The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-25
MORE sHIPWRECKs

mcliun Grfnnenl- Abandonment OF tno
Uchooners b. r. sparks and Major Ring
gold Sinking OF the schooner w. +. Baird
-scvcre Weather, Sc, &c.
Ths following additions to the disasters at SEQ duriss
The late severe weather, reported yesterday
Loss OF THE SHIP CoLUMBIAHA.
Can't Hatcher OF the packet ship Cornelius Grinne,
who arrived yesterday from Liverpool, rePorD:-
Jan 26 lat 49, lon So saw weasel with the American
Tag Union down. vent 10 her ssstance ana found %
Orleans bound to Liverpool On rounding too under hsr
lee ssw that her decks had boon swept that all her
m.ss we're gone Tho zen l.shsd to the pumps and the
running high, much 30 that imp ssbis
20 lower boat with degse Of safety, entity,
hove the ship TO under bare poles until r. n next day,
when the weather undertaking succeeded ia getting
boat near the ship and hauled the captain Off and
lines ads fast Around them, and from boa. the
Cornelius Grnne IN the same manner, which accom-
plshed In two triFa The Ia very exhausted
sta te from fatigue and exposure.
The of men VII, vent In the boat to rescue
the ColumbianAs crew. ward Ba ating boats wAn
sturins Purdy, seeman formerly span 10 the British
merchant servicel James Smith, SEAMAN John Keeley,
seaman, and William Hughes, seaman. They acquitted
themselves manfuy, and deserving Of the GREATEST
praise. No one can fully appreciate such acts Of vaor
The following Capt Sahls account OF the dsastsr-
Toe Columbiana sailed from New Orleans December
Tor Liverpool; AM January a. lst as As Ion 30 no.
by heavy sea on tbs srOosrd oo~ whi,h eAassd the
ship to make more water than usual supposed II had
started the hsad but could not sscsrtsa the certainty OF
Il being there Janus "a At 80 A while lying to
In hAvy gale from w. to W. N. T., was struck
BY on the star .rd bow which swept the decS
carrying away The 'oruaro house gal ey and main poop
stove bulwarhs itanchions, splitting paukshsar AMI
DOR csnsic cradle ether damage. At IL so A. NJ, ths
mizrsnnast heal stovs boat aitsr houss split head
Of hrboArd pump and doing maon other csmsge to tbs
and found ak feet Of .atsr in tho hoa tn. punps wsr.
kept constantly going At 10 r. n, the foremost went
by the deck tho ship making water fast with bat
enc pump thai could be used. At A. Of the 2oth,
saw chip to windwarc, and ~ IL A. bore do
for ard hove to undsr lee the .. the ns
being very heavy. A.. P. NJ OF tbs 27tn, ws.thsr
when unoer the circumssnces deemed it pru lent for
the safety OF our lives TO leave tn snip she
Al taken board tire ship proved to BE- the
packet ship Cornsus Giunel, Capt fletcher, from Lv
make comfortable. Mach oreii, is due hi for his
gallant conduct in resouing from watsry grave,
snat In all probability would have been our fate on the
followir night rn.rs nins lest in the hold
when We left and the wsSther beiog rough
unable to save anything bat What stood in At the time
OF leaving We were In lat As NJ sna lou 80 W.
Master Of snip J,lumbisna.
LOSS OF THE BsITIsH BRIG FREDERICK.
Capt Fletcher, Of tho c Grinnsl further reports:-
On the following Tuesday, January 81, about sunset
nAw another dismAsed vese with the British dag Unou
down. went to her and succeeded 10 taxtng on
the captain and crew, nine in Der OF The brig Frsder
icl, Captain Parker, Of PArs oro' from Halifax,
comparatively Moderate very little trouble danger At
tended the circumstance.
