The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-06

enc Of the survivors Of thA hursi ioapa desk PAs
& sS p"s Sus
my self and Da~soD-ieft out or the ywelve
Esr1n, xhs wers st one ae on .be hc'rcsns decs 9Th
rom the ~Wck on the deck wnen she ship -snt down
We ~ere boh very much ausasd, but resolved 70 d.
tbo oess wt could 70 save our lives.
wsDsEsDAY : Tho nst quite rough ~ il hsd
sesp avn. asn here was : pretty sooa s.sa rolling
TBunkDAy, the fifth day, saw boat about shree mile.
eff but ooud dot tell whehes there any one in or
pot but thought trerc Ircsoved however t. resca
pcsf'ble end accordingly dvr stsd myself OF ell bu.
my under cloi es Ard neDg life rrtserver aro md me
pmp into Tie sea- and swam nwsrds shs boat ~itn sl
Cd the Ooss bu, ber.re got to her discovered
van sna down and ing t. skull the bns. owar mn
On ,sschss Ne side Tho boat, .hs man lwho proved 70
srred ny Hr TOE full Of water, had been bsied oa'
by him through III. aid of bucket and tin pan
three cars in coed order wsich had remained in ins
toAi after being swamped The hole In the bottom OF
issen on beard snp And which A. opsp when
ty Mr. rce. had been plugged by MIN by thce uin so
that when sos inso hrr are was 10 hnc trim Mr. Toe
ySa Immediately pullen the boa. fast b!e
To the hurrcan1 deck ann took Mr. Da~son IN He wsv
srorE either Of Ne had A bsfn without food
from ~ O'Clock At Of the Saturday ssoye and
complete exhausted, bad been incessanti ss wok
for iome Thirty ok hous before the ship -eus down. ia
trying TO ave her, and none Of us hsd cared 10 ess ou
very little during the whole os that time After taking
DAwson board allowed the boat to drift With the
wind 10 sesvsrd, ret being able 70 help ourselves II We
she wreck never thought could begin 10 so through
~h che half OF what have and do noshink could ever
do II sgsp
FRIDAY AND SAruRpAY-wind light and pleasant woA
sher; pothi, worthy Of note occurrod
SUNDAY, EIGHTH Day We still continued TO DRIFT 10 leo
wsrd sih the wind being perfectly res'ened 70 ~haeyer
fsess s!led In tho afternoon discovered brgau
tine to the leewavd OF Us considerable dirtarce Ns
made evepy possble effort 10 a c, tho attention Of
one ox board o be, bus 70 no - she vas too ar
of The wind sng pretty stH ut the time. aud
che vas unaer bort sai With reefsd opesus She passed
mar md pfe At In TN
MONDAY, SNra DAY. -oc Monday sb mt four O'Clock,
another ss, 10 which made al the sgnsls OF
bote b ard, and the vessel stood directly do for
We a,o pulled all able TO Tor tho vessel which
rsrdepas. Cuba .ib mo ssses. bound 70 Oork We "a.
the vessel time before sh, think, and made
signals to her Shortly afcr Ave O'Clock we werc picked
by he vessel, where received by oil hands
With tho utmost bindnsa. Everything was doae for us
that could he Tie boat in which faved slso
tasen on board Of the Mary vita a. When We
bausted that We could not stand alone, and were
obliged to res hold Q, ,omsn'ns e ss 70 r, nuppars .s
following ncpdsy. when tie captain fell 10 with the bark
Isurs fron Bremen, with iosd OF passengers for Nes
York and ssked The captain IL be would take board,
which he readily consented do and imu,edatey sent his
boat cG for Here slso received with the ut
mo.t kndpefs ano attention, and nothing was len nn1one
BY the certaip passengers r crew Tor our oo~fort.
prefer not anything about The vesse or the condi
hon Of ber achnery, making sny statement Whatever
about The disaster prevors 10 the going down Of the ship
WHAT AtHBv.
Ivil say, however, that, In my Judgment, Nr Ashby
% not tS,ns rom sl iIow Of lac croumsnces Of hi.
leaving the vas that he IL at al 70 blame In the matter
Ism pretty certain thai he ft tho ship by she captains
orders
poue suRs wapcxsp.
