New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-12
THE LOSS OF THE CoNNAU0HT.
c.pr rprrcB q ACCOUNT.

rc.~s. ,.t, "a Johns as II o'clock, on her
nav f,om GALWAY 70 Boston, with 461 passengers on
board of whom about 80 were caoin Pe, IN. US.r
the rest itsersge. Her crew n u@oerec IT IL 40
abe left ST. john the weather was mooenA,e ~ ~
CONTINUED ill Friday, when the brseze grsaessny Ia
creased from the s. W., and then from the aa i,i
finally from the N w. Il continued 70 iresneh s'u
Saturday D. NJ, when 1t blew very strong w 1uIay
neon. The stesmer sprung aleak about Q COCK On
Saturday sy.nipo. when We we're $50 miles east OF
Boston and ont all hands at work keeping the wstsr
down. We succesded in keeping Il below lns niss, -
as not to stop the eDgioes. AT a. IN. on SUNDAY !"
had gsiped rapidly At8s. water got ioto the iof
ward furnaces causDg the fires 10 be extingusbod Az
about $50 clock discovered smoke issuing nom
the after soksho Got majority OF hands pronp,,
ly at work. with hose, buckets vet Blankets, ana al
other appliances band that could be OF s,rvlce IN
extipgushing the fire. by keeping the air from descend
At about ten, found smoke issuing from the cabin,
and dryir all the passengers on deck had the bose
and other appliances taken into the ladies cabin aud
used every effort to keep the fires from increasing
During this time the wafer had increased 80 much be-
low as TO exipguish all the fires and stop the engines
We then ceased all efforts TO keep the water ouF OF
the ship and directed the efforts of all hands TO extn
eurh the fire. aud in preparation OF the boats num-
Der of the hands were Kept at the fire, aud the others
we're set getting the boats over the side.
The first boat that was lowered was stove ~ inc
heavy sea. Six others were got over successfully
About IL O'Clock Sunday noon bark and orlgaa-
tine hove in sight. The bark continued on her
courte, apparently without discovering he snip. Inc
briean inc when nearly ahead OF the steamer pore
down upon rs, seeing our dlstresesena.s pa";o Sc
ting near us, we mad number OF passengers IN sle
b, Ats ready 10 90 on board Of her, We had mucn d'
iculty on account of the heavy sea- Continued get-
ting the passengers on board the boats from tne ss
board quarter and from the DoaS 70 Iho pB DO ies "
possible. .,,;.
During this time the FIRE was constantly and rapidly
increasing There intense heat Inside 80 thss
the iron work could not be touched. Tho smoke was
n.allth n ayInkQ a
were It'll kept work with wet blankets hose, pumps
&C., to keep things cool as possible
Al o. M commenced 10 discharge passengers from
the lee port quarter the other being 100 NUN Gu
yeloped in flames At this time the brig got hAwser
from Oh card the steamer, to keep her near h9;oo
we got all passengers n the boats, and with safety
10 the bIigsntine
The flames several times broke out through The sky
H,hs but by means Of wet blankets We succeeded 10
kfepiee from goiog further. We sent toe life boat
ND TO the port bow and the took all the prosnon
possible from the storeroom. We got enough ID Drng
the vessel here The mt then gt INTO tne ooss aler
searching all parts of the ship possible 10 zee that none
should be left The flames by this time had ourstlot'
reaching the masthead and burning every thing do w.
Finding we could no longer remain ny the snip, on
count Of the an oke, we got al the remaining hAnd'
ten In number, and left for the boat
waited TIL all were of and then went over the lee
bow mysef and then left for the brlgantlne wnch
proved to be the Minnie Schiller. watched the
steamer till O'Clock and Of my officers stsd up
Till g. During all that time the vessel mass OF
hyid fame. The last of her she was still a1oa
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Mr. Cox pas enger by the Conoaught, says that
Capt Leitcb ked nnremittiDsy, showing the
greatest coolDess and sefcommsDd from the time the
ditas,tr was first known The eaptain did not leave
the until every ether individual was safely on
beard the brig.
Owing to The extent of the fire aud the amount of
water in steamer but few provisions cond be Sc
euied. The only supplies obt,ined from the wreck
wtre pine bags of bread and small quaatlty oil bee
ham, sugar, and coffee.
AT the time the brig left the steasr the latter was
very much On fire att. AT o'clock in the afternoon
che WIS in flames from stem to stern, aud her total
destruction seemed inevitable. 1t s supposed tbas the
ire had been so,olderil for long period, on &C.
C. upt OF the rapidly with which 1t spread alter was
discovered, aud tne great head"ay 1t made 10 snort
time.
The mail. were saved The passengers ssved nothing
bet the clothing in which they we're sttired.
The friends Of the Storage passengers nocs ed 10 the
Office Of Me Nazro Brothsrs Sweeney IN Chatham
row, 10 obtain tciles concerning their fate. There
we're many anxious qures In regard TO pssons ex-
pc ted from Ireland who were not positively known
70 be Oh board. Among the freight which COMPRISED
oply few cas.s Of dry goods were ,0OO III 81 yer
from The newfoundland banks, shipped A. ST. JONAS
The passengers behaved admirably thro ighout the
whole affair, not 0ithstsndng The large proporuoi of
f,msles the number being about 1sO Tn re was no
panic az any time The icers and Gre If the steamer
rid 14 1t is surprising that In conveying the
whole ooDpl ement OF passengers and crew 20 tne
Minnie Schiller, none were lost or injured. Ole or
two 81. overheard from the brig and the occurred
in the haste 10 take the boae~hich SON checked
Tut no lives were sacrificed. With the Of the
brig when all of the STEAMERS company were EN-
baked 10 the rs named vessel the hsd b02 individu
ais within her barrow Unite
The engineers of the Connaugh think that the ire
was caused by TIE felt on the boilers
Can't. Leitch commanded The Gamer City OF Phila
delpfia. which was wrecked off Cape Rics in 1854.
The passengers rescued, without lose, at that
time.
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