The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-17

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AWFUL CALAMITY AT SEA
LOSS OF THE FRENCH STEAMER LIE LIZ.
ONNAIS.
ANOTHER ARCTIC DISASTER
Owe HUNDRED AND THIRTY LIVES SUP.
POSED TO BE LOST
Only Five Passengers Rescued.
Their Sufferings at Sea- Deathof two Of
their Number.
Another terrible calamity at Sea, not unlike that
OF the III fated steamship Arctic took place on the
a INST The steamer LIE Lyonnais, Capt. De Walk,
.''e" from New York on the lat inst. with thirty.
nine ea0in Passengers. number of steerage pas
saneers, and crew numbering all together about
l5i souls. She also had on board $4,000 in specie
The New York Herald of Saturday has the follow.
ing account Of her loss:
On the night Of Sunday. the Cd inst, while Ia
dense fsg, Nantucket liehtship bearing NNW.,
and distant sixty miles, the shin was run fnto hv
an unknown vessel and her stern cut clean off
Nothing more was seen of the unknown vessel
and 1t is probable that she went down immedi
ately.
Ne. So with Ls Lyonnais, she remained with her
after part fu of water and her bow high out of the
water. All hands staid by the wreck until the next
day, when It was abandoned The ship was pro
vided with six boats, only one of which was life
boat. That boat only has been heard FROM
On the morning Of Monday, after il was resolved
to abandon the wreck, a raft was constructed, and
about forty persons, including passengers (proba
Dly the stesrase passeagers) teek refuge upon it.
1t is the opinion of the second officer that this raft
could not have lived through the rough weather
that succeeded this day-tbat it must have been
broken to pieces, and that all the persons on board
were lost. There is room for hope that some friend
iy sail might have rescued them.
In another boat was the commander with some
Of the passengers. This boat was well provided
with provisions, compasses &c 1t was the inten.
ton OF the captain to pull for Montauk Point This
boat has not yet been heard from.
Another boat optaned the second mate, Lay.
nirs. the second engineer, Desfour several Of the
Grew and passengers. This il the only boat heard
from 80 far.
The list then ia, saved sixteen; missing and pro-
bably lost, one hundred and thirty
We have no account of the other Ave boats and
the raft. save that which is given above.
The following details in relation to the saved
gathered from the second mate.
The boat left the ship on the morning Of Monday.
the second. There was a heavy gale blowing, and
the Captain resolved to abandon the ship She
was them and when Mr. Laynlrelast saw her. with
her stern sunk below waters edge, and her bow
high out of water. On Tuesday be lost sight ofthe
other boats. The second mates boat contained
Is persons. TIE weather was very rough, and the
hspless voyagers suffered terribly. They encoun.
tered several severe snow storms and and were
short Of water. They had claret wine, bread and
preserved meats. They were beaten about six
days. until the afternooa Of the 9th. (Sundsy) and
two of their number (passengers) died duii ~ this
interval On Sunday their eyes were gladden.
ed by the sight of a friendly SAIL which proved to
be the Bremen bark Elise Captain Nordenblott, on
board Of which vessel they were Immediately Ia.
ken and made as comfortable possible. Their
limbs were frozen, and altogether they were in .
terrible condition
On the next Day, in latitude 10 deg 81 min. N
longitude 6S deg 40 min the Elise spoke the Ham.
burg bark Elise, Captain Nelson, bound for New
York. The Bremen bark was short of water, and
Captain Nelson Immediately consented to give
those saved from the boat 4 passage to New York.
They all availed themselves of this offer except
of the passengers, Mr.. Shsler and wife, who re-
msined on board tho Bremen bark, intending to 70
to Bremen. The Hamburg bark arrived below
last evening" having on board fourteen of the ship 8
company Of the Lyonnais.
NAMES OF THE SAVED.
Passengers -MT. Shsler and wife Flsra Solousn,
NJ Domingo, Mile Er1esiine Bollett.
Mr.. Shaer and wife remained on the Bremen
bark. The sthers arrived here Hamburg bark.
CTeso-Laynire, second mate, Desfoux, second
engineer, Chaupeaut, seaman, Nestor, do, Double,
do Cousin, do, Bienzarme do, Jost, do Posseaux,
do Thillage, do, Lumbert do.
Two of this boats crew died in the boat,
which reduced their number to sixteen all of whom
are thus accounted for.
The sufferings Of these unfol tun tes may bs ina
sined At present they are likely to recover, but
their limbs are frozen and swonen. The ladies
suffered terribly, but bore up with the fortitue for
which the sex is so eminsntly distinguished in the
presence of real danger.
tain and the course of the Captain Of LIE Ly annals
seems to have been injudicious Her position,
when abandoned, wsuld seem to indicate that she
was tight forward, and under such circumstances
was safer than bad boats in heavy sea
The following is = list of the cabin passengers
who sailed in the Lyonnais, from New York:
Mrs Frances Dammer Mrs Cora Dammer,
N Solomon, Mrs Strong Mr. Bailey and lady, Philip
Gugielnl, J Bassford, lady, children and SER
want, Don Vincente, Dias Comas, Don Jose de
Ulate, lady and servant Herman Huber and lady,
Albert Sumner, lady, daughter and servant G
Gibson Mr. Sbsdel and lady, Mfr Van Luis, G Beau
grand, E de Montigny, Mr. Traburca, MIR Acello,
Laurent Martin and child E Ravott, Rev John
Cocagne. Saul Sasporta. A Louette, De Lsstrange,
Frolein Mile Ernestine Belett.
The Lyounais was built at Southampton, Eng
land, and intended for tho South American trade -
She was temporarily placed on the new French
line from this port to Havre, Of which Edward and
Edmund Poirrier are the agents
We have thus slated the simple facts Of this ter
rbie calauisy As the record stands, the narrative
Is heartrendn2. We have hopes, however. that rs
the boats directly in the track of hundreds of
vessels inward and outward bound more of the
passengers may have been rescued.
srArEMENT OF MR.. LAGUAIRE, SECOND MATE OF
THE LYoNNAiS
We left New Yoak Saturday, Nov. l, 1T l9
o'clock. All went on pleasantly until IL O'Clock
on Tuesday night, Nov. 4, So miles to be north
ward OF light on Nantucket Shoals, when, just
Immediately after the passengers and many of the
crew had retired leaving the watch on deck, 4
three masted vessel was observed bearing down
upon u.s.. .s
We did all In our power to avoid collision
with her, by ringing our bells and blowing our
steam whistle to warn her of our vicinity; but
before we could head off she struck Us amidships,
tearing out an entire square Of the plate iron -
The water rushed In with great force; and al
though every effort was made to stop the hole by
plugging 1t with mattresses, quilts, pillows, &c,
it was discovered that the water was gaining upon
us very rapidly
Half an hour had hardly elapsed ere the fires In
the furnaces were quenched. The steam pumps
having previously become choked with coal, were
of little service in freeing the ship. All on board
were seized with panic, and it with difficulty
that the captain could calm the fears Of the pas
sergsrs, and induce the crew to bail the ship Ho
finally succeeded in mastering the crew together,
and with the aid Of the passengers, who formed
In bailng parties, rugged cable 10 the hold, and
by this means was able TO reach the water.
The passengers and crew worked heroicslly,
mr. ri tworn ont and finding the water gaining on,