New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-08
Loss Of The Steamship Golden Gate.
THE VESSEL BURNED AT SEA.
1870 PASSENGERS Persisted.
ONLY 80 PERSONS SAVED.
$l,3S4,OOO IN SPECIE ON BOARD.

The steamship Golden Gate. which left sar
Franci'co, July 81, for Panama, with 23O pas
sengers, $l,ll4,00O in treasure for New-YOrk
and $27O.OOO for Eogland, was burnt at sss
July II, and $50 passengers and oil the treas.
ure lOst.
TIE Golden Gate was O frst-class steamship Of
9 900 tuns burden. built in 1851, and a sister
vessel Of the steamer Illinois. The Golden Gate
belonged to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
the President Of which received the following an.
nouncement of her loss on thursday mornings
SAY FRAScrsoo, Aug T.
ALLEN MoLsys President: The Golden Gate burned at
sea- Msnz nils Two hundred passengers and crew
pe'hsd Snip total io Parcsss sqOa g. Ro,5Ge
TIE parties who sent the above dispatch are the
agents of the Company in San Francieco.
M,nzauills isA port in Mexico about 500 miles
south Of San Francisco. Among the passengers on
board tue Inflated vessel were Benjamin Holiday
and EDWARD Flint, composing the firm Of Holla-
day g. Flint" owners of the California and Oregon
steamship line Dir. FLINT was lost; Mr.. Hoiladsy
was saved The facis are given in the following
dispasch received yesterday morning.
San FRANCISCO, Aug. 6, 1862.
TO WV HAIsEY. No 80 UaH street Was saved from the
burning chip .biug ysef foecise ladder and jump
iss overlooked Passed under port wheel while under way
NAMED in il twenty hours before reaching MANI Poor
INV ''' BENZ. HOLIDAY.
There is 70 way of learning who were on the
burned steamer what persons were lost other than
Sir. Flint, till the telegraph is in operation.
The officers of the company Decline for the pres
ent. to state the value of the Golden Gate, or any
thing about her insurance.
Mr.. Flint, who is reported Lost, was nan Of mid
die age, and had lived in San Frsncsco since Feb
ruary, 1861. He leaves a wife, who is now tempo.
mrily resdent uenr this city. He was formerly an
agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
The following a dspateh received by Messrs.
Douchoe, Rsls on g. Co. Of this city:
San FRAScisco, Thursday Aug :, 1861
To ErGgSB KELLY Co.: Steamship Golden Gate. which
sailed hence 2st July took fire twelve miles OF Msnzsnila
Edward Film, gone Ben Holiday and Capt Whitney
saved II thought the treasure viii be saved a. the ship
CnIcAGo. Thursday, Aug T. 1862.
There is no prospect of getting report OF the
G olden Gate disaster tonight the line is down
between Overland City and Fort Laramie.
DESCRIPTION OF THE LOST STEAMER GOLDEN
GATE.
The subjoiped IL a full and correct description OF
this iil-la,ed steamer:
Length on deck, H'S feet; bread of beam, 40
feet; depth of bold, - feet inches; depth of hold
t. spadeck 30 feet, drs.t Of water at load Goe. Is
fee iuches; tuhnage, 2, 100 tuns frame OF white
oak, live OAK locust md cedar, and square fastened
with coUDer and teenails; floors nodded ~ inch e.,
sided Is inches, and her frames 30 inches apart
a, ii e.r eontesr Sue fitted with an o.cillstiog
engine having Two FLINDERS 80 inchen IN diameter.
I,roke ~ lis,on of 9 fee. Her water-wbeels
were 20 fest +. diameter She was also ,uppIis.d
win two tubular boi.-rs. located IN her hold ms
,e-.el was built in the low W "n"'''
Webb of this city. Her machinery -~ constructed
by the Novelty Iron Works
INSURANCE ON THE GOLDEN GATE.
The Golden Gate i lie said, was hot insured, bat
mos, Of The treasure probably is The regular ship
pers of specie have usually open policies and tho
consiguees have no of knowing the amount Of
insurance until the arrival Of the mail TIE vessel
is worth fro $50 900 to 100000 at the highest, but
ia she is some what advanced it 10 very probab'
that she IT, ne above stated, uninsured.