The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-30
J. n. pri,cheil,s Account.


was passenger the Goden Gate. The
ala m of fire givea while all the passengers
dinner. There appeared to be very little excitement
nrst and supposed tue fire would be extingushcd
Teen saw the fret mate along, and he 4 The
forward. This the cny hose saw service. All
the hands and passengers went 60 work al the
pum torward-aa many could eet al the brakes. /
went FROM tue unlas w ON the hurricane OK Cap
Hudson the bridge trying to quiet the pass ngers
telling there danger the ase would DO very
som extnguished, aud not 20 get excited, Sc.
Whiic / ihi hurricane deck which but for
minutes. Mr. Nolan the tirst icer ca along and
told several OF the meu (pasengers to form IN limo ana
oy pass buckets Of water the ire. rms bark
al hand AMI asked where the water was ~ be
had. He made re y to tins, but passed ON below -
the deck. saw HIM more on The steamer. and
supposed that he, find the effort Of avail went
got the ba,s three in n1mber,, where he
very actively empl yed IN saving the passengers.
The AT ihls time turned heading towards
the beach abolt three four miles disis) tic wheel
lashed and the engines kept ~ motion. / after.
wards told ON shore by the soc"na engineer lrst aoi
second engineers were b,th sayed) thai the engineer
who duty the limo OF the burning .. the steam
BY this time there great deal of excitement
aboard. Many OF the passengers irnled overheard,
others we're throwing chss, benches, pianks &c over
10 assist In the effort their lives. The
boat lowered believe, by Of the passengers.
Il WIS crowded there being some Twenty-Five or thirty
in ia number or them ladies. That boat struck
By the wheel reached the water. before the tackle
or aud swamped. he weather was fine;
had been warm ali the day, aud the
cam. There was slight land breeze, nothing more.
Ia about hftsen twenty minutes alter the alarm
whole upper works from stem to stern, was sheet u
alme, with the exception OF small space forward OF
about fifteen feet whore he passengers ho yet
board. 10 the nnmOer OF nearly one hundred, should
Judge crowded together, cngng to the rail,
the chains, wherever they could obtain hold or
footing Az tue moment OF our striking tho beach the
wheols Of the steamer stopped slid aown rope into
the AMI fr the about one hundred and
atty yards distant. PICKED up tin lie pressrvsr,
which assisted IN buoyng me up little, but lost again
In the surf. There wero about twenty men who had
reached shore ahead ~ The number who got
land an ~ "a IA d W.
suly one woman, Mira. Wallace. there number Of
women In the crowd gathered forward before mentioned
Tie b0ae left the steamer or towards tho port
OF Manzau In, nboat twelve mlies distant Cptan Pear
son plain Hudson aud the prscr l got ashore az tho
same place where did.
After getting safely ashore myself assisted 10 getting
ohers land humber drowned, and some thrown
aahufe BY the action Of the surf We buried sixteen
bodies the following morning. the steamer burned
- rs break pieces ny niue O'Clock that evening The
engines beams SC. stood there black and gaunt like
skeleton.
We laid IN the beach hudded together (the weather
growing cool before m0nngl - keep warm ~ many 81
us ere without clothes aud well nigh exhausted. In
the morning wc ted afgot Tor Manzinila. About SIX
miles from where started found water. Here the
party divided About forty OF started % tho
port by going across the mountains the others Including
al he watering place., close 20 tho beach. They alter.
wards went uuni the point and relieved by hr.
Nolan 10 Vi the steamers boats The next morning
TUESDAY We renamed In The mountains all u Mon
day nign, with nothing e. eat but hal plenty u water
rom the springs found there.
tuesday morning started again for Nanzanilla
thinking Cou0 not be much further or, and after
yelling ab9ht two hours heard q signal qun--nred
from the 81 Louis. Ills nrst iutnaton We had
OF there beng steamer nsaf A. hand some u tue