New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-19

esespsnsed ssd the ivsf q II d'rsc ,sss
A -ss thsrs ia nv! % . ssassa .,.. , ras
ss Cove we :, ar M'Ia mt sre os % isrm
cow a. rnc raics from the C,sA and sens pssx
bcsss 49, - day The next morning sent ssosnsl
ksys hmt twelve or fourteen miles ap the oona-
c. S.s'It Of the 4jd and C,-nst Bond. Of fhs
o. - ssss aDied this party. which, amounted " ~
Sdsey S,-m 70 tho coast ard daring Friday. Sssu-
fhs 80 exs.nined the rocks for more than twenty
<sx - ~ Ere OF finding men wao might nsss
4n s,ssl,rsfely fell in with the Of whale
49, I errlcy-d sealing on Dysrs Island GOT Iasa
s s. outside the , sssw se rn as,, .sI and q
49, laesh 20 that IL would have csnshs 'noss Of sas
"a nod Happily the eoss picked up t~o men mo !
tE:r1 two Although they were OIL ninss exssasssA
.c g's t.vi,s been in tho water 30 ours they were
m ssht ths next day except iew sTuira "a % noa.
aS.v Afternoon when len the coses, since the wfecx
nl.cs ard IS bad carefully examined every pas
ts spd -o sent the whale boat 70 Dyers Island
ssf,iv n>.rt that whom lof tae.e vas NOT nvinS
81 IN M Of those that had been on board tho ''s
y. Saturday. me. Mr.. Mssksy. tho Civil Commi.sio.sr
SCssdon and also FeldCornot Viiiies Inc 'o1%er .oa
ses 70 be clothed by him. he having store at his arm
yoty sodien received clothing there Mr M.cksy, tas
xsNoopet and myself. accompanied by party OF men
sh: down By MI villies west along the coast a. ar a
A. pcut that to Dyers Island and AL the sodes
wcre me, with were & v ssso n1 sr
five Of the horses got to the shore AID were
Sought belonged 10 myself one TO M ~ ~.
4
5<b DR. LANG and Lieut. Booth Of the I'D nsnoeo 'o
.bscs over to br Msckay, and be 10 send them On ~
.hsra that they may be sold and thai may sc''""'
o. ts 18Th Of February her Msjests ship Rhsa. ..a
6ns was cs sandfords Cove 80 wen. 49, cs..o,
"A G,upd that CAPT BuDca the commander OF tno
Ssste had sod and gone up Capt SE.lss TO oae ~
es down TIE Cove as to embark IA IaS Avn on
nveycd TO sinurs Bay On Sunday when was cow %
ne coast the II. ID coet told ne that at psf wneS e
h men had be,u few bodies were wassa up III ~ con-
slso Jew boxes which broken IN peces snd o ~,
a. I'd sirt the rocks then ceased 70 nops tnsl
spy living and came down 70 ne g NJ ~ '-
gSs order Al regularity that prevailed on board rom me
, the ship struck ill shc totally disappeared far exceeded
snyns that thought could Dc sneeiea by 70; oS',
s soldiers but short time IN the service livery one
id Is be directed and there was not miInur OF aS
soga them until the vessel made her final plunge could
not name any Individual officer who did more thsn anoner
AT received ther orders and had them carried out u the
men emharkng instead Of going to the bottom there
va only this difference that never any enbArksnon
abducted with 80 little noise or confusion
II enclose list Of those embarked dnsiismas tnoss
uved think is correct except one man OF the Sst
whose ,.:.not find out. The only means naa o.
sertsining the of the men OF the dlneren.
Gas by getting them from their comrades VINO are saved
Yau viii ss nv The list enclosed that the loss amounts 70
pns officers and 3s besides those oil tie efsw lae
tpta number embarked being fifteen officers and az nea
fone officer and eighteen disebarked In Simons
am bavpv ia saw tina. all the women and children
nut on board schooner that about seven miles
"a .hsn The steamer wrecked This vessel returned TO
the wreck at about NJ and took oh 40 or % men tha'
we're elngng the rigging and then proceeded 10 oL 81
mons Bsy One of the ships boats with the assistant sur
,seon Of weasel and eight went on and landed about
Is miles from the wreck Had the boat remained about the
wreck or returned after landing the assistant surgeon on
Danger Point, about which there was no difficulty am
ouits confident that nearly every OF the o VINO were
Or the twood might been picked up here and there
where they had got the weeds and landed a. soon
u eight or nine were got into the boat ~. A..
Where most OF the drift wood stuck in the weeds the DIS
pce to the shore not than 400 yard ana as oy
taking somewhat serpentine course managed to swim
In without getting foul Of the rosk or being umoed ove
~ breaker iii, is no doubt the boat might have done
, % also.
One tact csrpos omit mentioning When the vessel was
us about going do, the commander called out a those
who can swim Jump overheard and make for the ooau
Lieut. Grsrdot aud myself were standing ON tue slen ps
s6te poop We begged the not " do the conander
said the boat with the women must be swampeo MOL
more than three made the attempt -
Can't snalcss and the four had with myself the Coast
Wse embarked boats and taken board the hhaana-
thus and we arrived IN simons Bay An On M0 may
by The SUM- and the Commodore has ordered them into the
Naval Hospital The rest all fright and seventy require
TO be clothed need scarcely that everything belonging
70 mo men was EDWARD l1r' W. G WacHr Capt sls Res
Lieut. Col lNCLEBy X. A., Commandant OF Cape Town
PSI must not omit mention the extreme kindness
and senton shown by Capt Slnales to the men ct his
house and by apt Rasen of the Loness schooner and
H. vie 10 tacss taken on board his vessel f. W. C. w.
The following is the latest account from the scene OF
this melancholy Disaster
"CAsroR, Smons Bay, Monday, March /, 1882
To His Ercellency Les. General Sir Harry Smish, Bart
GCB, Governor and Commandr-ia- Chief, &C.,
Cape Topn;
SIR: beg to report for your Excellencys inlorna-
ton the return of Her Majestys steam vessel Rhada-
snhus from the scene of the melancholy wreck OF the
Bukenhesd this anchorage, at o'clock this morning,
having board 65 of the survivors, who had succeeded
In landing ON the 70 Danger Point, oil whom
i send lists and from Capt Wrights statement find
that no others have been saved The coast had been
examined for upward of % miles by whale boat by
people shore and by the boats OF the khadamanthu
byers island had also been searched All the sufferers
Of this unfortunate wreck board Her Majcstys
ships Castor and Rhadamanthus, and the soldiers are
very nly clothed have to request your Instructions
sso the disposal Of the troops and beg that directions
may be given for the necessary clothing to be furnished
have the honor TO be, Sir,
Your Excellencys most ob't scrvt