The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-25
THE LOSS OF THE SHIP ST. PATRICK
ON THE
BAR EGAT SHOAL
ANOTHER VESSEL ASHORE ON LONG BEACH.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTERS


From Our Special Reporter.
BARsEGAT, Dec. %, 1854.
The ship S.. Patrick ls another vessel added 10
tbe list Of fnosa lost on tins much dreaded shoals
Of BsTegat Very little hopes can be entertained
Of Ter ultimate safety, as At this Of tbe year
sertbeast storms are very frequsot sni violent,
that u viii De miracle, from The present position
tn snip he's in, II he ever gets of The night on
which ths disaster occurred vas, strange 10 say,
quite clear and origa. shore, but thick ana oggy
II Sea. The wind on sos and vas blowing from
zoe northwest shile she officers OF Ice ST. PAtdcs
declare Il TO hsve been o.oSipg from the norsneass
of shore, rendering navigation on this dreaded
coast any tnEg but an easy matter.
The 81. Patrick, com ,andec by Capt. Whitman
saiied from Liverpool On the l5.n uis., Win IN dr.
sorted cargo al goods, and foar hnnored and tbrsy
four passengers, ana encountered very favorable
weather uoti within hundred miles OF ae- dessina
son, when 1t bscams iogsy aa0 equally. On Ioes-
day night, between the hours Of and osiOcx os
fore u bad become qasts dark, Inc .ssselgsfs
aud crew lhrowL into gcsat ssl Of
alarm by "a unexpected cylcuss,oa, sbict
shook tbe vessel from stsm - ssern, All
~ae immediately foDosed nS otosrs il qu.ck su;.
ces.Gon. To the repeated ipquries Of she pas
"
Gspt, nismsn assured ssem there was no iDms
dSie danger, AUD that, 10 ell PROBABILITY, the chip
wsoid be COS of ia few hours, they would assis
the crew ID tnfo wing overheard the cargo 10
lighter the ship. Whie the pas- engers and ores
we've engaged in this rasK, gone we're hred aud
rockets neot up by The officers 20 summon ASSIST
snoe fsom those on STORE, as well IS from ssveral
mail vessels that bad been seer short time pre-
yiousiy in the immediate neighoorAood Of the ship.
Atont tsenty minutes after toe ship struck the
shoals the ishing schooner Empire State, attracted
by the signal guns Of the vessel in distress, came
alongside and rendered assistance TO Capt. Whit.
man, VINO requested them 20 stay alongside unit,
tAe next morning, il being impossible TO remove
the passengers that night account Of the intense
cold, the thermometer being nearly down to zero.
The request was readily accedsd to by Capt. Griffin,
Who dropped anchor between the st. Patrick and
the shore, and remained there until morning.
The smack Albert Haley, Capt. Keeny, next bore
mp 70 the assistance Of the St Patrick, which was
quickly followed by the Ned Buntline, the States
man, the George Moore, and the King Of the Po-
rest The masters of al these vessels, (which had
beep sodfshirg in the immediate neighbornood Of
The Barnegat Shoals,) ready offered their assist
aAse to Capt. Whitman, who engaged than all to
take off the passengers the next morning. And ac-
sordiDgly, ON Wednesday morning, the emigrants
we're all safely slowed away with the most valuable
PORTION OF their luggage board these little CRAFTS,
which, after successful run, succeeded in efecing
che Landing of their cargo Il Staten Island, on
Thursday morning.
Having safely disposed OF all the passengers, tue
next step of Captain Whitman was TO use the most
strenuous sxertions TO save the ship. Commanica-
6on was mad with the beach and line was made fast
% snore. Captain Jennings, the wreck master sta
soced on Loag Beach, boarded the ship, and tend
esed all assistance In his pOwef to save the vessel
A large quantity Of the cargo was thrown over
board which had the effect OF easing her little.
An SAILS SET on Wednesday, and every possible
exersion made TO get the snip on The vessel, under
The powerful influence OF wIad and tlde, worked 10
the south about two hundred yards, put tolls did
MOI even her danger aoaJe for she nnally cSne to
halt oc the outer bar, Ind commenced TO trump
heavily. The hull being sounded, tie ship it Was
found had been leaking badly as there was some
Eve or nix feet Of water In Der mold. All hopes,
Che eore, Of getting the ship on until steam pumps
md steamboats, should arrive from New Yo:k 70 her
assistance, were vt an end.
On Friday the sails and light spaTs were taken
down by order of the Captain, who hsd but little
hopes OF ever saving the vessel Tne crew, tired of
beng On board stranded ship 50 long and deprived
OF all comfort, began 70 get qulse dissatisfied
Capt. Whitman vas obliged to send toem to New
York In the schooner Comstock.
On Friday evening, assistsnccs in the shape Of
Steamboat arrived IRON New York. The Titan,
hsvmg in tow lighter, with sseampnnp on board,
came alongside about oclock r. NJ The CARGO
was then eiscbareed fast as pos.ib.e 90 noe 1
vessels sent for that purpose, and everytniac =
prepared for lass enor: to save tue good oia si'I
niles south Of BsrnegSt Inlet, aud not far from
where the illfased fowhatsn was dashed into .
thousand fragments, with the loss OF every sou On
board, over thee hundred in number.
Tne bay between Shs msln land AZ d the beach IS
Ut present frozen over, snd only nsvgaole at point
T.. the Woodward Of the iniey. The weather s.nce
f1s going ashore Of the st. Patrick has been ve1y
favorable tor her; the wind blowing very gently
from the westward ailsyec the surf SO to render
communication from the snip to the beach quite
Easy. In fact she weather since the ship struck
tue shoals has been suspicious ~ could be desired
ToPsAn SCHOONER ASHORE AT TIE INLET.
Reliable information was received ofthe s.s.u inc
sf topsail schooner belonging to Nova Scott
which had been 81 days out from the West Indiel'
The name of the vessel our informant could not
learn. The captain passed through Toms river, on
Friday night, on his way to New York. he stated
hat he had been ffty-two days out from the West
indies, that he had been the coast about % days
during which time the cold has never 70 the know
ledge of the master been intense. In the gale
that detained the schooner OF the coast, all her sails
were blown away, and new ones which had been put
MP by MIN met with the same misfortune. On Thurs
day nighs she struck on the Bsrnesss Shoals, not
tsr the lnet; The DECK load, Consisting 81 log
wood, was immediately taro Hn overheard, Dut With
NO favorable effect She Is loaded WITH oranges
rum and hides. The oranges will b. entirely worth
Hss. All her sails having been blown away, 1t viii
b necessary 70 have . Steamboat sent down 70 ne.
assistance, even though she shoud be got OF. There
liz no insurance on the schooner.
LIFE SAVING EFFoErs on THE NEW JERSEY sHoEE.
From the frequent fatal sh,pwrecks on the New
Jersey shore, Congress thought tit during the Pr.
sent session to PASS Sbill, An act for the bette,
preservation Of lie and property from vessels ship
wrecked on the coasts OF tne United ots,es;n Ia
rreaslng the numbers OF government station houses
along the coast 70 double their former number TINS
important bill provides Tor the adjustment OF
shree station nouses at spaces five miles spart ali
along the coast. The ACT viii be found III anosaes