The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-15

enabled at lat 10 era upon hS forward deck And thers
with my hand broke open state room wnd,r and crept
no bali drowred While In the water the xht srouud
me :. worse than death ssl when ross The surface
ofhe ~ter lfaw about forty strug fling FOR life and shout
hs o. them bad blood streaming from wouads about
th.r heads Being blinded BY what thought was the salt
water put my hand to y forehead 10 wipe away tho
brine, when was surprised to 8nd bleeding self
from wound on my brow It's, therefore, cor elusive
that mt s. Of these washed away at the Same time
wounded by the crashing timbers. Besides myself Mr.
Rankin the saved of the number who were
swept Into the ocean.
Such vas the force OF the that they broke in
part Of the deck AID killed and injured several besides
selugIg the passer gers In the lowcr cabins and filing
the saloons with water Captain Gardiner slept deck
and not swept away with the Others but at ,ts
fourd man BY his side with splinter thrrst through
his head, which must have klsi him iastsntansously.
After recovered myself locked around me, and the
only dry place in the steamer the after cabin,
vhe:e the ofiosrs, with heir wives and children,
we're steWed away, lAJirg rolled In blankets, as
comfortable circumstan would permit But
oAl the Of confusion no tongue can tell,
no pen describe. The storm continued to rage,
and wire at the mercy Of the waves without
sail As alter dsshing against u.s. shrek
sftss shrek from those who dreaded to look iro
many patiently waiting TO be summoned before the
Almighty Ruler OF the storms Stout hesrts yielded,
many cheeks turIsd pals and there we're those
who tried to pray who had never prayed be
fore 1t was . scene such A made the
blood curdl' around the heart and all pulsaon
The very thoughts Of the hours and days of suffering
freeze my blood % 1t through my veins. 1t
worthy Of remark that in the hour of greatest
peril Commander Watkins, Captain Msllus Lieut. r. r.
Murray and oth,r sasn. officers constantly revived the
sinking spirits CT al board by repeated assurances Of
saty These heroic constantly bid the despondng
be of good cheer; and Heaven only knows how many
hearts, fast growing cold, we're kept With niss
blood by these gallant men.
The Rev Mr. Cooper, An Episcopaan clergyr An, read
daily from the Holy Book Of life appropriate passages
and offered up prayers for eivsrsnce To taose
prayers we're ansvsred. Those who sank beneath the
billows are now 1t peace with the world The mighty
has faten them to its BOSOM and their requiem
sung by the whistIing wiuds Of heaven.
During days Of distress the email engine kept
constantly at work pumping and by its aid the ship
kept sfoAt The San Francisco proved herself strongly
built because vessel unless made OF oak and iron,
well put together, could have swan hour n such
gale. The bulwirks and guards not strong ~
they might have bssn, and perhaps to this
lives. Had the guards and after cabin been Of iron
strer 9Th, and not yielded to the wave such its
force that would have overture ed the ship and nota
single soul wouli have been left tell the awfa tale
We we're rescued from our dismal situation by the
bark K,lby Thi, weasel was loaded with cotton and
molasses, bound to Boston, from New Orleans About
sixty bales Of cotton thrown overheard to make
room for unfortunate beings The Of transfer
ring the paaengers nts the Klby from the wreck such
sea, csa more easily be imagined than described
Husbands separated from their wive children from their
fropn Hand 18th =
meeting Oh it was awful state, and cold Is
the heart Of him whose pulsaton not quicksnsd or
his eye aimned with tear, at its rshearial The Knby
compelled TO Leave the wreck hsfe al had bees res
e..a, is soiDs impossible 10 ley .Isns 81 ie.
TIE names o, those left board the steamer were-
Major +. o. wyse,
Lieut. II. A. Winder,
CS Winder,
Chandler,
Rsnkic,
And about three hundred Others soldiers and crew. hs
above officers with many Of the passenger arrived safe.
" in New York in the Three Bells Is published in the
HkRAID yesterdayl
The names OF those board the Knby ars:-
Col. Gates, wife and three children,
Col Huiks,
Capt. Judd,
Lieut.. Loeser and wife,
Fremont, wife and three children,
Van vesst
Mrs. Major Wyse,
Surgeon eatterlee,
Mr., wis.z, Assistant Surgeon,
Capt. Gardiner, Of the Drsgoons
Lieut. Murray, Of the U. 8. Navy,
Mrs. Chase and one child,
hr. G. ". AspinwAn,
J. L. Graham, Jr, Of New York.
Antonio Falco, late Braxllian Consul Ia NJ
Mr.. Alexander BsMe