The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-21

- and hove In amdships sed ssck 70 w sArbosd dSs
faen ne shlp sunk iASaanny When Game 10 the
top OF the the cuy thing about Ten fest Or
ne ships funnel above wHser. out or sight In.
SANITY. Aroand where Q mo up there must have
hundred people and grsai quantities Of drswood
hove on cca, and boots, and swauscui from the
crowd After being some twenty minutes In the water
dsccrerec Light 10 the eastward. ria wind was then
about southwest l. In company with two Others swan
towards be HIGHT but found II stopped with my com
pAriont must sink 90 len them then came ND With
D Harvey, who Wal bound 10 wards the light that
Sw We went on and saw bark hove to and hailed her
and were taken board This was the bark Ellen.
saw h captain nrst third officer after the ship
vens down When was taken on board the bark Ellen !
wa perfectly urccnsc GUS, ana reooecs nothag Tat
EsSsr4red from that time until the morning after, The
captain o,anced his search until IL O'Clock of the 18th
Sunday and abe rescued eors nine OF tse survivors
M Frazer, the nrst Officer, Immediately Upan landing
peoce-de 70 the residence Of o. Roberts, bu nj or
short conversation ne obliged TO desis from any de-
tailed rsErsve, ing 10 his utter exnauAon He &C.
codrgly went 10 u resi Of his family In Brooklyn
With he under ndine that be 10 be disturbed
ro<l 10 day, when he will appear before the Bari
Underwriters .or the purpose Of giving them narrative
of the asd calamity he very th, and appeared to ba
quite rsvefsh BE nearly broken down rest and
quies we're absolutely necessary for his recovering SUN
ciens strength for the ensuing day, He unconscious
when he picked up after being In the water for
hours and continued In that state for four hours ne
revived. For time was not expected thai he
would recover
STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN BADGER.
Captain Badger, Of the rescued passengers ., Ss
CenrA America, STATES that the gale increased u..
svo o'cocx On Friday ne lin, wosn II va, per.
oeved That The engine had stopped, ana toe sup
feu Oh Into the trough Of tine sea, which
caused hsr 70 mako considerable water around
her lee shan add the lee ioEer ded lights /.
wa after Ascerained that the Of the step
page OF the engines the neglect Of the are ensae
department In getting oal along from tho bankers the
nre room iast enough to keep up sas nres
consequently I'll the engines stopped. well
~ eli me pumps attached 70 the engines
The decx pumps out Of order And Capt Badgers
suggestion companies organised, whist Stewards
gAngs and deck hands wsn down pass coal slorz
N this tine the fres put ous, AMI sas water be
oame heated In the hold OF the ship and the steam
engesdered was srsa. thai they we're compelled 10
abandon passing the coal The snip then ny tie srcy
Of The v~ves bat san did labor oard We then ,.a
Cd several sAcgs baing - the only hope Of saving tho
ship Al my suggestion the Captain ordered foreman.
10 be on! away, which Wa done about nix o',,ocx.
From O'Clock al the water kept bay. An
aitemA made 10 raise steam In the donkey boiler
BestAs torn on, thrown into rurusce orase
the steam 10 star the pumps, but all 70 avail The
cause l could 40, learn. drag was prepared, but
TAILED and the snip continued In the trough Of We
Batting sn weus on vigorously, and was kept up ali agh
BY gAags who changed often they me ex
hAnsted. Towards morning the mon beginning to
fA and The water 70 increase and grow up Ia the hold Of
Che SHIP Al four O'Clock on the morning OF Saturday,
the I'm, the gale abated, with q heavy sea ruaaInx
They were encouraged by myself and others. win
NE ASSURANCE thai ths ship would hold ors x~sry
passenger remained cool and seemed 10 forgs DANCER
In theunsed efforts 70 TIE There was no weep
ing exhibition Of despair tsspa-s Of females
Al egns O'Clock anoshsr Asenpt made 70 raise sssam
In sas donkey boiler, to panp tbs snip, bat vsaou: Avail
Bone enc proposed 70 box the pumps, bui On rqair5
open tools could be found. water gained p
PdV The lee shar vas sGrouded In heavy blankets 20
stop the leak bus the wafer burst through At two
O'Clock 90 Saturday sat- was reportsd 70 stnd ~srd
ana ~ bali past three she came under tie stern
Bosu were imnsdlaAl7 lowered, bs. tyo were
ssove Lnstan.7 by tbs farce boats S!l rennned
one In baa ooudi.oo A. four c',,ocx work Of re-
novrg the Ads and children - ths deck or the Marine
va oOmmenoed. The brig bang much lighter laan the
sap bad By this time af,lted lee ward The ds
tnnce coosde-soe, aad tie boats were long 10
making .'ne 1trs, and trsre oecg heavy bs.
fsv could be carried ~ tine A1er seaa
tDg the ladas and children, engineer aad so-ae
nteen others we're embarked the brig By tHs time
III W& dASx The work or calling kepi on, ort
tne gsnsd iastar aad faster upoo vesse. Al
me boas SUCCESSFULLY approached he iaip smusnsors
ruan vHs made By The passengers 70 yc aossri, AID
appwensadec saa lne boats would Se died sove
v< GOV 1art about two hours before las snkrx OF
Nc snip, schooner down r,ier her ssY1 BIT could
not render anY asssiaacs ror wsl, OF boats Ths
Of bacg wen unnl ~.thu Al no1r or Der xosns
dogn Two Esnk Of the above vesse we're Ecv sees
N 70 ieevN-d Rockets we're ned from ne
wheel, bdi csvrva-c- ne Immediate sax
lng o. NE sap followed Captain He-ndon remained
% ne vne az 10 ne moment Of gong down, vhcn
~ sghi ocioax 90 SATURDAY nisnt | vas sAadng on
ne quarter deck Some Jumped put or from tue
nos rapidly dssceni ns ship and seized vnsever they
couA No one snrssed or cried bu oil stood ynsosp
r ben aved ooby and said 10 would not the snip
promised him would remain win aim, also DC the
second odAoer, hr Frazer AL ~ the snip, tn
me agooy Of death herself made plunge q. NJ ,nxe Of
a. degrees, aad, with Shrek from the snrulphsd mass
disappeared, and nve hanarcd human beings aoaied
o.. 90 me bosom Of ma With nope but death. Al
quarter past one e'coox In the morning The Hor~egAn
bars Enea came running free wind The cries
o. distress reached taoss AMI hey hove under
mort nl ne tax Of rsscu.ng the passengers pobIy
Commences, and 6y ni,e O'Clock the morning forty
nae Dad eeen PICKED up. pLgen. search made until
svsvs O'Clock, bal coul1 be SEEN. they then
bore avay t,r Norfolk vlh fair wind, and arrived u
0AFe henry on ne t7tn, where myself and four othev
enoasN>d u ne r1os boaa and Arrived u Norfolk
STATEMENT OF D. /. LEE.
rArvs or PIzrsBUKs. Pa. AND A sTKssAal
PAssHrGsR or BoARD rHz cnTzAL AMERICA.
We left Hav,ss % Tuesday SID, proceeded sish
. fair vini al thAs dag In The u.tni, however, the
breeze ncresssd, and aiibougn bsos IN bed 4 -u
rvtdcn 70 tina, The wind had greatly increased bat
uoashi 81 this Tine that might be towards moro
Ing 10 Ioe morsiss vosn so up sad looked upon The
ss ~hich beg ming to break The ship ever
fev seconds, was xvas tha The Wind had Increased
ss~slY al through the night, aad this CONCLUSION va
sueagthsaed By the Information which received from
me sailors had been o1 DECK during the night sru