New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-16

directly toward Vs We put shout fr the wreck, tOi
that afternoon and the nsxi two days in saccorng those
sf The wreck The Three Bells taok OF about s per
soDf in all 90 or'i0 Of whom died before reaching
New York, and since. viii not take up space win
the of incidents of the voyage. learn thai en-
utet fellow passenger engaged 10 50 doing for the
use Of TBE TRItUsE. THOMAS BuRSsipE
SERGEANT ELIJAH r BROWN STATEMENT.
On the night Of Dec a. the swell first struck After
tie machinery stopped vessel lost her Storage way and
brosoh,d She then shipped which carried away
the hurricane deck sbaft of the wheels Major Taylor and
wife Col Washington Capt Fields and Lieut. Smith
esrr,d away by this frst The swept her
decks entirely and carried away the cattle and the mems
sleeping place the upper deck. iaarfll that the
women would get cut and fastened the doors when they
vett down below in the second cabin then vent for
ward and was swept overheard, and at one time
much ss twenty feet from the vessel There several
in the water and three besides myself saved by the
waves throwing US back After this all hands commenced
bsilirc ct cnce formed the whole regiment on board
into relief and we continued the bang necessarily for
days and SIX nights During FIVE days and FIVE nights
never le my station until at last my ANGLES became
weak that could not stand, and then stood upon my
knees until the Commodore came and pulled me away Al
the worst of ali. and when were shipping the most
water of the corporas gave the alarm Of FIRE Al, this
alarm al the inmates Of the lower cabin who
pOytd in bang rushed simultaneously for the door, and
put An end TO work for the time. then sprang upon
liable drew revolver, and threatened to shoot any
who repeated the alarm. That queted them and they
vert with their work again We next ordered to
| cut away the forward hurricane deck During this
havy gale that we were forced to lab ourselves
to the guard lines while cutting She then shipped sea-
and again thrown and struck the side OF the
vessel being prevented from reaching the sea by the lash
ng Inc iii. ,.,. u.a u.,;,,,
Noaud came Up 10 me and wanted to taks turn at bal
ing but refused and told her to go back to her berth
she afterw ard died Her death very affecting She
attacked by sudden iRdisposon resembling cholera
While the heavy pouring over the decks the
live stock became very unmanageabe and broke through
the partition which divided them from the men Cows,
hogs and all mingled together, and caused 80
much confusion that obliged to slaughter several
OF them.
During the storm was washed overheard three times
and once jumped in after daguerreoype portrait which
lost out Of my pocket lost rythng including slf5O
in gold which taken from my trunk Every trunk
was broken open before it thrown overheard found
on the wreck book with this inscription on the fly leaf
Miss Lydia Merchant, from her friend, Mrs Caroline
PHILLIPS N,wburyPort, Mass, 1852" The volume is one
Of juvenile series, and handsomely bound intend to
MANY Of the ladies exposed themselves unnecessarily
duriIg the whole time and Of them while standing
upon The main deck in imminent danger of being swept
sxcy by the surf, was forced to carry down below.
Tie non commissioned officers and men exerted them.
selves to their utmost In fact some OF them worked until
they dropped down from sheer fatigue:
man named Nit, private of Company X, was on
deck when the upper deck fell him. and his head went
through skyght in such way that he was bat slightly
INJURED executing that splinter of the wood ran his
cheek ard could not extract it, the wound healed
up and il remains there now.
During ell the time that we were working the pumps
we could get nothing to eat but biscuit and cold wafer
One curious fact in the affair was that nearly al the
sailors showed unconquerabe aversion TO going near
dead body On occasion the body of the carpenters
brother lay with bis head cut Off hour after hour and no
came near It.
The females on board evinced the utmost GOODNESS anil
presence of mind throughout the whole OF the time Some
Of them would come up ome and ask me whether we
were In danger and when replied that there great
Danger but every thing depended upon our own exerons
they appeared perfectly satisfied and returned TO their
quarters ,,,.,
with the hard usage through which had gone, which had
been the companion of Col Washington through many
years and was saved by Lieut. Winder from the wreck
This with the exception Of OF revolyers comprised
everything saved by this gentleman
VARIOUS INCIDENTS
The process by which one of the passengers of
the San Francisco was saved as learned from
the Stewardess in addition to the facts of her
;hrllipg narrative inserted elsewhere, was very
curious Having been swept from the wreck, he was
carried back by return He grasped hold of some
thing and congratulated himself the prospect OF safety
when another mountain like wave swept him into the
trough of the Tea second time A hope sank within him,
ascend avorng return carried him back to the ship
This time he was successful He seized hold of some
object and finally made his way into the vessel lie was
terribly manged Dy the hoalnS unoeis' ou NO io "'
saved.
We learn through one Of the officers Of the San Francisco
ha, robbery was the order of the day during the wreck to
an extent almost unparalleled in endh arocty The first
panic appeared to be hailed welcome signal for the
commencement Of their vilsiny. Trunks were broken
omen their contents stolen and they thrown into the
under preeIt of tightening the ship while the dying
were set upon and robbed as if by so many wolves
As several of the shpscrew and soldiers came ashore at
New.York they displayed marvellous amount and
stye OF luggage for their station We of arrests
but have no names asyet
The officer referred showed relic OF love and alec
ten which he rescued from Of these thieves as he al
leges Is large gold Ocke., with middle aged mans
miniature on one side and hair the other Of the style of
thirty wears ago with equally old fashioned chain and
modern gold pencil attached The thief died soon after
being compelled to give up II may be rescued by the
surviving friends of the at the office of Messrs
Howland AspiHwa owners Of the San Francisco No 81
souihst
rather notable instaace OF the madening influence OF
fear and fatigue given BY Of the ships crew OF the
San Francisco oolored whose name we could not
learn while on board the Three Bells He imagined that
some ptrson was trying TO murder him be would start
and spring II pursued b. demons, not unlike the victim
OF dslirium remeps He Hes restrained for time from
doing himself any harm but at length he eluded the eyes
Of his watchers and rushed upon deck excaming with
wild stare Save me<0h save me- In moment he was
amid the rmorseess waves where he had thrown himself
n his blind frenzy. He was never seen again
The Rochester Union says Our esteemed townsnan,
Prof Qunby Of the University, held commission in the
Third Regiment, T. 5. A. Of which many persisted by
the disaster the ste San Francisco. Prof @
attached to the regiment for three years and
signed his commission to take Pr,feseorship The in