This 10 The fourth time nst have been sbipwreeked
on The brig Atlas. Of windsor, Eovs iosia. bound
10 Fall River with = load or GOAL Ehe foundered
IS sea sssu; % ono m hundred niles , from Boston % .,s
by The Amsz,p, OF Holland, and taken 70 New
Brunsvick The second time was on board OF ihe
then picked up by the Cambria. Tho third Time
on tho Crcscen CITY, and the fourth and last time on
We suffered very much from the wafer beirs warm,
the heat being sbout seventy degrees, which, With tho
heat Of the SON, made oppressive. When We we're
wafer bos. several Of them being nv Thsse
have all disappeared, with the exception OF those
my lips.
STATEMENT OF JOHN TICE. SECOND EN-.
GINEER
was on board he Central America st the time Of her
going down had up the morning OF hat day been
busy with The passengers ana othe vessel In endes
voripg the vessel Seeing thai oil our erors In
direction would be upsvaing We abandoned the Idea
and turned attention 10 The safety Of tho pssssngss
Seeing that the vesse was about going down, seized
piece OF board, with which lesped Into the -sier AT
tie same time The vesse wen, down Hy, hIrgrg on 10
the board went short distance below the surface
and upon coming up could nothing ascus me but he
remains Of The wreck and the floating pAuensers In the
midst OF whom wai IimmteiAtely made my way with
my board 70 lecvard In orseeo Ges out o, reach OF the
crowd for fear tina, eM como In oQp,Ar, wlS somo Of
,hem and ihus Interfere with each oAnslp sding our
mutual safety. continued drifting Va fc~xd for three
days without sceipg single person CT otted, until 10.
ward the middle Of The third day op0s DIX looking
object floating tte olTapos o. Being good
swimmer Immediately made for Il, ard gained SUI
ncion, ground TO discover thai . boat then 70
ueved my efforts and AFTER three -four hours hard work,
being greatly fausued, came up with and laid hdd Of
The sides or the boat 10 which ouns for few moments
In order 10 regain my strength II was while was thus
,ius,ed that discovered Thai Of the Eieboss
which had belonged to me Central America, but which
Gas svsmped ip being launched before vessel vent
down The boat had the surface without bearing
any serious injury her cir chambers being perfect i'm.
mediaey recovering my strength succeeded In creep.
hug over The sides ard into The beat, which wu very
nearly fu OF vser cork being GU, Of bottom the
same before launching from The ship; sssn ,arncd
and bsllod much OF the water oul ~n able 10 do
with bucket and an pan, which found her, asd s,opp
ca The hole the bottom or the bcs, with piece OF
lhoe pin; my panaloons which had become eesi mo-
in consequence Of leg being eare vorn on by chsrs
against my board, threw overheard continued asatpg
single cbccs until toward ise osc Of The d,y
What appeared be ran boat with human beings
on H. Immediately n sde much way ~ I wn able TO-
wards the object, and doovered thai pori on
Of The hurricane deck o The Central Amercs board
which we're two person. George Grant The OF
NE vcssel and George Dswsu osored passenger Of The
Central America These took from lher ran, on which
they had been hosiipg Tor Eve days, into my and
from hem learned that hey we're TIE only surviving
out Of twelve rersous that had taken refuge On tue decs
Of whom George Budcnricn, the third suivtani
ems sneer We continued srlns N Ice .Sd until Sunday
The eshh dsy after the wreck, wren for the rs time,
sell vessel, which proved " he aschoorev. which
eucesvered 10 hail but unable to ourselves
by any beard probably owing 70 the rsci that
srea, way % ard belrg srnsl on the wafer
rot 70 s-sc The attention o any even should thcy be
on deck hut beipg SuBday, the probability was that
moei ci her crev we're below. Another reason WHY
should her sud she not ne, The fact tnst
ockrg ont couknusy for svrry object could
In hoyes of lrg wrh 81, while The people The
soho probably NOD looking cui for auy psvtcu.
lar object The schooner raased the soutsvad OF
of Ne aud -M scca out o. tight A. this