The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-11-24
upreE OF TIE SHIP NEW ERA.
Dreadful Less Of Life,

Inn
en'P f.o,o Bremen to New York, with 3So
O1'.a s.,rsrs was ashore near Deal, oA the New
llSsse o,, coast. The following thrilling account
sf,bs frightful disaster we copy from the New
~, q'ha sb;n New Era was built by Messrs. Hitch
-, & Co. during the present year. She was
cI95e tons burthen, and was valued at seventy
O .L-,nsand dollars. About the 22d of Sept.
oNt no sailed from the Fort of Bremen, under
Ia, IA of Capt. Henry, on her first voyage,
to,i,, he mort Of New York. having heavy insG-
y, osa 30 afscted in Bath, Me-, and Boston, with
.torrss amounting TO nearly SIX thousand dol
~. secured in Wall street. The emlgrants were
~ Germans After a somewhat tedious pas
o., 'ars The New Era came fully in sight Of land
~, ,,d-day on Sunday, the 18th inst, and,
continuing her course in dense log, she ran
asbore .s-, between Deal and Long Branch, during
the same night.
At at an early hour yesterday morning she
,,.os nerceived living wlth brcadslde to shore,
WITH heavy SEA on, which was breaking over
her and washing her decks. AT - O'Clock,
noon. there were perceptible signs of her break
inn nm. From the moment she was seen, eve
- effort was made by the people on shore to
ave the passengers. Early in the afternoon
,brv had succeeded in passing lines 10 the ship,
and short time after Captain Henry, with
,,ypn,v Of the passengers, was landed in safety
From them it was learned that, before they
lAf the vessel, over one hundred and fifty of the
,emaininq passengers were dead, having been
either smothercd between the decks, drowned
by the flow of water, (Which was continually
siJrring over thetn,) or been swept overheard.
Renewed exertions were made from the beach
10 save the balance Of the people on board, but
nm TO the moment of Our last accounts, they
were attended with very little success.
As the emigrants on board were all Germans,
# is most likely that we shall never be atle to
find out the list of the names of the people who
have been suddenly lost; and this fatal ship
wreck will in all probability, have to be caSsed
among the sorrowtul "reminiscences attending
The loss ofthe Powhattan, on the same shore,
when not even human being was left to tell
the sad tale Of the calamity.
The New Era is aground on the Jersey shore,
brtween Deal and Long Branch, about fifteen
miles below Sandy Hook, and nearly thirty-fve
miles fram New York. The beach is sandy,
bleak, and at this season Of the year very dan
cerous. Shrewsbury Inlet is on one side OF the
vessel, and Shark Inlet and the rugged beach Of
Squan on the other.
Accounts to seven O'Clock last evening stated
that several steam tugs We're lying by the yes
sci. but they could net approach hear enough
to render any help, owing 10 the rough state OF
the weather. The ship was going TO pieces.
Litter from Capt. Smf4 Of tie ,Necs Yatca Of
tie .4ssociptcd Press.
NEAR LONG BRANCH, Nov. l3, P. M.
About s O'Clock, came in sight ofthe wreck
lying broad-side to the beach, heading south,
with fore, main, and mizrn topsails close reeted
still standing. On reaching her, she proved to
be level with the water and full, and the swell
brraking IA heavy surges across her decks. We
had already passed many pircrs of the wreck,
and half mile on we saw the body OF a little
child apparently about four or five years old,
and quick succession also that OF man, strip
ped OF clothing, and others with clothes on
four OF FIVE bodies in all. As we approached
the wreck, so as to get Il nearer view, most
narrowing spectacle met the eyes.
The jb-boom, rigging and top Of the ship,
fore and aft, were filled with human beings
closely packed together, and cliuging to each
other and to the ropes, while the ship Surged to
and fro with each returning wave, which broke
into spray far into the rigging and over the
ship, drruc:nng and suhocatIng the passengers,
While the poor Creatures filled the air with the
most souI-harrowing and Pitllul outcries for as
SSiauce. On the beach were some two hun
d'ed persons, gathered in groups, apparently
consulting as how to act, while others sat lei
surely upon the gunwale OF the boats, which the I
heavy surf rendered it certain destruction to |
launch
We saw several beats upon the shore, appa-
realty well adapted for the purpose and
crowd OF persons dragging long Iilr-boat to-
wards the beach, where il was left, and no fur
ther attempt was made to launch it..
We saw no line from the slip to the shore,
and no fe-car. From the fact that what APP
leared the ships boat was lying on the beach,
we judged the officers and crew or most Of them, |
must have landed or been thrown ashore in, her. /
ihe tide was now at about its tull--the wind t
mad died away, and a light breeze sprung up |
from of shore, which greatly increased our
hopes that the swell would 20 down with the
i'de' aud render it possible for the boats to be
lauhched from the shore. AS to ourselves, we I
lound we could do nothing.
eliIl hoping for movement towards launch
ins the boats from shore, we continued painful I
spectators OF the scene, ringing our bell to en-
courage them, and beckoning to them on shore
10 launch the boats. When our wheels were put
u, N motion TO adjust the position of the steamer,
tHe passengers, apparently fearing we were a
.oui TO leave them, would rend the air with
,'"P'ofing cries, while others toIed the ships |
peiI, The sounds of which were borne to us a
ship
We We're near enough to distinctly see wo-
:, ,'gh n, holding their little ones with one hand,
WINE the other. bleached hv the Snrap., clnnc