New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-15
LOSS OF THE NORTH BRITOM.
From Tn. Toronto Leader. Nos ~.
ccnlstances.

lYop Tbs Toronto Leader, Noe II.
From the telegraphic reports that reached US yes-
terday we learn that the steamer North Brton bae
been lost. IL appears that she struck reef,
the group of Mingan Islands, on Tuesday night the
5th inst durings gale. IL very da a. tie tino
Of the accident During that night and nil Wednes-
day. the vessel laboed upon the reef and if she had
not been well built she must with such a sea as q
gale would Isi-a have goue TO pieces Inc cheering
part Of the affair IL that all the passengers were
saved. The greater part of them were picked up
after they bad landed, by TWO schooners, on Thurs-
day morning; Il boat load Of seventeen having gone
cut previously, il would seem, in search of sdecor
AT any rate, seventeen Of the and one passeu-
ger were taken on board the brig Deshler on Tnurs-
day. The passengers did not get ashore I'LL Thurs
day, when sone vi them went 10 Port Miogan and
others 10 house nine miles distant. Those at Port
Mingan, OIL the terra iirma Of Niogan, were lodged
ia tie stJrebOuse, where they had u few blankets,
saved from the wreck for their protection. II 10
improbable that they got any provision ashore for
the EtOre-rOoms were under water. The Lowell
cabins were broken mp. This srose in ell probable
Ity from the striking OF the vessel the reef. Tho
frsI conclusion may not have done all tie mischief
sc the vessel would work about after she WIS on the
reef The baggage was nearly all lost, and The
may think the uaselves fortunate that they
escaped with their lives Only four or tbe mail
Da zs were saved. The sohooners Oh board Of which
The passengers bad got trying to intercept ths
Angl Saxon, which left Quebec Saturday MORN
ing TO- England, and passed Father Point on sunday
morning.
In n.akine for the Straits Of Belle Isle the steam
er vyouri Iafs between The Island Of Anlicosi Gnd
the Mngan group Of islands WHICH lay near tie terra
Trina of Nugan. This group comprises seventeen
islands or perhaps more aud tbe reef on which The
North Brton struck WIS In Ill Probabil ~ near one
OF them. A violent storm, moving from west 10
east had passed over this art Of Canada some days
before. On the Thursday previous IT Was at tie
western frontier of the Province; on Friday, -
noon, it began TO make rs appearance IN Toronto.
Il would hardly have reached Quebec by SATURDAY,
lie duy on which the NorIh BiitOn left there, but 10
would coon overtake her in the river. As Tar as the
ye-sel is concerned, the Norh Brton has always
been regsr1.d Of the best hoat ana IL Is .er-
t.in that the accident arose IRON 10 defect III hes
construction.
beea lott In tue ST. Lawrence the Gulf. When
the Canadian was run upon u rock, the fhuit oss
entirely from the stupidity OF the piio, ana ne
suit proved nothing against TIE navigsnie cspaIies
of he St. Lawrence. Whatever difssteis bays
ham eued to this line from its establishment to the
present time only TWO of them have had any con-
Deoiion with the st. Lawrence. lhe laolin was
lost off the coast of Nova Scotia, and the. Hungnla
on Sable Island, at the western extremity vi thas
Province The second Canadian was cut 10 pieces
In field Of ice that might have been met with ~
many other places we'll on the track OF inns par
ticular line At the time, we were iacllned TO To
gard the accident as telling against the Belle ISIS
route; but that view Of the matter was not sustained
bv tie oplnion OF competent seanen. All these ac-
eidents underwent investigation before the Board OF
rade in England and, without exception, they
were pronounced belong to the class OF unavoida-
BILE casualties Incident 10 navigation: Doe captain
was deemed to nave played his part badly after the
vessel s,ruck--we alude TO Capt. Smith OF ths
Indian-and be was dismissed from the Steamship
Company service.
The question will probably come up whether Il b
advisable 10 steamers on the st. Lawrence aitef
the let November or whether it would be better
tnal alter that date, they should start from Pors
where they have greater width Of sea In which 70
range, Ia Gaze Of storm.