnsers with
she OF forty men, safe board the Devon
sbire, which aie sail, s1d stood TO the westward
when the Captain OF the steamer left, she had ELK
feet of in her hold, and the passengers only
saved the clothes they wore
We indebted for the wing full AMI highly in
stereiDg of the loss of the unfortunate steam
chip to the correspondent OF the New Orleans Daily
.DehG, who passenger in the Devonshire =
NEw YoRK, December 6, 1850.
TO THE EprroR OF EEw YoRx HERsID: -
lam sorry to have recount the loss OF the above
vessel. The "Helsns sloman" iron boat,
only having been built about ycarssnoe, by Pim
Hull England. she SEQ tons burthen, $50 horse
power, command dsd by Captain p, n. .Paus.n. shs
had already made two very suSce,sful trips between
.HsmLurgh and New York and left The former city
her third voyage, the 2eth of October, calling al
Southampton for psssengers and freight AT ths latter
port rhs CON plsted her loading leaving there the
s1s Of Nov at 2P m for New York, myself and three
friends taking passage in her. Her cargo consisted
about $50 tons Of German aud French merchandise
alge proportion OF II being extremely valuable be-
sides this she had $50 Of coal ard loo OF iron
(be latter Tor bast) her psseugdrs we're 22 In the
cabin 81 smidships, aud OIL in the steersge, with
crew, including officers, engineers Sc ofs0 men, to-
gether $50 souls principally Germans.
From the time Of her departure from Southampton,
t'll the lsth Of November nothing occurred worthy
Of note unless be that the weather rather more
boisterous and variable than usual for the time
year On the evening Of the 10th when In latitude
a. deg 10 min. n, aud lsngitude (by ehrouomster)
80 deg 20 nan. w. the wind which during ths morn
ing. had been blowing fresh from the N. N. W, In
cr.afed tIl att L. M. It became most fearful gale.
The somsn, however braved IL most CALAMITY, sud,
notwithstanding the sea running mountains high,
shipped scarcely sny water ti about II =. NJ when
riqhtul violence the stern aud starboar quarter
sweeping the Peep, flooding the cabins, and causing
her to quivsr tor some moments through her whole
eusth from stem 20 stern. after IA. ~, the wind
gradually grew lees TIL daylight when u was but
crdnary br,,1s the swell throughout the dag, how
ever continuing very srsst. At 4P. NJ "wednesday,
Captain Psplsen being deck obsarved TO the man at
the wheel that be steering very unstsadly. and
lev minutes sitter not being satisfied With his reply
,fete
volu,ion discovered something vas anss, the ships
head not at ell answering to ter helm Looking over
the stem he found the rudisr had partei from the
chip End vas hanging the support chains about four
below the surace the effect doubtless Of the heavy
Of the preceding night oaiing tho crew and pas
ssngsrs an The csps,an was manned and powerful
tackles used In endeavor to raise ~ the third mate
at the same time going with haFser 20 pass
round u soon sufficiently high ere, however u
had barely reached the surface, is immenss weight
(over ton proved too great for the chains both
snapped at the same moment. and the whole sank.
while Tins engaged the nrst engineer came aft and
reported to the captain that the engine jerking
-Tiolerty he feared there something wrong with
4be propeller and advised Il tbould cease working til
DAYLIGHT next morning when examination would
lie made. Steam was accordingly blown on, and the
greater part Of the night employed In constructng
distress rudder out Of coil Of rope which when COM
etsd owing to the calm weather then prevailing the
eaptsin vas sfad to try, est It should foul the pro-
.peIlsr and do some further damage
The next morning Thursday as soon ss II was day
ushts boat was lowered, and thorough examination
--psds Of the stern inside and outside when u was
ound that not only the rudder gone, but that n
naa carried with u about II feet Of tine stern Of the
or sse post the lover part Of which, being
attached 10 the heel had in breaking away, damaged
that also, csuiing censidersbls leak besides this
the end Of The shan, BY means Of which the propeller
.s worked being made TO rest in this stern post,
Nv is giving wsy, deprived Of its support, and
con sdersbly bent In obque direction, causing the
ans ofths propeller 70 incline invsrds towards the