New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-10

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Blu IN ing Of the Ocean Wavs.-.-Twenty-
Eight Lives Lost.
A few days ago we had q brief dispatch sta
ting that the steamboat Ocean Wave had been
destroyed BY fire near Kingston, Canada, and
tnat twenty lives were thereby lost. 1t appears
.ne loss Of life was greater than that The
following dispatches to the New York papers
give the particulars Of the dreadful calamity:
ooDEssBuasH, April 30, 9PM
We learh ny telegraph from Kingston, G. w.,
that the steamer Ocean Wave was DESTROYED by
fire on Friday night, six miles vest Of ths
g Ducks" She is reported to have had ffty
persons board, twenty-five Of whom onis
were saved, including Capt. Wright, the nate,
and the purser. The Ocean Wave was owned ct
this place by the Northern Railroad Company,
and aI, has been running between this port and
Hamilton for freight and passengers. She was
on her downward trip. She was insured in diff
ferent States and in the Canadas
OGDExsBuRGH, May1
We have further particulars Of the loss Of the
ocean Wave from one Of the crew. etephen
furnace on her downward trip Of the 6 Dueks,n
about forty miles above Kingston, on Saturday
morning, about o'clock. When the fire was
first discovered she Uas about mile and half
from the shore, which she was Immediately
headed for, but so intense was the heat that the
machinery gave out and she drifted to sea- The
upper cabin was consumed in about fifteen min
utes, and in about two hours the hull went down.
Those saved were taken off by the schooner
Georgiana.
The Ocean Wave had on board fourteen cabin
and nine deck passengers, beside four children
and the crew, who swelled the number to about
fifty, OF whom twenty-five were saved. Among
the saved were Capt. Wright and both mates;
Thomas Oliver, the purser; both wheel-men, the
second engineer, Mr.. Blackman, and humber
of deck-hands. Among the passengers saved
were MIR. Francis Kiah and wife, both Of whom
were burned, but not dangerously; Mrs. French,
Of Cornwall, and the wife of Mr.. Moore, Of the
Gore Bank, Hamilton. These three were all
the females saved. A small vessel. on her way
downward, sent q boat to the assistance Of the
ill-fated steamer, but the men being frightened,
pulled away again. ss G
The schooner Georgiana then hove in sight,
lowered boat which was manned with her
mate and two sailors, and succeeded in picking
up eighteen persons. In two minutes after their
rescue the wreck went down. She had drifted
eight miles from the.shore before she sunk. The
captain, first mate and one passenger reached
the shore near the disaster, and the vessel
brought the rest to Kingston Among those
lost are Mr.. Turnbull, first engineer, julius San
ders, bar-keeper; the cook Mrs. Donald; .
| nurse and three children of the Cashier Of the
| Gore Bank, Hamilton; three ladies, names un-
known; Mr.. Lyman B. Fiske, of the firm of H.
s. Humphrey, of Ogdensburg-whole number
lost at least twenty EIGHT. The progress Of the
flames was SO rapid that it was impossible to
launch any Of the boats which were ON board.
The New York Commercial Advertiser, in
publishing these dispatches, remarks: q .aog
This is a sad disaster, and the most melan-
choly one that has occurred on Lake Ontario.
If our memory is correct, the Ocean Wave was
built last summer at Montreal, by Mr.. Nelson.
, and was intended for the trade ON the north
side of the lake, between Montreal and Hamif-
ton. She was, however, sold. to some gentle
men at Ogdensburg, and put ON the line be-
r tween that port and the head waters Of LAX
= Ontario.
: Either on her trial trip, or very soon after
3 she took fire and had to throw overheard por
tion of her cargo Among those who we're los
+ are the nurse and three children of Andrew
Stevens, Esq, Cashier of the Gore Bank, at
Hamilton.
FROM THE BRAzILs.--The latest accounts from
Rio state that the yellow fever has been fear
fully severe. Some vessels have lest all hands
on board On shore its ravages are confined
exclusively to persons lately arrived from other
countries, or from the interior
A very large diamond has been discovered in
Bagagem, in the province of the mines it weighs
eight yitavas and an eighth The discoverer
, | was an old black slave woman who immedia atelv
| carried it to her master, Brazilian in very
needy circumstances. He immediately gave the
) slave her liberty, and sent his brother to Rio
, with the diamond ghe Commercial Bank ad-
l vanced him 1000 centos, about s16,000, on the
9 gem. 1t goes to England. 1t is said to be q
e stone of extraordinary beauty.
STEAMSHIPS BETWEEN New YORK AND GENOA
+, A letter in the Newark Daily Advertiser, from
| Genoa, states that that Government has char
tered the transatlantic Steamship Company
: for twenty years, with capital of $4,000, 900
! The contract requires the company to establish
D two lines of monthly steamers, viz one between
! Genoa and New York, and another between
Montevideo and Genoa and the Government
l guarantees to each line q sum equal to at least
/ $4,000 per voyage for carrying the mails, and
: accords to the company certain other important
2 privileges and resources. The vessels are to
stop at Madeira and other intermediate points
and are to be of at least 1900 tons and $50 hors
power The Government required the subscrip
tion of q certain amount of the capital to Sc
9 cure the enterprise, before the contract wa
a signed. Some large English houses have takeI
i stock to the amount Of 5000 900.
ANOTHER LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN New
II DIRK AND BREMEN.-It Is stated that MeSSfe
Fritre & Co., of Bremen, are on the eve of com
II mencing a competition against the two Unitet
IS States steamers, the Washington and the Her
!. MANN These gentlemen intend to run the two
: steamers, Hansa, 5000 tons and 1000 horst
b power, and Germania, of 1000 horse power
/, which vessels they recently purchased from the
/ German fleet, between Bremen and New York
The vessels will start once month from either
) port, and will take the same course, and touch
at the same places as the United States steam
ers. The first class passage money is to be l2(
rix dollars, (Sf9O.) rl
SARDINIA AT THE CRYSTAL PALAcE.-A CORES
pondent of the Newark Advertiser, writing from
Genoa on the 11th ult., and referring to tn
preparation in Sardinia for the exhibition whic
is to take place at the Crystal Palace, NewYork
says:
"Some Of the specimens of statuary and paint
7 ing that have seen, are in the finest style o.
4 art, and doubt if tho world can show finel
velvets and silks than those which will be fur
l nished by the manufacturers of Sardinia. Twt
! vessels at Leghorn are now taking in also SOM
rich specimens of the fruits of Tuscan genius