New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-13
NUMBER III.
THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY CRESCENT,
Fatal Collision at sea.-ereat Loss Of Life.

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Fatal Collision at sea.-Great Loss Of Life
The New York Herald, of the 9th instant
learns the full particulars of the loss Of the ships
Trade Wind and Olympus. On the night Of the
26th of June, at about II o'clock, the ship Trade
Wind came in contact with the ship Olympus ir
latitude Al so, and longitude 81 20, and sc
violent was the collision, that both vessels sunk
beneath the waves within an hour after.
The Trade Wind was a fine three-deck vessel,
built by the late Jacob Bell, Of New York, for
the Southern trade, and was on a voyage from
Mobile to Liverpool. She was 2018 tons burthen,
about three years old, valued at 500, 900, and
is insured in Wall street. Her freight is valued
Mt $4,000, and the cargo at about $3.50, 600
the latter being insured principally in England
She was owned by W. Platt & Son, of Philadel-
phia, and Booth & Edgar, and others, Of New
York.
She was commanded by Captain Smith, and
had on board at the time of the accident seven
teen passengers, and crew numbering thirty
four. The weather was very thick, the wind
was blowing quite hard, and the night was very
dark, when the collision took place
The other vessel, the Olympus, was commanded
by Capt Wallace, and sailed from Liverpool on
the 24th of May, for Boston, having in all fifty
three souls on board--forty of them passengers,
and the rest Of them the crew, She was loaded
with iron and general hardware The vessels
struck each other in the bows, STAYING in the
Trade Wind, and sinking her within an hour
after the shock. The Olympus went down in
about half an hour before the Trade Wind.
| Ten of the crew Of the Olympus, the captain,
and thirty seven of the passengers were saved ;
the captain Of the Trade Wind, sixteen of her
crew, and all her passengers. This shows the
loss OF the Olympus to be three passengers and
three of the crew. Eighteen Of the Trade Winds
crew persisted.
Names of the Passengers saced from the
| Trade Wind-N1rs Frank Smith and two
children, Mr.. David T. Newlan, Mr.. Alexander
Ewing, lady and daughter, Mr.. John s. Gid.
son, Mrs John Glidson, four children and SER
want, Miss C. D. Chamberlain and Miss Alice
| Dodson
Names Of the Crem lost from, the Tyade
| Hfnd,-Thomas Pierce, carpenter; John As
SOW, first steward; John Acnow, second cook ;
John Mitchell, James Bowen, Thomas Hill,
Joseph Addison, John Martin, Michael Walsh,
Charles Town, Jeremiah McCarty, all seamen ;
Richard Bingham, James Brady, Manuel Lewis,
and Lake O'Toole, boys
| .Ndmes Of the Crep Sdved Capt. F. Smith,
| Edward W. f. Smith, first officer; James Cav,
second officer; Charles E. Meeney, third officer !;
Matthew Buck, boatswain Ann Connor, stew
ardess; Samuel Acnow, second steward; John
Allen, cook; Peter Williams, James Wheelan,
Thomas Harnson, James Moore, John Baker,
James Boyce, Adam Hooper, Charles Wilson,
| John Mcllvain, VIM. Daniels, Thomas Doran
George Smith, John Scob, James Drummond,
Thomas Nowlan, James Powers, and John
| Brown.
The saved from each ship were taken off by
the Belgian bark Stadt Antwerpan, which ar
rived off Block Island on the 4th inst Captains
Wallace and Smith hired fishing smack, and
getting on board the steamer Bay State ar
rived in New York on Tuesday evening
| The Olympus was built in Kennebunk in
| 1850, and was 744 tons register; was worth
about $4,000; the cargo 100000 ard the
| freight $4,000. The Olympus was insured at
| the Eastward, where it is presumed the CARGO
or portion of it, is also insured.
| The following are the particulars Of the catas-
trophe, by Capt. Smith of the Trade Wind
When the collision occurred the wind was
blowing fresh from the southwest by south, with
equally squally weather. Night, cloudy and
excessively dark. The Trade Wind was under
easy SAIL steering east by south We had a
pure bowsprit light burning, and were keeping
n good lookout fore and aft A few minutes
before striking. we saw the Olympus's light, one
| point on the weather bow, s. S. E. from u.s.
having the wind three points abaft the beam,
with yards squared and spanker furled mizzen
topsail on the cap, We put the helm up, and
swung the ship off to E. N. E., bringing the
olympus light broad off on the weather bow,
| but before we could discover whether the ships
We're approaching each other the Olympus light
disappeared, Yet in the darkness we thought
/ we could make out the sail, passing along to
windward of us, standing to westward After
| an interval OF i've minutes, her light again sud-
| denly appeared close to US on our eather bow,
and almost at the same instant, we could make
out the ship with her head to northward, stand
| ing square across our course. Our helm was
put hard up promptly, but we conld not get our
long ship off fast enough, both ships being too
far off to deaden way by bracing yards Our
halyards and sheets, etc, were let go as soon as
| possible, but in vain. The Trade Wind was
going at an immense speed and the Olympus
was under press of canvass, forging ahead
| directly across our bow She was struck be-
! tween her main and toremast with an effect that
can only be conceived Our atarboard bow was
stove in, the cutwater and stem were crashed,
| bowsprlt and t0remast were broken, and the
| ship was wrecked from stem to stern with the
shock The wood ends opened, as ! suppose.
/ from keel to deck The main and mizzenmast of
| the Olympus were struck with such force as to
| knock them clear OF the shin altogether. She
then swung round fore and aft along our port
side, swinging her bow over our quarter boat,
crushing it to atoms, after which she dropped
| astefn clear OF us, wien | tOund the captain,
officers. and crew, and some of the passengers,
on board the Trade Wind, having jumped on
board at the collision. Finding the Trade Wind
| full Of water in a short time, with foremast
hanging TO the rigging, We cut away to clear
the wreck forward and hove the anchors off the
bow to tighten her forward. The launch and
the two small boats we had left were now got
aft, ready for launching over the stern Pro-
visions and water We're also prepared, so as to
| be conveniently removed if we found it needful
to leave the ship. But as our cargo was com
posed Of 1857 bales of cotton, we hoped she would
float for some time The sea was running very
heavy, though the wind moderated fast The
ship gradually settled as the cotton became
soaked, SO that we waited anxiously for day
light When the day broke we found the Olym-
pus still afoat, four or five miles to the eastward
and as she showed a side high out of water, Cap
tain Wallace was permitted to take our small
gig, with as many Of his men as would accom-
pany him, to ascertain the condition of the ship,
and endeavor to save his passengers with his
own boats if the vessel was likely to go down.
About o'clock, A, NJ, we launched our large
! boat, and placed all our passengers in her, ex-
cept Mr. 2, I. Newlin, with the first aud second
! officers in charge and dropped her assern, out
OF the vortex around the ship, which threatened
her destruction every moment This was done
with the view of loading from the ship by means
of the quarter boat; but, unfortunately, just as
the quarter boat was launched, three or four