Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-11-17
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New York, on Sunday night, accompanied With
iesrfuIloss Of lile We make up The following
account
The ship New Bra was built by Meisn. Hitch.
cock q &C., OF Bath, Me-, during tho present year,
She wasof lhiheen hupdied and twenly.eighl tons
hutlhen, and was valued atseyentY-one thousand
dolloIs, The Insurance on her were $50, 600 with
Boston companies s2b,000in Bath Men and about
30, 700 In New York.
About the 22d Of September last she sailed from
the noh Of Biemen, under command OF Captain
Henry, on her fisl voyage for he port Of N. York,
with large number OF German Immigrants
Amer somewhat tedious passage, The New Esa
came fully in sehtof land about midday Of nuh-
da,, The 10Th int, aud continued bet oouitg IN
dense log, She ran ashore between Deal anl Long
Bmnch, during The same night, Alenseefy honI
on Monday morning she was perceived lynx WIN
hef broad he 10 shoIe, With very heavy sea on
which was breaking over her and washing nee
deck. At 10 O'clock noon, there were pereepu'
bic signs Of hrT breaking up.
From the moment she was seen every eiort Wa7
made by The people Oh shore TO save the paHgn.
ges. Bafly in the afternoon they had sueeseded
| N passinr lines tnthe ship, and IN shot time
after, Captain Henry, With twenty Of the passen'
gers, was landed nsafeiy.
From them Il was harmed that before they lell
The vessel over one hundred and fly Of The Ie'
manning passengers were dead, having bten eilhsl
snolhefed between decks, drowned by the dow Of
water, (Which was continually sOTgug oveT lheml
or been swept overheard Renewed rAetl'ons wee
made lfonl he beach TO save The balance o. the
people on board, but up 10 The moment OIL our
last accounts they were altendv with very mule
success.
Tie New Rra was consigned TO MessIs, O. q,
Duncan & Co. N. ", and inquiries OF then olhce
confirmed the correctness OF our Intelligence Of
the melancholy disaster
Messn Duncan & Co. believed that The New
Bra was wiihvntanY epVo, aud they had mol te'
eeiyed q list olilhe names OF The passengers VINO
sailed from Bfeinen In lleT. We aIe, theitloiei
unable to relieve The anxiely Of hundreds Of our
pebple who had expected relatives OF iHenus 70
arrive In this Inflated vessel, as we suppose that
the same lax coilne VI rule was pursued IN her
which is observed, very strangely 10 must oil The
emigfanl slips coming here, ylSi not 10 make out
the nominal TOLL Of people on board until the cap.
tain completes II on The capslan heud, when Of
Staten Island.
AS the emgIanls on board were OIL Ge;mans, u
Is most likely that we shall never be able 10 find
out The list OF the names OF the people who have
been suddenly LOST and this fatal shipwTeck will
in all probability have to be classed amongst the
solrowlul "reminiscences attending The loss Of The
Powhalon, on the same shore. when moi even one
human icing was len to tell The sad tale Of the ca
lamitU
Capt. Smith, Of the news yacht Of The Associa-
ted Press, who proceeded on Monday morning to
the scene Of the disaster il the steam tug Achilles,
writes
About O'Clock we came 10 sight Of her, lying
bTUadslde 10 the beach, heading 70 Tho southNatl,
with her fore, main, aud mzen topsais close reel.
ed still standing On reaching her, she proved "a
10 level with the water end full, aud the swell
breaking in heavy suIges across etdecks. we
had already passed many pieces OIL lLe week. ond
half mile further on we saw The body Of liIllt
child, apparently abvp. four jean Old. and IN
quick succession also lhot OF a man, stripped OIL
clothing, and Others win ololhes on--louT OF dvt
bodies In az. As we approached The wIecki 10 o.
tn get neafeI view, most narrowing spectacle
mel the eye.
'rhe iib.boom, rigging and Top Of The ship, fore
and al, were hllediwith human beings closely
packed together, and clinglng 10 each other and 10
The tones, while the ship suIged 10 end flo with
each returning wave, which broke into spray IN
into the isging and overt the ship, dIeuching aud
suloea,ing The passengers, while The poor cTsa.
lures filled The ait with Tile most sonl-huTiowinl
pitlul outcfies for assistance. On The beach were
some Two hundred penons galheIed IN groups,
apparently consulting os 10 how 10 act, while oll-
eiG sat leisuTely upon tie gunwale Of the boats,
which the heavy SUIT rendered Il certain deslruc.
lion TO launch.
We saw ssvetal boals Upon lie shore, apna-
renllY well odapled for ltal purpose, Rnda Grove
Of persons dragging long lte-boal towards The
beach, where il was len, and no further attempt
was male 10 launch H. We saw no line from The
ship to the shore, aud no lie.cat. From the facl
that what appeared the ships bootwas lying on
the beach, we Judged The officers and crew, ol
most OF them, must have landed OF been thrown
ashore In her. The tide was now about alils lulli
the wind had died away, and q slight bfeeze
sprung 10 irom UlfshOre, which greatly Increased
our hopes that the swell would 10 down with The
tide, and render II possible (ot the boo!s 10 b.
launched from ships. Aslo ourselves, we found
we could Co nothing.
The steamer which il employed EXPRESSLY by
the underwriters 10 render assistance 10 vessels
ashore, as n0llhe sign OF guIl.boal on boafd--
nothing but Two msernble lawlS both Of which
would scarcely float Tie vessels crew, were she
sinkinR; and one VI them could not float herself
put overbontd Not spar, line, or life-phservef
mot piece Of cork bigenonyh 10 foat down.
lug dog BY4i O'clock The swell had so much
subsid,d that every PASSENGER could have been
rescued had there been q snfl.bost on board, end
there was moi isli, from lhe fireman 10 The pilot
and captain, who would mol have Ttloleed nt The
opportunity Of snatching The roOr SuiiereIs from
death had they had the means Of doing Il.
By whose neglect is itlhal these steamboats, are
moi ptoyided will suil.bOals for such dfeadlul
enc rsencirs as ibisi Still hoping fot movement
toward launching The boats from The shoIe, we
continued painful spectators Of The scene, ringing
out bell 10 encourage them, andbeokoning to!hen
on shore to launch tile boats. When our Whsell
we're nut In motion 10 adjust HE position OF iht
steamer, The passengers apparently fearing we weIt
nLoul 10 leave them, would Iend The air with i'm
Iploing cries, while 0lhels tOlled the ship'S bell
the sounds Of which we're borne 70 US above th'
wailings o. the surf that swept over tie ship.
We were nesT enough 70 distinctly see women
holding up their little ones with one hand, while
the other, bleached by The spray elung with I
death gIip to The fAilings on wlohihey stood. One
oftwo in the miIztn rigging had on but shit
On the iOTeoaslle there stood few moments agC
gionp Of four children 10 The stay, but they az,
now gone--a heavy swell has probably sWep
them away NenhAye been seen 10 fall isom lh'
b.boom into the surf.
The writer proceeds 10 nanate the Intellectual
edoIis made 10 rescue the unfortunate paSsengefs
Al dark the sea was making complete bIeocl
over her, aud nj o'clock she had sunk levelwilt
tho sea. The following dispatch, with others e
be found under our lelegaphic head, tell ihesad
result aud ieInble loss Of life;
I
MoEE oy TmE wREoKEp snfr rEw ERA--pEEApSOt
10 soEL LIVE.
NEw YonK, Nov, l4lh, 4P. M.-7The ven a.