The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-08-26

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City. There are sunhen rocks at this point. which
can be seen by the breakers st low tide, but are
hidden entirely al high tide. There are places for
landing on either side Of Point 81. George
Mr.. Mackay, formerly pilot on the Columbia, and
at one time first officer Of the Sierra .NtrGdd, thinks
that the steamer struck one Of these rocks, and sunk
Immediately in deep water. Colonel Drum tele-
graphed at once for further particulars. hoping TO
get them from the soldier who brought the despatch
from jacksonville. but up TO the hour OF our going
to press no answer had been received, the line not
working through.
The fact that Capt. Buckley had been en- the beach
the whole night, would seem to imply that the wreck
must have been within ten or fifteen miles Of Cres-
cent City. where the reef extends out six or eight
miles from the main land. and some of the rocks
rise thirty feet OUT Of the water. As life preservers
were abundant, It is possible that some persons may
have swan to the rocks. OF course boats were sent
out from Crescent City as soon as the disaster was
known.
The fact that the messenger who brought the news
TO jacksonville left the scene y TO "A hours after the
disaster, is the most iiscosragiug one Of all. 1t
seems hardly possible that had any more than those
reported escaped, the officers would have been at that
time ignorant Of the fact.
This terrible catastrophe has thrown the whole
community into mourning. Anxiety, sorrow and
horror are depicted on every countenance. Every
flag in the city, and on the shipping in the bay, is
at half mast, and the grief is universal. The terri
bic uncertainty as to the fate of those who were on
board, and may possibly, have been saved, and the
fact that none of the names of the survivors sre
published, adds TO the anxiety of friends and rela-
tives, who would gladly know the worst ut once,
however crushing the blow might be, rather than
endure the fearful suspense Of another hour. Tn
fortunately, the distance from the scene OF the wreck
TO the telegraph station at Jacksonville, is great,
Zone hundred TO one hundred and twenty miles,
THE 8 BROTHER JoHSATHAN."
According TO the official record in the Office of c.
c. Bemis, Inspector of Boilers, the steamship Brother
Jonathan. the property of the California Steam
Navigation Company, measured 1887 tons; had =
low pressure boilers, 2l feet long (new in 1929 l
low pressure engine. ~ inches in diameter. ii feet
stroke; 8 fr~e-pumps, 45O feet of hose, 81 buckets,
10 axes, / iron life boats, , surf boats, and S97 cork
Jacket life preservers. Each boat would comfortably
acc6mmodate 40 persons, giving room in all for 2iO
persons, or in case Of great need, 25O. Each life
preserver would sustain one person, and all were
placed in the staterooms within reach Of The passen-
gers.
The Jonathan was originally constructed in the
East, but was rebuilt in this city in 1861. She was
limited TO go Storage and deck passengers, but
there was no limit to the number Of cabin passengers,
the length Of route being less than 1000 miles. The
boat and all her appointments have an excellent
repute among nautical men.
LIST OF THE SAVED.
Crescent CITY, July 30th, (ria Jacksonville, Orc
gon. Received in San Francisco, August ID.
California Steam Navigation Company :-Stea-
mer Brother, Jonathan struck a sunken rock off
St. Georges Point, eight or ten miles northwest
from Crescent City, about half past one O'Clock P. NJ,
to-day, and went down about f~orty-fve minutes af-
forwards, and all on board are supposed to be lost,
except seventeen adults and three children, who
came ashore with men in the ships life boat at this
place about five o'clock P. NJ. All the small boats at
this place have gone to the rescue. No hopes Of
saving any one. Two boats swshped alongside Of
the ship, and there were three boats left on steamer.
Passengers cared for by the citizens here.
The following is the list of those saved James
Patterson, third officer; David Farrell, steerage stew
ard; Henry Miller, baker; Patrick Linn, fireman !;
VIM. Lowry, fireman VIM. E.. Shield, waiter !;
Stephen Moran, waiter Mrs. Mary Ann Tweedle !;
Mrs Nina IpruhPart and child Mrs. Martha IL,
Wilder Mrs. Martha Stott and child And four
colored seamen.
Eight o'cIOck.-Boats returned, and nothing seen
of wreck. We have given up all hopes.
JAMES PATTERSON, Third Officer.
THE PRESS DESPATCH.
JACKSONVILLE, August I'd P. M.-The last seen
of General Wright he was standing on board hold
ing a life preserver in his hand. There were two
boats swamped before the one that the fourteen and
the woman and child made their escape in left.
Captain Buckley had men out patroling the beach
all night and the next day, so as to pick up any
bodies that might drift ashore, but there was no drift
of the ship, nor did any wash ashore up TO two
O'Clock on the 3Ist ult. The boat fred two guns,
but it was thought that it was only q signal from
some boat on her way up. There was nothing known
Of the wreck until it was revealed by those who
made their escape in the small boat. The steamer
WAS wrecked by running on q sunken rock of Point
Lincoln, near Crescent City.
some OF THE BROTHER J~oHNATHAN' VICTIMs-
SINGULAR NCIDENT-As Capt. Brooks and family
are we'll known here, the following, from the San
Francisco Morning Cal, of the 9Th instant, will be
read with interest
Among the passengers by the Del NOTte, which
sailed for Crescent City on Friday last, was Mr..
Charles ". Plass, Of Napa, who went up to the
scene Of the Brother ,JOudfhnp'S disaster, to re-
cover, if possible. the bodies of two daughters and
a grandchiId. Mrs. Brooks, one of the daughters,
and wife of Capt. Norman {. Brooks, of the bark
Cu1nbridqe. came down from Portland some weeks
oOD on q visit tn her father and sister, Miss Mary
Pass, bringing with her her two children, Charlie
Brooks. aged three years, and an infant. Mrs.
Brooks took passage on the Brother jonathan for
Portland. expecting to meet her husband. she
took with her their infant child, leaving little
Charlie at his gTandiather's ranch. near Napa.
Miss Mary Plass also went along with her. with the
intention OF making a voyage OF pleasure on the
Cambridge to Honolulu. in company with her sister
and broGheT-iu-law. That they are both, together
with the infant. among the lost, there can be no
doubt, and the Borrowing father has gone for the
poor satisfaction of recovering, II possible, their
lifeless bodies. An incident is related in CO1neC-
ton with this family, which may strike different
minds differently, but is nevertheless stated as a
fact. IL SaYOrS somewhat OF clalrYOyance. NAen
Mrs. Brooks and her sister left the ranch at Napa,
for San Francisco. for the purpose of taking pas
sage for Portland, little Charlie Brooks, who was
left behind. was kept in ignorance of his mothers
intended departure from California, and made to
believe that she was merely coming on a visit 10
san francisco. On Sunday, July 80. little Charlie
being still at the ranch, and utterly ignorant of his
mothers real whereabouts, seemed all at once
seized with a paroxysm Of grief, and stood trans
fixed, having told bis grandmother, who was sitting
by. that he had just seen " Ma and Aunt Mary go
down into the water in a ship" In vain Mrs,
Plass endeavored to pacify him, and during the
whole afternoon his grief was so violent that the
family were fearful he would 90 into spasams. \
few days afterwards came the dreadful tidings Of
the loss of the Brother Jonathan. with nearly all
on board. the dag and hour eracly corresponding
7rib the singular risson-OT 1rio1terer 1t cdS-V
little Charlie. We do not mention this as having
the slightest bearing on any Of the modern meta