The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-21

ton. The captain Of the brig told 10 stay where
Mr. n Norfolk and wanted to on In the
Empire City, but Capt kcGowSn woali nos have hi In
board and told MIN that he bad served him tOsp ain
hcGowan) 70, by desersng hz snip be would have sho
him
MR. F. f. WELLS, STATEMENT.
HOW HI SAVED HIksKLf FROM rRH WRECK.
When that theee chance OF esospeI
wrsnohed door from the cabin, and ater placing il on
the de:k, nj down IT, and remained in this until
the ship sunk and thsn le sitting on the dooriu the
open Sea- the waves eepDg me of Il every two or three
minutes. ran had been partially Constructed before he
laundering OF the steamer but oay six persons were able
70 get il when required, for some reason thai
cannot explain. After Ing about on my door, for
abouI an hour the raft Was 10 close TO that thought
Of abandoning the door for il, and accordingly did 20
and from this forward rot altogether 30 miserable
OCCASIONALLY were swept on the raft but would SO
Morally roach before nhad drsed out Ct our reach In
three instances however these attempts 70 recrn to the
raft were uaeess and the poor fellows who we're 80
fortunate 10 lose their hold without having it Ia their
power regain H. perished within few yards of us, cry
Ing for htlp-~hoh alas, far beyond their reach.
Al ergth vessel hove In sight, and ~ congratulated
each oher on The sight Of her. Eae hove 10 and
the work Of picking mp. At this time there WAS
only three Of LETT the raft, and considered
selves safe now Gradually but slowly The vessel picked
up al the passengers, who until this time floating
on panks &C. and scattered far tho ses and at Last
she came and picked by means or roper, no.,
after the other; was seven In Tho morning,
and few Of the wreck were visible except those
parts which the passengers had eung When we were
taken board the bark, which proved 10 be the Elem
kindly received The men caves N what clothes
they could and RECALLED ourselves over breakfast,
and had appetite and . feeling Of thankfalness
which enabled 70 enjoy and spprecAteSt ~ soon a.
got clothes dried returned tho seauen theirs
and put our own us Nothing vesy particular occurred
from this time until arrived At Hampton Roads Fri
day last, when taken board the Empire City
and conveyed to New York. lcss everything Twas 20
turning from California.
STATEMENT OF FRANK A. JONES.
Frank A. jones, wealthy planter Of Kentucky, gives
The following ssatement:-
The Central America arrived at Havana Tuesday the
9Th OF September and left the ensuing day the steamer
ha6 hardly got out Of the harbor when storm conmeuced
stout wind blowing from the northeast, which continued
70 increase violence till Friday about noon when the
Tres Of the engine went out Al this time the steamer
ying IN the trough the ses sArboard sde 1t
angle OF about Degrees the water going into the port
holes The Of the engines stopping wss not, ~
understood, OF The water putting out tho fire, but
account Of failure TO supply ne furnaces pih COAL
Such the fral of the wafer upon the chip
that all hands beard had 70 be called 70 assist In
bslns the steamer. joined In the labor with hearty
good WILL having Just gwen my watch In charge Of Mrs.
j. Ess.or, and dressed myself somewhat nningly for
The duty. Every body board addressed themselves 10
the work Of balrg In good csrne' T~o lines Of mon on
each sde Of the sesmsr formed and tho WATER
passed up ,sp:dly conid be
Ia addition to shis barrels arranged 10 draw
IA Ella IA
see tho men ct work. many Of whom had been In
TIE habit Of physical labor taking bold with strength and
willingness eqnai the heaviest After while tho work
began be raher serious affair for Tho strength and
muscles. Tc keep up The spirits songs were sunx, and
every imaginable Joke REALIZED 70 excite laughter and
cheer she spirits. Occasionally = man, Notwithstanding
the urgency Of the occas,on and the determination
OF most 70 make the work - cheerful ~ p,ssible
would fall frcm Tho ranks, and was utterly
impcuble 70 hem again 10 activity. Some were
completely exhausted physically, and had 70 retire from
work for this reason; out was fact TINT few gave up
in despair OF The possibility Of saving The steamer rcm
sinking and would Aos work The example Of that few
had bad es upon stnsrs, notwithstanding the conssn
cheering remarks OF tho captain and oco that every
tbirg working fsvoraby. By the sssduous and nm
ceasirg labor or The majority The water was kept IRON
Increasing On Friday night tho water was not 30 deep
bat hal the iron slowed in the hold balaa could be
seen me worked faeAf a1ysau night, Although Urdr
Ae serious Disadvantages 9 bus ls9!e light and sea1
r5r.shmers.
Saturday mcrrng ths encourage nent 10 work
clninishe1 RON she evident ncresse OF the
water. A statement that the pumpI were out
Of order gave additional cause for apprchsns,on
Endeavors made 10 repair NE pumps but II ended
TIE being made known that they could not BY any
Feasibility be PCT In working order. Working upon most OF
<c4
upon the EFFORT % raise water In barrels
Tie ner continued, ~iihstanding The encouragement
To work rnaerngy. No prescrded 10 get any scep
or rce, but for = short time. Meantime, tho Ados, al
ougb aware OF tho dangerous poaision Of tho steamer
dcporcd themselves with most oommendabe GOODNESS and
bravery Not single gave the slightest indication Of
alarm fear Come OF The lady passengers seeing The
work he had 70 Undergo In their efforts 10 5als
The seamer offered 10 take hold themselves These onen
OF The ladies had moss encouraging snecL
About four NJ Saturday, sail discried sai guns
nred and signals OF distress tisphyed The vessel heard
s tuns forsursly and OF the signals and made
towards us n,urned oui 70 DO The brig Marine. The
vessel came under stern On account Of tho
heavy hey cnuld no. manage The vessel and
ste soon erred between . mile and mile and han on
oAptu Hc,ndsn ordered the boats 10 DO lowered rwo
Of tie ocsts we're stove rive we're lowered Altogether.
rbcy wore launched irom tue upper deck Mthis ne
believed BY AL Mat small boat could stand ne
Three ts; ssved from being stove wore aei with
and children. Not attempted tosc, into me
boa Capt Herndon gave orders 70 allow only the ladies
be put into the boats they lowered By ropes
Altogether thirty and shlriyslx children we're put
on board Of Them. n, sccasnt occurred in getting
into The boats. Eve manned each boat. B,s,nsn
Black commanded enc boat, qusrtcrmsstor Frazer
another, and chief ebgirecr Ashby the third boat
I heard slated that Ashby not In charge Of The
boat. Afterwards heard Tho statement denied Tho
boats In charge Of the bcstvsln and qusrtermOsor
turned two hours. AshoJ boat did not return n all
He sad be coming hack, but Why he did not resarn
have not euned but understo,d that the refused
70 come back, ID bong dark.
Frazer and Black bad . second load. mis- time their
lead comprised the remaining women and children on
board Black back laird time and go within three
hundred ysds 30 Of the steamer whom they called 70
him from the ssssmer MOI to nsS, ~ the s.csmr