The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-03-24
Gushing tempest to sweep The ocean round
And, forth with from the northwes. rose breeze,
That into tunblng pillows Ia shed the gcas;
nYnpa cl0udg clOuda and hlacken,d heaven with


The Dromahar was then in about 90 degrees and 80
minutes north atitude and 80 degrees west longitude
The captain ordered sail to be taken in and the deck
cleared At three O'Clock the ship hove TO- but the
winds crushed roaring on tossing her Ike feather on
the foam At o'clock she shipped sea, capszing
the long boat and the life boat which inside of it,
forcing both from the Ice rail into the Tue long boat
ana ha be broken still 10
save the life boat The ship had already begun TO mako
water aud all hands but three were put at the punps
l. Wide DER The waste the rage OF Boreaa swept
\ And night rushed beailons on the shaded deep
| Now here now there, the sddy ship as borne
\ And all the rafting shrouds in fragments torn
Thus the night passed. occasional showers of hal being
driven furiousy down uron the bark. Between these
showers the occasionally pierced the tssue eecy
clouds, and tipped the crest foaa a the ran blows
With n wavy, treniulous light.
About Eve O'Clock on Sunday morning. the 10th OF De-
ceber the tte bark shpped another tremendous sea,
witch carried away the po, enlTarss ana stun sncSSsons
the life boat from the deck, whore hal been ashed
carried the companion and the steersgc shee Mr.
George Aolnesh, the pilot ut the whoel, was struck by
the mountain bilox-
Dashed from the helm and plunged hsad,o.g in The main
The little boat hanging at tho starboard davts was also
swept away with large portion Of the standing and
blown from the yards At the time the struck,
all the men were at the pumps 1ney jumped for thor
hyes and when the water cleared OF, they found them
selves janmed into corners about the deck. One man
was high up in the rigging The waves swept rs high as
bukheaos, and flowed into the breadroom destroying
nearly all the bread in it. They had only barrel Of
bread left after this calamity happened to be slowed
away and everything torn up that mpedcd the Of
the addened waves Sea aicr sea swept the labor
Ing chip, the seeking merely TO cling to her. knowing
that as she loaded with lumber che could not go
down. Whenever they could they worked at the pumps,
trying to keep down The water as much as possible
violently About eight O'Clock Sunday night the pumps
were utterly disabled BY sea- Then the storm began TO
moderate, but the water gained on us.
At one O'Clock on Monday morning there thirteen
feet OF water in the vessel Seeing there hope
but in the pump commenced repair it, and the
ship free from water by noon of Monday. We cleared
away the wreck as much as possible and tried to get
a tiller and got her 80 VIC could work her
pretty wc but at eight O'Clock Monday night there
n tremendous gae--a wind even more furious than
had heretofore haddashng the the ship fore
and ait. The storm violent we could not remain
at the pumps The wind continued to blow all night fear
The waves were mountains high and steep.
AT six O'Clock Tuesday morning The water up
the cabin floor We all obliged to 60 into the cabin
TO ourselves from being washed overheard as tho
bulwarks had been torn away But as after swept
and filled tho cabin, we compelled to run
from and get into small forecaste house on deck built
in with the rise Of the keep about three feet above tho
deck.
When the Drorahair was used as passenger ship this
house was a second cabin. When were forced
to leave the cabin got 80 10 pounds Of bread put
into bag and took 1t along with US to the little deck
house. We had water, and other food except
salt meat which got afterwards The storm continued,
"a IN 1a a., down ad S
free it, passing through at every .urch Of the
vessel. The bark now completely waterogged, aud
would have sunk she been loaded with lumber.
Tie storm struck the 18TH Of Dncember, aud We
remained in this condition till the 9tn Of January.
On the 22d or 2Sd Of December steamer
passed within two or three miles Of she standing
TO the southwark appeared 10 be propelled BY screw
she could but made no sign whatever to us We
lived on half biscuit day barre OF salt beef and
barrel Of salt pork were undor the hafches and alter the
somewhat abaied we could get at them by watching
our chances between the This was All tho food VIC
had We had no water except what We caught when It
raned there were several little showers one almost every
day. VIC could Just get mouthfal Of watcr not enough
10 at all satisfy burning thirst We'go II by put.
ting mouths 10 the rasts and licking oil the water
il trckcd down them Our sutlerngs most intense
The salt meat eaten raw created fever and inflammation
IN the bowels, causing burning thirst
About the 26th OF December Of the men, john Nc.
salt water, aud its effects could be upon him 10
died the 3ist Of December, and buried, thrown
overheard, on the 1st Of January.
Henry Frost had become deranged previous the death
OF McInns and on the I'd Of January he jumped over
board, not knowing what he was doing: tb>pgh IL the
be al first cung TO the side OF tho Ship TWO men laid
hold Of his hands to haul him in, but he finally broke
from them ami was drowned
On Tuesday, the Sd OF january, the boy James Nc
Grail (aged about seventeen washed the cabin
and drowned there. The rest Of us lived a. best We
after that we had nolhng 10 sat but raw salt meat.
On saturday, the Sth Of January, John Murray aud
samuel Cochran died. after having been crazy Tor some
time. We buried them Sundsy morning, the 9ib, just
before being taken or the wreck.
To satisfy our thirst, tore up the deck 70 get at
cnsk OF fresh wner which bad been eft The but great
was our DISAPPOINTMENT wbsu, after two days labor In
getting TO IT, founu with the bung ont, and hlled
with salt water. We vessel except the steamship
oeforo Alluded and craft Of some Kind that passed.
nenr during Ozark night-sne could not sec us, wo
only saw her lahis--uui sunday the OH OF January,
about noon the ship Ceutrrou, Captao Caulkius from
Gnsgow 20 New YORK. camo alongside, and pcsei us
Il blowing haTj as IL had be G1riog all the ne OF
or wIesk and high running. Tue mate OF
he Centurion, Win crew, came alongside 10 boat