New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-27
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Grrat eyrssrnes, Wa cau-i throgZ chou; the CT
5 s'riisy uouing by a INIT teie-;rarhc dsPs'cS
f. n Sol He,k 70 the rfec', ihft the s'eam''H
Bol-ytI Ssv,n.. with about lao aGuir,d eNcur
,loi 70 the soag Ilssks hal been can ia:o by
.choou,f and Va. disabled and drifting "a 20 ses.
Many pei,oRs who hsi relative. o. mend. ~ bosri
Were sKol,., liking {, ga,n SOME ,dn-s OF III
r.'s,.g ore, believing tia; the Steamboat hsd b',n
biosu Is. OF 70 go by the gale " wind ths'
she bad s)ne down. Their snxety relieved
sb,ui oclok b, the sraouno~-nent ina, the Robert
L. Scve-s a. 10 tow # the stesn-tug 4 hll,es aad
th,t IL passengers v,~e oil safe.
We have gstbecd the FLOWN, fsc's from Mr..
George Lairi o; NJ. Jane. L.lrd doing business
ID Chatham street, 40. together with his brother
VS. N beard ., The steamboat,
Tie Rob 4 l.. s,eytps 81 excursion boa, - lie
f,huc baLks, or Sunday, had board about two
hupGred Passengers including shout twelve or four
teen won On Dad Wa lying st anchor about mae NILE,
b-, oud SANDY Hook. About - minutes pas, clock
? N they vt.e run into by the schooner Francis A.
q, cGvin of New.York. laden with bricks saj Inns
sud bOHi ! tor south CsoliBs The sch on-r struck
hear the bow Of The steamboat, and stove hol-
about two FEET square, and sbout twelve inches above
the water me The schooner t2ca rakcd along the
,'te oftne boat IN the wheel house and damaged
the mschBe'y 10 such exteGt that It en,icely
useless r., >ehoousr having cleared itself sld on,
side Of 4 steamboat being compel wreck. the p,s
seugt - wrrr seized Wi cnsternatoa and conmeEcei
susLug about wildly. 'ome shouting. some lookiog
after tLtir IL eads and uth'rs tearing up benches or
whatever they could grt hold Of 70 buy them up IN
the water The flags OF d'trrss were raised and tn,
bell was rurc IN order 10 attract the attention OF YES
scs within VIEW about this tine the Wind 'pcuag up
with great y"lruce which increased the dinscr
Shorty after, the schooner ia gsrrt Nibie came
along under the stem Of toe steamboat. and sxtyhve
OF the passengers succeeded IN getting on board when
he Schooner stood I'll. Que o. t~" other s'h"oners
attempted Ia get alopgsid-, hut were unSuc'es'
nj on accupJt e the gale. Eyentut'y the schoone!
Francs A. Goodwin returned aud took on board al
the pass myers. numbering about 200 persons but Cap
tam Andtrou snd the hand. refused to abandon the
steamboat. At o'clock the schooner cut O'se snd
-l"od out 20 oca tor one or two houS Wien tins tact
became known Il tie pssseneer- they were clsnorous
20 be brought TO NewiOrk, but the Captain drcised
apd r. rod 20 st them ashore at the u eakwaier,
ne.r ih'lsdelPhs. This the greater number would
rot .,n TO- ard some Of the N :e determined Threat
ened to throw the Captain overheard urless he sc
ceded 10 tleu request The schooner WAS put about
AID r,turL.d agais to the stevens about o'clock,
whcre The plot-b bat, No. and No. 9. were found
,long-id. of h-r The schooner had received o
slock which started III. plaDk'ng at the bow. AMI
/, ra. found necessary TO keep four sca constantly
az the pumps, while those who were not a. work
were dryeu below by the intense cold Here they
?, csrd themselves upon barrel of hard bscui. AM
disposed Il Themselves - best they could.
About 4 O'Clock the pa>se, gers were again startled
~ tLe csrtsin who shouted for all h ,nds to 60 "a
On deck NJ the sc-sel was on Ge This caused another
rspc and general rush for the deck. IL was a5cer-
TENED n e, the water had gained in the hold. md,
coming IN contact with the hme, set the barrels on
Ere About 80 barrel, uf jGe thrown oyebo, rd
~ time 10 pre-, ent any serious disaster.
A.t.r Daylight tue captain attempted for nearly
,hr,. Lours to make land at Fort Hamilton, but hnay
was compelled to cross aud anchor about three
t,urth, of mile IRON Staten Island. aud the pas'en
GERS were conveyed the shore ia safety, with the
exc. ,tion of and boy who Eel Jverb Dard.
but experienced nothing serious thas cold bath.
These passengers arrived in New York 10y the Satin
| I-sud ferry. bost st IL O'Clock n. and fastened
lone 10 inform their friends of their safety
The passengers On the schooner Margaret Msbie
AID confotless, night nearly all OF them being
dreuehed by the spray which constantly br akng
over the vessel. They arrived by the Report boat
OF Ioi oo"k a. IN
The collision II, sad 10 have been NE result Of
lrc,Dees on the part Of the captain Vi the Frances
A. Goodwin