New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-19
BARK FLIGHT ASHORE Ar ROCKAVAY.

From Our Special Reporters
Yesterday afternoon intelligence reached IA from
Long Islaud that an unknown vessel was ashore az
Rockawsy From our Special Reporter who started
AZ or ce for the locality, have received the follow
ing report;
during dense fog, on Wednesday morning, the
bark Flight Capt Calhoun, from Saw 4nns h for New
York. wed, Ashore n the chops of Neg-lnet. near
Fre.port. L l.. at 10 mputes past o'clock. Capt
Calhoun states that he wss under full sail, before
ess,erly wind steering W. n. w and was ust wear
ing bis v,ss.l when she truck. lie had just heayed
biz lead aud found IA ahoms water, and the lie sd vas
hardy bauled up before the Flight struck the shoal.
Her Fails were Immediately clewed up, and the an-
Choir got out to prevent her from beatiog further on
Attempts were made to warp her Off but these falling
of their object, everything was made snug for the
hight ard Cspi. Calhoun waited for daylight Al the
time lie went ashore he supposed himself some ten
lilies further west than he aiterward proved 70 be,
eno The continued foggy weather gave him no opPor-
tuIy of correcting bis reck oniDg oy sn obseryation
During the night OF Wednesday the trk laid rather
uneasy, occasionally humping violently upon the
bar. At Daylight Capt. Calhoun discovered that ne
had entered New Inlet, and was ashore upon sand
bar. some three.quar'ers Of mile from the beach,
His vessel Law with her bead to the l. l., oil Shore
.b II, mile 10 the westward OF the spot where the
packet-ship Montezuma was wrecked in May last.
CAPT. Calhoun, as soon as he discovered his
nositi.p caused a boat TO be lowered, and sounded
arouud bis yess, ~ben he found thst she laid ia
.Lt feet OF wser the tide being then az the njod.
! Ire crprtsn was msLSsd and aDotbsr attempt 10
wsrp her of the b1r proved sbOriive. Cap. Cti
lou The. sent bis wife asbCre, and she proceeded at
| once a. New York.
~ tiis the "A. NJ. the situstion Of the Flight
I "A hya an. .t.hf nd
a perry # eTecker-, uUOer the command Of Mr.
Ebert Cox. ro~ed the bay to the beach, aud
piCceeCcG 10 her ass!-tGDce. Cspt C., oseser, %
clu ed accepiUg 8by sssstaLce al :heir bands uutl
be hao b, from ths Gndt rwrlters While me the
served the perseyerad Ia their ate lnpts % get
the bark of al d, al fret il thought that they
success'ul III The attempt, as the hiwssr came
hone about twice the lepgth OF the vessel bat II
afitrward proved that the anchor di not take firm
lolc aIo they were merely dragging il in.
The FIJI hit IL a bark Of 400 tuus aud nesry ne Y,
having been built by j. II. Wood at Somerset, ne
q months ago Her cargo consists OF cotton aad
bio e. consigned to her owners, Messrs. Durham &
DIN on If ths CRY. We understand that the vessel
is insured in the Atlantic office, IN Wall ST. Her car
go If hso injured, but In what office we have been
III bic 10 learn.
The baik DAVIS nine feet of water and at hi tide
bss bu hf feet around her Al os tide scarcely two
feet Of water her; at low water yesterday
afternoon she bad ten and hAf inches OF water IN
Ter iolc-t bviIg made only five inches during the
dsy She il slightly logged amid-ships, but should
The weather coLtmos favorable her situation sil MT
h very critical. The watel is very shallow for bali
mne every sce Of Der, anu nothing but very
high tide unloading will enable her - be got 1f.
UlOad. she draws but six feet of water, and then
uit BIT Easily be worked over the bar in,o the narrow
cbsbI Il nsice and from there foatsd into the Inlet.
With such Uncertain weather the prob ability Is, that
unless Ter cargo Is speeoily got out she VII prove
nearly il no. quite, total loss. Wien our Reporter
LETT HE beach At u O'Clock last evening, tue sea VA
snootb snd a slight wind was blowing from on the
isDd. The captain and crew remained on board last
night
On the first cay out, Capt Calhoun reports the loss
Of biz cabln-bOy overheard. IL appears th4t ile
lad went 10 the bows whore be was seized with az
aba fell overheard. HIS situation vas not discovered
ultil too late 20 r. ndsr BIN any assistance.
The Flight parsed large ship ashore on H4tieras
Shcals on Saturday last person VISIBLE on board.
The vessel probably the wreck VI the Cnnt ship
Tin. qua Ices OF whh is else where reported in this
Journal ,r,.
Tie uuderwri'ers have cent steamtug and light
Or, TO The atss,ce Of the Flight but from the snail
louness Of the water It not likely ihst they viii be
abb. TO sGOIo her any assistsDce.