The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-24
She Strikes . Rock or Cape Eliza
beth and Knocks a Hole IN
Her Engine Compartment.
Twsnty-six Of Her Passengers Sup
posed to be Drowned.
Complete List OF the Names OF the
Passengers.
Her Cargo Valued at One Million
Dollars,
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DVAIdIS,
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PORTLAND, Me-, Feb as, 1854
The steamship Bohemian, Captain Borand, from Liv-
erpool, struck Alden's Rock, four miles tsde or
Cape Elizabeth, about nine O'Clock last evening, beat
over turned head towards the shore, and sunk about
hour and half, about two miles from the shore out
side Of Rchmonds Island, having stove hole In her
gine compartment.
Part Of the steerage passengers are supposed lost
Her bridge Is covered at high water, and the
breaking over her.
The night was clear, and the Cape light in full view
The Bohemian had nineteen cabin passengers, all Of
whom are supposed to be saved, and hundred and
ninety nine Storage passengers II cannot yet De ascer
tanned how many OF the latter arc lost.
Boat No was swamped alongside, owing TO people
cro~dng into IL, and came ashore on tho Cape With
and child in IL, both dead.
Tho people at the Ocean House and In the 1shng house
the Cape sent teams to the sufferers.
Crew saved-ths captain, purser, mail officer. stew
ards and chief cook, chief steward (engineers y ana
others.
The intelligence reached this city at O'Clock this
morning, tugboat sent OF at She has
yet returned
The Bohemian had cargo Of silks and other goods,
mostly Canadian and provincial account valued Al
million Of dollars.
The ship WAS going at half speed.
Additional Particulars OF the Disaster.
PORTLAND, Me-, Feb. IS, 1864
The Bohemians papers were saved, and the following
10 the list OF her passengers In full
NAMES OF THE CABIN PASSENGERS.
Mr.. Woodruff, Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon. Messrs. Emp'ey,
johnson, Fuford, Hapgston, j. s. Mllar, Richardson.
Alnott Smith, Welsh, Smith, Schetcherly, Stewart, Gu
more and Robertson OF Canada and Captains Wells and
stone, Of the United States.
All the above mentioned are known TO be saved.
NAMES OF TIE sTERRAGs PASSENGERS.
The following were the storage passengers:-
j. Trainer OF Canada A. ROLAND OF Montreal Margaret
Manley and Two children, OF Boston; 3. Neville and G.
Burns Of New York; G. Hail, Semay Joseph Mess and
wife and two ohdreu and Alfred Markham, Of Montreal
Kane snd wife and four children Of Portland J. Scach
man and wife and four children, Of New York Hannah
Jackson and three children, Of Ptsburg Kaon. Of Now
York W warde Of London; j. rrumley and wife and 6.
Boardman, OF Portland somervlIs, Of Canada G. Car.
low or New York p Murphy, Of Boston; Mary Hoy, Of
Philadelphia; Mary Blowman, or Montreal; John Brown
Canada Dan Bryant Of Portland; Thomas Hughes and
wife, Of Portand Esther Stevens and s. Tucker OF Bos.
ton; J. Short and wife, B. Holly Church and Simpson
Scnuch, OF New York. Thos. Hempsey and two children
Of Philadelphia; Mooney, wife and child Albany David
Dunevy. Morris Duran. Dennis Smith and j. Watson and
wife. Of New York; william Earl, OF Montreal; W. Cornell,
Andrew Wallace, Lucy and Maria MAXWELL Of New York;
Ellen OConnor Of Portland Michael Kelly, Ann Burk and
Stephen Donogh, Of New York r. Farrell wife and three
children Of CINCINNATI r. Martin, wife and four children
NJ Hughes, o. 0Ns, W. Braddock, W Gaorm,
B Ward, D. Walton and mother, P. Riley, r. Judge,
Doan B. Corbett and child Of Boston, Isabel QUINN Of
New York; Rose Recley John Manmon, Kato Wynn,
Thomas Flanney, wife and chidren, and Mary Lee, Of
Boston, Jane sweeney and John Lindsay OF New York p
Korm Neal o'Niel, Bernard Keaney and wife and three
children, and John HALEY and wife. Of New York
Michael Connolly Thomas Conovan and wife, and three
children; Mary Curran and John Curran and three
children, Mary Curran and Eliza Curran, John
Lane wife and child John Kelley aud Ellen Flaherty Of
Boston James and Patrick Cassidy and Patrick Conou.
OF New York Bernard Daily and WIFE OF Boston Narga
ret and Mary Nolan and Mary Glenn, Of New York; p
Gorham and wife, John McLeer Biddy Mcdonnell Catha
riue Connolly j. Neay and wife and Two children, and
John and William Connolly, OF Boston; John Eams and
two sons, Bddy Gorham, Thomas Connolly and
wife andj child, and William Moran. Of New York;
Mary Keau ana three children John O'Nein
and child, and IEza McKieves. Of Boston, Hannah Con
molly and two children OF Boston; Ann Norton. Sarah
Kelley, Ann Robinson, Ann Mullen and child, Bddy Nag
ssrty and four Children Margaret Tight Michael McCabs
and wife. OF New YORK; Mary CornIgan and child, Mary
Gorman Catherine Stone, Mary McDonough and two chill
drsn Rose Lynch and daughter Of Boston, John Lee OF
Chicago: Owen and John Kane, OF Boston: Ann Dolan,
Mary Casn, Patrick Psudsr, wife and two children; Mar
garet Hart and John Fitzgerald, of New York Thomas
copnabons infant died on the passage making two bun
6red Storage passengers.
NAMES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE SHIP.
lhe names OF the officers Of the Bohemian are 90 fol
lows
Robert Morland, master Maxwell Frocks, nrst ohcer;
James Scott, second ofcsr VIM. Crawford, third officer
John Q. Sargent, fourth officer VIM. Jenkins, purser
wm McNaster, chief engineer Tnos hcMaster, second
engineer Mr. Barber third engnesr George Gray fourth
engineer.
Captain Borlsnd arrived by tusboat q Ven O'Clock
and reports the ship be In four fahems Of water on
Broad Cove, slightly heeIed Of tho main deck at low
water two feet under side, and al high water
seven fec, under lie thinks she win hold together II the
weather fair The only way to got the cargo Gus Is BY
divers and taking her into shallow water By if'ing her.
The weather 10 thick and foggy.
Three mail bags were saved.
thought but few passengers lost, except those
10 the swamped boat some Of the nrsmen probably
persisted.
rhs Bohemian gas built 10 1862 and was 2.leo gross
tons burden 90 the British register she 10 casscd
A No. L.
From the statement OF q passenger who came up In
boat No 8, learn that he standing the deck at
the time OF the accident Tho steamer passed the buoy,
and The passengers thought vas The piloboat Imme'
d,aely after the steamer struck the boats were got ou
safely With the exception u No. ., which swsmped NO.
look aboard all she could bold including several who
Jumped into the water TO .hcm. Being unable 70 una
landing place, she was rowed up the haroOr. she con-
tanned mostly cabin passenger ard some storage pas
scngers whose psmes do not eat win zoe exception
OF Mr.. Brown.
The mails ssyed we're nom Glasgow to New YORK from
Glasgow to California and bag Of papers Tor Boston
The press dispatches we're not saved.
Prom mes Scott. she second ofcer, earn that all
tho oflcoy scro on dock when the steamer struck n