New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-04
Wreck Of the Steamer VI. Sanford.

Our own reporter, who CHANGED TO be passenger
on board, gives bis story OF the accident TO the
Menemon Sanford, yesterday morning, as follows:
shortly before O'Clock the passengers Were dis.
tnrbed from their slumbers by 4" first shyer and
then q thrill" which brought everybody TO hls
consciousness with Jerk Then the berths shelled
out their contents like peas from POD, WIN una
uimity perfectly ludicrous and stampede Tor the
deck ensued. Bat nothing could be seen but dense
fog with an mmen-e rock looming up through Is,
not ffty feet from our starboard bow. As for the
rest the boat seemed 20 be resting very comfortably
on her keel and not TO be leaking, 30 that htle
alarm WAS felt The tide had been ebbing for ouly
about an hour so that had before the pleas ant
prospect OF being compelled t. wal hour be-
fore we could float off. The rock night proved
TO be the Salyages, four miles from Rock port and
three miles from Teacher Island Light.
A; about hslt.pas, three q boat was dispatched TO
the nearest telegraph station, which Rock sport,
"a aiterward found, 10 telegraph TO this city fof
the necessary assistance. The party were absent
neary three hours, when they returned, and report.
ed that a man had been sent Boston after five
O'Clock to summon help, tie telegraph not being
av allable until eigh, clock, and that soop wac
soon TO come to take off the passengers. La tue
mean time we had been wai'iug patiently but with.
ont any anxiety for their return, and lew passen-
pers had been landed on The rock. About an hour
later came tue promised soop, the Aida, Captain
York ACCOMPANIED by SWAIN Of boats, Ike a hen
with her chickens. She anchored about quarter OF
mile from us, and the passengers aud their baggage
were transferred TO her in quiet and orderly man
ner.
WAS fina Is safely accomplished, and we were all
accommodated on the deck OF the soOp, ana brought
10 Rockport, getting there 1T about III o'clock.
gentleman, formerly an agent OF the boat, was sent
10 Silem to send up special train for u.s. and the
clerk came TO this city TO get the assistance OF u
steamer. Our baggage WAS rent up 10 the station
as quickly rs possible, and By 1880 orr tram AZ
peaTcd aud at l o'clock We Were ON our way to thn
city, where arrived nj 2;3O, without any further
mishaps. We owe great many THANKS 20 C"ptaip
York who passed around his biscuits and wine ioI
the reireshnent Of the ladies'; ana 10 benevolent
lady, whose name did not learn, who appeared
AZ The station with pitchers Of WARM tea am coffee
wherewith TO moisten our husky throats. Inc
officers of the boat also, did ali IN their power TO
render our uishap as little uncomfortable NJ pOsslh
ms. All that could have been expected OF theA
was done for u.s. At the time Of running upon the
rock the boat was not u mile out Oh her course,
although she Was not heading right. IL wac sald,
however that she was ahead OF Ter time by over an
hOur. In the dense fog, ana running 20 last, the a
eident was alIGos, unavoidable. -
: We took our last look AT tie SANFORD al ABOUT ~
o'clock, from the RockpoIt wharf. that time tDe
tide had been rising u couple OF hours lLere ny
the boat her bow resting one huge rock about Ten
feet above the water level, her Keel aud garoodru
streaks for Tvs enty feet from her bows gr0und 40
that they looked ike the fragments of an old straw
broom aud heeled over TO port that her deck iose
at AN angle Of nearly 40 degrees. Tbs stern Wa
also supported by rock ana her rudder was swing
ing; but amidships the water flowed freely under yer
Keel Wien We left the boat, the water was up to
the guards on the port side, when lay lowest, and
was spouting up upon the lower deck. The ebbing
of the tide prevented her filling very fact, although
by the time the boat returned from kochi or,, tns
water YVES knee deep IN the gentlemen oaoln. sue
had on board about 40 sheep, ind three or iOui
horses. which We left on board. Ii was expeote"
that arrangements for taking them OIL would be com'
pleted yesterday afternoon. 49,:
Her striking at high tide, and the POSITION ID
which she lay, make IL somewhat doubtful Wiener
she will lie 20; Oft soon She has been, OF ooafs''
much lightened by the removal of 20 passengers,
with their baggage, so that size may be saved ho III
her freight is slowed. and whether II Ia ie'ui'!
accessible or not, we cannot say. AS me tiue W.
down the boat rolled from side to side IN WI
which must have strained her badly and Us WI.
probably fill with the rise ol TIE toe, hef e''''
still doubtful. ,.
Upon the whole, however, we congrAtu''.o Va.
fellow passengers ON escaping the penis Va 81
wreck with no other Inconvenience IMAM wv
hours detention. - hoard
the Eastern Queen, which left Rockpoit AT !: w.,
informs us that at that time tue iuini'"'e iii
/ boat mattresses, blankets curlains' NJ, ho,.ss
safe, and the sheep had been ~, ou'. ;' ling,
were still on board. The sea was pfei'ni's ss
her and her cargo was all atoat, and WAS oeeo -
n nrey In the wreckers Her guards w.re oieaA rn
ur t and her chances Of geItg oil were small ~,
Eastern Queen obliged to return 10 nav what
,!sr ss,sance NAV be possible An attempt W."
be made to tighten her and oil casks faye been |, !.
90 In - her. The boat not insured
said ,ha, the Boston, owned by tie ssniords ,hs
formerly employed on tins route, VII, 1 srpr
place OF the Menemon oahior9, LOT .ie Eysrri,er.
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