The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-21

hundred lives lost About thirty dead bodies
chiefly women and children, have shore There
but three four persons on the beach, and the
government lfeboats being at the distance Of Ave
miles, it was impossible TO bring them use. One Of
the spectators on shore stated he aw sea sweep at
least hundred at once overheard Sunday The gov
ernment has persons to take charge of the life boats
and the public prints of the city having been the habit
Of surrng the people along Shore accusing them of land
pirating &c, SO man goes from the main to the
beach, except when sent for and then Of course It
often too late Had it not for the late Judge Bald
wins charge to the jury that every the beach
liable for msdemeanor committed at wreck and
Of the ISLANDERS Of the city papers the people hereabou
there would have been help enough to have had the life
boats manned voluntarily and n When storm
first sets in people here not willing bay
in it, four FIVE miles, to lesey beach, for the sole
purpose Of watching for wrecks at pay except abuse
Would New Workers do itS
The government must have men paid to attend shssc
life boats The shore people from the main land here
crossed over to aid they heard of this wreck
but it was too late in This case.
Your reporter passed here tonight his way tho
wreck, and will give more full particulars.
p S.-A messenger from the beach states that only
from either vessel saved-a hand from the
Manhattan-a Portland topsail'schooner, brig II
seems that the broke completely the beach in
every direction The dead bodies present tho heart
sickening appearance The bark supposed be
hamburg gentleman from the beach picked up two
German books, from which take two leaves and send
you. They are, think, passports countersgned At
Eavre. LIGHTHOUSE.
THE VERY LATEST PARTICULARS.
ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER OF OUR SPECIAL REPORTERS
FROM THE BEACH.
On Monday evening last, hearing that ship with
large number pasSenpprs on boa I'd a.h0re IN
Long Beach, N j. despatched of reporters to
the of the disaster who arrived there Tuesday
morning, and found that the ship Powatan Capt Mey
ers with two hundred passengers board, OF Baltimore
bound from Havre to New York. had been cast ashore
Saturday night the outside bar about midway between
Barnegat and Egg Harbor Inlets.
When first discovered by Capt jennings of Long
Beach, which was Sunday morning. she lay with her
head to the SOUTH the decks crowded with passen
gers, and the making a clean breach over
her. The wind blowing perfect gale from the north
northeast the mountainous high twisting the
ship about in the sand if she merely cork boat
Seeing the condition Of the vessel Capt jennings who is
stationed as wreck master the beach, sent all the
men that were at his command though the storm
raging violently to the House in order
to bring down the life and other wreckng apparatus
and stood shore himself watching the effects Of the
pillows upon the i'll fated vessel. Hour after
nOur Snpped Dy, Dut the men 6d not return
with the life car The vessel became uneasier,
and many unfortunate people were swept oil
by the heavy surf About O'Clock P. NJ, one immense
washed fully hundred persons overheard who
carried away down the beach by the undertow.
Some of them ashore and were picked up Ifeless
by Mr.. Jennings, who searched in vain amongst the
number for a survivor but all had breathed their last
before they reached the beach, being awuly manged by
the force of the pushing them against the hull of
the vessel and throwing them with violent force upon
the beach,
AT this time Capt Meyers who on the deck Of the
Powhatan all this while, called out in loud voice to
Mr.. Jennings, entreating him to try and OF
those who might be washed ashore Capt Jennings
replied that all those who ashore dead, and
that it looking for them as they were all
killed before they got out Of the water.
About O'clock the ships masts went by the
board, and almost Immediately afterwards the hull
bursed In two and every soul board launched in.
to eternity. The presented black of human
heads and floating pieces of the wreck but in a few
ments al had sunk to rise alive The beach
strevn with the dead bodies of women and children,
pieces Of the wreck the baggage Of the passengers and
empty casks. Nothing remained to mark the spot
where the Inflated ship had went ashore except surging
waves beating upon fragment of the hulk which lay
upon the beach.
The crying Of the drowning and the shrieking Of
the and children hushed-al lay in the deep
numbered with the dead while the wind walled loud and
mournfuy, adding still horror to the awful cataS
trorhe All had sunk-captain, officers, aud pas
sengers Of two hundred and fifty soul
left 10 tell the tale No aid from the government
house that night and Capt Jennings compelled to
remain there by himself lonely watcher Of the dead
On Monday morning four arrived from the station
house, but their help came too Late The storm, it
seems was severe that while their way back the
wreck on Sunday with the life and mortar two
them fell down exhausted, and the whole party were
obliged to return nearly frozen to death This
| party Of men, under command of Capt. Jennings,
set Immediately about finding and gathering together
those bodies that had been washed ashore the short
space of hour nearly twenty and children
found almost naked, scattered along the beach OF
| them dreadfully bruised and cut
One found about fifty yards from the beach
upon the sandhlls with child in his arms; and from
his condition is supposed that he alone of all board
reached the shore alive, and crawling out OF reach of
the waves in order 10 his life and that of the
infant in his arms fell down exhausted the sand and
was frozen to death during the night The child
firmly locked in has arms quite dead and appeared il
it had also died ashore from exposure.
The whole Of this dsy spent in searching for the
bodies of the unfortunate people But one man was
found among the number, all the being and
children They appeared to have been in excellent
health with rosy cheeks and smiling faces looking If
they asleep rather than dead They were all laid
side by side until boat could be got to carry them
| the shore.
! On Thursday twenty-five bodies removed from
the beach 70 the village OF Manahawkn. These con.
sisted of one and twenty children all apparent.
ly, by their features, appearing TO be Germans the
women who lad any clothes beng dressed in coarse
materials, with heavy shoes, Of them wooden
All the dead conveyed to an outhouse Of Squire
Peckworhs where they remained until collins could be
made for them This melancholy task Of making recep.
taces for the dead occupied the attention OF the
residing in the village, while the busily
employed in washing the bodies and laying them out,
preparatory to their being placed in the collins Too
much praise cannot be awarded TO the inhabitants Of
Manahawkn for their zeal and industry in giving de-
cent burial TO the dead.