New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-21
STATEMENT OF Mr.. JOIN c. rAyro,

STATEMENT OF Mr.. JOIN C. TAYrnp
1 i've a, Cohoes Fass. Albany CoaLiy. Ih.,.r
in California, working a. my trade.
On the Friday before the wreck, &. II o'eha
were called on deck TO upfgh. the ,hia. hs
couldn't get her ny. She was le.kng =. tbs. "
and all sppsVed to be very hsht.rsd ,,,,
were called UP. bet didGt tsink II vouS .,oc,..
wba, il did. She 70. into ,Ae trough a. ~. a..
tbeY tried TO get the saiis up bu. coulaet d. -
blew 20 hard. They thosght Il taey oOua 49,.
on. to get them up they could set aspy. -
pumping water in tho after part Of the .Aio on na.
uiD s O'Clock in the evepisg. then veI,lS
the engine. room about s. oSlOeh, asS vod..
I'D 20 my neck in water until tie ssyt ,noron,
ttep went down in the Storage and Sisd 10 ~, A,
coud ont 70 90 10 work, for the shp VS. IN .;,k..
condition a. tha. time. GO, q good may Of tA.'
out. They were in bed l got them 70 work a. a.
Of the pumps forward. Then We rigged barre, .0I
CONNIE need hosting water over the loser ssersr,
where work. cd all day Saturday until o'sosa. n,
the brig Marine came 10 sight and get tue aiy ~
sergers all on board the bark. About oclock As>
wss another bark came alongside, and he es&s.
hailed her, and asked her if she would s,ssd By. n
other captain said be would, and continued 70 wa
Capt. Herndon came along when We woe 4 vsi
We asked him what he thought Of H. He ~
"Wo,k away boys, you can keep Der Up for III,
EIGHT hours yet" We kept at work bntl sboC
o'clock in the evening on SATURDAY. There was vs~
Gaining very fast on US then, and people bes o p
pare themselves and pu; on their hfe-p,eserven
get Efe-preseryer and put IL on. There wa yun,
man proposed to me 70 make raft. We were 10 u
act of getting il ready when the ship gave surr
the lee SIDE and the wster washed clear over tae NH
and threw US up in the rigging where vas cssss
and held by one foot for two three mioutes bersl
could get loose. When ! got ncee and cane 10 The
top of the water the ship gone down. lad lost
off nv Rfe preserver and all my clothes thea gA
niece Of a board, and was on tina. for twelve hous
before the bark Ellen came in sight We made %
way to the bark and they pulled rs on board. VIA
my foot caught in the rigging and pulled ne doe,
the wafer ran into my mouth and st,ansled me Il
some time. ] was not the least o's nigh
encd, and didn't at any time think l WI
going to be drowned. WHen I came up there wen
hundreds of people rowing and praying just over Ia
shp. We had very hard time Of il, floating srcuai
for twelve hours. We didn't cot anything on bcan
of the ship from Friday noon till we got on board d
the bark Ellen. Then we were go tired thst hobod]
was able TO help themselves. i lost three hundrsl
dollars in gold-sll had. l had it in my pantAlsss
pocket. The last saw Of the Captain he was asui
ing on the wheehouse. He acted very brave TO u
last | saw nothing of him when the ship went down
There was yonDg man, belonging to New-ferk Iii
name was Burns. l was tsAing to him, and be sss
to uae: 81 am afraid, Taylor, there's no show for
10 get off," think he is lost. There wss anotAs
young man, by the name of ONeill; he belonged
Cincinnati, and was butcher in California.