The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-08
THE ARRIVAL OF THE
RESCUED Passengers
FROM TIE CENTRAL AMERICA
Terrible sufrerings at Sc.
Ar yEW Y0RK.

bflIish Dfis MARY, and arrived iii New iurk Mon
day, are j. Tice, "a engineer: Alex Grant fireman
and e. W. Dawson, (eolored) a passenger They
were rescued on the 4st ult. in Hat 36.Io, Ion 10
The NowYork Express Of Tuesday, says;
The reScae5 passengers were landed al Castle
uaIieh uep0t at ton O'clock IN the steamer Dr.
hano' ana We're immediately conveyed in a car
rage 10 the ollee of the steamship Company cor
her OF Wost ana Murray streets.
ihe second engineer. Mr.. Tice. was taken 10 tha
sight Of him. -
The condition Of Mr. Tice and Grant IN aInos,
peysnd description. Thry are nothing hut skin
aud bone, aad are covered with bruises received on
the water. Mr. Tice las one OF hi, feet banlaged.
ahn IL was with the utmost dffcuity that he couii
"hik; He had on a pea jacket and glaze cap.
WHICH had been furnished him by some of III.
saiI"fS OF the bark Laura. After manning Al tie
ONCE about ntteen minutes they were taken i'm a
a. 'Ese anu driven To the Residence of one Of the
oihetfs OF the Company, III 7th street near Avenue
d. Nnlto number Of 1r. TiceS and trant ac-
1uaihtances were among them and several Of those
rescued from the Ccutral America met them inst "a
they we're returning 10 the carriage and the scene
all behplders e "
!, IL Is thought that 10y proper medical treatment
tiiet VIII be restored to health again
ar ice leet aud legs said to BE- covered
@ "ien o'h's ana hlisters His face, also is badly
pf"Sei and the cook is in q no4t lauIarthle tom
AS soon as the news Of the safety of tI,. r,,',,,
heet ana others vas announced there W., ,-r. f
rush at the office by parties who had friends on,
'"atu 'nc steamer. Many were makin. Inquiries
dt the oilce- and the nates of the three r.c,,.,,
were hhhiiy posted up oil The donr Sir Tice Is 4
5lige Ihan, but has mother living s,r,avbs,e
p'th oi llobokeu. MIR Grant is II married man
A9 soon as the second engineer. Mr. lice is able
ne VIII make a full statement of the diaster and
us ShcIihs curing the seventytwo hours drifting
opportunity
hhhi4Nd OF MR.. Ashley, THE CHIEF ENGINEER. Am ,p
TiCR.
lhlhediateiy upon the arrival of tho bark T,ur,
at castle Garden Mr.. Tico was first ro,,y.,,.I i "
carriage by Mr.. Ashby chief engineer nf th e.,
tfai America, TO the Battery Hotel. The l,aatin,,
pS'"eeh Ashby and Tice 1nite affecting a I
80 oYerpowered lice that he had to be h.i1,ed ~
the carriage. p" -
MS hfst inquiry was, 81 how many of tla cra,e
and passengers Of the steamer had Lrnn s.v.I5 ~,
Ciptaih tiernG0n. said he, "tllc nub, and ,.sI!sct
commander of the steamer, fear we never sLaii
SEE AGAIN and Van kenssalacr. the first officer ono
,o3 10 ana i"St generous fellows that ever
hFed' lear has gone down with the gaptaiu."
During the ride to Avenue D. where Mr ,rica,s
liehS reside he stated in general terms the mar
tIcuIars OF his rescue.
NARRATIVE CT Mr. TIcE
Within half an hour before tie Central A,rorica
Sa.'N, IL hecae evident to all on board that them
r,i'rts AZ balling and puaping were unsyajIjn aud
Mr. TIce, with others, betouk himself j., fin III
capt Herndon was then on the hurricane deck ,,,l
Tie SAW nun but Il tew moments before the stetnle,
sdhA' HF. nee AT once looked about him to secure
some means or saylng his life after the
should take place. He found a board of an ;nrI
anu haif IN thickness and about ten feet long ana
with 1t lac took his stand on the hurricane InrI,
near the stern Of the steamer. lie had been fher,
but a few moments when the stern L.aan Ia sirl
rapidly, and rs the deck sank near To- the surface
he sprans with his board into the watrr-sfrurl
vigorously out from the sinking vessel and wheI
about forty feet distant he saw the waves cIns;u,
over the bow. lie was sufficiently remote from th
steamer when she sank. that he was net carrie,
under. III moment the boiling surface OF the se;
was filled with the debris of the wreck and srasn
ing Ter tbein were scores of human beings, stit
hoping that they might yet he rescued from an in,
pending fate.
