New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-23

q tons. At the same time by his oriers derrick
| out of it by tubs and whips. Then dsponsnt went
below ard rugged two whips between decks 10 hoist
water az high as the upper steerags and then dis
charge ii through the scuppers Of tina. deck. At this
me the freight room about ope-hsf or two thirds
full of water, in the judgment Of these deponent..
Shortly afterward this deponept, James NJ Frazer,
observed that whips had been rugged in the engine
room, and that men were there at work heaviug out
water with tubs. The bsing there continued all dsy
down almost to the last moment with these appliances
to-wit: Line whips, with tubs and three gangs of men
bailirg with buckets.
At about ~ o'clock at noon on Saturdays vessel
hove in sight which atterward proved to be the brig
Marine of Boston. We had had signal of distress
Ayirg from daylight that morning and the brig APP
preached u.s. and passing round stern rounded to
under our lee a. about O'Clock p. H., or little
thereafter.
Az the brig passed under our stern the dep,nsat
James M. Frazer hailed her by the direction of Cap
tain Herndcn, ard informed her of our stua
ton and requested her captain to lie by US aud
take our passengers, treasure and nail. The
Csptsn Of The Marine promised to do all that he could
for u.s. We had originally had six boats. They were
ite.boats five of them wooden and one metallic. One
Of the wooden ones had during the night before been
washed out Of the davits by sea. We had therefore
but five left, ard az the gale had sbsted since ten
o'clock on Saturday morning, we received orders from
the Captain TO lower the boats. The two aftermOst
boats we're lowered successfully; the port forward
quarter boat was stove In lowering it, The two boats
on the upper deck were launched successfully but
sea caught the metallic boat and stove it under the
guard when it amOst Immediately sank.
Under the Captains orders the women and children
were first lowered into the boats by bownes from the
lee davs, ard by his direction David Raymond, Fin-
ley Frazer ard the depOnent John Black, took com
mand of the said boats respe ctvely The boats pulled
away TO the brig Marine put the passengers on board
of her, and returned ard again took passengers to the
brig. The deponent, James NJ Frazer, says that I'M
Ger ordinary circumstance would have been his du-
ty to take charge Of Ct the boats but the Captain
I'D 10 air hint laat
which request he complied with.
y the time the boats had got to the brig the second
time she had forged ahead and drifted so far to lee
ward that she must have been five miles Off, At
steamer in order TO her to forge ahead. aud as
far as possible to keep up with the brig in drifting
The depopent John Black, states that in these two
trips the boats commanded by Finley Frazer and Da-
yid Raymond became damaged a. to be useless the
one having been stove alongside the brig Marine,
and the other having been damaged so as to leak very
much and got nearly filed with water. The boat
commar ded by this oeponert John Black, also be-
came much damaged, and required man to be con.
stanty baDg and this depoDeDt also bailing as much
as possible Nevertheless tbT deponent returned
with said boat TO the steamer bat by the time he get
within haiDg distance of her, he ascertated that MS
boat was so damaged that she could not safely take
another person ON board at the same time some one
whom he supposed to be Capt Herndon, hailed hlm
from the steamer to keep Off This was alter dark,
about half-past seven p M, ard the snip WAS theh
sendDg up rockets
M
this tine and after it. the bAiiDg was continued vgor
ously but il now became evident that the ship must
very soon sink and at about quarter to eight o'clock
p. M, or little after that hour we gave up baing
During the afternoon, at about O'clock we nau
cut away the hurricane deck, aud tore DOM the doors
from vafous parts Of the chip, and brought them on
deck to furnish RATS for the passengers
A. about o'clock p. M, or few minutes toere-
after, the ship settled rapidly. Sae took in httle
water forward. few moments after that two seas
10 succession washed over her ait, and then tbr1
sea struck Der aft, ard she iishted and went down
stern foremost. =,
During the whole gale and mp to the last, the snip
behaved extremely well. She aid NOT ship sea dur
rr the whole gale until after she began 60 settle,
and Just before sinking, as herein described Ihe
ships log book was carried down with her. ana the
master and fst mate Of the ship are believed " be
csf
Ard the said George Ashby, Chief Engineer, and
Henry Keer I'd Asst Engineer, say that their outles
having bten confined to the engine room, they were
r,t aware of fbc measures being taken deck, OK
cept SO far as they informed by Capt. Herndon
u the other officers, and by occasional ob,erv ston,
but the foregoing statements OF Messrs. james M
Frazer and John Black are correct, so Tar as the
kn, wledge of the Opponents extends; and tue depo-
utIts George T. Ashby and Henry Keeter further say,
that when the steamship left Havana Sept. -, the
engines and boilers we're IN perfect order ana "otSeu
we'll I'D 10 Friday the 18th, carrying an average OF
fifteen poupCs Of steam to the inch, and sometimes
reaching eighteen pounds that Friday, the tn OF
Seoternber the wind was blowing with great violence
a. n. the ship making water rois fact was re-
ported TO Capt. HerndOn. The listing OF the sa'p
10 starboard, having rendered the barows una
vaiable, gang then formed to pass coal INTO
the tire-room in buckets and baskets. At the
7, quest of the Chief Engineer, Capt. Herndon
rent down nearly all the walters to assist In passing
coal in that manner, and 1t was SO passed as
rapidly 80 possible, until stopped by the water, as
hereafter stated. Tne starboafd Worthngton pump
and bilge Injection were next started taking steam
fiom the main boilers. This was about I'D oc,ock,
a. IL. of Friday. The wafer 10 the ship was then
quite bot ard IN consequence OF her ist was ai ~
the starboard bilge. THIS last named puop took
water freely, but still the water gained on II. Inc
Chief Engineer then inspected all the pipes aud thelI
come ctioDs, and found them tight AT aoout ~
O'Clock water overlooked the coal bunker foors ooth
forward ard aft making it impossible for the men %
work the water being heated, and the vapor from II
it exiipgui.hng nearly all the lamps. These facts
were reported by the Chief Engineer to Capt hetn,
don, and by his orders steam was mineoatey GOT up
in the donkey boiler. At the same time, gang vi
balers consulting If passengers, was organized oy
Capt. Herndon, and another gang worked 81 ofeakng
up st. erege berths fer fuel Az = o CLOCK atnouSu
every possible exertion was maze 70 -eeP .ao
starboard boiler by water. Another gang OF
baiers were then at work in the after caba matches,
and still another in the lower stsersge Inc eng neets
men and pass gers all working to the utmost OF
their power. The engines continued working up to
O clock D. IN. Friday when they stopped iof ie"
minutes for want Of stesm. They soon started the
steam sga, but having only the port nrss 20 depena
upon, the steam Yves soon exhausted we then com
n,enced firing up with wood, and continued dong ing
so till the water rose high as to PIT out al me
free, and then the engines stopped. rms was pc
tween aud 5 o'clock D. n. Friday. The Worthinston
pumps, which had been previously worked by steam
rom thu main boilers, were then worked oy inc
donkey boiler, and continued to work TIL aooHt o
| O'Clock p. M, with several stopaeges oI . =,
minutes each. which were necessarily mace 20
free the fcedpipe of the boiAor from oost lud
tons. When the dOnkey.epgine finally stoppea,,
| the hed.nine had became 80 choked up that