Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-01-14
TELFGRAPHIC.
BIZ HOUSES PRINTING TELEGRAPH.
EXPRESSLY FOR THE EVENING Star.
TERRIBLE NEWS OF THE sTEAMsHIP
SAN FRANCISCO,

TERRIBLE NEWS OF THE STEAMSHIP
SAN FRANCISCO.
NEW YoRK, Jan. 13.-By the arriva
here this afternoon Of the barque THREE
Bells, We have the astounding news o
the steamer San Francisco having foun
dered at sea, AMI that two Numbered ans
forty OF those on board have persisted.
The San Francisco was caught in gall
Oh the night Of the Oath of DemcemSer
and diSabled.-Soon after q heavy Sc.
swept the decks, washing overheard 24(
Of the passengers, including Col. J. B
Washington, 1t. Smith, Capt II. B. Field
Maj. Taylor and wife. She drifted abou,
till January 5th, when she was fallen in
with in lat. 3S, long. SO, by the ship
Three Bells, from Glasgow, barque Kelly
for Boston, and ship Antartic, for Liver
pool, which vessels took off the captain
crew and remaining passengers. q. w.
Aspinwall is on board the barque Kelly.
1t seems that the San Francisco foun-
dered after her passengers were taken of.
Among those who arrived here to-day in
the ship Three Bells were Major Weyse
and Lieut.. Winder. Others, including
Col. Gates, Major Merchant, Col. Burke,
Capt. Judd. Lieut.. Fremont, Lieut.. Loe-
ser, Lieut.. Van WORT, and all the ladies'.
except the unfortunate Mrs. Taylor, are
OH board the lIig Kelly, bound to Bos-
ton. Lieut. e. s. Winder and Lieut..
Chandler are on board the ship Antartic,
bound to Liverpool. All the troops we're
divided amongst the three vessels.
All the spars and sails of the steamer
were blown away on the 9th. At l A.
NJ. on the 25th. the engine stopped, the
piston rod braking off, leaving the ves-
Sci totally unmanageable, the sea striking
her tremendous blows under the guards,
tearing up the planking fore and aft on
both sides, at the same time the vessel
began to make water, when the troops
were organised into bailing gangs.
At 9 O clock on the 25th, the sea struck
her amidships, carrying away both the
smoke stacks, all the upper saloon, sta
wing the quarter deck through ard wash.
ing overheard large number Of passen-
gers, including. besides those previously
mentioned, two ladies, (names unknown
three civilians, (also unknown,) and 1850
I. 5. troops; at the same time Brooks,
waiter, the barber Of the boat, and the
brother, named Duckett, were
killed.
On the 9th, she spoke the bark Kelly,
Of Boston, from n. York, who lay by her
till 3 P. NJ, on the Doth, when they COM
menced putting the passengers on board
the bark. Upwards Of one hundred men
women, and children were got on board,
including the officers before reported,
with their families, Capt. Judd and wife.
Lieut.. Fremont and family, G. W. Aspin-
wall End S. L. Graham. At night, the
wind increasing, with squally appear
ance, the Kelly let go her hawser, and
was net seen afterwards.
The gale continued throughout the
30th and 3lSt, large number of men
being sick and in dying condition. On
the morning of the LIST instant, the ship
Three Bells came in sight and laid by till
the Sd, when her boat came alongside.
On the same day, the ship Antartic, from
New York for Liverpool, bore down for
her, and both vessels ON Wednesday com
menced taking Oh passengers, provisions
and water, and by sunset On the 18th had
all on board. The next morning they
took oft the crew and officers, Captain
Watkins being the last man to leave the
San Francisco. The Three Bells brings
230 souls. There were Ii deaths among
the crew of the steamer from the time she
was disabled to the 9th, including two
who were washed overheard.
1t is said that, after all had left, the |
san Francisco was scuttled and sunk.