New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-27
THE DISASTER IN BOSTON HARsoR.

VyE, occurred in Boston aarbor on Friday evening,
resulting in great lOss Of property the death Of three
persons, and the serious injury Of several others.
The statement Of Capt Donovan, Of the ocesn, is
as follows:
Fron he Bos,ca TrsreIey Sor p
1--WE left our wharf at the Usual hour 3 oeockl
and preceded course for Bath, Augu-is, II A.
lowed and other places on the Kennebec having on
Hoard from seventy five 10 one HUNDRED passengers;
il is in possible 20 say with certainty just 40" macy,
81 the bet srd other papers we're destroyed Az me
tine. iust before the col sion, We were aware OF tue
nppfoeeh Of the C.nsds and Epeg ths; if she KEEP,
on Der ccurse she would inevitably strike IA; but a.
our lights were no, and our whistles blowing, ~e
were confident that sbe ssw and heard us, and You'd
turn frem her course there several other 10 "a
the s-esmer Boston Forest City and Eastern SAFE,
sno a ship and bTg-quite near Us; We we're trying
10 pass 20 the right but the Can ads bore directly Tor
Us; we perceived this, and continued a sOuiherly
cOune. The Forest City and OCEAN were nearly side
by side, perhaps the former might have been quar-
ter Of mile of. Finding that the Canals was fast
coming upon US, and mus, soon strike NJ, h-I,si
her loud possible, calling upon them TO pat their
helm bard 10 port; IL they had complied, We should
have gore clear, and the collision could not have
CURED.
'The lights of the Canada were displayed bat on she
ctme sId those Of the and passengers who we're
aware Of the perous condition were in man tested
the greatest conservation The Caoada seemed to
stop onent before the collision, at any rate n
Lessen her speed | vas in the wheolhOuse with the
pilots, and M MAZE was pfODtbiF bclON Wutu tne
shock took place; il was indeed awful; the no of
the Brsh steamer struck just abaft the larbOari
wheel cutting fearful chasm IN our side and admit
ting he wsier in torrents; Immediately ran below
10 ascertain the ent of the dsmage aud 10 my uts
horror perceived thai the steamer sinking, and
that che WAS on fire. hurried upon deck 10 give the
recesssTy directions, when the moat appalling specti-
Gle net my eyes. Men, women and children we're
rum ing in all din ections shreking for aid and many
threw themselves into the sea.
The flames had in a Il moments made such fear
ful bsodwsy, that there no bOpe possibility Of
checking their progress and as every thing was dry
enc combustibe, the IRE spread with aarmiOg rapid
fly all the deck. The flames burned the rigging,
interior of the boat drapery. everything in fac
sheet Of re-all bat portion of the deck forward.
saw The perlous condition, and enGeayOred, 10 the
extent Of my ability TO restore and preserve order and
with reasonable success ordered the passene all
forward ss that the Only point Of safety. and or
oeIed the bOats 10 be lowered instantly with 4view
of saving the passengers and crew Before me ames
hsd made such rapid head say the British steamer
was able to back water and detach itself from our
side.
IL eudeavored 10 assist the women into the boats
first but in seine cases the flames prevented for
few moments, but all gbO remainei, not hsving
l.spCd overheard, taken off got the staro1Ard
life. boai down with great difficulty but the wooden
cover fell upon me severely bruisn my leg and de-
cot a. many people on board as | possibly could,
but IN dong 80 Il vas with difficulty that cpalt
keep the boat alongside, for OF those frat IN,
being ayprehCnsive that we're svfrcrowding l., A.,
tempted f. shove OH but retained my hold 20 tho
utn oct Of my strength, having my coat o. 70 OF m The
attempt Finally, when a. many Sc could with safety
go in the boat were on board. Il left u | jn nped
into another boat and eAertei ourselves t. tbs ut
uost in picking up the poor beings who we're s.rng
cling in the yer. We filled our bDit asd ont the
safely on board steamer then returDet aud re- 'unsd
work Of picking up others; this continued tlli
our boat had been TILED three times
All this time Otl er boats we're ~ busy our va
in picking up persons from the water, aud ~ten Va
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another human being 20 be seen; We believed that
all bad been thus rescued Who had not been drowned
in es ping overheard at fret and then got board
the Forest CITY believe that the three dead &C les
taken up sye all who have p-ri.hed, but i is nJoJ
sible 1t this tiGs to say with any degree of caraloy
The cause Of people rushing aft aud Iunping over
board at frst, WAS probably because the steamer
struck Us shout the after gangwsy. launched the
e boat from the star board quarter. Among the last
a the persons picked up was Mr.. Kmbat clerk Of
the boat Several OF those rescued had life pre-
servers en-.
"Tte last person rescued from the wreck vsss man
who hung in the rigging chung TO the wood work
the bows While Il q flames rolled all around hl n-he
ives taken of safely. Had there been perfect ortsr
after the collision took place /, IL probable that there
was time enough Ia have taken of every soul vita
safety. There were, probably a. many as twenty
email boats Engaged n the rescde Of persons fro the
water and wreck. Charles Pope, cJlored passenger,
who saved, 70 badly Injured that his recovery
is extremely doubtful. His wife was very bstly
bruised.
ain less than an hour from the time thu Ere broke
out the Ocean was burned 10 the waters edge The
hull of the wrecked steamer grounded ths Oats
at Deer Island. About thirty and bows
ployed board the Ocean a. her ave- sailed
nineteen ears, and this the first accident met
with. The Canada stopped evidently before the col.
fiOn, Blu, did Dot sheer out Of her course. Had she
done TO- the accident would not have occ 1rred."
Mr.. c. MilikeD, fret mate of the Forest Cry, cor
roborated the account given by Capt. Donovan He
saw the collision, and promptly dispatched boats To
the relief of the sufferers He took command of one
boat The sea was pretty rough said be, g We took
"iDto our boat about twenty persons, when W. were
"capsiZed, and we were ell 10 imminent dagger but
eve got hold Of the bottom of the boa, and thus
sustain ed selves until another boat tme % our
"relief. We then proceeded again in pursuance Of
"tbe same purpose, 10 pick up the survivors ill-i
"our boat wtn aud were &c tn relieved Of our
company by putting them on board the steamer
at was now 80 dark that We were utterly unable to
distinguish one boat from another. We took 40 80
oead booies q man and a woman, and subsequently,
the body Of q little child all Of which we nov have
board. Two boats were sent out b. the Forest
City; had charge Of one, and the second maze, VIII
liam Lee, had charge Of the other. The passengers
generally rescued as fast as they jumped over
board
The names Of the two boys saved are Edward
Proctor aged IT, and John Cole aged ID, who belonged
10 Bath and were on their way 10 that place 10 ship
for sea. Young Proctor ss, that he twice ca'chei
at a little child floating by him. but in consequence
Of man jumping from the Ocean Immediately upon
him be unable TO retain his bold,
A little chic, ,nree years old, whose parents could
no, be fornd, was also brought to the city, and car
RED TO the New-Englsnd House. The child was
found floating In the water, crying for its mother
The parents Of the above child, III medate'y after
tie collision and acting under the then prevailing
panic and consiefnstio which had seized upon al,
were seen kiss each other, embrace, aod leap into
the water where they undoubtedly persisted
A Mr. Bartholomew Grady, passenger 90 the Ocean,
soon after the collision leaped into boat with hls
child little girl ia biz arms but thu boa, vas tnrned
over twice before il rghtei and his child, in al