New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-28
MARINE DIsAST T. RS.
Details Of tho Wreck Of the Ship New'ss
Tho Crew OF Twcaty Drswnee-
Creut Sacrifice Of Property.

The readers OF lHE lRlbUNE vi iuoSu"y
morning undoubtedly noticed tne statements py teie'
graph respecting the loss Of the schooner Haynes ano
her crew Of seven the south side OF the saho Oh
Nantucket On "Wednesday the appalling story reacneo
us of further loss at the same locality thiA ~ "'
being large merchant ship which cleared from I'LL.
port on Thursday last An extra from the once "
Tn. Yantueke Mirror and Enqarer, dated Dec 20 gives
the following particulars;
About 10 O'Clock yesterday forenoon, Mr. fIancs
Sylvia came into town with the report that
large vessel had gone TO pieces on the soutn suo " S
Island and that the shore was srewn WITH osrres OK
Kerosene oil Great numbers of persons Immediately
eft town for the place of disaster and on tnelr arV
found scene of destruction the Ike OF when wac @
never on our shores before lhe peaSn ior ins
was strewn with fragments Of the wreck broken hne
s knding wood by the force OF the waves Darres Oh
oil and fragments Of broken barrels and otner articles
OF which her cargo consisted But one OF the crew
reached the beach alive he was found ABOUT haii
mile inland naked aud had probably reached the SHORE
by swimming and is supposed to have started ior the
earest house and perisned on the way lie was map
were the initials 81 E." marked with India ink and
on ais loft arm &c. O" ,-,---..- --'
painted. Newton Hamburg" By referring to New.
II York papers we fnd that the ship Newton, 699 tuns
II Capt, Eerting. cleared at NewYork on the 2st for
Hamburg and this sundoubted the vessel lost
no other thing has been found that could give any clue
es to what vessel 1t was. Yesterday afternoon two
mole bodies were picked up at SiaSconset and others
were 10 Dy III the suri IL estimated
about 800 barrels of kerosene and aquanty Of ebony
have been saved The portion Of the cargo saved has
been taken possession Of BY Mr.. Peter Folger wreck
commissioner.
This is the second vessel that has come ashore on the
south side Of island within As hours where the
whole crew pershed; the other being the schooner
Haynes of Boston. from the West Indies for Boston
with load OF logwood, which ashore Oh Friday
night.
In addition to the facts above given We are informed
by Messrs. r. NJ. Sloman s. Edge, of No. 10 South
WiIamst., agents Of tho ship Newton, that tha,
vessel was a Glaseow.bult iron ship rating A foi
twelve years In British Loy is and nine years (witb
> in French Vertas; Of 699 American tons burden
and would have completed her fourth trip across the
Atlantic on her arrival at her destination She was
probably as fne ship Of her size and class as ever
came TO this port and was valued at about $4,000
Her cargo consisted Of l7O 972 gallons refined petro
eum. 20 hogsheads querctron. 10 tuns fustc 10000
staves 463 barrels rosn 10 of paper and sundy
small parcels the value Of the cargo being upwards OF
Sl9.5oo The ship and cargo are insured at Ham.
burg the latter to its full value the former wthip
$4,000 thereof
The captain Nerting) was experienced navigator
and man very popular with his sailors. The wa,
composed of 20 persons and both officers and crew be-
longed in Hamburg. There were no passengers