Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-13
THE EVENING STAR.
Tae wreck Of the steamer Hungarian.


From the Yarmouth IN. 3 Tribune.
The iIl-fated steamship In reported to have been
seen by a coastiDg vessel OF Liverpool about D.
on Sunday, the 18th ult., apparently steering
N N w which, unless she were at distance
Of at least twenty-five miles from the coast, must
have been nearly four points OF her true course
At three O'Clock on the followin g morning a man
named Barry Nickerson, residing on Cape Sable,
deserted exactly In the direction Of the ref known
AZ the 8 Horse Race" what he took to be the
lights OF steamer. These lights when first seen
were stationary, and remained immovably In the
same position, as our informant thinks, for more
man half an hour, when they appeared TO move
very swiftly In a northwesterly direction, ana In
the course Of ten or fifteen minutes became once
more stationary. Mr.. Henry Nickerson VINO re-
sides on Fish Island, states that he hrst saw the
light in the position which the wreck now occu-
pies, at four O'Clock, and comprehending that
some unknown vessel was In distress aroused bis
son and a nefghbor, crossed I'm a fishing skif the
inlet which divides the island from Cape Sable,
and In che hope Of attracting the attention of the
crew, exhibited lighted lantern from the high
eat mol Mt OF land that could be found.
The lights of the unknown vessel continued to
be visible until day break, when they disappeared
probably In consequence of the fail Of the mast to
which they were attached. AS day dawned the
hull Of a large steamship was discernible on the
'tGreat Rip" dangerous ledge about two miles
southwest of Cape Sable; the foremost gone, the
mainmast mzzenmast aud smoke pipe only
standing, and the making constant breach
over the ship. The rigging Of the mainmast had
the appearance according to the statements of our
D,
ings, 10 the number Of between fifty and sixty-a
superstition we no reason to discredit A bout
half hour after sunrise the mainmast was seen
10 go over boird, the smoke pipe disappeared soon
Afterwards, and the mtZZenmast followed about
ten a m. Tn. spectacle described by those Tho
vitae ssed 1t as one of terrific grandeur-the sea
around white with breakers, the doomed ship
rolling heavily, surge after surge broke against
her iron sides, the spray dashing in volumes to
toe height of her masthead and the pillows pour.
ing in ceaseless cstaracts over decks
The violence Of the sea during the morning and
the early part Of the day was so great that no at
tempt could be made to approach the ship. Not
even lifeboat, 1t Is affirmed, could have been
got with safety through the breakers which ell
vironed the coast.
At9a. IN. the wreck began to break up, ard the
surface OF the deep was soon strewn with pack
ages Of light goods, the lading of her upper deck
The ebb tide, aided by a strong westerly wind,
carried these articles for the first few hours in the
direction Of Baccaro, and into the bays and inles
beyond. The flood tide, for the next few hours,
carried whatever was washed from the wreck in
an opposite direction On Tuesday, tbs wind
having moderated. and the sea being Compare
lively smooth, great number Of boats and sew
eral small vessels put OF in search Of the drifting
merchandise. Between four and five hundred
boats, II is computed, were for the first three or
four days engaged I'm this manner. The bales
being generally Of size which precludcd their
being taken into a boat were broken open with
a few blows Of an axe, the contents lifted on
board. and the box allowed to go adrift. The
quantity Of goods thus saved must have been i'm
mense; but the wide dispersion will render the
task of collecting them for sale rather formid-
able undertaking.
Several of the mail bags Of the Hungarian were
picked up on Tuesday. and or two others on
the following day. These We're taken charge of
by the magistrates, and have ere now been for
warded to Halifax. boat Of about fifteen feet
keel, with the oars lashed, drfted into Port
Latour, bottom up. Other boats, shattered to
pieces. have been seen floating in the vicinity.
The gunWale of one of them was picked up by
Captain Cook, of the schooner Melrose on Satur-
day. One of the masts came ashore at Shay
Harbor, and another at Fish Island. The latter
spar has still attac he'd to it portion Of the plate
iron by which 1t was connected with the decks
The only bodies yet found were that of a man,
supposed to have been one of the fremen of the
ship, which was found at Shag Harbor, and that
OF female child, about two years old which
was washed ashore at Stony Island Inauests
were held on both these bodies and both were
decently inferred. The report that the body of a
man bad been discovered at Cat Point. near Bac-
caro-, is without foundation, as is. also, we hope
the statement that the corpse of an infant picked
up at sea, was consigned again to the deep Dy the
owner Of the boat, In his eagerness to secure the
tempting prizes with which the surface of tie
water at the time was covered.