New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-30

- Al everything sbe inst head hIet, One
TINS shs pitched 50 ss.yi'y as DIeAx one
q 20 r. ehored VITA sorswiacks forthwith.
,awas tie care ees and less viod on "Wednesday,
49, go AID rain Tnursdsy with gusts aud
squss sld heavy sr 90 rLoay SNTiusy, oe
" od ;rrtled 10 go up and the sea to 20 down, ana
~, tbe f:st time that morniog spos the gaze began
.ns AZ Gays previous tho DECKS couio De walked
81 ,olsrsb 2 comfort and security but, aas appear
80. are az ceceitfpl 10 the Atlantic az elsewhere,
81 during a comparative calm that afternoon, the
1lsss fell lower, while thin me OF oi1ck naAs 10
yItdvs,d eeemed 10 grow up mo tns Ely until
onvsrsa ne heavens with a somber darkness ana
,,n,d IA iast after all the worst was yet TO come.
There wa. much heavy rain that evening, ana tnent
wind begsu-aot vioently, nor ID gusts, Dul win
steadily increasing force as the gale was mined
to DO IA work slowly. but do 1t well. Inc sea was
1,ssdy.bu;t 10 hand az sailors say, so that at first
,hs s.,n 6d little more than urge on the ponderous
mssses Of vster with redoubed force, and I'LL the ar
With tho fosm and spray 1t tore from their rugged
Greet, By and by however, it grew more dangerous,
ard Cant Pfeeoy himself remained on deck through
ont the NJ Sdle watch for the wind was hourly getting
worse ssd woYse, and the Agsmemnon, rolling thirty
degrees each way, was aooring neaVhy ana S'fainns
20 dagger extent.
Ala u sal was shortened 10 close reefed fore and
main topsas ard reefed foressils-s long and tedious
lob for The wind 30 roared and howeo, and the hiss
Of the boiling sea was 90 deaiemng, ina. wola' ol
command were useless, and the men alot, holding on
with al t.er might to the yards az the EMP rolled
over and over almost TO .he water, were quite inca
psbe of struggling with the masses Of wet canvas that
Hspped snd plunged as II men and yards and every
thing were % Ing away together The chip was almost
Is wet les 40 az out, and 20 things wore ON TIL 8 or
o clock everything getting edrift and being smashed,
sDd every on board jsmming themselves up IN
corners Of holding on to beams to prevent ths gong
adrift Ekevise AT 10 O'Clock the Agamemnon was
rolling and labVfng feauly, with sky getting darker
ard both vivid ard sea Increased every minute. AT
about l0l taree or four gigantic waves were seen sp
preaching the ship, coming heavily and slowly on
through the MIST and nearer, rolling on Like
bills OF grsen water with crowns of foam that seemed
to double their hight. The AganemDon rose heavily
20 the fret and went down quickly into the oeep
trough of the sea, rolling over as she aid 30 az almost
10 osps,2s completely On the port side. There was
fearful fashing she lay over this way, for every
tn ng broke a6rft whether secured or not, and the
upTOar aud confusion were terrific for minute;
then back che cane again on the stsrboad besm
in TIE. same manner, only quicker and still desp-
er tbau b. !o-e Again there was the same noise and
cIsshipg and the officers in the ward room, who knex
the dayger of the ship, struggled to their feet and
ON. mad tie door leading to the main deck Here, for
an iutsut the scene almost deies description. Amd
load Shouts aud efforts to save their selves, confused
mas Of esors boys and d ,rioes with eck-buckets,
ropes ladders and everything that could get loose,
and which had fallen back again to the port side,
were beng hurled again in mass across the snip TO
stabosrc D:mly, and only for an instant, &C uld this
be seen, with groups OF men chDging 10 the beams
with ali t5sir might. with mass OF water, which had
forced its way in through ports and decks, surgng
about; ara then, with q tremendous crash, as the
sip fell s.il deeper over, the Goals slowed on tae
main deck broke loose, aud, smashing everything De-
fore them, went over among the rest to leeward
The coal dust hid everything the main deck in an in
slant but the crashing could stu be heard In all drec-
tCUs toe Jumps and sack OF COAL with stancneons,
ladders aud mees tins, went eapng about the decks,
pouring down the hatchways and crashing through the
glass skyiishts into the engine-room below. Sill
was not d. ne, and, surgDg again over another ire
merdous wave, the Agsmemnon dropped down still
more to pot, and the Goals On the sIaIooafa sue ..
