The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-14
SUFFERINGS OF The PILOTS BY THE RE-
CENT SEVERE WEATHER.


Intelligence since the 7th Inst, viii be seen thst the
pilots have suffered terribly during the recent cold
westher They complain thst for years thsy have
known nothing Ike It, and scarcely boat In but
has one or more Of the composing the Frost
bitten or otherwise injured from exposure to the igd
weather.
The boats that arrived last Saturday he'd number O.
men ON board who frostbitten in tho ears fse and
fingers Among others reported Gustavus Van Pelt
ohm Small John 0'Keefe and John Fredeh who are
thus injured. The following Is our record
From the New York Herald Jan. 81
The pilot boat syph, No. l. up the city yestsr-
cay and reports having experienced tremendous gale
from the northeast Saturday night and Sunday 6th
asd 9th inst during which, and while laying under
her trysa was boarded BY which broke rail- stove
boat, and swept overheard tive Of the pilots named
James johnson and Charles White and tho boateeper
The latter got back board but the pilots were not
afterwards. The syph of the Jersey boats;
but this has not prevented deep feeling being mani
tested BY the New Workers.
The pilot boat Julia, No. 15 out in the same gale
and lost stove bulwArks and washed the seats
out Of the cockpit.
[F,om the New York Herald Jan. lo.l
Pilot boat Mary Cathatine, No. g. up yesterday
forenoon from cruise, and reports Sunday eth "A NJ
shipped . sea which stove of the yawl boats and
sarboard bulwarks also split the jib and carried away
rigging encased in ice six eight inches In thick
Some Ten twelve be ats outaide during the
gale Of Saturday night Last among which the A. Neil
SON arrived ON Monday last with loss OF lb The NJ a.
Gr,nnel came up Wednesday, having lost foresai.
The Washington, No. 2, Jacob A. Westervet and E. X.
Collins Sunday morning last about forty
miles southess from Sandy Hook and 1t is ute proba
BILE that all will arrive safe In few days. or as soon as
their men are all taken board of vessels bound in
All OF those in port Amenng the loss the two
pilots from board the ylph, and accordingly have
heir coors set at halt mast It formerly the custom
among the other vessels in the harbor to
in this way all similar disasters among the pilots when
they had been reported in the public prints but it would
almost seem that the hustle and din of trade and multi
pciy and strife Of business had destroyed this kind Of
sympathy and fellow feeling and rendered the courtesy
nearly, if not quite obsoete.
From the Herald Jan. Ill
Pilot beat Virginis No. g. just arrived from cruise
reports heavy gale the night of the 5th instant
sixty miles Sc of the Hook, the 7th picked up barrel
Of -four, marked "P. B. c.. No. g." with Indian corn
sticking between the hoops had been in the water some
lime. On the 9th, at noon, As miles SSE spoke ships
Katbay and Whirlwind and bark Hope of Limerick also
saw clipper ship gcing NJ but could not speak her. sup
poeed to be the Challenge. During the night it blew
gale from the westward freezing very hard with thick
yapor arising from the water 1t dreadful night
Next morning looked like foa ting iceberg than
pilot beat 1t continued to blow hard the 9th and
10th freezing hard all the time. 1t is supposed that the
above mentioned vessels blown pretty well off shore
The hay mentioned above, arrived of this port the
Sth instant
from the Herald, Jan. 1871
The following pilot boats asrived yesterday from out
sdesCbrstian Berg, No. 49, Mary Taylor, No. s; Net.
tle No. 20; Jacob A. Westervelt, No. 49, Washington
No. 2, and Washingt,n No. a, and the Ewood Walter,
No. Among them the Christian Berg reports that
Friday the 11th inst ten miles east of Fire Island John
Van Buskirk fell from aloft and was severely injured
On Wednesday, 9th, James Mitchell was so severely
frozen to be disabled In the gale from the north
west, which commenced Tuesday, the 9Th, she
hove for sixty hours under storm stsysai during which
time her starboaId yaw boat by sea- and her
decks c,versd with ice foot two in thickness
For of the time it flush with the top the rail-
notwhs andng they constantly engaged in cutting
it away with axes to keep the boat from laundering by
its weight and the pressure of the that
washing ever her. One man board, who had been in
the employ for twelve years. stated that he had
experienced weather they had during this
last cruise OF ten days. Friday the 11th large
bark to The eastward Of Fire Island Jacob A. westervs
Tuesday right 9th. carried away outer end of main
boo The Mary Taylor absent ten days discharged all
her pilots Morning of the 12h the Nette Thomas
i.
also reports bad weather, and yesterday anchored
ur der the Cedars in company with the Thomas H. Smith
The Phsutcm the only not yet arrived except the
E. X. Collins ashore on Fire Island All those in port
yesterday presented quite doleful appearance their
coor being at half mast in token Of the late calamity
which befa the +. X Collins In the slip at the foot of
Rekmap street East river nine Of them lyiug to-
geher, rieeed in this manner and condong with each
ether the untoward event All of the seagoing vessels
the North river side and many the East river side
similar demonstrations of regret. There
vrthees of the largest packet and clipper sps
the south ride of the city, which from their and
grandeur should be fit prototypes for all the rest but
which this occasion appeared to be devoid kind
q sympathy There il, perhaps, class of men more
ortant to the commercial interests that
rily nters hardships nd pers than
do the pilots northern coast 1t may, therefore
be inferred that tuch omissions of courtesy the part
Of of largest vessels not much through
wsnt of respect friendly regard from the probable
circumstance that their respective and
ders not fully posted hsd quite forgotten Of
the more essential points Of marine decorum.
SHIPwRECKS ON THE JERSEY COAST.
LOSS OF THE SCHOONER PACIFIC-TOTAL DESTRUC-
1IoF OF THE SPANISH BARK DUKE DE BRAGANZA--
AN UNKNOWN BRIG wRECKED-OvER Thirty LIVES
LOST, ECT ETC.
In our issue of yesterday published such particu-
lars had reached the Ia serious casualties upon
the Jersey ast during the fearful OF the 9th and
9Th instant. Our special correspondent Mr. j. Smith,
who reJes in the vicinity of the of those lament
able disasters up the city Saturday night and
has rnshsi with these additional particulars of the
calamity The statement of Mr.. Smith win doubt be
read with much interest it embraces the OBJ
seryations OF who the spot, 1t were, when
the wreck took place
MR.. j. b. SMITHS STATEMENT.
1t commenced storming Saturday morning, the 5th
instant, abopt 10 o'clock, and the wind gradually in
creased until it blew almost perfect gale.
We hagan to think then that there danger
hand, but saw nothing of importance until Sunday
morning. On Sunday about daybresk, Mr.. jennings
the wreck msserhe lives Long beach, opposite Man
nuhswkin, N. J.-together with his assistant young