The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-01-21
WRECK OF THE SAN NClSCO.
1ro Hundred and Forth /, Lost

l7ro Hundred and Forty As Lost
Safety cfhe koo'en an>iidren.
New York, Jan. l3.-Ble ARRIVAL
ot The bark Three Bells, ntsence has
+ last been received from wreck of
| tn" steamship San Franci.c. 1t is rem.
drred certain that 24O OF /. on board
peHsh"d. having been swepverhoard
hy the sea during the gale the Odd Of
Dec, by which the vessel crippled
Among the lost We're lor Taylor
and wife, with Col. Wasllilon, Lieut..
. Smith and Capt. Field.
Tn board the bark Thri Bells 230
OF the saved, including MajWyse and
Lieut.. Winder.
Others OF the rescued, iiud'ng Col.
Cato, Maj. Merchant, Colurke. Capt.
lndd, Lieut.. Fremont, Lie3Losser and
Lieut.. Van Wort, includg all ladies
except the wife Of Col. Thor, are on
board the brig kilby bounto Boston.
Lieut.. e. s Winderond Lieut..
Chandler are on board thehip Antarc-
tic, bound 10 Liverpool. II the troops
saved are divided betwe, the three
vessels.
The San Francisco raained ahoat
from the 241 u't., Until II 9th of Jan.
uary. whrn she went dow.
| AID rloNAL Particulars.
/ The following additioni particulars
I in regard to the disaster ttthe Steamer
. San Francisco, are understood to be all.
thrntc:
The steamer was causa in the gale
OF the night OF the 24h December,
(Sa'urday,) and disabled. Soon after a
heavy sea swept the decks washing over
board, and involving in immediate death
two hundred and forty passengers, in
GLIDING Col. j. NJ. Washington: Lieut..
f f'aR%iibBr aGar%lrtt.l r F'r''""' Major
The wreck drittnd about until Jan. 3,
when she was fallen in with in latitude
80 de- =, looy. 50 deg, by the ship Three
Bells, lIon Glasgow, the bark kilby Tor
Boston, and the ship Antarctic for Liv.
erfooI, which vessel took off the crew
and the remaining passengers.
G. W. Asplnwall, Esq, of Philadel.
phia. was saved, and is on board the
bark Kilby.
The Three Bells brings in $50 from
the wreck.
All the spars and sails of the Steamer
were blown away, in the gale of the
oath. a O'Clock. On the morning OF
the 18th, Christmas day, the engine
stopped working, the piston-rod break
ing of, and thus leaving the vessel 10
tally unmanag-able' The sea every
moment struck her tremendous blows
under her guards, tearing up the plank
ing fore and aft, on both sides. At the
same time, the ship commenced TO leak,
,Nhen the troops were organized into
ling gangs.
o5,Y o'clock on the morning of the
+ r;hls We sea struck amid ships with ter
smoke Sc. carrying away both the
Saving in, al! the upper saloon and
} thruugh VA quarter deck entirely
number of pa,g overheard large
W ashinSton ana
above,) two ladies' srs' CAS- mentioned
t addition to the w,ie%es unknown, III
! three civilians, names Capt Taylor
Il axd $50 United States tto unknown
sane moment, three persos' Al ine
!, the waiter, the barber of tbs BROOKS,
! the Carpenters brother, Mr..a' an'
were killed by the crushing OF tkske'
beers.
On the 2sth of December, spoke I
= bark kilhy, Of Boston, bound for NJ
York, who Law by the wreck until
o'clock on the 29th, when the work
:, getting the passengers on board v
II commenced. With considerable dl
: Guilty upwards Of 100 persons got
y board the bark, men, women and Gu
e e dren. including the officers above me
y toned with their families. Capt. Ju
,, and wife, Lieut.. Fremont and FAM
!" G. w. Aspinwall, and }. l.. Graha
= At night, thu wind increasing, W
- sluallv weather, the kilby let 60
- hawser, al 10 o'clock, after which II
- nothing further was seen OF the bark
"' those left on board the wreck.
j. The gale continued throughout
u goth and 3lst, and large number
"' the men became perfectly exhaust
r. many sick and dying.
~ On the morning of Sunday, Jan.
-, eight days from the time the ship
disabled. the despairng hearts OF
~ hapless people on board were cheered
~, ~ ,h. Scotch ship Three Bells, wh
having been spoken, bore down tor
wreck, and lay by until 3 T. M, w
a her boa, came alongside.
Ic. The same day, the ship Antarc