The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-11
The Missing Packet Ships Waterloo and

Among the many vessels of every class it has been our
painful duty during the past winter to record lost
missing are the two splendid Liverpool packet ships
Waterloo and Leviathan Both these vessels cleared ON
the same day, the 10th Of last December) from this
port for Liverpool The Waterloo sailed on the 2Sd Of
December and the Levathn crossed the bar the same
day. and both undoubtedly experienced the tremendous
weather of the 30th of the month"; which strewed
coasts with many wrecks arrival at Liverpool
few weeks subsequent to their sailing reported seeing
vessel in distress dsmosted and apparently endeavorn9
to make for the Western Islands which thought to-
resemble the Waterloo but latest dates from those
places mention nothing of her. of the arrival tere Of
any similar vessel OF the Leyathan her sailing hence
is the last heard of her.
The Waterloo very fine vessel Of 200 tons bur-
then and had been trading between this port and LIVER
pool regular packet from the time she left Messrs
westerve and Mackays shipyard, in 1885, to her de-
parture last December She owned Tor principally
so by Acssrs Kermit Carew of South street. was
commanded by Captain Edmund Harvey Of this city q
very experienced sailor.
The following were the names of her officers and
crew.
Cdptdin-Edmund Harvey.
First Mdte-Wm. Richardson.
Second Mdte-Robert Maddocks.
Carpenter-Thomas Ireland.
SteWard-Wm. II. Garribrance
Goodwin. Peel
Scamen.
Jas Bennett, Henry wilkins,
Wm DOugiass, John samson,
Gcorge Reed, ThoH III eminQ,
Thomas Stone Ebene1er Lane,
John Brown, David Sanders
Thos. Summons, John AcCawlcy,
David Robinson John Kinsley
John Nichols, Michael Driscoll,
Jas Roberts, Louis Roberts,
John Riley, VIM. AcCarty.
She had cabin passengers but believe there were
two or three in the teerage whose names are not OBJ
tainable.
The cargo Of the Waterloo composed of 500 bar
rels of -four, 19cs7 bushels Of wheat 1893 bales of cot
ton 49, TAO pounds of cheese cask of manganese 1924
barrels Of rosin, land 6720 stayes valued at about
$4,000 The vessel, which valued at s45 0o0 was
covered by insurance in Wall street Her freight money
was SIS 000 and probably insured as well as the
cargo.
The Levathan Of the finest of our noble packet
ships She registered 207 TONS and was not more than
three DID, having been built at Newcastle Maine.
for the Liverpool trade, in 1861 and worth about
$4,000 Her owners were Messrs. Sturges, Chairman &
Co., OF Wall street She was commanded by Capt. Rufus
Knapp first rate seamen, and most worthy man. who
has left wife and children Her arst officer was
Mr. Thomas s. Underhl Of this city, who has also lefte
family The number Of souls board the Ieviathan.
when she sailed from New York was twenty-nine in.
Guiding two passengers. The following their names
Cdptain-Rufus Knapp.
FIRST Mdte-Thomas j. Uunderhll,
Second Aate-wlliam Smith,
Third Mdte-W. II. Place.
Cdrpenter-Edward Hulse.
Stecdrd-Alfred Frey.
CO0k-James Belts.
Seamen.
John Berry, Stephen Marshall
Humphrey Davies John Jones'
Charles Coe, George Farley,
Thomas Nolan, Henry Fink
Thomas Adams Charles Phoenix,
James Wilson, George Smith
William Somers, John Burns
William O'Neil, Denis Miller,
James Thomas James Blake.
Boys.
William Roland, Patrick Cummings.