The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-30

"rg" ner Doper and engine were disabled ana she IN
leaking badly. The crew ID exhausted
The Alabama spoke the English brig G. w Reeves
from Galveston for Liverpool with cotton, dIsmss,ed
one hundred miles south II Charleston on the 18th
Same day raw two dsmasted ships, names unknown
The Accident On the North star
OR FoKrREss MONROE coRREsPoxggHcy
FORTRESS MONROE Oct a. 1898
The steamship North Star Of the New York Mail steam
ship Star Line Company which er, New York on satur
day lass for New Orleans put Norfolk about three
O'Clock this morning In disabled condition having en-.
counfesed cvere gale on Cape Hasteras which caused
her V spring aleak and from the Wild fury OF the tenn
pest barely rapng the terrible disaster that befc few
ds-e since the steamship Atlanta Of the same line
HAPPILY in this lives lost aud the damages
sustained by the steashp are comparatively trnn and
admit Of speedy repairing u Is claimed however by
some Of the passengers that the steamship was not sea
worthy whrn she left New York, and nj meeting ON
board when the worst ever such opinion was very
emphaticay set forth series of resolutions that were
passed
In addition 10 some four hundred New Orleans rassen
gers, there WEIR three ccmpanes--I l. and MOI the
fifth United suites artillery and their batteries ON hoard
Brc vet Rrgnifr General y " Hin commanding Tho
troops. who WIRE on their way Ia Dry Tortugas The
weather was exceedingly pleasant the passengers were
IN hiHh spirits and the steamship gidcd with easy md
graceful motion through tho almost unrpplcd wa,o,
until the nirh % the 25d when The wind rose 10 ir
breeze, with q hcavy rolling sea, which In reascd in
violence all night Tho srnokcs,ack was swept away
some of the paddles ~ the wheels were broken tho
rdder chain was erred and the A. sed win
widest Jury amid the tumultnous was night
Df fearful anxiety 90 ALL Adding 10 the general dlsmay
me vessel sprung aleak The donkey engines and the
r'w we're Intellectual 20 stop The leak the soldiers WORK
nE IN nrp ~ The pumps AT one time the water was |
Nthn four inches OF tho engine lres She took
~a.es ~ Three thousand i've hundred gallons minute
ne men stood up TO their knees M the water
'ai'ng y out, aud threw coal the fires with their
ANUS The state cf anxiety may he imagined and vet
ne moa perfect order prevailed Captain Jones' of Tho
eamsnlp was perfectly cool and self possessed and nv
is GOODNESS and selfposscssion prevented any panic
mong the passengers. General Hil, aided by MAJOR
Captain Mcdonnell, Major Rondolf and |
Lieutenant Crabb, commanding the different artillery
ompanes kept the soldiers In excellent snbiection and
made them auxiliary 10 preserving tho steamship and
ives Of those board.
During the Path hcadway scarcely was made |
wing 70 the strong head winds and the sti heavy sea
ne storm had passed its height but had not ended A.
ontnned all through the 18th and THAI night on ,he
morning OF the 26ih the wind had ocased the lashng
'aves gradually became quiet, the worst had beer |
assed, The vessel still rode the waves and ali the ras
nnger we're saved Mindful Of what had been
10 tate of the Atlanta and what might have heep thar
ne, united voice 81 thanksgiving rose from every |
Fesst hut " was the vessel could not no on her
urney, and ~ she came 10 Norfolk for repairs
bavn alluded 70 meeting of the passcngerp Tbev |
praise Captain Jones but say the shin wal in no
w mas mad the troops taken from her and says thov
ssei " ~ $3.50 | ,
Mr. cin, Of tho Ninth Vermont regiment. clerk 20
'nsIs hann, died suddenly this morning. HIS body
Jhs iss CssAisci s,nlsssd lAis ansrnoo, A sorolA