The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-21
sctNss ON the SINKING or THE CENTRAL AMERICA
woMKN AT WORK BALINa OUT.
Struggles Of Five Hundred Human Beings Ca
Helpless upon the Ocean.
The Horrors of Shipwreck.
RxTENT OF THE LATE GALL
NAMES OF VESSELS LOST AND DAxAGED,
DC. nc. &c.

Rs sAAussip Eupre CITY, Captain Jsa No sowan, ~.
rived = THIS port early yesterday morning ninety
swo a shs survivors Of the lnAied Central America
We iadso'ed " Ar 81. DeaisOn the Parssr q shs
r O fos the follouins interesusg stAtemsnt:-
ne Empire CITY, Csp4 Jpo. MCGOWAN, len her wharf
Norfolk, w o. 1oh A. the Ism, for this port She
AaA bean vosasled aud ooaled during previous t~o
AAys thorough oyuise In search Of The missing steamer
usssAI America, OF whose ultimate saesy, however,
- bsAsd scss any mhgi,ing.
Bus % tho day of departure, ct A. NJ, pilot boss
sane up from oussde anchored In ,Ae stream u,
sAd were Boon boarded By . gentleman, oue Of four
psSngen, who elecrinsd ~ with ne announcement Of
- kutal o she Central America, fsundered
sP. T. mo evening Of thc I2ah inst during she hse
gale, carrying down with hor most Of her officers
aad crew, nearly -four hundred passengers and Aboot
sl, 800 oce In treasure Our informant had been picked
up ssr,sr he night OF tho dsases, floating fragments
Il NE wrsck together with forty eight others BY the Nor
vsSAn bark Ellen CAp< Jonasco, from BAlEe, Honduras
brand 70 Fslmo~h, England, which vessel ns reported
sAss coming mp tho lower bay In tow OF small steamer
We likewise UNDERWOOD tnat all the women and chill
sres Of the latter iDAn, nfsy SIX In number, had
sssa saved NE steamers bosS before she sunk, and
ylnosd on board HE brig Marine, Of BSstou. Sir,
~ my Informant, with death yswning before them,
Ne men stood solid ~ . rock, nor made . movement
sps tbe boats until the and children had been a
transported SAFELY 70 The brig aer shoa about 20 Of tho
sv and male psnssgers In fc~ ps, roach Cd he aisor
vssscl before lhe steamer went down.
osg4 n,Go~an, abandoning his prevoas intention, imme
s.siy got ship under ~ay, steamed down the narbor,
md when light ship spoke bark -h her iota
~ saved Railing he prorered passage 70 oil who
saoss 70 accept rhe majority Aken board, and
wnh PARTING round Of hearty ohcers Cor ncr pre-
swvsr, prooeeded voy age, hoping 70 fall In
wrh The brig and renevs the women and children.
vessel deserted ahead In sos Of . propeller within
hires niIes Of oApc Henry, bound In, and mmedsiely
useulansn wAs rife 70 vhe.n1 shs might mrt, not
sur, ous 1. be he vessel sought gi.ies we're evencd
u bsv b, anxious groups gathered forward, and - ve
RAPIDLY ooscd oseasr, cerlsuV succeeded urmse, and
70 sss JOY of ell she proved 70 be Me brig nanse sov
NE uy of Norfolk, propeller, hcr low and copaoed
ssass swsmins with vrcschcd looking objec, many OF
aaem ~omen and cbiisren, wrinsps shes hands, and
-eeyaps and laughing BY turns, hyserioAlly.
Oar speedily lowered, snd 1Apl Mcacwsn In
Ne sr boarded The brig In person, oaressed embraced,
ase sde>d half s,rngied by NE poor who threw
Aerseives upon him ~ he -eaossd The deck
Al sosi losd aner boat load reached me ,np ode and
s.dosr escn We'd with The In assisting hcm 70 our
decks and IN snort Ame The greater portion
sorAb,y qusrsered In the cabin 10 the byssandsrs The
r~psulroo and erecting between e tso paruss-moshsr
sniunins son and husband wife; the eager scanning
a eAnn face In asonlsns fear and sxpccaou tbe joy
syisf manifested recognition disappointment awaited
Ne ssser-~S touching In ne extreme, swaInns the
sssY strings and mosenlss The eyes Of many hiaerso
snuscd 10 such manifestation.
povon remained on board ihe brig preferring 70 70
sp " Norfolk and vhsn all Who wished had been taken
s board she Empire CITY again got under weish Tor New
Ycrs with her frsisb, Of srfcvsunstes
Ninety six In all we're reported 70 have been saved BY
NE brig exclusive the oolored aevsrdcss, who died
from exhaustion amer havss been ,sksn from The wreck
An speak In e highest icrms Of e attention paid them
and NE humanity displayed by the officers and ue~
eosh brig and bark. ne Jcrrr, sfA ae soo~e', iea'
usssa 10 ssv cw Aer laa days aucscons cf s-as1 and
tsd oportuss supply Of provisions been received
from . psssing vessel, they must have been driven 70
erssi ssrsxs win hunger ~cn thirst
se bsyt Ees had previously had ell her boats sove In
Ne gale and sveyy individual Of those vcd by her we're
awr On board BY lines thrown them she called through
ne drsius masses Of drowning mcu-her captain hand
rps his vessel but sailor oould-g nns ahead
ssans spvsy her, and drifting 70 iesvsd ~ Me cries
spou, h nom these whom be could not through the
srsnsss Of me nshi dictated Their escape 10 uneqused
In me spra. cf marine dlsasser and relief,
The oacer q Me Emp're 0y, srevtns for The loss OF
,ey h<sAhey oDceu have l-e feeling Of pride and sh