the lower dstk gave way also, and carried everything
before them. Matters now became most serious, Tor
il was evicent that two or three more such lurches
aid ire mssts would 60 Ike reeds while halt tue crew
might be manned or killed below. Capt; Pfeedy was
ahesdy OF the poop with Lieutenant Gibson, and 1t
was " II snds, wear ship" at once, while Mr. Brown
the irdeiatgsbie engineer was orcered 10 get steam
NJ .imme stely The crew gained the deck with di-
fculty ana not till after lapse OF some minutes, ior
all the ladders had been broken away and the men
were Rrmtd with coal dust, and many bore stu more
seous marks upon their faces of how they had Oeen
knocked about below. There was some confusion al
Art for the storm was fearful the officers quite
maud bic aud wild dangerous sea, running mountains
high. bseied the great ship backward ana ior"afas
90 tIet tue crew were unable TO Keep thelr Ieet
even for Instant, and IN some cases were thrown
sctoss the decks in dreadful manner; two marines
went wl.h rush head foremost into the psyingout
machine 80 il they meant to butt 1t over the sdei
vet strange 70 saw neither the men nor tue machine
suffered hat made matters worse, the sings
barge 10 "a lashed down to the deck, had patty
broktn oose aud dropping from SIDE TO SIDE as the
vessel luic2ed It threatened to crush any VINO ven
tuned to pass il. The regular discipline OF the chip,
however soon prevailed and the crew set to work TO
wear rou nd the ship on tie stsrboard tack, While
Iieute uauts Robinson and Murray went below to see
alter those ~E0 had been hurt aud about the NUMBER
OF whom eXtIayagaDt Iumors prevailed among the
men, Tiers were, however, unfortunately but TOO
mary. Ihe marine sentry outside the wardroom door
on the deck had not time to escape ana was com,
pletely buried under the Goals. SEINE time elapsed
before he could be got out for of the besms used
TO shote up the sacks which had crushed his very
badly stnl lay the msDgled limb iammng In
such mat that it was found impossible to move 1t
without r5krg the mans life Saws therefore, had to
be sent for and the timber away before the poor
fellow could be extricaed. Another marine on the
loser deck endesyOred to save himself by catching
bold of what seemed q ledge IN the panks, but,
unfrtunssly il only caused by the beams STRAIN.
ing apart aud, Of course as the Ag amemnon rignted
they ciosed sgan, and crushed his fingers nat. One
Of the asss. engineers Mr. llNvey was also buried
amCpg the Goals on the lower deck, and sustained
come severe internal injuries. The lurch of the ship
was oacu ated at 45 degrees each way tor hve Tunes
In iapld sucoessiOn. Inc galley coppers were only
half filled with soup, yet, nevertheless u nearly al
poured out euG sealded OF the poor fellows who
were extended the decks holding on to anything IN
reach. These, with dlsiocation were the chief ess
ualtes but there were others Of bruises ana contu-
siors more or less severe, aud OF course long list OF
escspes mOie marvellous than any Injury One poor
fellow VT It head first from the main deck into the
hold without being hurt, and one on the olop deck
was chsysd about for some ten minutes by three
large easks e oil which lad got adI, and al one OF
which wCuld have fsttened him like pancake had 1t
overtAks hitn.
As soon a. we had gone round the other tack the
Nsgara wore also, and bore down as if to render
ASSISTANCE. She had Witnessed danger, and, as we
aferwsd lesrned, imagined that the upper Geek coil
had broken cose and that We were sinking. Things,
hCwe,ef wers rot 81 bad as that, though they were
bad erotgh, Heaven knows for everything seemed TO
20 wrote day. The upper deck coil had stransd
the chip to tie very uermost, but still held on fast;
bun not go she coil 10 the main hold, which had begun