New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-13

Tie l. = surveying steamer Active Can't ALI, -.
up IRON the nick Yesterday ~ oclcck bringing hr,,
frry 81 the passengers by the ; : Lewis prin.ia.
h6i-s. The Goah csme in few hours after wh 10 :,
naudsr AL tn passengers With their hAgg4xs are -
lanoec 81 their place Of destination They have sss.s
bur very little rom their sdYerse fortuna sod b.. o.. -
Two cases % si4usS txss among them These are sus
lhe Active. with the distinguishing pronvtneS. a, l.,
excellent COMMANDER Captain Alden. gst reaas ~
would have projected 20 the relief q The shpwrlSs
passengers Saturday .hi but for dense log "a
set 10 shortly after shutdown She got up steam hosev
before 6sybreak the next morning snd proceed "a a.
scene Of he wreck Arriving OF the part Of The 60
where the accident bad occurred and nnding the surf ~
,io.eut prevent easy with tae shore She Va.
q bout snd stood INTO Bolnas Bay and came 10 aacAoe
about three iathous OF water, mile from the shore
The spot where the : \ Lewis wrecked IS abo,.
eight niles north Of the wreck Of the Tennessee or es,,
miles above the Heads, where pDas makes cot AL
dangerous reei pressus appalling line Of hreakers
bich tide. The Lewis struck during dense mg AZ ~
water upon some Of the rocks o6 tbs point u had H,j
she gone among them AZ high ws,er H woald have hsa
impossible 70 have landed her passengers w'h sety 9
struck at about o'clock A. VI. Sut Capt SpArOs IS vl
e. have expressed hs conviction thai the tde bad sci
upon Mile Rock and acting on this he attempted % bas
her of
Scarcely however had her propeers made dozen rev
ouiions when she thumped as;tro and the fog partial,
iitiug. Capt ; enabled 20 percsive the beAeh "a
bes ltrgth abead lie now reversed the engines nntRg
Il impossible 20 essfe the vessel from among the bred
es snd nan her for the beach. She struck on leds
rocks sud rolled heavily from side 20 side sustaining
siderable injury from TIE INST cnocA
The passengers were but hue alarmed after the exe
ment OF putting the vessel ashore over and u WAS s
until two hours after she struck thNt the hoaf we're o
She WAS well provided wuh h0st~, sDd all the passenger
and their baggage Wtn ship stores, we're landsd va
out difficulty The last load left the ship about 10 A.
At about IL clock the female portion of the passenger
were escorted o Mr. Plumbers mills, about four mass
from the wreck where they comfortably pr0v1ei
with food and quarters for the night Toe men took ~
their lodgings the beach sheltered by cove near 10
wreck
On herway 20 tie Of the disaster the Active passed
through field "dre consisting of mattresses bencAes
spars ana loose timber which had hoated down from s
wreck; and what the surprise of all on board % Cad
that of the wreck itself, barely the hull remained TIE
5 LEWIS in night had completely gone 70 pscsl
AT the point which she struck was 10 be seen ragmal
of her hu-the lower porton-and even THIS remnant
being fast washed apart Her tmbers sre sirown lonf
the beach, portion Of Der upper works had become a.
engaged from the main wreck, ana dnung tes lusi
wards 10 the southwark had sought easy death among
more formidable line OF b. eakeu. Only these two yestge
of the steamer remain upon the rocks
so persisted the Lewis and thus has she sunk IN he
embrace OF ocean in single night Leosing upon her
wreck one would almost imagine it "a be the remains Of
vessel lost in the latter part Of the last century
The steamers Galah and the Active were bnsiy osc.
pied during the whole morning yesterday IN Transporting
passengers from the beach Cat the mouth OF BoinAs Bay
10 their decks The ladies' all Gecalled nom the aF
mill and safely with the exception OF slight weng PIT
on board the steamers The L y. revenue cutter Frole
Capt Onger also actively engaged in service At ns
wreck during yesterday forenoon
We understand from her agents that the : Lewis va
insured for sl50t0o, in New York. Alta Cal, April IL