The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-29
Marine A6aira.

THE STEAMSHIP ARAGo, Capt Lines, sailed ut noon
yesterday for Havre with ITO passengers and $so5 sis
in specie.
ADRirr AT SxA.-Ths Hamburg ship Louis Napoleon
Capt. Wisnhots, which arrived yesterday from Ham
burg on the 10th Joly, in lat Al 49, long As 81 fell
with and picked up small boat from the Por toguese
fishing schooner Asorao, from Lisbon, fishing on the
banks. The boat contained two men, The mate who had
been with them died two days previously They stated
that the 2sth June, in lat 49, long So seven boats
left the schooner for the purpose Of fishing when
thick fog came on and they lost sight Of the vessel and
had been drifting abou. IL days. when picked up by
Louis Napoleon They had plenty Of provisions in the
boat, but had had water for three days. Their
names Jose &c sluia andAntonio Mendes The MI "a
who deu was named a. Mamisl. The survivors we're
brought to this port.
BURNING OF rrE surp GREuAS.--The following partcu-
lars Of the disaster to the ship Grecan and narrow
cape from destruction, while the passage from Liver.
pool t, Manila brief notice Of which has already ap
pearsd,) Is furnished by Capt nsley to the Portland
Adrerise,; -
SogRABAYA, April 2s, 1855.
On Friday, the It'll Of April, ia the atternoon, per
We Immediately made examination Of every part OF
the ship and tiled the GOALS with iron bars in several
places AND found extra heat and nothing cause
any suspicion OF hre and supposed the ali to
from the surface OF the Goals toe square the n,an
hatch and thinking that soms water might have 70 and
from which place shout twenty miles distant.
and the re discharge Goals from the main hatch until We
discovered the cause Of tue gas. Atsr. taasiag
rounded TO, the officers and myself below ana
stopped soTe time, bus found no signs of snoss, and
supposed the alarm had from tue smoke from the
galley fire beating down the hatch when the ship was
heao to toe wind.
Having been up ell the night before had ,us. laid
down on Geek to get nap, when the mats c.ma up
70 NE and iequshted TO step to the main hasch:
looked forward and in the moon isht coald light
rip nv fha o. uftn nat htpk
Of Gre tupposing Il TO be the gas had been
ching all the evening, bat had not sot or the quar-
main hatch mast head high LIKE the smoke from barn
ing LARGE quantity of guopo wder We got engine
below the snoss and gas drove out now saw that
nothing remained to be done but to make the ship air
tight which vac done in very short time by batsnug
the smallest particle Of smoke could escape
Before We finally got her battened dc We bad i've
men faint on deck from the effects of the gas AT
midnight anchored at Ansenam in the Issui or ion
bocn-got plot, and at clipped tie chain, and
twenty augur holes bored below her water Ioe mani
shear decks &c matches and the outward on the
pert side very hot smoke escaping from every part Of
the tbip and everything TO show large body OF FIRE
ln the At erpoon gotta an isut in ali
our spare sails and every tbine bs-sso cot oar
The ship tba, We vsr, ssarfni Of
IN explosion All hands left and vent on board Of the
schooner w.
From one to two A. NJ OF Sunday the shin was cam.
pleely enveloped in cloud Of steam At g. .. coon A.
The steam disspstsd, the oicsrs and mys N want nm
Board spd found sixteen feet OF hot water in the sop
AID steam escaping nom overy part Now satisfied th,t
the water had feached most OF The FIRE. sent FOR the
men and engine, and az soon everything wts ready
took of ell the matches to let the foul air escape then
put oil on but ONE main hatch TO stop the draft The
IRE coon burst out from the holes and from over the
npTer deck knees on the port ads and gave us -four
hours OF hot and hard lighting before we got u under
command; II was excessively hot below tina; We
could not stand II but very few mimi 'es at 4 time
daylight, three chiefs from the Radja OF Lom
occk with oilers Of all And every assistance lay 10 their
power to grant they immediately sent for three hun
cred men. Now plugged part Of the holes In the side
Kept the engine 1t work. throwing water into the be-
t~etn decks, whore the Goals stin badly burning
throwing over everything could come q to make
At night stopped the remainder Of the holes
then pnete<n feet Of water In the ship Monday morn
ing two hundred arrived from the RadjA-eos the
pumps 1t work. Engine constantly at work forward,
whore there was still Are, and the ship 80 hot that
VAS impossible to stay below but . few minutes at
time Ali Of the cargo ana provisions completely sstu
rated with vaterthrowfpg over everythpg forward 10
make room TO work and get at the IRE.
May l. the ship IL Al discharged, and Ia burned
on Hocr In place the port aide OF the main
hatch about four feet square, through the ceiling and
three aoor umbsrs, about half off, Sister keslson badly
charrtd main keelson not touched In the least The
Gre lsn worked IT'S way mp through to the hover deck
without touching the side, and Just charming the miiu
N ast IN ore place.
Tbe Gre then went under the lover deck The 10 90,
cssl and columns and beams, are badly burned for ala