The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-13
MORE DISASTERS.

Further Results of the Late Terrible
Gale-LOss OF the Barque "AmbrOsIne"
Unknown Vessels Foundered at the
Same Time, Etc. Etc.
The British barque AD,6rosine of Plymouth Ras.
land, William Owen, master, which sailed from
Carolf, England, April "a, for Vera Cruz ioun.
oeled IN gale of the Flor lda coast on the I'd of
OCTOBER. Ihe captain second mate, and three Of
the hahas were saved alter passing tnirtysix hours
on raft
The Am6roHne on leaving Vera Cruz proceeded to
Pensacola, Florida, and took in q cargo OF plten
pine. She left Pensacoa a on the goth of Septe mber
bound 70 Queenstown Tor orders. On the Goth
when on me coast OF florida, Jupiter MET, bearing
west southwest, distant fifteen miles, she encoun-
teIed heaVy gaze oil wind from tne south west
which continued to until the morning OF the
lst wnen rolling very heavily, she carried away the
At noon on the same day 1t was blowing hurri-
cane ana she was laid to unuer q lose reefed main
topsail and storm uysail. at two Z. M heavy
sta carried away part OF the lee bulwarks During
all the rest OF that day and that nIgnt she OK
perlenced the same weather, not, however, mai ing
much water, the pumps beng tried every two hours
AT eight O'Clock on the morning tuesday, the I'd
instant, shipping much water to leeward, the lee
away and the forward part of the abIn stove in.
All hands were empoyed in throwing overheard
the remainder OF the deck load. AT noon the water.
cask, all the spare spals and part of the forward
house were aho carried overheard. AT O'Clock
7. M; i was Blowing still harder, the snip rolling
ano laborlnR very heavily. AT half-past O'Clock
heavy sea struck her. washing overheard the car
penter' who was not seen again, and breaking in
tuthViJ do iolt part Ol cuDlus l0e pumps
were now tried again, and the staIbolrd one was
found 10 be choked.
The hands were kept on the port pump. At light
O'CLOCK f. nj. the hurricane suddenly increased In
vio ence and the vessel fell over on her beam ends
About half-past eight very heavy sea struck her
and carried away the maInmast about eignt fe At
from the deck and the topmast above the cap
She then rIgbted, but was now perfectly age-
abe; and about nine O'Clock another tremendous
sea stuck her, causing her to TALL apart, ana she
began TO go to pieces rapid Y. The crew were now
dispersed among the floating wreck and cargo,
cllnging 10 various pieces of timber.
AT the end OF about half hour the captain,
second mate steward, and one seaman got togeth er
on small fragment OF the wreck about SIX feet
square. by this lime the of the had dlsap.
peaTed beneath the waves (many OF them having
dCuOtless been crushed amOug the floating tlmberl,
except one man VINO was picked of the wreck of the
toremast about eleven o'clock and taken on board
the rait. n Yely heavy continued to run AL
night and all next day, and the raft aff0IuinP pro-
tectIou, the men we in mOmentarY danger of being
carried OIL 1t ana crowned; ana indeed, rom time
to time, one OF them wOuid be washed off, but was
always fortunate enough to regain 1t.
They bad been totally unable to save from the
wreck paruce OF food water, or clothing, beyond
Whatlthey had on at the time OF her going to pieces
and suffered much from the expo sure They made
an attempt to paddle the raft nearly they could
judge, the direction the coast but Very little
headway was made. The sea continued to run very
high the whole time, though during "Wednesday
the wind moderated.
The sun went down on Wednesday evening, and
no vessel had yet appeared; but on Tnursday
morning at daylight a steamer was sighted and
proved TO be the United States steamer Ne1D 5ern
Acting Master Robert Y. doly commanding rhs
NeiCbeTn had been passing large quantity of tim
ber and wreck, and a brighG lookout was CO nse.
quently kept board OF her, resultIn luckily IN
the raft beng dIscerned about seven O'Clock On
coming up with It q boat was 10 wered and at half
past seven the men were safe on beard the vessel
AT this time they were in longitude 1920 West, and
latitude % North.