Ths Cornelius Grinns had the toughest passage ever
espsrisnoed BY Capt F. bat has received damage to
hun, spars or slils
Tho @. g. WAS fofty-two days to the bArhs and on
Monday last Goth, compelled to haul off the Hook
nndsr close rseed topsas . storm and gale from
N T. Ca Tuesday the wreck OF schooner's spars,
supposed eocasioned b. the gale OF the night previous
Capt. r. states:-.we have last BY deaths one sdul
pass Dger, German, named Joseph Rossmana and eight
Infants Tho other passengers in as sooi health IS
can be expected AFTER such exposure and deprvaons -
nnavoidAbly attends long ana rough panags.
The ship Ia staunoh The Forbes rig works
most admirably.
During the whole passage did not see vessel bound to
the westward.
ABANDONMENT OF scHooNERs B. T. SPARES AND
MAJoE RINGGoLD.
The potboat Moses 6rinnel arrived Yesterday vi h
tho schooner P sparss in tow having fallen in with
her the 22d inst Abandoned about hundred and
tsa miles south Of Sandy Hook She bound to Boston
from the Rappahannook with grain, and when found
mailing water, but bad al her spArs standing.
In about an FIRST seeing the Sparks ths pilot
boat fell in with the wrsckng schooner Rnsgod Of th
CITY, also abandoned. She lumber laden, probably
part Of the cargo vessel lately wrecked She ha
oas down and half full Of eater and had los
hsr foremsst and bowfprit Her mAinmast standing
1hs only living thing found board clt which
brought away Owing to having the Sparks In tow
end gale blowing, Obliged to abandon her again.
SINKING OF THE s,Hoo .s llBs. T. :; Al H,s va
..Sdhk bearing N. N. W. ten miles in Q heavy squsll
nom N N. W., aud snow thick that We could not SEQ
fhs length OF tbs ship and all the top is cswsd down
ana courses hauled up fa close reefs in contact
With the schooner w. r. Baird Crowe Of and from Bos
ION for Phsdelpha cutting the lArboara bo oompet y
on causing her to sink in less than two mi IS The
crew, seven In number pod with saving IN srts
except what they had on; and abe sank Immediately
atsr passing sste brsesd everything sharp abaok and
susoseded In getting line to the boat which was with
ont oars We saved all except sesman-John Dexter
Of Phnsdelphia-who clipped out Of the bowns a. We
we've hauling him on bard, and fell, striking his head
against the bow Of the boat; he sank Capt
O., OF the Baird reports, N the inns Of the COLI.
sion the schooner hovsto under reeed forsa and
al hands busy double rseug the sails He went forwN
10 asosrtan the damage and fouod the completely
sat through, and the schooner sinking rapidly
DISASTER TO Tbs PILoTBoAr HErrLE NO. 2.
On Thursday, about IL ~ the piotboat Nettle No
was hovsto Of the Highlands, putting plot board
The steamshp Northern Light the two vessels came In
contact which resulted in the Nste berg cut do
The lsrboard side and quarter to the waters edge.
PILOT 30 At DAVID MITCHELL.
The pilot beat David Mitchell during the eAstsrly gale
on the Goth inst lying under close rested foresa
At O'Clock A. NJ the jb which iurlst on the bow.
SPIRIT blown up, and gradually tora in pieces and
ons yawl stove In the sea- which svsps the decks
almost incsman,y. A, O'Clock A. Y, when tb, gale
has reach, its utmost, young mau, uamsd VILLA n
Bel while in the act of recurring the lee yas s.sp,
oxerboard nv huge y,ys and uever q, an again Tn
boatkeeptr John Wolfe Who witnessed the accident saw
the wave coming ard called out to him to car.
the next moment the ssruch. The boa,ksepsr va,
knocked down the deck BY It, but held TO the fore
hatch. AZ soon he sot on his legs assn, he calld
and looked around Ter Bell bat In vain he was no
seen again. for utter d,ka-ss prevailed Deceased
twenty years Of age and native Il Ne, town stsw,rt 10
Hsotiand, where he I, supposed have sister living
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