New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-11
Loss of the Tennessee.

sed and he WIS sent back to Manposa ~ irons - Do a
will as the law directs.
Loss OF the Tennessee.
The j. NJ steamship Tennessee. Capt. Mollus went
ashore at O'Clock in the morning March in deus" ig
at place called fagus Beach in Boans Bay about three
miles north Of the Heads
The Tennessee started from Panama on the 10Th Of Feb
Yuary with 600 passengers whom 100 ladies and
children There was comparatively little ackne-' 'nns
the voyage Three deaths occurred One Mr. stevens tho
Express Messenger Of Well- Fargo Co. Of yellow io'r
another Of cholera produced by mpradcnce al Acpui
go aud the third from exhaustion. We rgr't 10 f"h
that Dr McNaughtcn the Surgeon has been very SICK
during the passage 90 incapaci'aie him for . 9u'l
The passengers highly pleased with Their trip up
and Saturday, within $50 miles Of port passed re-olH
tions highly eompimenng the ship the captain anu o'
fcers.
posed 10 be not lar from the Heads dense log 81 m
which continued all night and yesterday morning At 81
O'Clock A. NJ, the Captain, surprising be was on 10" en-
trance of the Harbor commenced to let of steam and
backed aud filled to maintain hiS l"'iu"n u',u s
About 4 o'clock muddy water was seen which strength.
ened the idea that the shin oG the harbor NJ sunrs"
the fog still continued and seemed even 10 increase M
jecs could not be discerncd the length 9" ,le sup o
Captain still continued back ami fill aud was standing
the siarboard wheel house about clock whon ''
aye passenger came running an crying th'l ~" "i VIZ
just ahead On pccring through the iog an llCh. nn
that seemed ia tower m the skies presented itself within
few yards An effort made to avoid ~ Dut on ''I"
ing another buh equally lofty opposed isci ~ I'M, mo
n.nt tho shin struck broad.de to the beach aud the
rf dashng against her side made her roll violently FROM
time to time the passengers cI"' M IT,, IN" first
officer with great mtrepidiy lcaped "N'tOosru Wiu ''
BILE and dashing through The water made the snip i3'l 10
the elf This secured her The CONFUSION on o""u WI,
NJ first very great and several of the passengers seize"
hold Of the cable which made fast 10 me ster anu
attempted down il H. the shore Some lew accom-
pshod this. but order soon restored ana inc lSSch
gers became treasured.
nTbo beach where the Tennessee Law not moro than
four ar five rods in width The tide was about hall cbb
and With every shock of the surf the ship was sci farther
and farther into the sand. until IL o'clock when she was
completely Undecided and steady
The passengers were all safely landed Tho mail on
board very heavy there being n" less than goo bag
Whom Mr. Whiting eit al II o'clock about dozen bag,
had been brought ashore. twas expected that All wouid
be saved at low tide.
An hour before the Tennessee struck the soundings
showed eight mhons, and few moments before >i\ a'h
oms Strange say. board heard the surf until
they i'm IT, The escape of all ON board j. ProNid"u
rial We are informed that had the ship struck thirty yards
ahead ascrn of the position she did NO, s"u could
have been saved just in front OF her Is an enormous chu
several hundred feet high against which She would have
been dashed 10 pieces About the distance aNtoni
another equally lofty by the most fortunate chance she
struck narrow beach forming sort of gap between
these two omincncoS
As soon ~ the passengers were landed sails sc. fcr
tnts brought nom the ship and the passengers win
he exception OF about hundred who had len for Stu
celtic among whom were four ladies' were making Ptel"
lions 10 adopt for short time, camp life ON the shore
Provisions, beds and bedding were also furnished IN album
dance
Ancr the mails Sc, had been landed the passengers
hell meeting ON shore AT which resolutions, expressive
ci their high esteem for the captain their regret al the &C
cnrrencC which IN Their opinion was purely accidental
and attributable 10 NO negligence VI his, adopted
The last accounts nom the ship were that she WAS gong
g. pieces aSi ON account OF the heavy surt
The steamship independence.
The following are the names ot the paSsengors who Ion
New York for San Juan on the Hoh January board the
siesmshp Northern Light which connected with the Indie
pendcnce Nv neither all those mentioned below had through
tckcts nho Independence it impossible Ia sav bat a.
there was little to induce stay the lsthnus aud no way
getting "h unless by of the Vanderbilt Steamers II
sp be SHpp"Sedthey we're all ON he missing Steamer We
yet hope something may hc heard fcm her She was last
seen Feb lS,, 20 t~pe n Lucas Several steamers have
come up NOM S9n hcg0 recently without any news OF her
She certainly did not mach any Of the ports dow, th Cons,
and the than neither the Cor,es tennessee saw any
thng vi her would induce the belief That She Ma m ONT n
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