New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-14
rrTr CIR, AMSEIP SAN FRANCISCO
THE wRr,@k DISCOVERED.
900 LIVES l. o S T!
kEsCuE OF THU SvA 'V4VoAs.
$50 GONE TO ENGLAND.
ARRIVAL OF THE FLORA BELL.
DEATHS ON BOARD.
ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER
$50 GONE TO ENGLAND.
ARRIVAL OF THE FLORA BELL.
DEATHS ON BOARD.
ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER
Statements and Incidents.


their families.
The San Francisco was entirely vessel,
built by VIM H. Webb for W. II. Aspinwall e. Co.,
propretors OF the Pacific Mail Steamship line. Com
modore Kearney and Capt Bell of the Navy, also
concerned in the building of the ship She had fine
model and a very strong craft The spar and huri
cane deck the whole length Of the vessel She had
plain clipper bow, and rugged with two mssts,
carrying foresoi, fore topsai and bs with smokeppes
fore and aft. Her deck length was 2s5 feet
keel geo. beam, Al hold, 25 tunnage, 5000
She was double ironed, dsgonaly breced forward and
aft with plates let into the timber inside running from
bge top large iron band around the ship upon
the top Of the mbers directly under the waterways to
which the diagonal plates rved The plates al
boiled to the tmbers and rvted each crossing forming
perfect truss work the whole length Of the ship keeping
her from hoggng In order 10 give additional strength
lenghwse two bukheads built fore and aft either
side Of the engine and boilers from the bottom Of the ship
to the second deck secured to the nelson's below and
beams and srnge and under beams in both decks above
She further strengthened by letting into this bukhead
double iron diagonal braces bOed TO ftaunches endksons
the bottom and srpgers above under beams She
panked with oak five inches think bolted edgewise and
face copper fastened and coppered deep level line She
had two engines of 1000 horse power each both working
upon the same crank, opposite each other They were
the Oscillatng Engine, and have been adopted by Gov
eminent and will he used hereafter in preference TO the
side lever combining gieater strength less complication
less liable TO accident and occupying less space The
wheels twenty eight feet in diameter ten feet face five
feet dip and constructed upon principle lately discovered
in England but before introduced into this country
II called Morgans Eccentric the feathering float
by which difficulty has. is said been overcome long
considered impractcabe account of being too complex
for any practicable purposes She had stateroOm
mediation for $50 cabin passengers and storage bers for
1000. The upper deck occupied exclusively by the
officers of the ship On the deck below the Storage
quarters water closets store Toom wash room ice house
poiters ROOM cooks room BARRIERS shop kitchen bakery
officers messroOm, engineroom bath ROOM and ladies'
cabin The very large with two doors
opening into the cabin the other out upon spacious walk
on deck.
Under charter from the Government the San Francisco
sailed on Thursday Dec 81 from this port for San Fran
cisco purposng touch Rio Janeo, Valparaiso and AGA
Iulco She had on board companies A, b. d. G, H. l. X,
and of the third regiment of the United States Artillery
These companies with the commissioned staff and band
of the regiment constituted the force Of FIVE hundred
men. The officers on board were as follows;
Colonel William Gates commanding regiment
Major and Brevet Lieut. ColonelJ NJ Washington.
Major Charles Merchant
Surgeon r. S Sa.teree.
Assistant Surgeon ii. X. Writ.
First Lieutenant S L. Fremont Regimental Quartermas
Ter and Acting Adjutant
First Lieutenant L. Loeser Acting Assistant COmmissary
Captain and Brevet Lieut. Col NJ. Burke commanding
Company
Capt and Brevet MAJ. Geo Taylor, commanding Com
panyA.
Capt and Brevet Maj. F. o. wyse commanding Com
pany ID.
Capt H. b. Judd commanding detachment of recruits to
constitute Companies B. and L.
lent RreVet Captau III ID Field, commanding
Company X.
First Lieut. w A. Winder commanding Company G.
First Lieut. Winder, commanding Company ii.
First Lieut. r. II. Smith
Second Lieut. j. Van Vosst
Brevet Second Lieut. J. G Chandler.
Officers families Mrs. Gates and three children, Miss
Carter Mrs Merchant and two children Miss Vaeria Mer
chant Mrs Chase and son, Mrs Fremont and three chill
dren Mrs Loeser Miss Eaton, Mrs Taylor Mrs Wyse and
child, Mrs. Judd.
Capt JW. T. Gardner First Dragons to join his reg
rnent in California
Lieutenant X Murray, U. S. Navy, was passenger to
Rio Janeiro to join the squadron that station.
Mr. Geo. Aspinwall also passenger who goes out for
the benefit of his health.
Mr.. James Lorimer Graham, Jr, was also passenger.
The following is list of the officers Of the steamer
j. T. Watkins, Commander. A. Auchinlck LIST Engineer
Edward Mules LIST officer. Jas. Jarnsworth LIST Engr
Geo Grafton I'd officer. David Durham, Cd Eng'r.
Chas II Barton, Sd officer. James Crosby, I'd Engineer
John Mason 4th officer Is. Doneghan, 50 Engineer
j. w. Marshall CT Engr G. Hoffman, Sd Engineer
Nothing heard of the ship until the 9TH inst, when
dispatch was received from Halifax n S, stating that on
the previous day the Maria Freeman arrived at Liverpool
Nova Scotia and reported that She the Goth December
in lat 2s 90 lon g. feH in with the new American steam
ship San Francisco from New York for San Francisco with
her decks swept boats gone and completely disabled
Could not render her any assistance she drted out oil
sight during the gale.
On the 9Th the brig Napoleon from Matanzss arrived at
Boston end reported Dec % lat Sc o. Ion 60 80 fell in
with the ste .mshp San Francisco, dsnanded everything
swept above deck and the spray making complete breach
over her Capt Watkins stated that the steamer was leak
ing fast and requested Capt Street TO lay by which he did
hit the next morning the steamer not in sight having
drfed fast to the eastward First her at midday and
lost sight Of her at dark Her hull appeared sound e.
Nothing more definite could be learned and Government
at once took measures thoseo board should the
wreck still float The Revenue cutter Washington the
steamship Alabama and the steamship Union, were sent
out from this port to cruise in search Of her The Revenue
cutter Forward and pilot boats were sent from Pha
delphia; the slOOpofwar Decatur frm Boston he
venue enter from New London another from Charleston
and another from Wilmington
The cutter Washington the only one thus lar
returned to this port She in Wednesday, having
been TO the place where the Napoleon spoke the San Fran
cisco without seeing anything Of her
Thus matters remained up dark last night when the
British ship Three Bells of Glasgow, iron sailing vessel
arrived in haIbor bringing Of the San Francscos
passengers, including her officers and ccew.
Tho spread rapidly, and intense anxiety mani
tested to know what had become Of the remaining pAsen
gers especially neither Mr.. Aspinwall Mr.. Graham
had returned