The New York herald., 1863-02-11
TIE LOSS OF TIE ELLA MARLEY.
CellisieD Between The SteanshipS
Nerth Star and Ella Warley.
Immediate Sinking OF the
Latter.
One Officer and Five of the
Crew Lost.
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THE NORTH STAR BADLY DAMAGED.
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Statement Of One Of Our Special Cores
ponAsnts Who Was an Eye Witness,
&c., As.s ~.
THE NORTH STAR BADLY DAMAGED.

me Unsssd States transport steamer North STAR capA
Isvrs with fsn cargo Of Sugar and and about
enc hsndssd and Ay passengers. sailed from Key West
on the ncrains Of the bta inst. bound 10 New York.
Nothing Of interest transprod the voyage TIE Arst
thirty SIX hours out bad weather experienced but
after that time calms and sht winds with smooth sea,
prevailed. AZ six o'clock The evening OF the eth inst.
abreast Of Barnegat Lighthouse the wind At the
time being very light fr0 the eastward weather haxy
sky overcast, md the smooth milpond. After
Il became dark the naSs upon the horizon cleared away
in great measure rendering distant objects quite ds
tnct and there every prospect that the night would
prove nne
AZ passed Barnegat Capt Lefevre took his place on
the forecaste, acting Of the oohouts him
whilo there sncb HIS habit He replied that II
was-that he made an invarabe rule, in all his long
ssagong experience rely entirely upon any
while he was able 10 do duty
About eight o'clock the Highland lights in sight,
and shortly after ,hey discovered other lights
reported sight supposed TO DO those Of passing
or. When they plainly made out to be such they
bore about two points the port bsw, and Captain le
feve TO be Of bs,ng right ordered ehclm aport
and kept tho veesel point v the eastward Soon
after he did he discovered that the strange
had altered her course, with hsr hsn and
was standing directly across bows. Upon making
tins discovery Captain Lofsvre ordered the
hard aport the engine slowed stopped aud backed but
was Of no avail for the stranger kept course,
and impossible 20 check The North Starts head way
before she struck the tremendous force about
amidshipe.
very evaent from the force Of the collision and
from being atrnck almost At right angles by the sharp
item Of the North Star that stranger had sufercd
very materially and IL could be sson through the
darknes that she vessels machnery hao disaeed
The Grst shock brought every 10 che deck
time confusion reigned supreme but the fears Of the
crowd Of passengers became Ayed, and all seemed
xious for tho fate Of the strange vesee forgetting
he moment, In tse anxiety - the hves Of others,
/ the damage 70 our own steamer.
Captain LeIevso hailed the other vesse! before We
struck and said, "pat helm hard aport stop
your engne' but notice appeared taken OF this
order, for she kept her speed. AZ ssen backed
clear, commander, perfectly ocoi and collected
throughout the whole Of the trying anar made every
examination abe condition Of hrs ship, and
the time gave 70 have boats lowered and
Gve cid shs vessel thaa We nov dscovsssa
by the cvss On board 70 BE- In sinking ocadHion.
Al this moment Captain walsh late Of The ship Spark
ling Sea- recently wrecked on she Florida ree.
ward and rendered bs services 70 Captain levre with
those Of his mate Mr.. G. W. Cunningham, which were
accepted and the latter despatc charge
Of Of the shps boats TO the passengers Asd
from the sinking sbip And well tic noble hearted
did his duty, for bc songside, al had
the half naked. shverng women and children safely
slowed away in tho bos.s and their way North
star.
Il asoeftsIIed that the North star had re-
ceived INJURY and leaking badly The donkey
pumps startsd but they fa,lod keep
ship ree and became Decesssy TO discover the where.
ol the leak order 10 check II II possible To
accomplish this the cargo IN the forebold Ind be
foe etSd tark ed
Colonel Turnbn OF the one Hundred sIsi thirty New
York regiment organ red gang o soldiers who manned
tho tackle alb and yory soon bogsb, ads OF sugar and
bales Of cotton were making ,her appearance deck.
and we're rolled far aft they could he slowed IN
order bring the ship mpch possible by the stern
BY the the keeson reached the could
only be heard bu seen pouring IN volumes the
sci through the spenngs her bows. Mattresses and
pillows were freely used, and forced far forward
possibe, which 10 checked the torent Il
then discovered that the engines started the
blge pumps would every purpose 10 discharge All
thu water the ship was fnasing, and this AZ ralmed
the fears "a those dreaded lct the North Star Wa
doomed 10 lind bea below the surface OF the
II was not over twenty minutes from the time the aoo
dent occurred before the boats again alongside aud
the rescued passengers and crew were safe IN the decks
OF the North star Not murmur oseaped from any one,
although they had lost everything except tho clothing
they stood ip Among the passengers several lads
young and DID, and alsD several children nearly all of
whom 10 their light clothes bot the happy
precision Of the mothers seeing their children
The always happy a the yolngsters did much to
make forget the sadness OF the moment. When all
vere on board crew and passengers we're mastered
when six q the former we're found m,s.ng among them
1 Mr. n. A. Boyd, first assistant engineer andrew
| co,don brennan patrick hslly coal paeser and 100
others Of tue engineer department. and boy. All
Of these either scalded 10 death drowned In the
| areroom. saving them was an impossibiity for tho
water nlled the hold quickly that 10 minutes the
cab foor covered 10 the depth Of foot
The Ella warey had cargo cf dry soods, provisions,
ana Express Company lad cafe containing " 0oO
ard passenger had 10 hs possion s. 900 IN gold Her