Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-11-23
The Loss Of the New Era.

| II sliS itSs VI oCdiHcn Sa'Cus VIC HOtlce the
names OF George Jordan, first mate Joseph
Perry, Phipsburg, John Stacey and James
Turner of this city, and Charles III. Griffin o.
Brunswick. The latter, a lad of Is years
! gives the following straight forward account
Of the disaster, which will be read with inter
est. We copy it entire
g She sprung leak week or SO before
she went ashore, and we were compelled tc
keep both pumps gong night and day. Fol
three days previous to our going ashore, we
had thick and heavy weather, in fact during
the whole passage we encountered vioen
head winds. We took soundings at o'clock
on Monday morning and found seventeen faith
oms OF water; again at 5, when we were in
fifteen tathOms of water. At IL we had
shoaled TO eleven fathoms. We reported the
result of our sounding to the captain, and the
second mate came forward and told the watch
that from the sand on the lead, we must be
near the Jersey shore and that we must keen
a good look out for land. Two men were
placed on the lookout, but the fog was SO dense
that no object could be dlscerned more than
half length ahead. About ten minutes after
6 she struck. while going at the rate of six OF
seven knots per hour, under close reefed top
sails, main topmast staysail, fore topmast stay
sail, main spencer and spanker.
About three O'clock in The morning we had
made more sail than we had previously been
carrying. had it NOT been for this we probably
shonld not have been wrecked Immediately
after we grounded, the captain came on deck
| and gave orders 10 brace around the wards.
which was done, and an effort made to back
her off. After several Intellectual attempts we
found this impossible, as every sea was driving
| her further on The beach. Orders were then
| given to clear away the boats. The first boat
was manned by the first and second officers and
three of the crew, and started for the shore
with line, but in consequence the line being
too short they did not succeed IN getting il
ashore, as they were compelled 10 let it go, al
though the boat reached the beach. The sec
/ ond boat was then lowered and manned for the
purpose Of trying to get another line on shore,
/ but the line became enlangled ON board the
ship, and the boat was obliged to let it 90 also.
/ Our last boat (the long buat) was cleared away
! and got over the side, 10 renew the attempt to
/ get rope on the beach That boat was large
| enough 10 carry abou, IS or 80 persons; five
or six of the crew got into her TO bail her out.
| Al this time the captain was in The miZzen
! rigging, on tie starboard side, and gave MS or
ders about the boat Six Of The crew were in
/ her bailing, when sea struck her, and her
painter parted. She was carried away from
| the ship, and those who were in her were
obliged to make for the shore. The ships
surgeon, DR.. Papenhusen, attempted to get into
her BY lowering himself on line, but was too
late, and the sea washed him of, and he was
drowned. The captain then descended 10 The
| rigging, and came forward on to the iibboom.
\ Eight or ten Of the passengers, in attempting
to follow him, were carried overheard by the
waves, When the ship struck, the passengers
were all between decks, with The exception OF
twelve who were taking their turn at the
pumps. The sea broke over US and rushed
Y into the between decks, drowning many Of the
women in their berihs.
4 Those who could do SO rushed upon deck,
many OF them nearly in state of nudity and
ran about the deck, shrieking in the most
painful tones. The houses on deck, the top
of the poop cabin, and every place of shelter,
were crowded with them. In the forward
house were some fifteen or twenty persons
mostly women. These were carried over
board, together with the house in which they
sought refuge, BY tremendous sea that nea r
/ ly cleared our decks. As many persons as
were able assembled the starboard rigging, and
cung to it for safety from the great seas that
dashed over US. The captain told the people
to remain quiet, and they would all get ashore
4 but they needed him not. but kept crying fol
assistance. The captain also shouted at the
/ top of his voice for help from the shore. The
| poor people on board were being continually
swept off into the sea- The whole of the
rigging on the starboard side was filled with
them, probably to the number of 200 souls.
After several Intellectual attempts, the peo-
1 pie on shore succeeded in firing a shot ovel
US, and sending a line across our royal stay
and man on the end of the flying jibboom
caught it. The captain made it fast by the
/ fore stay, and all -af US hauled the life boa
from the shore to 80 ship. The captain go
into the fore chains, and was followed by part
of the crew. The boat having capszed sew.
eral times in coming to us, was full of water
and the captain ordered some of the crew tC
get in and bail her out. AS soon as they go
in he jumped overheard, and scrambled into
the boat, leaving five Of the crew and his
passengers on board. AS soon as he got into
the boat he cried out to the people on the beach
to haul him on shore. When the passengers
saw the captain leaving his ship, ten or twelve
Of them jumped overheard, and four of them
| got into the boat-the remainder were
drowned. The coast people hauled the boat
towards the shore, but she capsized three times
in going, and only the captain, three Of the
crew and one Of the passengers got ashore in
safety-the remainder were drowned. On hel
way to the shore the line connecting the shore
and the ship parted, and we were again left to
despair. The people on shore again fired lines
to rs, but only one, the last, was successful
this caught on the toretopsail brace, but beyond
our reach.
| BY this time it was nearly dark and the
while the ga was running so high that they
could do nothing for US with their boats. The
few members Of the crew remaining on board
| five Of us) dashed ourselves on the jibboom.
About 10 o'clock on Monday night, a boat
1 from steamboat came to US, within haling
distance, and asked US how we got along
replied that we should do very well till morn
ing if the ship held together, but l did not
think she would last SO long. The captain OF
the boat told us to hold on and he would soon
be off to US with life boat and assistance
We got a line ready for lowering ourselves
into the boat, and he returned In about half an
hour and hailed US again to know how we
were. We asked him to come along and take
us in, but he waited for fifteen minutes and
found it impossible to come, as the sea was so
boisterous. About o'clock fire was made
up on the shore and kept burning all night,
and persons stood by it during the darkness.
The poor people on board were crying and
grooming all night, but no earthly assistance