New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-26

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up steam to hurry the vessels progress now fast
beat had been made in the furnaces the water md OBJ
increasing IN the vessels hold stopped tne .ce doors
we're Of course Ssrs, omen and vivid oaue Of nav
twenty feet in length shot into the FIRE setting
body before with the intense heat and - control the
Games were utterly neectus and from n dsss"rbng the
ere ran rapidly over the vessel But N " orv of our
srigin Of the Ere, we have gsne beyond inc ''V''
informant ..,ssr hows on and
before the flames had broke ont r bore ran in heavy
bows, but the though smooth on ance of three
surf on the beach and there wa s, and the land Sapt
Samson now gave the order lower ava ,,v line 10 the
chief mate with one other underoon w.ched with eager
shore the progress OF the ecss c board the ship but S
some Of the sailors predicted she was br boat were
the line was lost and the ventures barely escaping with
thrown upon the beach the two now lowered and manned
NV nuusors aD' among the fremen VINO hearted
iate to say have shown hemeed and courage through
and heroic of men by then ,owed These brave fellows
sebed,ho bore and succeeded in making h was at once
baulingne fast PROTECTING The precise object of
hauled aut by those Va as that mmed d r% se
was not made Of ii and third bca ns,ce of Capt Steel
Of the Captain this boat was pu, board
an experienced bs sbp remained imnoyaoe 'ag I S
;n;n H. IN the stern and pernaP heen lowered il
rmer in the sand The tra DE' If water and of
found that she was DR. Corbett sprang INTO her Tor
tbst nurpose this effected SIX A.; Conway Mrs Halsy
10 the boat among whom were sre were two other ladies'
NJ esmopT and Mrs Coots nerc wv hoat rode The first
mrs seymour n ave moi learned the Doss roe 'ng .s1
hresk.r hut was filed and swamp scue of the ladies
those already shore rusneu ~ Dir Corbe was in this
and draggeu he shore turned toward te snip AT tne
ocsI ana roeeeding from her and behea the quarter
deck envelope N nns If the most narrowing scenes ever
And now ens"o history of shipwreck the flames leaped
d,v across the after pant Of the snip u. S 'e 800
before l. and dozens prSng S lne sre now and
~ 10 regain the ship from the shore or to
wa v saccor whatever dreadful cries ana screams
proceeded from the ship wO n ,Sa names and shouting Of
% wy bore who could only gaze heplessiy on tle sSL
st have been an OF terror the teS Vi tiCSe W9
hnhsn 4 from the beach. AS the flames adVahced1rWMu
victims were forced into the sea- and every
e @ ffs,ecbted with cOrpses exhausted han drowned
osn women and children Such scene mas heN oeiore
hsen Witnessed on the Pacific coast , -.
p1 T VA 90 ,ba excitement the flames had now commune
5 -. The nowder magazine which exploded tearing the
@ and stern 10 pieces and spihterlng ali that portion OF
,be sbn the two guns surrounded by the flames also sent
their solemn booming over he seem Of tber friends on
n were dragged half dead out OF the reach OF the SURF
While others were swept around the stern oil n steamer OF
ont 10 sea there being strong current making seward
en- tbe sbn AT one molent not less than thirty corses
and bodies Of the diving the edge OF the sur some
nj them Invested of clothing Out OF party OF elgheG
evs who were on board sixteen pershed from inc weight
Of coin, it was supposed whcn tney asep'eu -
mentioned carried off numbers OF persons who were good
swmmers or foated, who would otherwise nave oeen
saved several women thus noalg were swr. "Tay, .o
baggage such as would float also went out with the eOo
none OF Il was saved by drifting TO the shore;
we have spoken above of the manly conduct OF the sail
ors fremen and coal passers Some OF neoe 9oe iel9"
d;srecardine their own danger seized little children in Their
arms or hhed them to themselves and attempted to gam
the shore several are known thus 10 have sachced Them
selves We have space or heart 10 insert the numerous
affecting instances OF courage and self sacrifice OF which we
have received accounts Among them most conspicuous
that Of Mr. Tarr Of Sacramento who lost ms HE IN at
tempting to a of Mr. Watson; they came ashore
Together both drowned One Of the remen, whose name
we did not learn brought shore two children whosepa
rents were both drowned Another fireman brought beau
ul boy ashore to his mother who had just been washed to
The beach her husband and two children drowned
and she supposed this child had shared the same fate the
meeting may be imagined.
The Purser Of the ship, Mr. James Freedom, renamed
rpon the deck until driven off by the fire when sprngng
overheard he chung to floating spar ana was washed
with his life being attacked with violent fever There Is
one fireman known Tom Sawyer Wild reckless scamp
but whose faults be they what they may should hencei9rh
be forgotten this brave fellow entirely stripped went to
and om the wreck four times he is only nineteen years
of age. After the third time and when nearly exhausted
with his exertens he learned that the Chief Engineer Mr.
Collins unable to swim and likely TO drown he imme'
dately started off again through the surf with HE
preserver fastened around the helpless and accom-
panied him to the beach; he was also instrumental in
preserving the lives Of several others.
Most Of those ashore too exhausted to render asss
lance to those beating about the surf People ran about the
beach perfectly frantic one party attempted to launch
boat to reach the steamer but overwhelmed by the
surf and this accident inmdsed others that it i'm
possible 10 muster the requisite force to launch second
Meantime the ship had become living mass of fire
the heat was intense on the shore and every
moment the beach received new accessipns to the
hist Of dead and dying The scene truly narrowing,
and when at last the steamer charTed and smoking
hulk her stern lifted and she swung heavily and went
broadsde on the beach
Some few provisions were saved from the wreck such
salt DeeL pork molasses vinegar few tin of pre-
served meats and cheese but no water there
drop OF water on the island which have before OBJ
served was utterly barren and uninhabed The Usual'
amount OF suffering, particularly among the and
children was experienced During the first day attempts
were made by the survivors after buryng the dead 70 pro
cure water by condensing steam but the experiment failed
1here were now some two hundred and seventy souls
gregaed on the beach, and they all went without tasting
water iSr % hours the salt provisions only aggravated
Shortly after the scene we haye described above narty
started Tor the neghborng mountains and on aching their
summit they were enabled 10 descry Magisena Bay on the
msnd opposite nom which the island OF Margarits is
removed some heen miles here they observed four ships
at anchor they proved to be wacrs busy engaged in
trying ont oil, while beyond in y, ,-ast panorama they
ascoyered several small boats in full ell aera whale for
aagdalena whales the winter season
observing tins the party descended 10 t wreck and the
chef mate the engineers and few others sun one of th
,a, =. e M dragged and lugged with
fhey had red twice 10 attract the attention OF the har
Inc BOATS II ihe pursuit Of the whale admsensby
ine eastern shore Of The ISLAND aud at once attracted
sound was also heard 10y those on board tbc sb;n d 49,
the boats ~" '''''''"4
A. Whie .ns system o. ielegraphng was going on between
Ine ana whaling feet another party had taken
an IRON ooa' geoneins 10 the steamer and carried il bodily
across 70 the zee SIDE OF the island and there launched f.
TO pull for the het; their way ,he, iel in WITH The
WI. ~nsiS ooS's, w.v were eeeying the signal to r.