The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-19
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT.

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The bark Klby Capt Low. from Ne~ Orleans, arrived
At this port this mornisg, having board twenty-five
pes~sas tken from the wreck OF steamship San Francisco
The captain gives the following account Of his falling
In with the Sap Francsco:-
On the 9th ult at 10 o'olock A. NJ whls lying to In
heavy N. W gale, ship TO the eeward, apparent
ly dismastec supposed to OF Collins steam
ships but 1T the tine could render her assistance At
Id NJ sol sfed foresA and ronnd for her. At
$40 came under her lee quarter and lay TO during the
right
Al IL midnight ship and stood for her. A $50
on the 2sh oams under her lee again. and Cpt Watkins
Of the So hailed him 70 send boAt vhioh
did And Capt. board and had intsrve~ With
ne in regard 70 which the best WY to proceed
save s lives OF bis and get then on board the
kiiby.
We concerned Immediately to boat them on beard the
X. Al noon tos small hAwser from the steamship In
order 70 expedite the working Of the boats. Worked
III dark hsv,g tabsn Of hundred and sixty when
the WIND oreezbs up rom the eastward lost the eooat
search Of two and half days proceeded the passage
for the 6rst port.
From Ja to January Is after leaving the steam
sbp had heavy gales lost sails and became esky;
short OF provisions water &c and found IL imposr
BILE 10 get iBto port
On the 18th, At A. NJ lat Al 49, Ion u 10 w.. spoke
sLip Lucy Too mpsop Capt PsLdlson tro Liverpool
New Yo,s, when Capt Fremont, u s. A, went on board
u her and contracted si,h Capt. to transfer por
top Of The troops board In excssdiDgly
crowded state and suffering for want Of provissns aud
water
Accordingly about one hundred and CITY were got on
board the L. T., and carried to New York. Capt Lo~
also indebted to Capt Pepdeten for supply OF salts
and proysonr which they very much needed the time
Al 10 O'Clock F.'day night last, Highland lights w.
~ 10 miles, wind vssrins ths ward thence to
WN W, tbs ba being sht, could mot head on, and
blown Sfy miles to the eastward OF BArnsgA whore
the sts amship Cy Of New York, Capt. Matho~a from
rhadepnis for Bost hove in sight, and bore down for
the hsrS. At 10 4. n took tov for B,Stoo
.,,.a,,os - ~ Q, .ns , ~ 1 sno~sd ,g sse,g
Mr.. Faeor, Brazilian CJusui; Madame Bssse ani
fIvaEt; NJ Q. ". A6brAo T. mrna6sr Of ths Brazilian
sovsrnmsptl and wife; also sevsnsseu Uoisd states
roopS, with Serg-aLt hoIntir. woion ocer eondu sd
himself In an .xcssdi, sy crsditabis manner Wills on
The Exchange Rsadrg Room was kept open during the
Whole Of lA night n TO telegraph the bArk her
arrival below, whiah they did At atout O'CLOCK this
roornns and her arrival At the wharf st 81 oooor,
Madame Besse, Mr.. Falcon and c. Abbrso and vie,
tahen TO the fremont Hou.s After IL had become
known that they had srrv~d several ladies and gentle
visited them for the purpose of them
their narrow esspe from waery grave and TO render
them sli the sssis,snos In their powr
The seventeen sol ers isssp " the United States
recruitiLs rooms Ms,rmaek stree, where their waots
amply provioed for and at ABOUT half past ssvs
they proc~rd-d TO Governors Island ~ steamer These
poor fellows have bad very hard tms Of It. and soms Of
succum ring the fatigue and dsP>f-a
iin fsod and sleep upon the disaster Aer
taey transferred to he bark Kilby. winch uooru
sy va, In peer oonoition 70 reosvs 30 large An 40
cestion 10 her pumoers
Having almost mir.culously escaped ceash In ths
rspf.r he poor passengers In the Kiioy found them
bucd - together IN heaps eypc-ef TO the ioos
meney ofne vsa'hsr; and though Capt Low did Every
thing postihs for tnsir con ors Their situation
ohSo in the extreme rh. vessel leaky, and had
arslyAcy sAils IL n.cssary for the passengers
nan Ihs purnps BY turnsadded which only food
LITE ioAstsd corn -itb quarter of tumolsr of
wafer each The corn th.y would pound up, and some
tn-s, w lien Of fresh, and salt vat-r Had Il not been
for pious rains ~hct everything available set TO
catch, mary 81 their number must inevitably ns-e clsi
from tsirt At tins there fal OF SNOW, which
soooped up II fell BY such could reach the deck
and ess.ry swallowed This state u thi,gs tnusd
for bir cen Day, until OF thm express ", they
had scarcely care for their lives when they spoke a-
art Of them. still their tros be, not at sod
Their vessel Tor wapt " sss hardly ols
and IT mot until they spoke the City Of Ne~ Yorh
that their ndsnos in again reaching the land fully
restored
Cspt. Low has rsesived the congratulations Of mani
merehs and others his arrival He has had
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