The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-28
Accident TO the Steamship Oregon Eight OF
Ten Liyss Lost

her "trip from Victoria 70 this city, resulting 10 the css
Of several lives The exact number unknown On the
morning OF the LIST inst, just After midnight when about
thirty miles from tho entrance W the harbor OF san Fran
cisco, she ashore Point Keyes, while dense fog
prevailed The Htrald describes the sceue that fol.
lowed
An indescribabIe panic immediately seized on many Of
the passeneers, and without further ado large number
jumped overheard the expectation Of landtsS
fTma. IT'S, however, highly probable that oe Optical
deiosion known By ali practical seamsa to exist during
foss, led them 70 believe that tho dry land
than really in feet, and ,nat many Of them
quenty fell In the water or slipped from the sea
ess.en rocks INTO me .or Their f, S are ', IN
Of life, n any has been comparatively small when the
Oregon struck, her port boz hard aground
ana The ship backed Oh After half an hour. Blankets
thrnt into The aperture male by the rocks the
pumps sounded and three bet OF water stated 70 be
rartes work. and other measures adopted 10 keep
The ship afost A. this juncture large number OF pes
sepgers rss an and wished 70 lower the quarter b'a,s
but Captain Patterson INSURED them that tbs ship beng
light and Without cargo would Hat long enough 10 land
all bands In safety. rhs quoted their alarm, and they
.enssr 90 he orsscn ssur 4. S. M one ,opes from
the ser pAt OF tne ship, and That nearly all Of those
vbo eapcd over from The forward part Of the vessel
4 sSo Tine, and hey could only S have missed BY
sippne Down close 70 The ships sde and falling
in tho surf. He also States that Mr.. Bcrja
opinion 70 whether be should ego Ashore or stay
ON boaxdH, 70 which The Captain replied that he
must exercise his cwn judemso. Mr. Smith nso made
wenferward and jumped from the wbechousc, and, he
believes, landed safely Our informant Of opinion Thai
few, any, lives were lost Per contyd, Another pes
senser, viii whom We have covered, stsses ths,
large number Of persons vent overheard probably forty
ATTY That he several Of them The water, close 70
she wheels and that he had no doubt that many were
drowned It's, however, diincut 10 conceive hos he
av shcsc men IN The waier when she night wss 90 dark
Dsr no oun ,sac On vpco .ae rsn ccu,d
hope that the fatality Of the disaster hiss been exser
ascd nevertheless, 10 TO be feared that several lives
backing Oh before sue was again 90. Of sgst Of land
she leaking badly The captain concluded that hs
orly course va 10 run for San Francisco speedily
possible. The Pacific Mat Sscsmshp Company despatched
The steamer Columbia, Captain Dan, st half pes, three
o'clock yesterday 10 the relief Of the sufferers, and 70
The Colombia returned on Monday, bringing The cheer
Ing intelligence thai nearly all the passengers had been
saved and their way TO San Francsoo She found
rancherc The passengers jumped direct from the amer
" the rocks, abe having run close 70 the shore Some
seen in the water and their cries heard, bat
out OF H. that they must have persisted
the surf Aocg the beach the officers Of the Columbia
could not End ssn 70 indicate that any perp had been
drowned nevertheless know that AZ ess Ven persous
lost their lives BY this extraordinary occurrence Mr.
snith one Of the men who escaped, gives the following
particulars
when the ship struck she run up with her side towards
the rock, and csreened over. number OF passengers
jumped from the on 10 the rocks smith then
went an, and asked Captain Patterson any succor could
be obtained on shore. me captain told him res here
we're rumber OF ranches short distance islsod He
then vaichcs his opprunIy and when The ship carceued
again. jumped from the guard abaf the srbosri wheel
tbou, SIX eef 70 rock, which he found covered with
weed and slippery upon which he maoaged 70 maintain
his footing He remained there short time, aud heard
the crss Of soas persons beneath in the water Who hal
ttber fallen short IN their leap or slipped from ths
rocks. lie .hea began N lsok around tln for means
OF escepe from hi, position &c discovered a o.
sure In TIE face OF the precipice, SHAPED IKE IN
funnel or q chimney. tie climbed up ths q IN
TOP, vhcrs he found two Others vho mi rfscelsd him