New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-19

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q ore elotk tie ester va. stu iogy on s9lll.aS
We .rrd ourtvts in tvelye isLom water, upon whi,h
ue Plot orcued the helm up immed aiey, - wear le'
r,rtd p he 81 slor tacL, bui IN wearing Size struck t5
berth WIN about hallway round. The ~ was sill %
derse that We igutTertot where ahous bit SIP
r,d onrft on tic outer bar the cean- up OF the
H. Icv ever about half an hour afterward fund W
I'D proluc,d On Long Bran Beach. A 5000 a. tls
fip ftiucI civeo up The toy sai and clea ca away
lie bot.s but The sea began to rse and he VIVA blsg
es II M OIL shor hat could not launch them wrh
srv uoilty Il their riding through tie breakers Iae
Tt.trceis eTfuy excited rushed into The steer
ace Iol me for tier little property AID then elan req
ito lie boats hey hung up"nti davis The futy OF
f c. Of coLGuciTas explained 20 III m hnl iaey were
9th induced Ia 20 below, and wat uat essi.tne
could be obtained from the shore. By o'clock the sea
was running gTfu hight aud Zach breaker dlsled
sea1st DC clip il lifted Ter higher on TO the beach ana IN
reedrg Jet lerd with great force upon the sand ~
those shot ks the spar and blocks alO began %
Give way and fell upon the deck 10 tbs imminent Danger
Of al who renamed GpoA aeek In con- q!eo. 'ls
ordered the mass 10 be cut away the Captain t1puShl
uo ID be aoyi-ahe e. await little longer bat nndn tlN
matters only becoming stu worse, he hlaly coz
fenled; and the weather rigging was a'ce'u
iuely cut away the next breaker again h-Jl
the ship ard her fore AID main Inass we o. the oo-u
The mzzen was left standing but a: the man nas' wen.
by the board it carried away the main toPa ana III ~
gearing This ghtensd the ship considerably ana the
breakers carried her It'll nearer the shore she continued
TO LuHp Heavily that no person cohid stand upon lns
deck and the sea began make clean breach over her
Two furi boats had managed at great peril TO get unle
cur lee into these dropped dozen passensers and
thew returL,d 10 the shore narrowly escaping beng
swamJe he had now become too rough Tor boat
to b. able rice through the breakes ana the sorenon
would venture of again. lhr WIND increased 10 lary,
ard tie length seemed absolutely avenous Tor our
detuction sent huge swelling tongues oil wA.er
over Us and along deck, licking up every movable
object that lay around and lahing into exusn loan as
it broke around aud swept 1t oil. Anon Wouid
seem 10 pnash in ioaming whieness, and seethe ana
boil and wallow all around US, in very madness
AT IFS imnotency TO compass our destruction ten
Won SIR il was grand and terrible. The fog be
tween us and the shore had cleared up ana We coaid
discover that tie people VINO mai ny ns .lns @
In considerable numbers the beach were making PIE
paraoIs to get hawser to us from me shofe oooh we
could see them coming along from tie Government Sta
ton, about mile to the southwark Dragging on u
FruCi-s Metallic Life Boats, and mortar ana the i-e
Car For such rgencies there Is OF these stations
situate al mile intervals, ell along the shore In ca
buse Il ere If wood ready set in the stove and supply OF
fuel together with blankets and every necessary Tor the
comfort Of sbipwrecked people And to afford them assist
orce one of Francs Metallic Life Boats is kept upon
haweIs and other requisites for the rescue OF the sup
wreckedl When our people the approach OF these
implements they began to be little stouler hearted ana
tie women ceased 10 cry About TINS uhe Cap1 Ocls
deserted the steamer Jame.tOwn, from Norfolk coming
aong through the fog hailed her and took boat ami iolr
men and put off for her Al the time was not aware
that be had left, but afterward | saw him get up
the steamers side though he had considerable tossing
about and two three times came near
being swamped before he reached her. | DID not see
him or the men gan that day, but he explained to me
subsequently, that he hoped have got the steamer to
come alongside and take of hs passengers falling in that
he deemed il lis best TO come TO the CITY, and
Get steam tug to come down to their assistance The
PEOPLE on shore had sow got ready their mortar ana after
PLANTING huge sak firmly IN the sand ana mace iast me
iawter 10 H. they fred % pound shot over MS about mid
Sims This shot had eye in one side TO winch ABOUT
foot of cooled wire is attached TO the wire small rope
fred across US have stated The rope was payef OIL
from peggcd board fast as the shot raversed through
The atmosphere BY this line we attempted TO maui IN the
hawser but the strain broke H. AnOther snOt was nen
fred across our bows and this time we safely hauled
the hawser on board and secured It to the forward
cnpstsn and hauled taut Upon this haw'er-aoout
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boiling surf and restless, hungry breakers-he whole OF
the remaining passengers women and children were
10 be conveyed ashore and that too in safety and without
wtttng garment although they would 90 through break
ers twenty feet deep. We had got the hawser
secured tan the stern Of our shp was dashed IN by the
She had gone ashore head on and lay Win her head
one quarter OF the bench The shore being very shelving
her stern nsequently much lower than her head.
