New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-03
MARINE AFFAIRS.
HEAVY Toe-corr,.,ox - ,u, ,,r-,

'e over lie boy and RIVERS and occsscring severn
aooioehr none however Of any especial importance
fsfiy 10 The morning the South feyry-bos Bedford
into the head pier No East River overthrowng sewers
of her pssserger9 snd creating great deal Of on'erns
tion among them No one on board was injured The
string piece completely demolhed
Shortly sfr the above tie ferry boat Transit followed
suif by striking pier No J. Part OF the passengers WIRE
landed at this Of them hun but mu b frightened
The feuy boat OF injured
At about O'Clock as the bo.' Wysndank crossing
The East Rverhon The Atlantic Deck Ferry sbrsas; White
han she in contact with the steamer Storm and stove
: in her wheehouse guards &c The confusio By this
collision Of The widest magi liable Bcs boas were
loaded viii passenger none Of whom knew where they
law or what wss the extent OF the disaster Afer short
lime II vss aso sined that the Wyandank rot i11red
which slaved tie eIcitment aud fesIs Of the passengers
on bosrd The boa, then Continued her In short
time another shock vac experienced and the confusion CT
the former co sion ssd Afer examination however
was found that the boat had Into the end Of the What
Of the Staten island Ferry TIE passengers glad put 81
end 10 their adventures by waer jumped lahore Oh the
wharf The wyandank, this tine was slightly damaged
After come further difficulty she taken into her own
slip after en- absence Of an hour ana half he trip to
Brooklyn.
The ferry beat Transit leaving the zip at the foot Of AZ
laptic 81 about g O'Clock A. NJ narrowly escaped 7un
ming into bark anchored the Bfooklyn shore On
approaching the NewYoIk ride owing TO The strong
rent seng up the East River che With great force into
fore and aft schooner lying at the end Of pier No > car
ring away the schooneTs bu1arks. fore rigging ca;
heads. &c on the ..arbosrd side The passengers on the
Transit sDorg whom were many women, were greatly
terrified Aher some delay she succeeded working into
the ferry slip at the of Wall where her passengers
landed Her proper slip is a. TIE foot of Whitohals,
about four or five hundred yards below The fog
dense the time of this that was impossible
70 distinguish objects three yards Distant fism he boat
The Staten Island ferry boats compelled ~ omit
many of their usual morning rps and some Of the boats
Of this ferry hours in the trip from the Quarantine
Tie Fulton ferry boat GOwanus, about ~ o'clock in
making the trip to Brooklyn against the end Of the
pier breaking the string piece OF the dock slower her
rudde and burst portion of her deck The force Of the
conclusion great that number Of the horses on
board the boat were thrown down She had about GOO
the most of whom landed at the dock and
The vessel aferward warped into the clip.
Only one boa, was run the Caharine 81 and Gouver
st erries and only one or two slight accidents oc-
cured.
The Roosevelt slip ferry boats made only two trips dur
ing the fore noon, and those at great hazard
The Peck slip and Wilsmsburgh Ferry not in opsr
alton during the hicket Of the fog the boats all going to
The Grandst Ferry
No vessels ventured up the bay from the Hook during
the fore Steam whistles and fog bells were of great
service
On Tie North River there were no accidents Owing to
sea they avoided. The ferry boats, however,
were much delayed in making their trips
About ocock in the afternoon the mist gradually grew
Fighter and finally entirely disappeared
The steamboats, Worcester and State Of Maine with the
Eastern mail did not arrive until T. they having been
detained by the fog.
HEAVY WEATHER At IA.
There were quite number Of arrivals YESTERDAY oil
IT. Id arally
on the coast
Clipper ship Rapid arrived yesterday from London and
Ise of Wight March l. March - lat a n lon Il W,
in heavy gale from NV to L carried away foreyard,
split ssii &c l7b lat a. lon ~ spoke clipper ship Kate
Hooper Jackson Of Baltimore 20 days from Liverpool for
NewYork during the gale OF i9th carried away her man
yard sprung lead OF manmast, &c day saw ship
GarIick from Liverpool for New York 2'th lat IL N
lon &C W. saw a steamship, supposed TO be the Washing
ton hence for Bremen The RAPID arrived off the Hook
at delight Saturday morning but owing to the dense fog
could not procure a pilot
Packetshp Conqueror from Liverpool Feb B. saw large
quantities of ice of Georges Banks and experienced very
heavy weather
The Star o, the West from Liverpool Feb 10, had one
death and two births the passage March TO- Ia. 80 20
org 40 49, saw large quantities Of iedoe same time,
pnssed clos 70 several small ber from 10 TO 20 feet above
the water that night had the deck covered with snow to
be depth OF six inches Has been twenty days to the
westward of the Grand Banks with heavy westerly gals
with snow and hail Split sails &c Took pilot on En-
day. the Isi ult from pilot boat Julia 50 miles souh east
from Sandy Hook
The " illiam Nelson 80 days from Havre had deaths
10 births u the paisag. March G. lat ~ 3d. long ~
while un5er close r. ed fore and maintopsai and rested
fore,al in a violent gale from f while taking IN fore
Fail the ship preached to- split feretoPsai ioresa ana
,prune foremost March @ lat AZ long 49, wind w
scoring WNW under cose reeed topsals, very thick
weather and came suddenly field OF ice 10 feet
tbck bore ship Immediately to l. was 20 minutes get
,nc clear during which time knocked of 10 feet oil lower
cut wafer bruised stern, started the wood &c March p
la, 4ac4o lonr CO. Ggnalized ship Forbes rigged'
showing sw allow tail signal
R.,l Star of the East "a days from Para, had heavy
weather on the coast was 20 days north OF Ha'tera'
Dric Walhoundipg DAYS from Turks Islands reports
beavv weather ard loss OF main opgalant mast tps
/ sails &c.
scbooper Anthem from St. Marks b days had heavy
weather split sails &c ,,,..,
schooner Roanoke from Passport Lost part Of her deck
load and stove bulwarks
loss OF THE SPANISH WAR STEAMER FiEAhho.
IT, sahoor.r Jobp White Cspt wcodhouss from
Rar,cos March % brings intelligence OF the loss OF the
Sn.a;sh v,r .teamer Pzarro The particulars are as
follows nj, i, MI
1ta arrived 81 he choracc Of Playa de Mie
orposte Bsracoa hsrbor the lln Of March ron -
Jaco de Cuba with 500 soldiers on poad 90 e1cn1ns
,;;b those in garrison BaTacos. she embarked them
On hoard and left the night at II clock aa a.
o'clock next morning struck on the reel on eApc Wy
on the east end Of Cuba Inc BOATS wee d. So. @
s;de In, steamer in attempting 10 lower away we uVPs
3o in number and her OF 100 men were i,huee .!
RATS formed of the steamship yards ana 'ophs.s
commander OF the steamer immediately usPs r.. uou
,-ssa, cross land 10 Bsrscoa for assistance Inc cap
tn OF the rort Immediately dispatched the Jou
q Mite with launches and boats, and arrived a. tne