The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-20
THE GREAT CALAMITY.
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Additional Details Of the Terrible
Event.
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MORE LIVES RESCUED.
Arrival Of the Marine at Norfolk with
tho Women and Children.
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DRALENGLY INTERESTING STATEMENTS.
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NARRATIVES OF SURVIVORS.
One Hundred and Forty-nine Known
to be Saved.
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NAMES OF SOME OF THE MISSING
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sEAW0RTH!NEsS OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA.
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THE LATE GALE,
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Arrival Of the Marine at Norfolk with
tho Women and Children.
nRALEyGLY INTERESTING STATEMENTS.
NARRATIVES OF SURVIVORS.
One Hundred and Forty-nine Known
to be Saved.
NAMES OF SOME OF THE MISSING
seAWoRTBlNEss OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA.
rHE LATE GALE,
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We continue 70 reoeive details OF the fighfui calamity
b ne Central America and reocod 10 learn that
sre lives have been aved The Marine, the vessel hat
1sod BY The Central America In her peril And In her
moments, arrived A NerroIk yesterday, and instead OF
having foysx survivors board she has one hundrod
sanely Forty men, thirtysWo women, and tweuty
seven children.
mo LIST Of saved new stands A. follows
BY Ine sasony, ., savannah
ny she Ellen, at Norfolk Al
BY the Marine. ct Norfolk 100
Total saved, ~ far ~ known. lao
We are happy 70 loarn thai neither Judge AcCofkle
Bsaasor Broderick, nor Or. Gvinn were passengers
board The Central America.
NJ Parker, Of the firm CT Parker Nichols merchants
u I'm Francisco wn . passenger By the Central Ane-
IA, and, We regret 70 state, was among those who
psrished
We md from good authority that the numbe, OF pas
ssnxers on board the Central America, when went
asws, did MOI exceed four hundred and fixty two.
When the Central Amsrin arrived at Havana she re
ported II the office OF The Captain General foliovs
Number OF passengers board. d.................49
crow.........,........... .......,... lol
landed at Havana.
nsasfeed 70 Philadelphia (probaby) 2b
leaving on board be2
hved from Central America l4s
Number missing. 4l3
me Presa Of Hauana, Of Sept 8. gives the names Of
ne passenger landed u Havana from the Central Ameri
., ~ follows:-
D. Ctstobai de Iozsda, q. Bartolone norpSnchi,
q. Santiago DIVA, D. Eduard, Fernandez.
q. 3. do h Coba and son.
r. Thresher, Jr from San Francisco, was no doubt o,
board the Central America. He was . or Mr. n. 8.
nrssheS, SEN, Of NO. OF East Brosdway. This young
aa hss been absent In CAfornis eight years and
nosans.
We learn from gentleman who received letter from
Mr. william Turnbun BY The last mail thai he did nos In
Nd 70 leave San Frsnoisso I'LL Ococer and thai he
vosh then be accompanied BY his wife. According 70
sA Information Mr. I. could not have boon boart the
OsnsTAl America.
II. r. A. lockwood, lawyer, Of California. His family
ne win him He went out about year ago rrom In
dana NJ l. Was he attorney Of Colonel Fremont Ia bis
lawsuih Affecting The kAsiposA Mrs. L. and children
asved By the Marine
asoo un The sh Of September.
has been said thai Colonel Fremont board The
usnuai America bu, he did not leave Ne~ York al tie
sA Of Angual and could have reached San Fnncrco
an We 2sth Of that month. rne passengers by The
len thai city the 2oih uh
y generally supposed In Newark that thcrc were on
board OF tho Cents America several residents OF
sy, who wsrc cxpcoted homo from California. Among
Ne mentioned are those Of 3. Norris Earl, and
- Of chief Of police whitney.
Ryaats ninatrcla OF New York, received clcsnphic
asspatoh about yesterday, dsted n Baltimore from
4 Wells, who was . passenger on board the illfAsed
hH sAfe arrival In Baltimore.
ARRIVAL OF THE NORWEGIAN BARK ELLEN
At NORFOLK.
From NE Norfolk Day Book Extra scps Is
ANIMAL OF YoRrY.sSE or THE SURVIVORS IN THE
NoRwBaIAr BARK ELLgN--DrsGRAoEFUL CONDUCT
or rHK CHrnF KHgrHKKR OF rHn CENTRAL AMKRI-
GA IN DESERVING HIS DUrr N THE HOUR OF PEzIL.
rhs sssrmshlp Central America, ". L Hsrndon, com
nAadev, Uniied sAtes navy, bound from Aspnwsn 70
Nsv York. foundered a ., elsht O'Clock A. NJ tho
lss insaDs l 81 so long 70 Is, the edge
she Gulf ssresn with about nve hundred souls os boad
and over two millions OF dollars In Treasure.
fae brig Marine, uupposed so be Of Boston, alhough
dsse,ed condition, succeeded In recovering from the
uss~mer all The women board, supposed 10 be ssou,
twenty rix with their children; about twenty men
mostly the boats crew.
me oonduct Of the chief engineer said 70 ne sole
OF this terrible disaster passengers concur In
giving great praise 10 The vessel for the gallant manner In
which shc rode ou, The up 70 hs hour Of her going
down. whilst The captain crew are said 70 have act
ID Eosy, the chisf engineer ned ore Of he boas ono
hour previous TO the ships sinking.
An American schooner down 10 the steamer bat did
uos vuccscd In rendering any assisanes.
Al the time the Central America' sank no boan or sail
were tight, and The forty nine passengers OF the sur
vivcrs were nved only BY cpgns % such articles OF The
wreck waahed from ner, In which condition uney
were len 70 the mercy OF the wsves for ten vslye
hours, until their delverance.
AZ one O'CLOCK A. n on The 18th the Norwegian bark
Ellen CAPT A. Johnson IRON BAIlzc, Honduras bound 10
Falmouth England passsd the place Of disaster and
heard The cries Of the floating survivors, and sucoeeded
Aner search several hcurs In rcculng The forty nine
Serscns she brought In.
supposed lnst The following ali that remain alive
cui Of eIs souls which were on board the time the M
fssed steamer foundered.
Capt rhos w. Badger Qsdy on brig Harips), San Fran.
sssoo, Gal
a. J. Essson usdy on brig xsriss, san Francisco,
California
~ H. hrown, sacramento,
Q. Harvey, Plscervnle
Vim. Birch, San Francisco MInsircs Qady on brig Ma
hne), San Francisco, California
IA Forester, Nurphys, California
ouver r hanlove, Gran. county. Wisconsin.
= y. Csrh, PcIs county, Missouri.
so"n D D Emenss, Oregon City, Oregon Territory.
Ee~ York ~' A'f'
julius sessor, sssws rst, California.
A. Wells, Leyden, Masssnhusetss
seorse Brown, Ulster county, New York.
James II Rsss Nasonins county, ohio.
fhomss kcNesh, Grass Valley, California
Hm N osb'rne, Is,hmus or Panama