The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-24

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Accommodate particulars Of the wreck Of thu
Il saaanship Hungarian. - Oaps 6ahle, have
been received u Halifnx, and . ageat Of thu
Associated Pssps IL to - despatched from sAsrs
:" the scene OF the disaster to-day. A fafier
account may, therefore, be published to.mor.
row The list of her passengers is probably
IN the mails Of the Europa, just arrived at
Halifax, or may be received BY the Jura, now
due at Portland. Tint N. Y. Express has the
ship:
| The storm must have made rapid work with
the devoted ship Her lights were first seen ut
tnree O'Clock on Sunday morning, and by day.
possible that some Of the boats may have got
| of,-bnt, under the circumstances the hone
that su. was the case hangs by a hair The
| hungarian, we are informed was one Of the
| staunchest steamers afi0at had always been
| remarkable for her rapid passages, aud was
| always considered the favorite vessel of the
| line.
| The Hungarian left Liverpool on Wedues.
| day, the Sih inst, under command Of Captain
| Jones, and touched at Queenstown, Ireland
as customary with the vessels OF the line
SCANNING away the next afternoon, Thursday
the 9th inst..) for Portland. The Hungarian
was on this occasion on her third voyage from
Liverpool to Portland. her preceding trips
having been aecompli he'd in good time aud
screw propeller, belonging to the Montreal
ocean Mail Steamship Company, who own
seven vessels running alternately between
Liverpool! and z Quebec Portland or Montreal,
IN connection with the Grand Trunk Railway
OF canada, Just assaulted the interests of trade
and travel
The Hungarian was beautiful specimen of
naval architecture: her bows were rou pded 10
that curve which modern shipbuildipg has
adopted as the shape which offers the least re-
sisfance to the water and the rest of the hull
were in graceful proportion. The vessel was |
I2h feet in length her breadth OF beam was 70 |
feet. and depth of hold q feet She was ahout |
1900 tons bnrthen, and was propelled by dou. |
bic engines of $50 horse power She had four |
decks; the orlop deck, the tween deck, the main |
ana spar decks. Her crew. all told am uuted
TO no men, including about forty stewards
VINO mad charge OF the provisions and culina-
~ departments. In addition to the accom-
mOdatlOn for no men OF a crew, she could find
space for $50 cabin and 300 passengers
Inc montreal Company have already lost
one vessel, the Indian, which left Liverpool
on the ..th OF November last, and was totally
wrecked on the island of Mary Joseph, Nova
Scotia, on the 2ist of that month, under cir.
nearly similar to the present. as
no Immediate communication could be had
with her, and much dof1bt existed for soua
time as to her identity. Our Euronean files
INFORM us that the British Board of Trade has
alter que inquiry, acquitted the master of the |
ihdian OF blame, but censured one Of his sub.
ordinate offIcers for not slowing OIL speed near
ing such dangerous coast, he being in charge
II the moment.
The wreck of the Hungarian makes the j
ourteenth steamer which has been lost since
me commencement Of steam navigation be-
Ween Europe and America. Subioined we =
1--WE the names of those that have been lost:
PRESIDENT, never heard of; Columbus, all hands
aved Humboldt, all hands saved City of
iiasgoW, never heard Of; City of Philadel-
'hla, all hands saved; Franklin, all hands
aved Arctic. a few only saved Pacific never +
heard OF; Lyonnais, few only saved Tenn /
'est, never heard of; Austria, burned, great
oss OF life; Indian, three lives lost; Argo, all
ahds saved Hungarian, all hands lost, pro-
ably !.