The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-17
ANOTHER TERRIBLE SHIPWBECK.

The New York Packet Ship st. Denis Foun.
dczcd az 0ca-Tho Captain, . Portion Of the
Grew and Thirteen Passcngors urowned-
Arrival Of the Survivors MT this Port--Their
Adventures at Sea I'm nm Open Boat fDr Thlx-
ty Hours.
seems ~ though ws are TO stop recording the
fearful effects Of the storm Of the 9th and 9th January
Our columns are Allied day after day with accounts Of the
disasters effected by H. and today It becomes painful
duty to record the Loss of the ne packet ship St. Denis
bound to Havre from New York. which oundered sea
in lat. 80 Ion. u, ~ II N. on the 9th inst.
All the passengers, Of whom there we're thirteen on
board wsre drowned and out Of Of twenty
perscns cs.y eleven were saved.
appears the st. Denis cleared from this port on the
LIST inst but did not sail from the lower bag until the
9TH. The following day Saturday. the gallo from the
northeast caught her, and she was heavily laden
With cotton, flour and grain, shs soon became
disabled Notwithstanding the strenuous exertions
of the captain and crew to her. The gale
increased in violence the night progressed aud
wards midnight 1t discovered that the vessel had
sprung aeak In the cabin, and the water was rapiiy
Gliug up between decks.
All hands were Immediately set to work at the pumps
but the handles in several Of them broke they became
useless.
Every exerton was made by the crew, but still the
water gained upon them, and the effort was at length
given up In despair.
still the gale Increased in violence and every sail had
TO be taken in To the vessel Captain Foansbee gave
orders to cut down the masts The mizen mast first
went by the board and In its fa 1t carried away the
stern boat The main mast next cut down, but it
seemed ~ though evil genius hung over the
vessel for in Its fall it carried away the life boat
the jolly boat and the foresa yard, and stove in the
long boat, the only one remaining on board
passengers and As the storm increased the ves-
sci became unmanageable. The surviving sesmen
state that they violent a storm on this
coast before.
Ry the morning Of the 7th IL became eviden.
TO the seaen that the vessel would founder and prepa
rstions were made FOR launching the long boat which
they did, after mending it best they could It inme.
datey swamDed, and II with great difficulty the
water bsed out The feared To enter IT, 40
certain death seemed the inevitable fate OF those who
ventsred in fra bark 30 Wild sea. At length
the first and third mates, and nine seaon jumped in
but persuasion could induce Captain Folansbee to
leave hfs post. When the boat first s~Auped, he OK
claimed, "Wa, boys time ia but shsrt now" and
before the boat left the vcssel was heard TO utter
"My poor wife and childrcnp
The passengers of whom there were thirteen on board
were not aware OF tho dreadful fate that awaited them
until few moments before the vessel sunk They sun
posed All right did the captain break the unwei
come intelligence to them until 1t became absolutely me-
cessAry 10 TO do. Among tnoss on board was young
couple that we're married immediately before the vessel
sailed and wose bound to Havre where tho husband was
to ofciate agent for the Fric RAil1osd Company At
l2M the long boat showed of and after the St ne
mis- went down, and few spars and loose tibers were
all that remained OF what once gallant chip
The boat wss In most fororn situation ar
ter tho ship ioundered, as the sea was very
rough and, 10 add to their difficulties, the crew
abored under, there only three oars on board az
two had been lost when the boat swsmpet Their place
waa inadequAtsly supplied BY hickory brooms, that was
fortunately thrown into the boat and while OK the
padding with these three others were inces
'sntiy at work balng out water that washed
ind into che boat, which also leaked Towards night
the zoe calmed somewhat, and the boat was drsfted
ahout they knew NOT whittier, NJ neither chart
compass BOARD barrel Of bread comprised all
the food they were supplied with. The night bit
terly cold, and the suffered scvsvely. On Monday
morning brgantne discovered, bearing tho Poru
guese oolors bat the boat needed In the after
noon . ship hove In sight, which proved 70 be the
Naples, Captain Lowell, from Leghorn bound for New
York. H this ship the eloyen Survivors picked up
Ater having becn thirty hours in an open boat The
@a. The Naples arrived yesterday.
The following statement by ons Of tito seauen will 30
found nteresting:--
STATEMENT OF JOHN coNLos.
We vailed on Friday, the 4th inst, worry heavily laden
With -four, rice and other commoditics At the dock
remarked how low the vessel lay In the water with
her cargo and had doubts to my going In her.
but the wind at this season Is generally favorable
made up my mind TO risk the voyage On Saturday tho
wind began 70 blow from the northeast and the sca be-
csnc very rough and Ia tho evening W wcrs co~pssd