The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-29

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Additional Particulars Of the
Loss OF the Idaho.
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THE PROBABLE FATE OF THE FLORA.
Disasters on the New England
Coast.
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THE FLORIDA WRECKS
Salvage Declared in the Cases of Two
Steamers, Three Ships, Six Banks, Five
Briggs and Two Sehooncrs.
&es Ae. &c.
WRECKS on THE JERSEY COAST.

The Loss OF she Steamer Idaho-Thc
Vessel . Total Wreck-No Lives Lost
The Bark Flora Ashore at Squan, DC.
The screw propeller Idaho, Captain Bunker from New
York, bound for Mobile, with hundred and six pas
sengers and assorted cargo went ashore the north
eastern part OF Barnegat Shoals Saturday night,
previously reported in tho HERALD and will prove total
loss. She left New York last Saturday afternoon
between four and Ave o'clock, and proceeded to sea- and
at about eight O'Clock that evening left the lights at
Sandy Hook asern and stood her course Shortly
after twelve O'Clock that night who making about
nine knots per hour the vessel struck and all attempts
10 get her OF OF no avail
The confusion and dsmay Of the passengers, imme-
diately upon learning OF their perous position,
frghtful in the extreme The about perfectly
Wild, not knowing what to do, and the women and chill
drcd impored and cried most pteousy for help;
bat a. there immediate danger, the officers
endcavorcd 20 quiet their fears by assuring them OF this
fact and then, after succeeding but very poorly In that
they employed al hands In trying 10 get the steamer
aaoa' agnin Tho engines repeatedly reversed but
she had gone far they unable 10 her.
The At times making clean breach over tho
vessel and the unfortunate passengers not in very
envsbe comfortable condition. Wet and cold, two
miles from the beach, they obliged 70 endure thcse
hardshps for the best part OF whole days before they
on Monday all the passengers ana had been
safely placed board the schooner Synepnyent by the
AID Of surfbosls, after which they landed the
ruth beach about o'clock Christmas night. Here
they furnished with food the Ashley House and
NJ station No N. which under the charge OF Mr. Joel
Rulon and they exposed 10 the severity and
pcenDcy ~ the winter unit yesterday on this
strip OF sand separated FROM tho mainland by
bay lve miles vide. when they taken to the
u1ssnland rs q schooner chartered for that purpose
They ~i be forwarded this city soon as possible
small child belonging ~ OF The passengers died on
| hoard shs steamer Sunday. The passengers were
mostly German cmigianis their way TO different por
tons o. che south sud of them have To-, all tha
they rosIesged The world ana arc in q very dos
| ssrie CONDITION.
fhe Idaho ws an Al vessel Of -four hundred enc
sssy TINS burden. hrs rggcd was built las
wear a Mystic Conn. she owned nv Messrs Wake
man. Coed 20, ~ New York. Shc Is fast breaking
np and s.suid Tue Wind blow from the eastward sh.
~ Jerome . complete wreck In a day or iw1 Bui very
sshi hoprs entertained Of saving any or her cargo
n.aehncy. Her boilcrs valued nj about twenty
fhesssna dollars.
sr.TRNF>r or oSs OF THE CREW.
rrlnc4x w,snu of III az The steamer Idaho
makes INC ioiow ug siaiosncu.:--I shipped boars
he Ia1ho 20 worl my passage 10 Mobile intending whci
! rsaclrd that riaeo 10 leave The vessel We icn New
yosk ssarisv afternoon. and by eight O'Clock ha,
s,a.ssd ,he Highland ights, and shortly after ths.th
captain save hs insiructions to the second mate an,
| weni helpu Tho night clear, and stood tn
| eass.e sogit southwest, which was The direction tina
,ae rns ssid he bal received from the captain
pnln twelve ocick, when we cbsnfed the watch 81
deck TIE mate lad chsrpe o. The next watch, anc
vlsr 10 came dsci nnsdis,eiy ordered The man a
the wheel head her og bu' before this order could
aieyed he vent how On W IN. shoals. II was SOM
mlntes before tho engines werr stopped, owing TO III
csnfson thai eusacd snd then tired TO hack her on
| hw s',e woaid n, bulge. We rcd 70 ret her OF
| 81 ihss hight aud part OF the next day, INIT
the vaser put cut lie hrcs in the FUR
nsce When some wreclsrs cane IN our as stance
~ Isi. nme shc was humping heavily, and The pump
~srs clicked. and the was breaking over uS o.
sunday nsa ne male snd three tool Of ih
bss,n AID ,rrd IN hnd % lbe women, hut cou
\ Mt snsct lending sSd we're obi .gcd 10 return W,
al araly taxed "a IN small boats 20 the schoone
svrepuxaa, thai ss anchored inside the snoals an,
Nv her lnnard upon ihs south s-sca Here u IN
,susnrers psd crew wcr oslsrd take Of them
selves AZ oncer. ~ tho v@sa paving but ve.y Iu'
4 ssssnt.u 10 them. whsa Captain brow, the wrecsn;
| master q saurgsi cane On hoard the Idaho an,
~sssed 10 s.ks charge Captain Bunser reir ed 10 Civ
10 h@ vesiel tired his vessel himself Cap
tain Barksr tie iav ~ Leave the wreck.
ras sAHx fLoaA ssHoRK AZ souA> RsacH.
The sask F.r., from Bsluuoss. b,und % New York
ashore assns TIE prevalence IL very heavy og
ssss an O'clock on Wednesday morning, by wrec,
ross fnlst The life car ga sgsn effectively brought
in,o % Tins eosst. line hsvng bsen shot 10 hc
sreu mortar On sne bsach, ami he crew ~ere success
fslly issssS ne CARGO of the Fiors consists OF foul
basasea and eishisen bales OF cotton II vas though
YESTERDAY that she could bs got on soon should th'
wosshcr prove favorable Last evening, however. th'
was from the esd and consequently not 80 favors
\ sle % her pfesgsrsn Of sestns snoal