The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-06


line and stand by 10 pass buckets Of wa
ter on the Gre. The buckets wete al
hand, and / asked where the water waa
10 Be had. tie made no reply 10 this, but
passed on below 70 tho main deck Isaw
him No more on the steamer, and suppos-
ell that he, finding tho effort was Of no
avail, went aft and got the boats out
(tlree in number,) where be was very
actively employed in saving the passen-
gers.
The steamsr at this time, was turned
heading towards the beach (about three
or four miles distsnt,) the wheel lsshod,
and the engines kept in motion, 1 was
afterwards told on shore BY tho second
engineer (frst and second engineers were
both saved that the engineer who was
on duty at Che time of The burning Of Tho
steamer was lost
By this time there was = great deal of
excitement aboard. Many Of the passen-
gers jumped overheard, others were throw
ing chairs, benches, plsnke, &C., over TO
assist in the effort 10 save their lives. The
forward boat was lowered, believe, by
some Of the passengers. II was crowded,
there being some twenty-five or thirty in
il, number Of them ladies. That boat
was struck by the wheel ~ Il reached the
water, before the tackle was cast of, and
sWamped. Tho weather was fine; had
been warm all tho day, and the sea was
calm. There was 3 slight land breeze,
nothing more.
In about fifteen or twenty minutes af-
ter tho alarm was given the steamer
struck the beach. BY this time her whole
| upper works, from stem TO stern, was y
sheet of fame, with the exception Of 4
/ small space forward Of about fifteen feet,
where the passengers who were yet on
board, TO the number ofAnearly one hum
drod, | should Judge, were crowded to-
| gether, some clinging TO the rail, to the
chains, wherever they could obtain hold
| or footing. At the moment Of our strik-
ing the beach, the wheels of the steamer
stopped, 1 Sided down q rope into the
water and swan for the shore, about one
| hundred and fifty yards distant. ] pick
ed up tin life -preserver which assisted
in buoying me up \ little, but lost il
again in the surf There were about
twenty men who had reached the shore
ahead Of me. The number who got 10
/ l0nA at AAiAH NfNAAAt " 40 ttVuuA EAhntNs VI
whom there was only one woman, Mrs,
Wallace. There was o number Of wo-
men in the crowd gathered forward, be-
fore mentioned. Tho boats that left the
steamer went of towards the port OF
Manzsnills, about twelve miles distant
Captain Pearson, Captain Hudson, and
the Purser all got ashore at the place
where did,
After getting safely ashore myself,
assisted in getting others TO land. A
number were drowned, and some thrown
ashore by the action OF tho surf w,
buried sixteen bodies the following morn.
ing The steamer was burned so as &
break 10 pieces by nine o'clock that even.
ing. The engines, beams, &c, stood
there, black and gaunt, like skeleton.
We laid on the beach huddled together
(the weather growing cool before morn
ing) 10 keep warm, as many Of us Wen
without clothes and well nigh exhausted
In the morning we started afoOt for Man
camilla. About six miles from where w
started we found water. Hero the party
divided. About forty Of us started :,
make the port by going across the noun.
tains the others, including Mrs. Wallace
Captain Hudson, and Captain Pearson
remained at the watering place close {,
the beach. They afterwards went arount
the point and were relieved by Mr.. No
Ian, in one Of the steamers boats mex
morning Tuesday. We remained In th
mountains all Of Monday night will
nothing 10 eat, but had plenty Of wate
from the springs we found there.
Uu.aHn~r v,arusurr rrsn ato~faA o-~s- G.,
Manzanilla, thinking il could not be mucl
further of, and, after travelling about tW
hours, we heard 8 signal gun--hred frou
the 81. Louis This was the first init
nation we had Of there being q stesme
near at hand. Some Of the party climbe
Z the trees, and from thence saw the beac
, and the steamer 81. Louis, We then di
, | vided aud made our way, some direct {
the beach and others towards the steamei
! The steamer went on toward Manzanill;
! leaving her boats and several canoe.
/ manned by Mexicans, 10 pick mp an
! carry all the wrecked pasacngers Of Oh
Golden Gate they could find AZ variou
/, ! points along shore, from the place Of die
! aster down 10 ManEanilla. Whom "
|, were taken into Tho boats we procure
!, something TO cat, az they had supplic
furnished from tho 50. Louis. On Tues
day afternoon we reached the steamer q
| Manzanillh The passengers Of the 3
= Louis were very kind in their sssistanc
10 us, furnishing the destitute with cloth
ing, and 30 forth
! IicidcH7.--Captain James Whitney, Jr
? was one of the passengers who salol
swan through The raging surf 10 tho beacl
lie once reached fordable water but a n
fux wave hurled him back again. o
" gaining terra fjma he was very much ca
hausted, and some time elapsed before Il
recovered his consciousness. A numbe
of females also survived this trying ordci
Of the breakers, but ID nearly cost all ,
them their lives
John Henry Rooth, lad Of ten year
jumped overheard about ten minutes al
- ter the fire broke out. sHe swan 30 q bo.
in which bis grandmother andOthers ha
secured places; but the boat being fuli D
n struck of for another not yet Glled II
= was taken in and safely landed, viii
Z The other boat, containing his grandmoit
{ er and Mrs. Mcblullen (the only person
e he knew in her,) in attempting 10 leave n
4 side Of the vessel, was struck by ;he pat
d die and sWamped. The bodies of n
. boys grandmother aud Mrs. McMullc
2 were washed ashore and buried side b
p side. OnarTiving here the boy was take
G in charge by Mr.. David Ferris, furnishC
q with q new suit Of clothes throughou
p and taken 10 his home, where he 70 kind
! provided for.
- Henry Gerslungs, who was lost vii
:. ! HE wife and child, had been a Germi