Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-01-18

Relow viii be found thrilling account q
tbs wreck Of this Inflated Steamer ana the
ng.r;ncs ofthose on board. The San Fran
.;.eo-a new and noble Steamer destined
eor California left New York on the list o.
December. having on board eight companies
of .be Third Regiment Of q. s Artillery,
which with the crew ard some twenty or
thirty other passengers, numbered about eight
hundred. 20
The ship Three Bells has arrived with one
hundred aud sixty persons saved from the
steamer San Francisco, which foundered at
sea on the 5th Of January
Those who have arrived include about one
hundred officers and soldiers, and most OF the
crew Of the i'll fated steamer. A number OF
other passengers were taken off the sinking
ship BY the barque Kiiby. bound for Boston,
and many by the ship Antarctic, bound for
Liverpool
Most OF the cabin passengers, together with
as many soldiers as it was deemed prudent
for her to take, numbering in all about one
hundred persons, are on board the barque
Kloy. She has probably gone to Bermuda,
having parted company with the steamer dur
ing gale, on the night of the Goth Decem-
Der. four days before the Three Bells left
The ship Antarctic has on board the residue
of the troops, and Capt. Watkins, of the
steamer San Francisco, who has proceeded
to Liverpool with Their. to see that ,.uey arc
properly provided for,
:, In the gals Of The 23d December the San
h.anc,eco preached to twice, and was much
disabled. On the 24th all her spars and
sails were blown away. AT one o'clock 10
the morning of the 25th the engine stopped,
in consequence Of the breaking Of the piston
rod, and left the vessel totally unmanageable,
the sea at the same time striking her tremen-
dous blows under the guards, tearing up the
planking fore and aft on Goth sides. and caus
ing the ship to leak badly. The troops were
tnen organized into baling parties. At nine
oclock on the 18th heavy sea struck the
steamer amidships, carrying away both smoke
stacks, all the upper saloon, staving the
quarter deck, and washing overheard large
number of persons. besides killing three Of
bhC sup SIcW. Ou tuC LOU Lub UiIuub
Kilby was spoken and laid by the steamer
until three o'clock in the afternoon Of the 10Th,
when a number of the passengers we're trans
ferred to the barque, which let go her hawser
at ten o'clock at night, and nothing has since
been heard of her. The gale continued
throughout the 30th and 31st, number of
the men being sick and some in dying con :
dition, 10 the evening of the LIST of January
the British ship Three Bells was spoken, and
laid by the steamer until the Sd, when her
boat was got alongside. On the same day
the ship Antarctic discovered and bore down
for the seamer, and on the 4th both ships
commenced taking off the passengers, togetb-
err with the necessary provisions and water,
which was accomplished by six o'clock in the
evening. The next morning they took off the
officers and crew, Capt. Watkins having been
the last man to leave the ship, which had been
with difficulty kept aGoat for ten or twelve
days.
Those lost overheard are Col. John NJ.
Washington. Major Geo Taylor and bis wife.
Capt Fl. B. Field, Lieut. r. II. Smith, three
civilians and two ladies whose names are not
reported, and some two hundred aud thirty
of the troops. OF the crew Of the ship there
were eleven deaths from the time she was dis
abled till the Sth instant
Major Wyse aud Lieut.. w. A Winder are
amongst the passengers who have arrived in
New York Col Gates, Col, Burke, Major
Merchant, Capt. Judd and wife, Lieut.. Ere
mont and family, Lieut.. Loeser, Lieut. Van
WORT and the ladies and children are on board
the barque kiby. Capt. Watkins, Lieut.
Chandler, and Lieut.. G. s. Wiuder are on
the ship An.artic