New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-15
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forwards was washed away from the boat bat succeeded
in getting on a piece Of the wreck, and about
sSsS1 sss o me 'as and
pleasant about m we fell in with one OF the htehoats hay-
ing 1s Ss mss sd Slns the
dark We parted company with the other boat Oct sMads
proving s' be 1V he bark s Fsetwns S%
Bal1e Honduras bound 70 southampton E Wg1na
Capt. smith from NewY YORK bound Gpalsslieo
Florida Our party was osr sa 20 nS ssdy Crippled was
trying mike Charleston Savannah for repairs Oct
Hs rh % and @ a until morning. ss
day opened clear and peasant OF n H. crossed the bar amt
STATEMENT OF w. W. HARRIS, A PASSENGER.
Mr. ". w. Harris of WlInmsburgh apassengeron board
the III fated steamer makes the following statement;
crossing the bar at sandy Hook o'clock tina, evening We
stood of to the south with heavy easery wind On sunday
Grated considerably gale sprung up on Monday morning
about o'clock and to great % nee INC es IN
that day At O'Clock the morning OF the I'd Tuesday the
water into the cabin below through the panEing me
social han where number Of a9les ,,. were re
fe%Hn N the ssS The was M
over the deck down stcs into the cabin and laid down
on tine 'ettCe the cabin floor being hed with water at II
going down the ash hatch filed the engneroom
room which was Completed in about hour was now
for the first time discovered In the pantry OF stewards ROOM
covered that the buwarks in her arboard
quarter this leak was stopped half hour l2 o'clock the
the use Of her rudder the having been broken at
o'clock commenced 10 cut hole In the deck or the pu
pDg & done IN order e get the leak ali hands
went to work at bailng at o'clock there was SIX
feet water the hold all further work was now abandoned
and the ship given up for lost All night long she Ia at
mercy Of the and appeared to De settling very last
done that was possible to save the h and that further effort
useless Tile next morning at five CLOCK the steamer was
complete wreck both paddeboxe were gone nothing OF
The pilot ana
guards had been swept away her engine had oeen useless o
O'Clock the captain notified the that all who wished to
take their chances in the boats could do 80 Purer Alien
placed the boats but at the moment these
were detached from the wreck they were swamped All
the women that could get them had NE preserVerns,
but these very few in number Meanwhile the
shin was filling very fast stood by Of the hatch covers
company with several women intending TO cling to 1t when
the vessel should down which we expected every moment
In few minutes she shipped heavy sea forward OF her star
board whcehose completely covering the vessel she never
again Of this but went down In an instant was
carried down with her about twenty thirty feet On coming
the surface OF the water again caught hold Of heavy piece
BY pieces the wreck renquished hold next succeed
ed in getting upon piece OF the frume.work Of the saloon
two three times At this time could most Of the debris
lay before One piece OF the hurricane deck some o
feet long crowded with human beings whose hsks oil terror
and despair above the fury Of the storm Whe cngng
my piece OF the wreck saw one OF the 70 when
several persons clmging bottom up. swan 10
her and with the assistance OF the Others succeeded IN gLg
the boat Some eighteen OF us got hold OF the boat which was
completely filed with water some oil thoS chasng 70 tne
si,s the boat with were soon wished away lher
places quickly filed by others She turned ov and over
IN the water like log After great exertion We managed 10
get her freed During the evening Of the I'd ednes
day. We began considerably from the want Of food and
water One party had found urnp floating near tho
boat and having secured it, divided II with his companions
who had been drinking salt water became quite deIons
from the OF it, Some drunk their own urine SO m
had their ts become From the canvas Of me me-
pseryers we managed TO rig up sail which " nc ad o. INC
strong eastey wind helped along toward the shore At
o'clock the morning Uhe 4th we fen IN WIN one OF the
ships boats containing the Third Mate and men They gave
each Of us handful OF ciackss uey hashE ~ u
enough box Of them oB among the ann OF the wreck
Shortly afterwerl We parted company Inc other at hau
good sail Both boats now stood for The land WIND about r.
NE. At o'clock on the morning Of the Jih We saw saD
which proved to be the bark Feetng Of Lauryig Norway
and took us on board remained board Of her 90 hours
Gof5 on the S smith, the mn NsS S T
icoa Fla We were her, Thr waring having
sSa0nS ep cbacon We arrived of Tybee on sunday
night and went up 10 the CITY the next morning V1L P
consisted of 10 when reached Savannah Puser Alien ana
the Chief Engineer being Of the party and myself the only
passenger -
Mr. Joseph Roberts Of Amsterdam, New YORK, was on
Amca Island where the boatoad nom the wreck went
Mr. Roberts also assisted ia buying Of the bodies nom
the wreck which drilled ashore at that place and in alternating
rscbe the CITY on saturday morning from Fernandns F
and the particulars he brings have not been before 70 inc
1bou, ia o'clock Tuesday night Oct the burst in on
The and pn out the fire All Efforts to prevent this
catastrophe failed They then endcavoe to start fire n tho
succeed Capt Knapp gave up all hope and said they
20 down They got of what boats they could hardly
had thew done the ship down This took pace
about 6 Q clock on Wednesday morning.
three Of the boats but how many persons were IN them
when started but drowned after We hed
cap,ed three or four times another young man went down
fatigue Of whom officer from West Point and We
buried them in the sea on Friday Oct s , ,,.,,.
without anything drink and without any compass "
rudder and with but one There Was fearful storm al
The ship went down $50 miles northeast Of Tybee Island
Fernsndna Florida about II O'Clock saturday night Oct
about the time arrived two of the passengers died be-
any assistance could be obtained and We buried them on
the island. Their not known
Our boat carszed in ell about 10 times am now lying SCH
my legs badly bruised and swollen am getting oil necessary
care aud attention paid and sm very kindly treated iwn
be In New.York soon a. i am able to travel
Statement OF CHIEF ENGINEER soLERr FINGER
A.prspared for the Annotated rre.a
va. H.Is ne esss pass July
hsoa the dry s nd :1sSs sad -. s u s' rs s s ~. 5
;a::s. 3:
steamer and Enthusiastically state thai they .sr: all IN good
:yias price, working sSsdtis. ana
eona.d 80 ss ~ d 81 the "a. "a 81 witch he hs
Hurricane mHs then carrying away with The heavy see both
ssm.r was continually shipping heavy partially flooding The
6s no! ;5s a., sca, %. . a. ALL. .S s o
pipe bresk which drove my men IRON the bat
one hour Of tie sinking the ship 4. ss@pipe
opsrson which worked most scsay hsd pI,vony
eou.snt operation until the .teaayipe broke At 40 9
Gcampipe on donkey boiler bnke, water gaining
ship yins in trough of asd the making Clean breach
over her the engine stopped worlns all hands bans
ship Al about the ship down. Up TO the time the
topped wokEg-5 Oct 3no ship stood better
under such and She behaved her
noby IT. the the engine was the shipping
which volumes OF water 10 reach
the and thus preventing the mailing
The haehway had been broken ~ BY Oh. Ny
tenders ircmen and coaheayrs all ood
he posts brave and obeyed all orders promptly and eoOy
They ali proved efficient aud worthy IN Justice
10 the vner. of he | must here state that
facility Supplies and material Tor repairs the
engine and humps furnished with unined i0erty
Capt Knapp other officers Of the well the
crew UNITING Efforts disaster and the
gers noby exeron. Ia such manner they