The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-19
The Disaster 20 the Lyonnais.
ADDITIONAL PARTIUULARs-THE 0Ase OF THK BARK
ADRIATIC-THE sTATkMETT OF CAPT. DURHAM
THE UNF0RTUEArE PASSENGERS, ETC., ErO.

the night Of the I'd INST was UNI tue ne bark
Adriatlc Capt Durham, Of and from Belfast M4ne for
SavsSI ah which arrived at Gloucester the 4h ast
only two Gays aner the collision but from unknown
cause no report Of her collision with the
made public on her arrival. Capt Durham no ~ever
few days since maHe the following report to Bellas
paper This account states that no
Was run INTO nsht Of the % sy unknown The
steadily % G on ss,tg the bark to.ard cyryag swsy boz
steamer passed without rendering any assistance.
gentle who resides Gloucester reported at the
Exchange kewa Room, this morning. hat he had con
alton with one Of tpe attached 10 the bark and
that from him he obtained the ~ng fActs The
man states toat Capt Durham and sccond mate we're
deck Ut she time, al saw the steamers lights twenty
minutes before the COLLISION. The seen
few minutes after The shock but the on board
ihe bark were not aware oi the damage done, and sup
posed The Gamer stood on her course
The bark r.msins u oucessar repairing damages.
Of hs Ss
second naes OF the bark They report having been in
eontso, on sunday night % Instant a. 10 NJ, with
niI,s weather starlight but hazy wind W. I. W., the
bark heading N on the wind, the steamer steering
+ saw the steamer ftteen or twenty minutes be-
lore tie collision endeayosed to tack et and while the
opsais were shaking, st uck the steamer abaf Hailed
twenty psS have ese the
bark from be steamer a. ibey blew horn !"
correspondent At Gloucester fu nsbes tho following,
which gives the captains version Of the oisaster:-
GIoucHsrEE, Nov. II 1856.
s s a ~ Sa lh OF ssd ro So
eas, for savannah arrived at this pert Tuesday Alb
sS her % boy y aa he rss rss s n @ hsa On . @
when Be discovered steamer about quarter Of mile ds
sn coming towards Sm and from her course JUDGED that
mep hs es on board The bark sut out and BY The time
strike hSs e nSog, smahss He mme iis,sy ordered The
thought he paddle 6or The kept on a.
saS s
aS hs se esss which s aa
Of her bead @ meers broken she AN vessel and was
completed her repairs REPoRfER.
[From the Boston Transcript, Nov. III
haspsuar coincidence that Mr.. Albert sumner Just
wrecked 10 u Ill fated Freach steamer Lyonnss had
brother who was lost By shipwreck few years siDce
vi b the Countess ossolt And Mrs sumner aIso had
sister, lkrs Bal, who, with her husband, was lost Ia
toe packet chip Homs, bound from New York Caarles
ton several years ago This disaster led 10 atuicabe
law suit She wealthy, being daui htsr of the late
Napoleon. IL provided that In any such Catastrophe
young child shai be presumed to die before is PARENTS
and wife before the husband bot In evidence that
Mrs Ball had been heard 10 call wildly upon her husband
who made no reply thus creating probability that he
Samuel Hammond. Much sympathy is felt In this com.
nupiiy for the relatives. who are suffering such
niZne suspense to the fate OF those dear 10 the
Mr. sumner named above, Is a brother Of lion Charles
sum- and has resided tor some years al Newport l.
Be gentleman o. wealth and standing aad psrsAkes Of
the tastes and accomplishments OF hts kiudrcd.
The Troy Times announces its belief that Dir. Augustus
fruch well known Professor o. french In Troy
Female Seminary was among the passengers Who were
loet In tho wreck OF the Iy nnsis. The Times says:
lie tailed from New York on tho lst inst In tho
French .teAncs Le Iyopnas OF the melancholy wreck
ui which our readers arc airoafy advised Hts name
does appear Ia the h or rcrsons rescued In the
secor1 mates aosi anf the teyaSls c5S6lason u sSat
he WAS in tia, OF the capains, which has never becn
heard from, and In al probability went down with all on
beard. Mr. Froeich a native OF france. He had
resided In this city about I've Yeas. He graduate
OF the University Of Franco. man Of thorough edaca
ton and intelligence HIS fine social qualities had
wen bin an extended circle of friends During the LIT
bis iaittr in Irance enjoning him to return home as
pos sible, biz lsst desire to his
once more before he finished bis earthly Psr 10
NJ his sars here and Set out at once to revisit his ma
tive lano.
board the IyonDas 10 well known In this city. lie vas
the French missopary employed by tho Methodist
quently in ptiro where succeeded the Rev Thomas
Carter. He going TO visit his relatives IN France
We are requested TO say that the statement In some OF
the papers lat among the passengers In the 1yonnais
were r G. Gibson and wife, Incorrect in two partcu
lars The gsntis man rserred to is Mr. John Gardner
Gibson, OF Boston, and Is unmarried.
