The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-28

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-IIER HENRY CLAY ON LAKE ERIE-ovER Thirty
Pr LosT-sTEAMER ATL AS ASHORE, ETC.
LiVhs BUFFALO, Oct q, 1851
'enry Clay, Captain George Colsrd, re-
The propeHs 'sy had on board thirty persons,
ported lost on S@7. one female passenger. At Il
including the ere" 1ssas I'D when off Long Point and
on ne nsa roush Of sea, the captain ashsd
~ % the jb say ana the crew ali
a,bed themselves 10 the -igging Ii twenty minutes
after the boat went to pieee the deck and sen came
OF, and the hull turned bottom upwards The captain
could not unash in time and ssIsa iamO.d
OF tie wreck and got hod Of the po house deck with
nine others and held till daylight, wnen ne .o%n1
all but the FIRST mate and second VII seiman washed
of They afterwards secured q pole and piece
OF carpet which they raised for sail, ua ned on
tin O'clock ths wind and still hgh) VII IL the brig
John Martin bore down and threw ropes them ksefr
caught one and was dragged quarter Of mile ceiore
he was got aboard of the brig His two compa nioss
could net catch the ropes othng mo vr seez OF
either Of them or the raft Captain Caard was formerly
nal lanterns now dsting ushng ves at
The Henry Clay was bound for ogiensburg tn cargo
Of four.
Capt Dixon Of the propeller Illinois which a. rived on
ssturdsy night reports having passed on Gran kver
Canada large field Of flour aioat This is und 'uoted
Insured ansa % Tue cary '' TIC 'A''' ' 1A'
The new steamer ATLAS which has been run,,in be
tween Detroit and Ogfensbury with cargo Of not or
tde latter phase ashore Grand River Dan aas
in oss gale Of Thursday night She is total wrss
Burveil and remained there during the gale.
Nothing has been heard q the steamer E ore
which left Dunkik Thursday last, for Detroit ,sns
probably went down in the gale Thursday night and
every soul on board persisted.
collision BETWEEN THE yrEAMER WILLIAM PENN
AND SCHOONER BTILIsLE -FOUR LIVES Losr---r.oaf
OF THE BRITISH SCHOONER BRoTHERs-FNLSR
ALARM or FIRE OH BOARD a SHIP, ETC.
B,srov, October 81, 1861
At eleven O'Clock, Saturday night, about six miles
from Cape Cod, while blowing gale the steamship vii
liam Penn which left here at fou- O'Clock in the after
noon Of the same day cams in collision with the schooner
Bellisle Of Provinsetown ast returning from whaling
cruise Of months with about thirty barrels sperm
oil The schooner stru,k on the starboard bow,
that she keeled and rolled There twenty
persons board the Schooner, Of whom jumped
on board the william Penn nine were taken from the
wreck and four wers lost namely George Pettse, OF
Boston; B. b. Sheriff Of East CambridJe and two
tyes CT the Sandwich Islands The William Penn was
not much injured and the collision unavoidable,
The British schooner Brothers of Yarmouth, Ms,
was lost Phillips Beach this morning. Crew saved
The ship Massachusetts, from Manila for Boston,
into Nantasket Roads this morning, supposed to be
FIRE The flames said to have been raging forssvsra
days In her hold her matches bstencd down and
was momertarily expected that the Ere would burst
out The insurance companies sent down engines h-r
assistance, and also boats to tow her up After ths
ship had been towed up with all haste, the depart
meDt being at the wharf receive her. IL found
upon taking CT the matches that II a false alarm,
caused by the smoking of the sugar.