The New York herald., 1866-04-17
THE WRECK OF THE VERA CRUZ
Additional Particulars or the Disaster Land
I ins the Passengers and Baggage
row Escape Of the First Mate
Arrival OF . Portion Of tho
Grew at This Fort.
&c. &c.

The steam ship Saratoga Captain King Of Heineksn n
Palmores Norfolk and City Point line arrived this
port yesterday morning. having on board portion of
the passengers and some OF the wrecked the
Vera Cruz at Body Island on the 18th inst From Mr
Edward o'Loughln, officer OF the lost vessel who
board at tho Of the occurrence Of the dis
astcr, We have received the following
THK FIRST DAY OUT.
The steamer left the pier thrco p. NJ on tho 10th
Passed out to sea, finding the weather OF the Hook
lowering In few hours afterward dense darkness
set n On the following morning ho lIth) the weather
still continued hoavy the sky dark the atmosphere
dense Indeed No dark aud thick IL thai the cap
tain could no, 'takc the SUM-" aud a conscqucnce
certainly a. It must be judged from later ovcntsot his
reckoning
THE STRIKE.
A night again set in the ship was continued on a
course though, then TO be the proper and safe one
'''s The hour Of two O'Clock and forty .hvc minutes
arrived The thickness had not abaied The watch
not by any possibility discern objects ahead, not
those board OF the steamer and only few feet or
The silence usual at that hour prevailed board tho
vessel, silence brsken but by occasional low toned
remark or question put nd answered nautical style
Below tho passengers ~erc deepng, some soundly
others They had nj shrank away" az IL were
before tho unproptouanoss OF tho atmosphere Even
wer. sumbcring crdd.nIv mo vossoi .r,ck I1a a.,
effect was not crashing one; nevertheless the effect u
produced was instantly alarming The shock mid
way between hard and otherwise In the minute.
Immediately following great confusion en-
zblo SIN IN. whaol y.s no, aos.rt.d h,
tho midst Of the darkness none could divine where
they were R,ebt-Ieft-b Ina-boforc noibing but
darkness a nj ,ps rha .Iyh, ahocL ana ,he s,,.ng.
noises on dcck nroused the nascnyers r,vc ,.,nlss
bad by this tune gone by Il was now ATTY minutes pssi
shore n fe,y feet Then hondod naet an 40 :, ,,.de H.,
.noo - ,h neal a.ns ,ao
Gle. OF f,rn,ture p,sacnoe,s who ,xe,s ,d.r,, ,hc,
way IN The unncr dccL some a, vhoo b.d ieu ,aoi,
staterooms In shirt and pants costume we're Jol,ed
heavily. The ladies srted calmly. They did not mani-
fest any Of those sad exoitenens which sometimes ar
company similar occurrences They remained In
and the fright, ~ drea. or coursn they il not
wait u arrange The losssr articles Of tho toilet;
porance IN tho saloon and went on dect For two hour
aftsrward very considerable excitement prevailed
sun the captain and his onio"rr Kept quite cool. No
confu@on among the crew could be aid To have existed
What was most annoying all puzzled la attempt
ing 70 discover their geographical location Tho ship
continued 10 tbnmp-somstiinez easily occasionally 80
vercly causing tho damage to the huh nud tbo ma
chinery insido TO constantly become greater Signals
sers made, but they were NOT answered.
Iowrrusc yuy ao.ys
In this state OF uncertainty tho ids o. this scsne
OF peni-al on board remained Watching w1ing.
s,pecling, until four A, NJ, when q oommencei 10
'1isht up hiue THIS continuing, tha hrrt boat was
lowered Al I've o'clo.s, hut ns II lay In the
alongside Of Tho vessel, and before apy one
,ns s m,o , " ,he ospsa,d so.ng over
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saroly handed an ~. h,ch 49, "a 49, 9 rsn
nrrt mate tok charge OF dis n.rv ~ 5sood ht
taken from the ship This boat given In
charge of Mr. SHAW. u tho crew, who 90 tho
watch at the tune shcn the vessel siruoE The thiri
Was made fast there After this lines were
arranged az 10 facilitate getting uie small
boats 10 and fro from the vc-sol to thc land
cAPsIusg OF Ho.r- rur x.-y ,s rrrt ut.
RsCsrg.
Nt"f w" io1rth boat hai beeu ios~fed and Wa
beihg drawn back 70 tho steamer o1psiHed Tho
ns ~'V wa va, s,cegns vas ro.'d asasrnsath and
RUS hhsll'a him ." MAJ ne became quite "eas MteT
STRUGGLING consider NY he 'uoocefef ~ reaching ~
au,'e ~ tns ~atfi 'i,n Nh'n thefr hrrphg up by
clinsng 70 ssfe OF the eapeized boat Tao Oihorv
sAlloir ~he "cfe "a this boa a No same tine saved
hensexes ~ also enging - ~ sile after hA turned
over Tho boat wU hnsliy drawn u 'he SO oi the |
steamer the mate AMI The SALON. fess"d Ahe q fghsd
assin
ing the uoyemoni ur, de1crbod III. Individual rofsrca
70 A. ''ls m.,.n wa i-icc Afterwards 'duoss4' while
Mr.. GoEDOS cHTRy STEWARD stfgufLY fSyuEyp
Mr. .ordon the chief steward While 10 tis al ~ 70
ans, snd IL. s'rif being heavy !, a." ,1ms ~ sss
gsed upon The beach sastainIng slislt nlgr.s wtsh
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