The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-05

CINGuLAR REVELATIONS FROM THE WRECK OF
- the New Era


CIsGuLAR REVELATIONS FROM THE WRECK OF
- the New Era.
ADVENTURES or rAssrsdER mYsrERousLY FROM
-, AWFUL TRAGEDY.
From the New York Dispatch Of Oct II
On the 18Th Of November last The Inhabitants Of the Jersey
motion BY Ire news at large ship had aground i0e
ed 10 be he New Era, PASSENGER vessel from bremen.
Strenuous efforts once made BY he residents the
New York. and the agents Of the consgnees underwriters
means proporonae hir The CHIEF on" oeers
passengers s further diminished some were washed
cd tie endeayor reach the shore BY swimming; word,
two hundred and fifty human and chit
before Of hundreds Who ' stood watching te caas
9hs on inc he ne e g
Of sorrow was exhausted IN their descriptions Of the peous
seemed TO shrink from yet how suitable e the deeds
Ss S Of For a %h ss Of snG
hearted wero driven frantic with agony the cruel
laokas and yulares other parts q de were
watching os a G ea s s or arr 70
@ he newspapers Sn .as was coajesure sSst
%'a
eye ~ s d a
woud have announced to horrifed public that in many
Sy hs club the how 20 bodies 70
be naked Those who committed themselves to the waves dd
not toreseen the possibility Of such fate Tor hours Death
seM Ssrnas e @ Ne
senger emgrans Of the better class that all nearly
il sodand Who knows ths character Of hs
Al the time the were highest every
threatened dash the wreck pieces, four and
beach and % the water line The spoi which
s Gd e a v % By Ss @
coast authorities BY point q land NJ. e. sou! could
p Tss sSss s
eS @ s Ct RE be s
Ave did not hesitate plunge into the surf their and
would have had difficulty in comprehcnding the
ss h Us Ser @ sp s Of ne
wreck But close view experienced detected two
sn ssoi
w c qS ss Ses
white garments was woman; The other was man His arm
Isuess they'll never reach this alive" said one of the party
THAT chaps got plenty Of aght him yet" replied another,
aWhas he od5a screaned the Woman foul old bag $50
long their copscs come this way Dead or alive lbs all one
True mother Nickett answered the first speaker, buff
hey ss o enc ned We mgh ss we'll be-
guess Pr signal em said tall bony man with carv-
make sort as WHISTLE and Uttered shr cry which was
Il ne ear fSeF he he the
for he struck out with new n %S few minutes
gard md his whoe figure betoEsnsa terrible exhaustion
M
proacb into the surf and almost carried or
and called and screeched in hideous tones inviting the hall
drowned couple stick up" and TO come this way for the
The unfortunate pair heard her well enough The woman
than her s' Her & sn stared wildly and
4he had
he longer over the waves they washed him. and
Damn his soui said he tan wrecker Il lie amt going
Sioud Yer ionpuen replied one of hs comrades sure
an the under current II land HIM here purity
A tremendous this moment swept over the swim
Tohe wreekers an age seemed to before
4 last !ss! The Woman ahrleked:-
And there man was certainly his eyes half closed his
hands moonles rising and falling with the motion Of the
As he Isman calculated the under currenthatmys-
directions al the same driven him much closer to he
lano; A few feet more and he would touch bottom
get The boat hook, you mnrderin' ihei"
question: aud while the tall waded his long
legs would let him. Pat gained the TOP OF boulder towards
(Which 7. the droIng msn was drifting Another surf SWELL
ys sks eaa ps s Mas y s said the ha in
coasns voice. posing the boat hook Dlvil fish II ae
Down the boat hook with crash spashng the water
Divi miss said quiey drew The body towards
nm AMI ssssAs a s&n ID snSaas'
m ow pb ea a a man Of cased
and eaeiSi them sezng limb and The woman The head
struck they with their bur,hen hollow in the
stor from the beach AS they laid him down with
gentle hand, the half dead man opened his eyes.
Whap' cried the woman, Indignantly, 'you amt quiet
And she seized large stone, and with three four well d.
reeed blows upon the icmple; crushed in the skull
you there's more oil the same sort lett"
~ e e b ons h Wa~
among the vc and the corpse bleeding naked and dissure
sand
II only when the job done that of the wreckers
Il say. where he devl's the grlsn
Aye" replied the woman " what became OF herr"
Drowned, may be-, said the tall man, looking sharply
ITS as good as fifteen dollars loso grumbed the woman
sus ": n., a,,,.s f., 10 a.,o. ,..,o,,.s s.r
The walked back to their place observation; the tall
He had not been ten seconds there when he turned
IS aod hes S S The girl going
OF with lin o'Neaien So'''
that had separated her from her companion had her with
gessess force into shallow water Her struggles to gain
forcing some brandy down her throat he had far restored
with very long black hair which hung in loose coils down her
back her dark and her features ne and de-
When the exclamation Of he tall wrecker summoned his
to Be struggling with him who figured as her rescer
Come along cried The later liIst In English then In Ger
ne oering girls arm and endesored to hurry her In The
Ab I, eroaned the POOR girl in French my brother Ar
oh he's all right yonr broihern replied her companion
roughly 'yonl him il you'll only rot along.o
NO no. know he Is drowned AID my father also. oh let
me die toon
Ard partly from exhaustion, partly from the excess of
agony The girl sank to the earth and began hys
tericaly.
I'm be hanged youaie asseverated Tim o'Nea "A pref
~ piece OF business 70 let you de- why you be lively
week hence as you'd nevcr been life Lord
bless you In York. pretty girl Ike you hasnt ytng
do but TO LET people make themselves agreeable her Thera
amt no Queen In Europe viii baye GOOD
when you're snugly perched there"
With such words did OiEeal try encourage his falntlng
charge She sat the beach wrngng her hands swayin
her BODY 10 and iro end uerngIor during the last few
minutes her voice had grown weak.
"oh Mon Dieu let me die Why did father lake that
taia oath Misery misery Ny father my father
Tel you what IS Mse said o. Neale speaking French,
before " 1nnt my duty allow any golngs on rs
ts here. Is you'll come along quiet ike me- III akc
you TO Dennis oFahertys first chop crib. III you're
ugly III Just take sou ali the only be SO plea
SAINT for you.n
she did not hear him, evidently She mutered beiore
Foolish oath my poor faifer -
A shril whistle nom tle ridge OF rock--twas the tall
wrcckers, for thoasandIaAae Iia o'Neale start Twas
signal, warning
With the rapidly Of lightning caught the slender girl in
his arms threw her across his shoulder cump OF
wood In The He had scarcely vanished when three per
IONS came In sight, and hurried to tho spot.
thought yen said Jim here q body heren said the
cider OF tle party.
III swear saw drt ashore" replied the man ad.
dressed, locking round.
Those vianous wreekers, III he bound cried an old
yge 30 almost hettar .at e~., .roaLa.