The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-08

We give to day additional particulars Of the loss Of the
ship Fleetwood Captain Dale Of and from Boston, for the
Society Islands, which event occurred the I'd OF May
as of Cape horn, brief account Of which was published
in the HERALD Of the 30th ult.
William Flynn, seaman on the r. at the tims she
Struck the iceberg which caused her wreck
the vesse sailed from Boston the 5h Of last February
and reached Cape Horn in sixty four days. When they
doubled terrific gale from the northwest set in, which
continued 70 blow for three weeks, the ship in the
meantime behaving WELL but the direction Of tho wind
drited the vessel to latitude 60 S. longitude II w. and
on the night Of Nay they in collision with nom
derous Iceberg, which high tho and
which stove the vessels bows, carried away her stem lib
BOOM bowspr, and did other damage which caused the
vessel 70 leak badly The captain Immediately ordered =
ps OF the crew 70 the pumps, and the rest commenced to
tighten the vessel by throwing tho cargo In order to
For twenty hours or ns T nas1e ..0s the leak
work at the pumps but the water gained FAST and tho
crew being nearly exhausted from and fatigue that
was deemed advisable TO abandon the vessel The sea
az THIS time was rolling mountain high and the gale blow
ing with al fury The captain was At loss alter
with the vessel He finally concluded to take 70 the
boats and for this purpose divided the crew. he saaios
TO man the life boats me captains wife md
child and the only passenger on board, a
eo IN DsSo:P Ss, ordered
boat got damaged and after getting her over the side
OF the vessel but i've Of the crew-Mr Bubsa, the rst
Brown, Of Ipswich, Mass Harry Smith and VIM John.
the only persons that be induced to en-.
bark In the boat II was prearranged that whichever
beat got of the first should wait for the other SO that
they might share their fate together but che morning
was dark and as not safe for the mates boat 70 lie
10 proximity 70 the ship, she was drifted away, 30
that py three O'Clock In the morning nothing could be
seen OF the ship In about half hour saw fire 1as
bgnts, which apparently came from the ship but the
mates boat was unable 70 render them any assistance ON
account OF the heavy sea running 1t the time At dav
light the latter reached the wreck found
swept from the Deck and the captain the rest of TIA
crew could not be found. 1t is supposed they other
persisted In the second boat else were washed over
board and drowned The mate, who had a COMPASS in
his boat made his mind TO attempt to reach land For
fve days and nights his small boats batted
against heavy sea, while the atmosphere was ntenselv
cold and with very little to eat or drink On the Sth
day they discovered ship, but they unable to make
any signal for assstance hour after another vessel
bore down for them which proved to be the British bark
Imogene, Captain Williams from Valparaiso for LIVER
pool Tho boats crew were 30 utterly exhausted and
frost pten that they were obliged 10 be lifted out by tho
rescuefs After the unfortunate taken board
landed at Pernambuco Brazil, where they 70
the hospital by the American Consul Harry Smith, one
Of the crew, who Ia now at Pernembuco, had his feet
frozen of The others werc 70 badly frost bitten that
they could walk for three weeks. Tho folio wing
few OF the who are supposed 10 have pere
ed, yz:-Mr. Morey, second mate; Jack Konerts,n Of
Boston VIM Harden, cook, Of Boston, Charles sn,tb Of
Beverly Mass David Nelson, sallmakcr of Rostoa. MI
cbael Foley, Of Fall River, and VIM SewalI OF Virginia
The full particulars Of the insurance of Fleet have
already been published In the HERALD.