New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-15
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY Is, 1854


ho.t IN ,.., ,s.rs N have gone brosdsde and so
near wasthe crsg that somo men scnaiy JepS1
We told that pank was e. asrIss aO o bsre a.
uay interened greater space than passengers
every day AwslkiDg from steamers deck 20 tle pea;
RoPes too wye got cut and suen was se f,r o.s,oe
more than geo por creatures saved garter OF "a
hour longer wouR probably have been the salvation OF AZ
the rest but the sap lurched heavily win 1ae sea 1ns
sengers eDging iothe rope. shaken into the waves
end at length, tic vessel filed all was over IL Is
terrible thing to readihst Of go women aud chren on
beard three only weresaved. Ihis shows thtt II ~S
scramble for life every one looked 70 hneii snd
that the ak Jared scc,rdiogy Some examples OF hero
Ism ere however recorded and particularly 10 the case Of
the ships surgeon Mr.. Cunningham ms oipcer NOT ony
devoted his lite with naursl decision, 20 the rescae OF
bis lie ard child bat used every effort 10 m. power 'r
the general good Unbsrpy be was lost aud WIN mn
the greater part Of ali board The most accurate sc
counts appear give coo as the whole number OF SOUS IN
tie ship and $50 as the namser saved fernal' thsso
figures NAY hereafter receive some correction Ou on ne
hopeful estimate. VIC can scarcely syol! S:a-us
q a. upward Of go human beings were hurfeu n'' oe'
nifty in the space Of half ~ hour
five search for the causes Of 30 terrible result we ae
left whou, any satisfactory assurance laM .as
weather was thick, the gale strong, ana inc sea
heavy are facts which 10 be ackn0Sei ani Iley
are enough perhaps. 10 account for the calamity !.
distinctly stated however, that though the snip nesse"
was Of unimpe enable goodness her ere" wsrs i''n
NJ TO manage Ter One witness says that this became
eydo nj all the passengers accustomed 70 sea n on tae
very Gft afternoon of the VOYAGE Another says that
sSr:rai p1sssiop 70 his eject soon prevailed ali through
The yesse IL said that the included 'hnese ana
Lsscars who were unable 20 understand English and tha'
orders therefore imperecty executed Cap Hn NootS
himself also states hst The compsses, though hted VIVA
the compenssng apparatus adapted to iron built Yeses
varied considerably fret cabin passenger seems 70
alice tia. several hours before the yess3. struck h9
capan was told by the hemsman that he had seen land,
but that the ships course not altered ThH however
is reconcsbe IN part with tie captains own statement
which admits that land called by the hemsman, bat
adds HAT could not be dscerned 10y the took out whe
in order 10 avoid any possible danger the shps course
xas altered. and she %ss haud up two points 10 wiad'
ward" Other noticeable circumstances occur IN the
various delosi0ns bat the conflict OF testimony SHOWS
Low uHsaie would be TO form yet any conclusive
oliuiJn. Tie 6nt passenger whose evidence was pub
lsbfd Jared and probehy with all uccrity ard
"a biz own npTesson IL facts that uul ABOUT noon on
Saurday aL rent on teL whereas have since lsa;n.
that all Ihursdsy light aId Friday the weather was al
verse in tie extreme; that the could not manage the
sales that the chip had then been completely az
the mercy Of tie wind ard waves and that It began
70 be Hlsperd about that they would reach the
with each other but the variation probably arises from
the Different lights in which different viii regard the
SEINE occurrt noes
sci from other practically unmlnage-
able Whether any management whatever cOaid have
ayded 20 her undCr uch circumstances Is APPOINT 70
be ascerained. The weather was exceedingly thick '
YVES impossible, the captain says, TO see cables
twenty minutes carried Ter ashore Whether the crew
were competent do efficiently what needed 10 be
done is Il second point Tor inquiry One witness states
that their eOrts mpeded by the crOwdns aud con
fusion Of the alarmed Passengers but another seems 10
speak Of all tho orders given having been executed aud
tie captain him elf makes complaint this The
nyostpation however, which deplorabe catastrophe
will sary occasion may elicit some further evidence,
instructive conception OF an adventure thus calamitousy
terminated.