New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-12
LOSS OF THE BARK MONASCO AT SEA.
FIFTY-POUR PERSONS DROWNED
ARRIVAL OF THE SURVIVORS.
TALE OF the WRECK.
YAMEs OF THE LOST Ard SAVED.

received in this city via Bo.tor eta ing that tho
2la Of July the bark Monasco, Capt. Daley. Of
Warren, Me-, totally ost On The east of Burn,
Newfourdard while % her way from Gostenburg 70
this post. On Monday evening last, the survivors,
minus the captain ard bis WIFE arrived 10 this city
from st. Pierre, Newfoundland on the French brig
LOUIS G,llies. We have seen portion Of them, end
learn thss the ship leh Gctsepbure foe New York on
the I3sh of June, with Gi Swedish passengers ard
crew Of 10 persons On the night Of the 2irt OF JAY
the bark ran upon high rock on Corbn Head New
f,undisnd and soon after went down. head foremost.
BY this dsaster 81 Swedish passengers persisted. IL
would appear, however, from the facf' which have
trarspred that this dreadful loss Of lie msnly
attributable to the cowardce and acapacity Of the
captain. Had Capt. Daley possessed Ordinary dis
erection AND selfcoptro few il any, Of his passengers
would have been lost. Bot, instead Of msnfnly stand
ing by hi. chip he was the first to set an example Of
pusilar unity which it is truly painful to contemplate
At the fret alarm he rushed with his wife 70 the boat,
aud stuck by il to the last ~ though were his ony
hope. We trust that those Who saw nj to place bin
in so responsible poston will take the earliest oppor-
turity to ascertain how faithfully he discharged iss
duties.
At the Castle Garder. yesterday, we saw Eve ofthe
passengers and two Of the Of the Monaco. The
remainder of the survivors wandering about the
CITY in various directions. Those at Castle GARDEN
were in charge Of the Rev. o. G. Hedstrom pastor OF
the new Bethel Ship, at Pier No. II North River Mr.
Hedsir.m bas for the past 10 years been engaged in
attending to the spiritual wants Of the psiives Of
Scapdinavia who come to this port. The following
statement of the di.aster was dictated in his presence
by the survivors.
SARRATIvE OF THE SURVIVORS.
The American bark Monasco, Capt Daley started
on The 18th day of June, from Gottenburg Win 81
Swedish passengers, aud twelve officers aud seamen,
for Eew.Yolk. There were seven families on board;
the remainder were single perons, women ptedom-
mating. Capt. Daeys wife was with him. Nothing
of special moment occurred til the 2lst day Of July
About II, o'clock at night the bark struck light en-
the port bow; she was then going only about four
knots an hour. 1t was very dark and foggy at the
time, and although good lookout was kept, nothing
could be perceived before she struck The disastsr
occurred In the mates watch. The captain ran up
Immediately from below, without waiting to dress,
and jumping into the quarterboat, which hung on the
dsvits, placed his wife beside him, and shouted.
Haul the main braces, we have struck an iceberg"
The sailors sprapg to obey his ORDER, and the pss-
sepgers ran out from the houses on deck, and lent
their assistance. Some of the sailors ran forward aud
lifted up the fore hatch, to see If the water was gain
ing on the ship They found that the water was already
over the water casks. Some of the passengers and
sailors worked at the pumps, while others assisted in
aur ching the long boat which laid on the top OF the
orecsste Capt Daley, during this tire, remsued In
the quarier-boat with bis wife, and called upon tho
steward 10 bring him water ard provisions, which he
did. Some Of the sailors and passengers tried 10 get
into the querer.boat with the Captain, but he SAID,
Don't come here, or will shoot you" We cannot
Ackkb ;pk hat n
steward, at his request brough. him some The long.
boat was got out and launched. after much severe
labor, in safety. We could not tell what object We
bad struck; we could only see something tell and
murky looming up through the mist and believed that
it was an iceberg The ship began 70 sink rapidly,
and Capt Daley with the three or -four per.ons 10 the
quarer-bosi tried to lower that into the water; but
found that they ctud not account Of the nearoess
of the vessel TO the object which he had struck.
The Captain then, fiudpg he could not launch H. got
out of the quarter boat to the port side Of the ves
sci with hs wife, and descending by the mzzen chains
with her. they were taken into the long boat by the
mate and others. The steward, who had been fitting
out the with water and provisions TO save
the captain and his wife now held a lantern 10 the
mizzen rigging to enable them 10 get safely into tho
long boat. No sooner had be and his wife got into
the boat which was nov pretty well loaded, lsxseen
persons bavIng taken refuge in III, than he cried,
Shove her Of from the chip The steward climbed
up in the izzen rigging with his lantern, and cried,
ooh, Captain, are you going to leave me here
Captain Dsiley will you leave me berel" This he
repeated several times in tones Of painful entreaty.
The captain said ro,hirg more than Shove of the
boat" which we did as it was deeply laden aud
would have been in danger Of going down with the
sbip. We sboved of little from the bark, leaving
tie passengers at work at the pumps for dear life. Ono
oftham in"ped over board hCm The bows and tried to
reach the boat; but he persisted in the attempt So
versI Of the sailors only reached us by swimming We
afterwsrd learned from one Of tie survivors On the
vessel that the passengers, when they found them
selves deserted by the officers and ssors calmly left
the pumps and went into their cabirs apparently re-
signed to their fate. We laid during the
light about half mile frOm the chip, but
could not zee it. We supposed that some Of the
people might be saved in the morning. The weather
wss v,ry calm OF we never should have survived At
d.wp the fog having disappeared, we could see land
ald found TIA. the ship had struck On rock las We
subsequently, Ies,ned) off Corbin Head, about six miles
from fishery called " BURN, in Burn County, New
fundland We also found that weasel had not sn.
tirely sunk, but had gone down head foremost. The
rigging was all stardirg had let 1t, and the ship
was submerged forward about hslfway up the fors's
and the stern was five or six feet out Of the wsfer bdt
wet by the spray. We found two psssesgsrs and the
steward alive in the stalbosrd mizzea rigging; all OK
the rest were drowned. II was about half an Ensisn
mile from the vessel TO where we could land with tho
boat We rowed ashore and labdedtwelve OF our pso'
Pc Including the captain and bis wife, and the o'h''