New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-15
SHIP WRECK or THE NEW ERA.


STATEMENT OF CAPT. THOMAS J. HENRY.
We sailed from Bremen on the 2sth Of September
after having laid in the roads the 18Th of the
came monih-witb 374 Storage six second cabin, ann
five cabin passengers Our cargo consisted Of 600
tups Of chalk aud 30 600 cubic feet Of Bremen mer
cbanoife. During the whOle OF the passage, we had
heavy gales from the yard and about the Goth Of
October, were struck by sea, which swept every
thing fore AID aft, Of we were laying 10. 1t stove
the passengers cooking range, killed several of the
passengers who the eaboose at the time, and
Injured sever al Of the crew IL also stove the main
hech covrDg The passengers killed were all Of the
ste.rsce The shock Of this caused US to spring
leak, and by the time had got of the American
coast sbe leaked enough 10 keep our pump gciog all
OF the tine. The last observation which took was
on Friday last when was CO. l., u 3O az. Since
that time was prevented from taking observation
Oh account of the thick and rainy weather. On Sat
o, day judged The ship TO be IA 72o 30 lon 400 %
lat On Saturday night &c had strong wind from
the east aT1 which changed TO sOntn-sast at about
mic night and tee wind began TO blow and the rain TO
fail heavily. Tie lts9 was thrown every hour ami
sppposed the ship 10 be on the coast of Long Island,
end 1 carried heavy press of saul % keep ner OFT.
A. 81 o'clock on MOndsy morn ny, on Sounding Fe
found that IL from ID resn To fifteen fthOms
OF water At n'cock, the weather being very thick
and the sea rough We struck The first mats was
the Geek some ten minutes before the vessel strack.
Twas il the cabin, about going on deck myself when
oil 81 once, | heard hun ask the watch forward,
"Wbat it was tbat loo he'd % light for ward" On
h. arig this nm d,stey Jumped ON deck, AMI then.
for the fret time heard them cry out breakersF' l
at once o. oefed the wheel up, and IN the same mo-
meht The sbip struck. al once caused the yard. to
he bYaced absek, TO get her of but only dumped
further on. she weat head on, made two ar tnree
tbunp., ard EuDg around broadsde TO, and found
that she WIS boPelessly aground Toe sea az once
,aa
ry,hipp upon the Geek. got lhe passengers up out
Of the between decks TO the man deck. then or
deed a boat 10 be lowered, in order 10 &c;
line a-bore. We got the ioe into the boat, aud the
crew, frst mate, cook, and five men roNed ashore,
hut in going lei 40 the line they snhsebuenty said
that they did this in order to themselves. Tho
boat ea he'd the sbore all right but the SEA ran too
biz Tor them 10 Te'u'D i'll safety. within halt an
hour after the rst boat had left the remainder of tue
crew with one OF tao exceptions, Seized the other
two boats and a. serted NE, t1kng Fuh them Two oi
the cabin passengers. After the crew hsd deserted
NE the people on shore attempted to launch suri-
boat Ia come 10 our ASSISTANCE. Then they hrsd
sho, over US fir, m he mortar the attempt At launch
ing III. surf boat having fall 4, This also
c.ssful The fret shot went ahead; several Of the
following shots useless the wire connecting the
line to lie ball breaking. Near noon a line WIS
thtowI over u.s. ana sh the assistance Of the passen-
gers we hauled stOuer lice on bosSd. BY thls means
We hauled hfe boat from the shore hut shen reach
ed us II wa full OF water 10 Dale out
~hes I found the passenger cro"dipg on me, ana
Stacked the line out little, ana ordered those on
shore to haul her out FROM the ship They dd 30, snd
We got his boat ashors with the loss of I've persons.
The boat cspsized twice ID going ashore and finally,
the lire of connection between the ship ana the shore
parted Five pers0ns together with myself we're,
with great difficulty. saved The boat, in cagszins,
turned me under, and il wss some time before cot
out; at length succeed N mounting the keel, when
! was saved.
At the time go, ashore the passengers were in the
fore, main anc mzzen rigging, aud 81 rema oed
through the uighi, earthly assistance could De
ofe,ed to tbem from The shore The scene on board
OF NV chip was Dreadful. / hope III Heaven may
never behold like again.
The night was warm and pleasant and the sea had
fallen greatly the winn having change TO the west
south-wrst-ese a soul would have lived through
The long night.
OF the cre~, all were saved except the steward,
GeoI.e A. Drew. OF Boston, who staid by me on the
ship, ard was drowned III the cabin.
Wehad crew Of % men, and l2 passenger cooks;
masking in all. with myself, APT souh.
The two cabin passengers who came ashore and
were saved were famed Wm Won konZelaer an 4
Bsuey Bechuey. of Residing, Pa. They went to
New.Ycfk yesterday. Ore Of them was saved IN the
first beat, and the other Ia the second. The other
two cabin passengers were lot, while the wife OF
VIM. Won Ropselasr died soon after leaving Bfemen
one cf them wes the physician OF he ship, whose
rint c5Inot recollrct, and the other !OuGg lady
peuea Doretts lse she was called
Forty OF The passengers, including tnose iOst, es
have already described, di,a during the passage
oct of n. u Of cholera th,s disease having broken
ont before quilted Bremen, passen ger dying OF
il indeed before got ont " the roeds With ref
.rerc. 10 the complaints Of the passengers generally
that IN. food both bsn and scaaty, oan only say
that ing the bes' of kno Wedge the food
and nat, we're boh good and sufficient for seventy
dsy, ard know that their food was served Our
sir,cilv IN ordsDce With the Bremen regulations
which eirs q that il should be served out by weight
With reieret &c 10 the accusation m,d- sgsinst the
s,cord ps;e can only say that Il does not seem
Gt.h ,n ne n IT be was belov among ihs women Il
,ts nm, of tie vessel running sshor, sioce 1t was
n. .rly 8 q ciock time when the wsf n ~ changed
n one uh.n he ~ould certainly he missed Besides
rs q, IN half an hour previously he hsf east over the
/. ad pnder my direction, and while vas standing
near him. L-
GERS eye, pt those IN the cabin with ne since all OF
Them ben German they are very dnheuii 70 Femem-
Der.
Eors BY B,PoRrsE-rhs seqn. ssy VS. soI a. ss
.Scs..a h, h,r rhs an u DoreheA, waco na Ns
has a ,i en- tor the shove name
SavTD Twenty ak Of the crew sod iV' p'-sen