, 1865-07-29
Loss OF THE QUiHNEBAUG.
Seventeen Soldiers Drowned.
Names of The Persons I.os1 and Par
.siCulatA Of ghe DlaAAttrs
fFt. Monroe Cor. New York Herald

fFt, Monroe Cor. New York Herald
Shortly after five O'Clock On the mo.usre
Of the goth Inst. tho Qutnnebau, left her
wharf at Mo1eLeat City. 4 fresh brcsze
WAS blowing. from tbs seawA'd, tbs WIVES
broke and 1aihed somewhat @iIdly about the
bar outside the Inner channel, but the SKY
was c'oudless and every thing betokened a
safe nnl quick voyage. s,ld:e.s wi h smil-
ins taecs. bno5ant Vt heuEt, crowded the
decks and bulWa1ks.
Three ccnpa1les "a, md y of the 18th
Penns5 'ansa regiment, commanded respect
Starr, were On board. The other compa2les
Of Tic regiment, Brevet Big. Gen. Litteu,
and the Colonel Of the. reglnlsnt. it viii be
remembered. previously embarked on the
Ella Knight. The thret companies on the
Qniuntbaug, numbered two hundrel aud two
| men, including oaicess.
FIRST FoEnsuADwING OF DISASTER.
Thus fteig gifted the steamer was working to
csoss The bar. Reaching point abous one
! mile from Fort Macon, the engineer suddcnlF
stopped. What's the natter" asked sew
! ctal. "Only piece Of hawser In the wheel"
was tie answer. And then cama th: expla-
nation that piece Of hawser got round about
the wheel works the day before, and 1t was
surressd 1t had all been taken ont, which
| accepted as satisfactory. Meantime the
steamer began drifting about among ths
breakers with = wlldnees and Increasing fu-y
Of action that was not altogether enjoyable
to Ill. And still thete was no motion Of the
engines, "cau't the engines b. made to
they heave auchor:" suggested msuy, But
The steamer kept tossing about, ths engines
wonlt not work, ACd, instead oi heayiog an
chor, eails Wera hotsted, which only made
matters worse.
DANGER AND D1sHAr.
The TACT now became known that the en-
Eine had broken in her center. Signals Of
distress we're raised. The position had BE-
come one Of positive dagger; symptoms Of
selves. Keep cool, men," counseled Capt.
Starr, In command cf tbs 10th Pennsglvanta
volunteers. ''She will be all fight YETI" en-.
couragipgly remarked the Qulnnsbau auS COM
1nander.
RUSH FOR TIE LIFE BOATS,
Bat some wonld ilot kcrp cool. and did mt
and ths encouraging remarks Of Ii: Captsin
u tae vessel We're no source Of encourage
nent to th-u,t cnly two life-boats we're On
ne e'e- ler. Lieut.. Dernlng and bis party
Of the Oh Maine .eeized one, aud the other
WAS soon oTer theaessel's side, alled By more
Of the panic stricken mon, t1l*se belonsiu. to
the 16sh Pennsylvania regiment. Cap. Starr
and the other officers did al they could do
under the circumstances. They prevented
IN overwhelming crowi from jumping luto
the boats. He gave orders that the b ,ats, as
as soon ns they could get ashore, SHOULD come
buck for others.
TIE LIFE BOATS swAMgED.
Both life boats we're swamped. One
reached within one hundred yards Of the
shore, md the other was sw4mped mid way
between the shore aud the steamer. Il was
q wild ecene. About thosn tiaY life boats
men struggled fieEeely amid the breakers-
struggled 80 men always have and will for
1ear llie. The life boats were death to them.
Looking down upon them-'ro the steamers
stst them. Before them stretched the friend
II ehore, bus with no optstretched hand to
save then. from these wild wares. Only one
was eayed.
EcaHE on TIE STEAMER,
While ~ this vas ge1ng on there Was in- |
tense exclteneas on board tho steauae-a
double excitement, caused by witnessing the |
fate u their companions, and cousciousness
Of danger IN Which they were placed. Tbs |
vessel At length sprung a:leak III the bottom.
It mis- known she could not be saved.
TO THH RESCUE
Th. signals Of distress are seen. Assists snnee
comes to them. The second mate Of the brsq
AdansIam sotrY cannot give his name,
but none seem to have remembered II, all
though they, never will forget the tnan-
with small boat takes off thr.e boat leads
from the vessel. Boats from the United
States survcy steamer Corwia COMES also to
the1r assistance. 11s work Of dlsembarka-
IL n is conducted In good oder. AL feel
hat their safety depends On their actfnV
With consideration and coo1ness.
The yEssE1. GOES DowN.
The leak could not be stopped. Blankets,
clothes, everything are impoteat
hing Of animate life, The steamer goes down.
Al1. Saved
All remaining on the steamer we're sayed.
3ut there was much personal p;operty lust
2 the :saJ OF trunks. knapsacks and guns.
The officers aud crew Of the vessel losk every
hing, except the clothes they wore.
TAHT1AL LIST Or TIE DROWNED
The following are the names OF those
roWned belonging to the seyenty.slxth
'enusylranfa regiment: .
SERGEANT D. Ltckenbe1ger; Corporal J. Camp
ian; private Patrt.k F,nu; prfTate John II.
oruhs pirate Patrick Cowley; pfivae Johu
lEtel pFivat" Jahn u, a.ew:rt; private william
!. Long; private DayId-Wl lcb,