The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-11
The Missing Packet ships Waterloo and

Among the many vessels of every class it has been
painful duty during the past winter to or
missing are the two splendid Liverpool packet ships
Waterloo and Levathan Both these vessels cleared on
the same day, (he 10th Of last December from this
port for Liverpool The Waterloo sailed on the 23d Of
December and the Leyahan the bar on the same
day. and both undoubtedly experienced the tremendous
weather of the 30th of the month"; which strewed
coasts with many wrecks An arrival at Liverpool
few weeks subsequent to their sailing reported seeing
vessel in distress dsmasted and apparently endeavorn9
to make for the Western Islands, which thought to-
resemble the Waterloo, but latest dates from those
places mention nothing of her. of the arrival there Of
any similar vessel Of the Levathan her sailing hence
is the last heard of her.
The Waterloo was very fine vessel of 900 tons
then and had been trading between this port and LIVER
pool regular packet from the time she left Messrs
westervelt and Mackays shipyard in 1885, her de-
parture last December She owned Tor principally
soy by Hessrs Kermit Carew of South street. and was
commanded by Captain Edmund Harvey, of this city e.
very experienced sailor.
The following were the names Of her officers and
crew.
Cdptain-Edmund Harvey.
First Mute-Wm. Richardson.
Second Matc-Robert Maddocks.
Carpenter-Thomas Ireland.
Stecayd-Wm. II. Garribrance
Goodwin. Peel
Seamen
Jas. Bennett, Henry wilkins,
Wm douglass, John samson,
GEORGE heed, Tho8. Fleming,
Thomas Stone, Ebenexer Lane,
John Brown, David Sanders
Thos. Summons, John NcCawley,
David Robinson John Kinsley,
John Nichols, Michael Driscon,
Jas. Roberts, Louis Roberts,
John Riley, VIM. McCarty
She had no cabin passengers but believe there were
two or three in the teerage whose names are not OBJ
tainable.
The cargo of the Waterloo composed of $500 bar
rels of -four, 19cS7 bushels of wheat 1893 bales Of cot
ton 749 pounds Of cheese, cask of manganese 1924
barrels Of rosin, land GRO stayes valued at about
$4,000. The vessel which valued at s45 0o0 was
covered by insurance in Wall street Her freight money
was SO 600, and was probably insured well as the
cargo.
The Levathan Of the finest of our noble packet
ships She registered 2O7 TONS and was not more than
three years old having been built at Newcastle Name
for the Liverpool trade, in 1885, and worth about
$4,000 Her owners were Messrs. Sturges, Chairman e
Co., of Wall street She commanded by Capt Rufus
Knapp FIRST rate seamen, and most worthy man. Who
has left wife and children. Her first officer was
Mr. Thomas s. Underhl of this city, who has also lefta
family. The number Of souls board the Ieviathan
when she sailed from New York was twenty nine in
Guiding two passengers. The following their names
Cdptain-Rufus Knapp
First Adte-Thomas j. Uunderhin.
Second Adte-wliam Smith.
Third Mdte-W. H. Place.
Cdrpenter-Edward Hulsc
Steicard-Alfred Frey.
C00k-James Belts.
,Seamen.
John Berry, Stephen Marshall
Humphrey Davies John Jones'
GharesCoe, George Farley,
Ihomas Nolan, Henry Fink
Ihomas Adams. Charles Phoenix,
James Wilson, George Smith
William Somers John Burma
William O'Nel, Denis Miller,
James Thomas, James Blake.
Boys.
William Roland, Patrick CUMMINGS,