The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-25
TIE DISASTER TO THs JOHN MILTON.
From Twenty te Tcir'y Lives Lc@t-Tweive
Bodies Found on tho Beach Total Desteuc-
tt,n or the Vessel-Description Of the
Dead-rhe Cosonesx Inquest, &C.

OeA0-Vnc COfOVerT xnqucet, ckCs
We published in the HERALD Of yesterday some al
doosl Information in regard To the wreck Of the ship
yoen Mi,on oil Mon,ank Point, Long Island. Immedi'
sely receipt Of the Intelligence sent reporter to
he of the dsastr for the purpose Of obtaining all
Me partcuars and Of presenting an 4ccur.se ana re-
liable account Of the circumstances attending
Il disaster they could be ascertaned The fol
bwing the result Of his irquries among the people
svcg that part o the Long Island coast where the
disaster occunei may be well 70 state however, that
single Individual OF the whole crew escaped from
ne wreck Of the III fssd ship all the particulars OF the
wreck win never be revealed
The ship John Milton, Captain Ephraim Harding, IL
appears left New Bedford to which port she belongs
NE sth Of December 1885, for San Francisco where she
arrived the nth Of June, 1867. from San Francisco
she proceeded he Chin cha Isl nds and after receiving
her cargo Of guano started on her reurn voyage On
Ae l3th inst. she sighted Cape Henry and came 10
anch0r At Hampton Roads Here Captain Harding
ashore and proceeded 10 Norfolk, IL s Presumed TO
Telegraph 70 the consgnees at New York-Barreda Bro
Ahers-for Instructions in rgard 10 the port at which he
should discharge his cargo On the 10th orders were re-
cevsd to proceed TO New York, and on the same day
the got under way ana went TO sea- This ia
ali that known Of her TO the discovery Of the
wreck of Montauk Pont and Of the bodies Of twelve Of
,snos Of three TO Eve nes rom the po,ut where
40 struck.
yortsuk FONT is at The tern -x'remi OF Long
t,ud add the whole line of ST leading TO it
sesdIgy bleak and desoate AT tA season OF tn year.
r- particular par, o. the ssnt nas more the sp2eaace
n barren than SET Lei -nd civilized country,
acc entirely heterec from the elements. Daring
yom the .aks With terrible fury on the beach,
rendering almost impossible for any sysoded vessel %
ecape destruction About u7e mile vest OF the point is
reef OF rocks which feet below the surface OF
~ ~a,er and VIII; believe tbs only roc<s To be
su,d along this part Of the coss; They lie al distance
l quarters Of miie from the sbore ami the
waves sometimes break upon them at low tine
Here it WAS that the ship John Milton struck but et
What precise time is not ard perhaps never will De
known. Tnis part Of the sad narrative s only matter
G lecture, for bave said, not single person
escaped tell the story Of the wreck and the sferngs
Mat terminated the lives Of all board. The
Asst pereon who discovered tie wrs,k was Mr.. Thomas
s. Mutord, 10. keeper Of the Government House. From
the statement which this officer hes given II appears that
according 10 his usual cust be went down along the
beach bet and O'Clock Saturday afternoon,
when be perceived the fragments OF a wreck sre~ed
Abng shore On the reef OF focss already Of
he disce-ped what appea ed be part of the hull OF
chip, and which seemed 20 be held there by anchor.
ih~ gone. nearly the shoe Of the deck hsi
besn swept OF by the aud the only part that ned TO-
geer the bow The portions or the wreck that hal
been washed ashore sho how comoete the destruc
Ton bad been Here in confused pile vas mast aud
yards the sails and rigging all piled together in nexri
cao.e there the shaft red Fragments Of what hsi
been sofa here the remain Of rokea ch,irs tables
and cther articles OF CABIN furniture On Of
The there OF ~ no, out the great
Of the bull the reef but very sual por-
hou a be on of no
hr huliod also found three % the ships boats lying
oe beach Of which hal hole stove in its side, s
presumed from coming IL CON act with some o the hoat
ins sgsrs The supp0stion regard these boats s,
that and Attempted escape, they
that there boDs Of saving th- vessel This
iou IL repcered more probable BY the fact that
ever Of b. dies VII ob ossquepty found
very warmly clad AM buttn u the ch Some
hsa 'wo coats 81 two pair pants on, a. they expect
TO Ashore la the bosis
In regard the way in whch the vessel struck
vs,,cus theories are gwen Captain Csrtsrisht, VINO
tas had long EXPERIENCE - OF the opin that they
hsa peen Jn he starbp.ro tack, the wint beng
porth at and that they undertook To coma about the
kTbosru tack. but nssiug stays obliged U
% keep on shoe In werng ~ thought she struck
when before the wind, AID The impression Is that she
~~st to pieces after
II evident from the boats thA, lay the shore
that the had mafe attempt 20 and; out whether
the boats swamped tn surf, or while pushing cf
from The ship cannot course, b. Known ander the
Gun stances This " part OF the mystery In which tho
terrible disaster shrouded Il n co5siiered not unlkeIy
that QUO Of the crew colorsd pa whose b,y ths
nrt severed hsd actually reschst the shore alive,
but sxhausted and benunbed by the cold that
b. perished on the be.;h He was lying up
some fee, from the Hater's e1gs, and the
DHrss ID the sand would seem 70 ndicsia that be had
walked little way With the others hoSovcr, this
the ca-e-their bodies founf whsre they had
ben washed NJ by the Thinsiog that OF the
mi hi have got ashore i've nther art II the
beach Mr Nh uord returned and endess0tei 10 obtain
st.tncs but without success rhs oso hsd s-t Ia, aud
The storm which prevailed a the time and si'n the
tose codnes. Of the night rendered tue task s~at
dangerous 80 Nr. Nuord could Mt get ~ ASST,
him The 70 low morning (Suniay) hs notified the CorD
At last Rsmpsn, ~bieh about eight m'lss from 'hs
part the shore vhoh the sreCs occurred AM that
cit 18th several residents NJ pisca the
eesch. Here taoy sas melancholy -csue rbe shore
~reck, and ing along he bach the bis Of eight
men besides that ~hicn was nrst discovered. TWO of
p'ss -ere better dressed hsn th rest and s be'ev-d
fhey were the bodcs Of the nrst and scc'ud Bi
~ body 90 lie csp'su among ,bem, aud all the
search tcy made for Il vas unsuccessful.
Eight DO fts a. We have sail, 'odnd on Sunday,
wach, sith The body Of the colored discovered
day before, made nine alos, ther On Nootay hssev.r
u,snt when our reporter lcf ,rs brought 70 Fa Hamo
co The nipe referred TO were conveyed 10 carts
EAST Hampton, to the rcsidaDce of the Coroner,
Dr George L. Huntington, ny whom inquest
wss helc on them on Tuesday nsst These bodies with
c-e which are yet 20 be broueh, 10 Eas, Hampton viii
b. tert ~thout burial ull' l'Ss,urday wheu " IL hoped
hat they vill be identified
rArERs AND ARTICLES FROM THE WRECK
We should state here that the captain deck contain
ing some papers, and large chart with the log book
couple Of coats pants and other articles OF clothing were
ao taken up from the beach Th. deck was Of the ord
nary sire made Of mahogany and bound With br.ss 1T
The sides On the top brass plate, having the fol
towing nane engraved on it,
90 puNrspn
THIS deek placcc in a bag and secured with
rope. LIuers with the following addresses, were rouni
uccn hem;-
@
henry =. Crabo, tSq.,
Navy Yard
Philadelphia,
Capt. Harding, Fem.
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