iesting his chest across the centre of the hoard
MIR. lice swan to the leeward, and thougl, near I,
others who were struggling in the waves the,
were sustained on pieces Of wreck ami did not at
Tempt to share his board with him. Soon aftel
the steamers ul. hc iii coYercdtla !ieh Of 4 We,
Sci IN the distance, which he SUPPOSED La hrIout
either to the bark Marine or the schooner fthe t
Doradu) which they had spoken II short time be
fore the catastrophe. They were to the leayrar,
oi him, ana he continued swimming in that dircc
ton, III hopes to reach the vessel, but with the
disappearance of the lights about yI5 or 10 nrloc
he ceased his efforts. An hour or two later he
again discovered lights, aud this time much nearer
him In few moments lie was able t. dis,in-
guisll the hull of vessel bearing directly toward
him. His hopes were raised. and he was confident
that he would soon be discovered and rescued
liut, when only quarter of mile distant from
INN, the Eessel-a bark (the Norwegian bark Ill
,ueutty her bull and Ii,,hts di,fi ~
vas annarentIv saiIir fl, ~, G - ~ e"e
the remainder of the night, be encountered seven
persons, VINO, like himself we've drifting about ON
stances be baiIcd tho,,, i ,''." a. ''''' ia
man a nsssangor toiJ NJ r. ~, tno EeitlG
he il now urajSI r. rs,c,,h. ''is .'n"'' ".ieIl
he had so =, tI,o nrrr nf III, s,a, ~ t''. %
nine hef,re f. So, o., . h,J i Us :, q sl't
expressed that he Wa, vet aIve ia.i ",''
,i,,oI - Iii i,,r; 20 90 - hG"F9 -" con
Tuesday morning ,awned uyuu Mr. TL.e viii in
tie to encourage him to hope The bark hecama
visible bat she was standing of and by II oclnck
had sunk below the horizon The dav however
fino; the sun shone brightly but bcf,re rncri
dian tlie heat became powerful St despond.ncy
was no part Of his nature Despite the dreary
prospect of his rescue he resolved To struyIr far
life. sunday night came and for auothrr ton
hours he butieted by the still heavy waves
amid the darkness. But his f,tieue WAS too p,uch
for him to overcome and often ,iuriup the uioIt
his head would drop on his breast while in an in
voluntary doZe and he wou!d suddenly awaken with
his hands iDstinctively graspng the plank whi,l,
alone bure his hopes for the futnre. Bur beside
his sufferngs from exposure 10 the waves and the
heat, thirst and hunger added their influence to
render his situation the more desperate. The
Cravings OF hunger were severe, bat his thirst WAS
terrible.
Monday morning dawned without the presence
of anything To cheer his hopes. Occasionally fIag.
mehts Of the wreck. drifting in the Can stream.
wonid be lifted by the waves iuto view: an anon All
Inflated life preserver would dance over the sum
INIT of a wave amid the white caps. and u "A mo
ment disappear. The sun set while he was yet
tossing on the waves. but with a spirit unbrotel-
which MAS yet tn suffer severcr trials than he had
yet cXperlenccd-he still eiung TO his plank
throughout the night, little expecting that the
dawn of the morrow wa. to wait to him a means
that would buoy him above the waves until frosi-
dcnce should snatch him from the very jaws of
death
About o'clock on Tuesday morning after float.
ing with his plank for sixty-one hours he de.crib
ed boat at the distance of two or three miles and
without knowing certainly what IL was f1rther
than that it seemed to afford letter means o5 su,
tanning himself than his plank, changed his n All
tion rested his body on the end of the njapk. and
swan In the direction of the ohjrct Tie wind in