STATEMENT or THE cAPrAN or TUE BARK ApRr-
BosroS, Nov. ls, 1855.
The captain or the bark Adriatc publishes the follow
Ing statement
On Sunday night, Nov. q before IL o'clock, the bark
steering by the wind. heading W. N. w., discovered
steamer about three four points tho weather bow
supposed TO be steering J.. ~ T. The night was star
light, but haxy. should think the light twenty
mlnues or moro before VIC struck. The steamer con.
tnued on her course, which would carry her by our
siern not altered, but upon nearing sbe suddenly
changed her course which rendered q collision lnovits
bic. We tnen epdoayored 10 ourselves by tackng
but was too late, ana In fe minutes We we're aiol
striking the steamer hbs the whesihousc, carrying
away our tbtoom, boSsprs, and rPrh up he topgaL
FAINT iorecssue and starting the whole sarboard bow
frxw Hat a xrOAr rstA fr~.s
hailed he steamer and requested them to leave
Us int received We then kept sway before
The extent Of our damage Saw tho stsatuor'r lights
about tour ponu on our Ice b1v, aud kept ~ view
p ,bs, ,ne had rs,s,vsa bys ae csmsse and
nsd Continued on her couisc We secured our niast,
AMI repaired the damage a. well as possible ard then
Gha cstsr Nov a. ALI p NJ ana reported myself 10 mo
Custom Houso and 10 the resLus room, stating Tie Iu
boog icssy n entirely inoores. a. 1 vas s,arsh. vita
slsht baze In tie atmosphere. J. D. DURHAM.
TO THE EprToB or THE HERGLp.
nsa carcus tsr that aessrs. Stanton & R1dor, ship
brekcr, of as city, the psrn who chsriered ard
scrt out TIE bark Esc for Brern from BaltImorc aud
also ,oe conseuces Of the soond bark Else, bouEd
IRON hsmburg TO New York Tho ars; Eric was
uspctd by Capt Nordophot who tho frr 10 rescue
the beat ard he persons H. commanded by the second
officer 0f the i ased steamer fyouBss AMI treated then
with the greatest kindness. aud put hiusclf % much
trouble 10 transfer them to The otcr or the soc,n, Else,
to bring into Now York.
TIE friends o. Capt NorderhoN sJsi OF ths Ercmen
bark Hfe exptssed surprhe yesterday 81 the fact ,s
much should have been given 10 the iismbu-g
Elise aud her onncers-vhich w@ near the and Of her
voyage and SO lune 10 ihe Bremen bark E1se which
was bourd Tor rromcn ard with limited accommodations
and Supplies uGtred for so many passengers on
long voyage, They consider that this Elise dsoyvcs
mesicp, and tho notice OF the French governnoni--d
s1y ought 10 be siver--ccuafiy with se M. 4
TO THE ErIToR OF THE HERALD.
sx-Mr Smiths letter ana Mr.. Rogers IN tousye
Husarp, lesve douct but that Tie Adraus which
in'n tbo Iyonnas. The officers Of Capt. Durham
saiei thai starlight but hazy; that The WIND was
". =. W. and tier ship heading N. W. thst tncy 80
the steamer oncan 70 twenty minutes before they srncs
her, AM that Capt. Durhsm vs hnsef on deck. Tho
sramcr was NOT only scen, bat her whistle was also
heard. Now, Nv. Editor, do not ipienf 10 question
Capt. DrBhs'1s sesmansh,p but would ask him vhy
be did not pu, hs vessel about sooner Why try wher
ives evidently too tatcS Why not throw shc topsais
ahack 20 cheek the bsrks besdwsy whilst she had ssor
age way on hcr7 wby wait tli q oolson became una
yUdable and hen order The helm 10 be put DOWN The