New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-16
LOSS OF TIE POMONA.
r,om TIE Lesdo. yssss Of May 4.

F,om The Loadon Secs u Maya
~. banana Cantsiu Merryhew, left Liverpool on
~ ,dpesdsv morning last, at a. M, for New YORK,
,vah n e,.w of furty and three HUNDRED AMI
,;ne,y-sevep passengers, chiefly thlri class. ihere
80 ,hr, " four children and mfauts. She got
rvsy with fair wind. At pm, she passed Holy
Md Many Of the passengers and portion oi the
srrw retired their bertbs early, but large unnber
more cheerfuy Inclined, coDgregated together, ana
sany and danced 10 the music Of a fiddle and pipe
Atndnght the wind increased, the ship lay 10 1n-
der close rtefed topssi. revolving hght Was Ins1"
supposed ~ he Tuska and the ship was squared away
90 westerly course. Very sOOn afterward the ves7t
struck ON what proved 10 be Black .aier Bank, an6
the sea made complete breach over her Abou, ~
on Thursday morning. the fore and man inas's weIo
cut away the ship rolling heavily at inc t'pe' w
boats were got out, bat they were soon sSdnpyu.
Ah,pt m m -he washed over the bank, when the
best bower anchor was let go, bnt u was f1unh sne
va sinking fast. At 80 y. III the ong-boat was got
su, into which the cook, Steward boatswan ani three
ssher. seran,Jld she upset, and fOur OF them were
srovned The third mate (who has furnished the
sboy. aecouni fifteen Of the crew. and three passen-
gers ae.s, Reilly, and Raber) lett the ship at 23)
D. m 10 the whale-bOs', aud landed BeaqBiaekwater
The v maindeI were all drowned, "heb inc sHp "VbS
down at her 6DcbOTs. ,
A hong account of the catastrophe ~ contained IN
The e1ford Constitution OF Saturday IL states al
the snip went the bank some seven mles on paiiy
s1nigar. The passenger, bsf-clothed, ran on oecK
A Wild scene OF horror eDsued, bot the ere" ooeyed
the captain degree Oi order was restored, an'
The pumps were manned. The gale cODtinucd 10 ln-
ereasr. IN the course Of the morning an attempt wa
made TO auI ch the fe-bOats, but they were stove IN
and their crews drowned. In this fearful state oi sn5
p@nse they remained till toward evening, wnen the
ship, winch had I'LL then remained hrm on the pahk'
shuted of by the stern into deep water, and cOm
utDced rapidly 70 fill. The whole-boat was then
launched aid "a number Of the crew ord passengers
rusbed INTO her. The captain, m the hope oi oeihg
sgoin driven on the bank, let go the best bower al
hor but all his exstions fruitless, and thongh
more than forty were wOrsiDg a. the pumps, the
water gained upon them 20 fast than IN less than an
hour she sahk The captain ana nlfl ana :p secuia n
mates rsnaDed the sinking snip tbe only oulcer I'D
The boat being the third mate, Stephen Kelly, VINO
succeeded in reaching the shore, in company with
zig hteen others of the crew, and three pasneDgers
Ave being washed out in Their passage iron ne vessel
In the mean time the intelligence OF the dangerous sit-
nation Of the vessel had been brought 10
Wexford by some OF the coastguarda, ana
steps were Immediately taken ny the cohec'or
af customs 10 render assistance. For this pur-
nose stea1nug was kept ready for many hours, put
Il WAS not till daylight Friday morning that tbe
wind moderated sufficiently 10 ADMIT of her leaving Inc
river and then il too late. Little of the Wrcck
vus TO be seen when the steamer arrived ut the spot
sDly the mzZcnUast being above water FROM tiis
was taken the coors which were flying when the YES
s4i went down the ast sad memen'o of the deplrtcd
I'm visiting The shore in the nelghbmhoOd Ol Inc
wrsek a, a later hour Friday nothing whatever
vas 10 be seen Of the vessel very little OF which was
washed a. hore. On the beach at BalycOnigar how
ever found the bfeess remains OF several IL the
unfortunate passengers, which were removed TO the
boat house near there 20 await an inquest. Among
those saved there only three passengers and OF
the 81 amen preserved there are several who are Ir
n number OF the being natives OF tha country
The cabin passengers, all of whom were lost were
Mr.. Paxton, son and daughter, Mr.. Montgomery OF
st.roo road, Liverpool, MIR. Fox OF New-fork, and
Mrs. Hcks. -,
Ale from w. xford that when the vessel sank, the
kicks of those on board could be heard on the main
land.
LIST OF SURVIVORS.
Pasensos- Matthew Lees, Bartholomew Reilly and John
Kh h third Rg nat 9shsa oGF FSd S''sD s,a
Thomss Jordsn, John Sullivan Harry MDar Hdoph Tuon
Cn,rls J.c.sou Charles Thompeou James West VIM Mmphy
Jo,D McCImHk scamopi John Mrehan, passenscrs cook
The wreck of the Pomona is not the only casualty
that had occurred on the Irish coast during the last
few dsyp. Three fine vessels have been totally
wrecked and il ia said not less than Is lives lost
When the sea was breaking over the ron-bound coast
q Laytowp, a fine schooncr-rigged vessel, despite
Of every exertion the part OF her crew. dfted hep,
leslv ON shore and taking the ground she heeien
syer IL ON tho pressure nf the which hruke over
her in deuging showers The point az whch sbc
struck is much dreaded by mariners and Is known as
Ben. head After the schooner had stiuch Tue crew
oot the ioIybOat over the bulwarks TO ieewafd anu
Syaing themselves Of the partial shelter winch the
iu Of the vessel afforded they contrved to get away
om the wreck, and proydenny gJt aO', ;ro O Hs sn,
Ssfara the same time off Skerries, when the
Saptain and boy were washed overheard and
crowned. There being little no chance OF the
vessel holding long together, one Of the sailors jumped
INTO The sea and struck out for the land which he
reached Two Of the crew remained on board the Yes
sel, which threatened every minute to break up and
30 10 pieces They were ultimately rescued by the
iife-boat. In the evening large fragments OF wreck
were horne 10 the shore al Howth and proved to hc
portions Of the ." Dusty Miller of Newcastle This
vessel supposed TO have been about 2O tuns burden
and mu.t have gone ashore at the northeast side OF
ba nf thp Netp
dsy night and broken up immediately. OF the fate OF
the crew said to be eleven in number there not the
remoest doubt From the fearful sea that was break
ing il the almost upright cliffs Of lrelandS Eye at
The north east after the vessel striking ccape must
have been hopeless and the unfortunate captain and
his crew must have been seen of the Wicklow coast
on Friday in crippled condition, and there was every
reason to fear that they would go ashore during the
night. One of them probably the unfortunate
Pomona. The rain and storm continued unabated up
10 daybreak on Saturday morning.