She also rested on her arboard sde and the sea making
scans her stern with great force swapping OIL her rud
der AID tore off tie llankng under her transom Inc
soa having obtained entrance washed clear through her
cabins, f her seeTuge, aid dashed every pa.tGe Oh
the pasfoures baggage all to pieces ana ooiPelel Ineh
70 seek refuge in the ioecas.le Mr. ardle the Govern
nen officer in charge Of the life saving apparatus sent
M the life car to take of passengers, upon which
tie ueo1le-men women and chdren-all came crowd
ing into the forecase the life car came up over the
hlwer This life car is about ten feet in length about
four feet wide, and two and hall feet deep ouit OF cor
rugatod iron The il boat shaped with an alright
top with small door in the center to admit passengers
Five persons are slowed away inside the car at each trip
1t drawn to and from the shore by lines 70 eah
end-one from Il shore the other on the ship The car
is slung upon the hawser by means OF rings AZ ean
end and thus conveys the shipwrecked from the
vessel 10 the shore, all through the heaviest
surf The car is air and water tight with the
execution of few perlorltious which, while admitting the
pure air ard letting out the fOui will not admit water
Tie time occupied in going between the snip ana me
shore was about five minutes, and during each trip the
car was frequently overturned in the breakers. The car
ued was one of Francis metallic patent and performed
its work admirably. About thirty persons were safely
brought ashore by it, and tie remainder consisting OF the
crew and ten OF the male PASSENGER REUSED 70
work her any longer preering to remain on board 70
working the cor any longer that, night as darkness had
come on and hey worn out with colo ana IohS
nsbnree The last Of all that came that
NIGHT and left the ship in charge of the second mate IL
was about clock when LETT and no sooner had got
ashore than the crew. headed by Big Irish Tom, desp
sing the authority of the mate in charge broke INTO the
cabin and stole keg of whisky With this Prize they
returned in triumph TO the forecaste ana drank eIi
selves drunk They then returned to the cabin and break
ing open the captains statero and nine Tlned our
Huks and scattered their contents upon the cabin hO0r
bero thew were spoled by the salt water Finding keg
of rum they again returned to the foecaste when Tom,
selling AK, swore he would hehceioItn DC Japan.
As ali The lower decks were under water the remaining
passengers were obliged TO take refuge with the ssamen
In the oecase the consequence was that as soon as the
Quor began TO have is effect the crowded fOrecase be-
came perfect pandemonum The wild roar of the surf
as rolled the beach and dashed against the SNIP
became broken with the roting of the bacchanals ana
soon the whole party became qusrelsome and the head
fellow Irish Tom before alluded to- began the night 0y
attacking Dutch sailor this brought another Duchnin
10 his assistance, and the fight became general hsts
boots knives hammers, belayng pins handspkes en1
marDg spikes were freely handled. The fight continued
for long time, without the second mate being able 10
exert any eectual check upon their proceedings AT
length Irish Tom the leader becoming exhausted ieu
asleep One Of the passengers cambered down the haw
ser from the ship and after repeated blows from the surf
ne Of LENGTH fell off and was washed up by the breakers