New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-28
MARINE AFFAIRS.

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP WAsHLyGrOy.-The
United S aies Mail esmshiO Washington, Cap.
Csvendy from Bremen via Southampton, which at
ter port che LETT en- the th inst, arrived st her whaf
yesterday afternoon at O'Clock. For sixteen days
nom tie Needles the Washington experienced unusu-
ally heavy westerly sslee AM on the 18th and 18TH
iost uttered hurricane with strong head seas.
She brings 100 passengers ist OF whose names vii
be fouId under the appropriats head.
Loss OF THE SHIPS ENTERPRISE AsD KING FISHER.
The olioxiDg litter addressed to Jonathan Bourne,
jr, Of New BE dford giving the particulars of the loss
of these ships, was pu 1lshed in The Ner-Bedtord
Mercury Of Monday Lass:
OcHoTsK SEA, June Is, 1855.
DEAR SIR: IL has become my painful du'y 20 in
form ycu of the total loss Of the ship King Fisher
under nv command, which took place GA the morning
OF The 18th OF May the northeast end OF Con anys
IsaDo, at Il O'CLOCK m For four days previous 10
the cisasier we had been in sight o. and of and on,
in company with ship Enterprise, Capt. Russell, OF
Ner -BeofJrc. We had been cetaced by head Slads
AND strong 5. + current during the time. Or the
evening of the 18th the attu Re vas i5 80 north and
lopgi ude 1902 So ess determined by three sites of
cbssrva ion taAen during the al ernoOn, which cor
1estonded well with the position OF the land as laid
down on the charts seen by Us 10 that lsti ude.
AT o. n, the wind becoming Ii. ht, but talr, We
sieered 10 the N.N.E intending TO run IS 10 40 miles
ana u en- luff await day light. At 90 inmates
before the officer of the deck ca led me TO inform me
of the aher, srd distance Iun according 70 my pre-
vous orders He Informed me that it had jus, set in
rar snd To bow fom The = h. was just about
giving the o. der TO bsu the chip to the eastward
and shorten sail, the cry of land the port
bow" was heard. l sprsrg fer the deck, the helm
was Instantly put aport. As reached the deck the
ship struck ana with such force drive her into
T, ef and staye in her bottom, when she commenced
INN edistely 10 fill. had three boats 10 Fered away
and rs men went into them. remained with slx men
AAarl nd rxrtnu tho uvhIE QaAN
TIE ship she beat still further oo the reef thereby
rendering impossible for to get away but by going
over he reef 10 the land. fbe ships bottom was fact
breas ing up, and the gale rapidly Increasing. Inc
break of day sno sed me scene truly appalling: the
uno vas about onethro OF mile distant and between
it and sround Us was heavy breakers By great good
fortune a boat was got unoer our lee, cnart, COM
pass snc sexton epiome and four frames were put
into her; we then ali got in wi clothing but what
We stood in, and through Heaven blessing We all
Lar dec safely on shore.
The Enterprise struck nearly at the same tune with
in fourth OF mile OF u.s. and is also total loss. No
live ost from either ship We remained on shore
three days when We were taken off by the Bremsn ship
jos ph Hayden Capt Gromer, az the American ship
Mobtezums, Capt Forsyth, who most willingly lent
every aio and old all that kind and benevolent hess
could suggs st for relief and to whom my ~armeet
thsnks will ever be due.
On the thifo morning after our disaster, by great
efforts We got on board of the wreck the two deck
frames sl bed together her bottom was nearly broken
up and ste lay over 10 port at ga angle OF forty i've
degrees. Much broken between cecks, and nearly
every thing was sa ura'ed with oil aud water. Toe log
book saved though damaged, and the register Is aso
saved. We got ct the sop cask opened IT, and divided
the contents equally among all. 70 endeagor to save
provisions to live upon two OF the poorest boats were
saved. The Instruments we're saved IN damaged
stae. beng mucn wet With salt water.
To give you some idea of the rugged nature of the
place where the ship wrecked viii 'ta;e this. no
lspong could be eff ed witt 10 four miles OF her. and
Of Der oil cav but four small casks cone on shore
vbsle-al being lees stove, and for two miles
the shore was rewn with oil either hmpid or con-
gesled. TIE ships were sold at auction-the King
Fisher Mr.. Benz hin first officer OF the Mo0teza-
ma for S. and tue Enterprise to Nc. Silva second Of
fcer OF shi) for So and 80 complse was the
shucton Of properly that they did Tot get az equiv
alent for II all invested Tie oss Of our ship
| consider wholly owing to the land being at least
twenty five mi % 10 the 4. of where il Is laid do 1n
Oh unts chart OF 1885, ard 10 the change of current
which probably took ace lear the time of our going
on the reef for strong cure Mt was found to set TO
the : ". by W. by the ships that toox US of l will
here state for the info nation of Others ihst Comoanys
Island, instead of running n NE half Z and .S.W.
bait W., laid down the charts, trends - far to
the east a. n L. by Z. half true, and tha, danger
GUS reef makes off the N. E. eod about eight mi es.
MARTIN PALMER, ate MISTER Of tbs King Fisher.