Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-01-19
Loss Of the steamer Sam
francisco, and &AO
Lives
Nav Ynrk jim l3

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IA heavy sea swept her decks, AID wasl.
ed overheard 240 IassengeIs licludlng
Col. }. NJ. Washlngton. Lieut. smith,
Capt. ii. b. HI Id, and Major Tay ler
and vile. The ship driii-d about unil
with by The ship Thee Bells, from
\ Glasgow. bark kilhy, for Bosirn. ard
the ship Antarctic, from New York Tor
| Liverpool. in LAT. 3S, lon so, viii, h YES
gel took oil the crew and The remaining
| passengers. The troops were divided
among three vessels. Major +. o.
Wise aud Lleu'. w. A. Winder are OH
board the Three Bells. Col. VIM.
Gates, Major Merchant, Capt. Judd,
Lieut.. Frremont, Lieut.. Loeser, Lieut..
/ Van Voas, and all the ladies except
Mrs. Taylor are Oh hoard The bark
/ kiby, bound TO Boston. Lieu. &. S.
Winder and Lieut. }. G. Chandler are
Oh board he Antarctic.
H The Three Bells arrived here this
evening. Her spars and sails were
blown away on The night Of the 24Ih
H uIt. On the morning OF The 25lh The
engine Of the Sn Franeisco stopped, HE
/ piston rod breaking of, leav ny The yes
sci totally unina ageable, The sea slrlh-
II ing her Tremendous blows under The
guards, and tearing up The plankmg
II tore and aft Oh both sides. AT tie
| same time she began making walter,
Il when the troops were organized luto
water bailing gangs. Al 8 O'Clock, on
1 the 29th, "A heavy s,a struck her amid
\ shlpS. carrying away both smoke stacks,
all The upper saloon, Shaving The quarter
Il deck, and washing overheard ii large
Il number OF passengers. nclnding Col.
Washington, Ma jor Taylor and wife,
Capt. Field, Lieut.. Smlth. TWO ladies
4 names unknown, Il rec civilians, also
unknown, and $50 U. s. troops. AT The
same tine three men were kuled, VIZ
H Brooks, "A walter the barber oi the
boai,and the carpenters brother, II IL ed
4 Duckeu.
On the 2s,h, spoke barque Kilby. OF
Boston, bound to New York, which lay
10y unlll p. N. Oh the 29lh, getting The
passengers Oh board. Upwards oi one
hundred got on board, including men,
women and children, among them the
officers before reported, and their iamr
lies, also Capt Judd aud wife, Lieut..
Fremont and family, George Aspinwal,
and J. Graham. ht night, the wind in
creasing and squaIly, The Kliby let 20
the steamers haws r at 10 O'clock, and
nothing was seen G! her afterwards.
The gale contiL throughout the
3rh aud 3lsr, and large number oi
The men were sick and dying. On The
morning OF January ls,, spoke British
ship Three Bells, which lay by her, of
III ,,,,t! II uLnn hn
\ boat alongside. On The sane day the
ship Antarctic hove IN sight, and bore
down on her. On Wednesday, the 4lh,
both ships commenced taking of her
passengers, provisions and waier,' and
at sunset, on the 9th. had them all on
board. The mex, morning, took of the
crew and officers, Capt. Watkins being
the las, man TO leave The San Francisco.
The Three Bell. brings into This port
233 souls. including passengers, troops,
officers and seamtn ui the steamer
There were II deaths among the crew
VI the steamer, from the time she was
disabled up to January Sih, including 2
washed overheard.
New YoRx, Jan. IA.
Il Those on board the San Francisco
\ when she lett this port, 20 far as we
can at present learn, may be accounted
Tor as follows:
On board the Three Bells at this por,
H 230.--On board the Antarctic for Liver.
pool l7O. On board the X 'lby for Bo,-
/ ton 90. X lled or washed overheard
$50. Total $50. The kilby being short
OF provis ons and having only one cash
of water on board, would probably
make tor tie nearest port.
She has no, yet been heard from.
The number of troops lost, according
to Lieut. Winder's computation Is near
/ ly or quite l60. -Four officers were
swept off by t"e wave that cleared the
\ de k of over 100 souls.
The troops or board The Three Bells
have lost ne. rly every article OF clothing.
Many OF them are prevented from COM
ing on shore for want OF apparel
| Capl. Watkins, Mr.. Sche!l, the purser,
/ Mr.. Barton aud Mason, Sd and 4lh OF.
fcers, Washington Ducket carpenter,
and Lieut.. Chandler Of the U. S. Army,
all went 10 Liverpool in the Antarctic.
1 The remaining officers OF the ship re-
turned IN the Three Bells TO New York.
The San Francisco was seuttled be-
lore bJng abandoned.
Il On tine 26th, two vessels hove in slight;
one OF the ships, the Napoleon came
| alongside. We were then tightening
/ our spip, as much as possible, by throw
ing over provisions aud heavy articles
| The N. promised to ay by US, but al
Ter picking up as many provisions as
she wanted. left us during the night.
h The next vislter which cheered us was
the bark KIIby, Of B 'ston. Capt. Wat
kins went on board and Il ade con-
tract Ior the conveyance OF all the pas
sengers to the nearest port. He then
called for volunteers tn stay by him, 10
makelone more attempt 10 save the ship.
In ten minutes he had twenty men, the
\ number he required, VITO volunteered
to stay by hin and aid him in the al
/ tempt
Il We sent an officer and some men on
board the Kilby to throw of her cargo
and tighten her About two o'clock, we
commenced ranshipping The ladies and
shldren in small boats, aid by night
Il had about 100 men, women and chill
H dren transferred TO her, intending to
\ complete the transhlpment IN the NOR
ming. About or p. M. We were
alarmed by the new danger oi fire near
the cooks galley. After some consider
able exer;ions we succeeded in exiting
Wishing it.
Il Dnung the night heavy gale sprung
Il up, accompanied by the worst cross
A.