New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-16
FULL PARTICULARS
OF THE
LOSS OF THE SHIP NEW ERA.
LOSS OF OVER 2eo PERSONS
Statements of the Captain and Passengers.
NAMES OF THE SAVED.

Deal the scene Of the wreck Of the packetshi New
Era. and we are now enabled to lay before our
readers tie full particulars Of that great disaster
From Our Special Reporters
We LEFT New York in the steamboat John Potter
at 6 o'clock On Tuesday morning, and reached
Freehold by rail from Amboy at 10 O'Clock A NJ,
and from this point TO the COAST we were oongeo "
employ feet horses.
A. we drove as rapidly from Freehold as the state
of the roads would admit we began to hear some
via, Indefinite accounts Of the wreck and the
which had been enacted in the course Of Monday
NIGHT and the following morning. At length fell
In with a yery intelligent German who making
his way from the beach and had only receoty left the
seepe of the disaster. He informed Us that he had
convened with several Of the passengers who had
that morning been rescued from the wreck and added
at some of them had stat ID TO him that the second
mate had the watch; but that soon after taking the
command OF the deck be had gone down into the
Storage The captain, he told us, had come on deck
Immediately after the vessel had struck; bat that
such confusion prevailed in all parts Of the ship that
little or nothing could be done by the to save the
lives of the passengers. That after striking three or
four times heavily on the saDd-bar the water had
rushed In 20 fast as to rapidly I'll the steer.ge and
consequently all of those who were lying sick in their
berths were drowned shortly after sbe struck.
When VIC reached E4tontown we found that Dr.
Kimbsll bad Just returned from the beach, having
brought with him German Of the name of Heinrich
Weishhsus, with compound fracture Of the tibia
We had some conversation with the poor fellow, and
found that he had been residing some years at Gin
cipnat, having a sister residing there, and two in
Canada. He had lost his brother by tho shipwreck
About year sg) his father had written TO him say
ing. that be was growing DID, and should like to sec
him before he died. He had accordingly crossed the
Atlantic, and was bringing younger brother back
with him, who, as we have already stated, was
drowned He assured us that at least $50 had been
sayed of the 400 and odd persons on board. He men
toned that throughout the voyage there had been
great deal of sickness cholera and complained bit
terly Of the inatentiOn of the surgeon Of the ship,
whom he called DIR. Lowenberg. Lost in attempting
TO get into the ongboatl He had tried, it seemed,
10 get into the boat in which the Captain had reached
the shore but had been ordered to remain on deck,
when shortly afterward the waves broke in the plank
ing of the bulwarks, the fragments of which, being
driven violently about the deck, broke his leg He
had managed, however to get into the rigging, and
had stood there during the whole of Monday night.
When we were within something less than three
miles Of the beach we met Drs Petit and SERVER, OF
for attic pdance on the sick. We learned from Dr.
Petit the intelligence that at least 30 were really
sayed a fact which we had often been inclined to
doubt from the dier mt statements we had gathered
up along the road. He added, too, that there were
only four dangerously SICK and that with care there
was little doubt Of their recovering. One OF them
was a lady, who had been confined since her rescuei
the other three were balfdrOwned men. The vessel,
he stated had sunk 90 feet into the sand and that at
high tide the water was level wi b her deck. Inc
storage cabin bad not been examined when he left,
but it supposed that upward OF hundred bodies
would be found in IT.
Eleven wagon-losds of passengers and sacrs passed
ne on their way to take the steamer OF "Wednesday at
Red Bank, for New York, before we arrived at the
residence of Mr.. Abner Allen, neat farmhouse near
the shore. and just opposite the wreck, where we
foupd some thirty Of the passengers On entering the
kitchen, we discovered two of DIR. Petuts patients
laid on bed spread out on the floor, and several
other passengers crowded round the stove some COOK
ing and others engaged in drying the lew gar mems
the sea had spared them. They Ill bore the appear
apce of having suffered severely, but seemed 10 pc
long to the best class Of German Immigrants Passing
thence into the parlor, discovered severe women
and men wrapped in c0unterp anes ana blanhe,s anu
sealed comfortably around the stove mutually con-
graduating each other their escape from oestruc
fon while each had his or her own tale OF sorrow 10
tell. Among the whole Of them was not single cnuu,
nor have we heard since that one was saved. MOST
of the passengers had been landed with scarcely
stitch OF clothing to their backs but before we lef
their wants were amply supplied in thus respect,
through the kindness and consideration OF te lhnaS
;tants of the surrounding district who sent or brought
in wagon. loads Of male and female apparel
The CAPTAIN was staying at Mr.. Aliens house, and
bs statement we append together with those of other
passengers.
sr.rrNrxT OF CAPT. THOMAS ). HENRY.
We sailed from Bremen on the 2sth Of September
ater having laid in the roads since the 10Th OF the
same month-with 374 Storage six second-cabn, and
Eve cabin passengers. Our cargo consisted OF 600
tuns of chalk and 10000 cubic feet OF Bremen mer-
cbandise. During the whole OF the passage, we had
hs.vv gales from the westward and about the 10Th OF
October. were struck by sea, which swept every
thing fore and aft, az we were laying-to 1t stove
.be passengers cooking range killed several of the
Messengers who were in the caboose at the time, and
injured seve, al of the Ii also stove the main
hatch covering The passengers killed were all of the
s,serese The shock of this sea caused Ms to sPrng
a leak. and by the time had got of the American
coast abe leaked enough to keep our pump gong all
~ ~ time The last observation which took vas on
i'd Isst vhen was in 66o w lon 40 so lat Since
that time was prevented from taking an obserV AXIOM
IN account of the thick and rainy weather On SAT-
urday, Judged the ship to be IN ~. 50 lon.1 ~ -
ist 'on Saturday night we had strong wind from
the eastward which changed TO southeast az ABOUT
,;dnsbt and the wind began 70 blow and the ram 10
S.u heavily The lead was thrown every hour, ana
,unnosed The ship 10 be on the coast OF Long isiaI
and carried heavy press OF sail 70 keep ner On n
Al 81 o'clock on Monday morning. on souuuing; VIC
found that we were in from thirteen TO heen lannon's
~ wster At6 o clock the weather being very thick
and the sea rough we struck. The first mate was on
the deck acme ten minutes before the vesse struck
Twas in the cabin about going on deck mysen, Mhen
ali at once, heard him ask the watcn lS," IT,