The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-12

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that manned The tost and imalcd IN ever m sides
M, HawIey, or BrlgeporI, was on board win hes
oasr aa an nss snn menh s'' avs TIA, @ %
arst excitement, caused by the ef thsieAk she
age the men in banng There was no wccpng III ne
next day, when the CRY OF Eii he ~ oreref rseea
Of dsiyennce And msay shed tears o. hoy fcsardnoch
they were told that the women and ehdren 70 -
sent on board the brig. Mrs H. ssys:-sl asse1 my
husband ut The time the Marine arreard IN sight N bs
was not tired Of battling; no rsped yes. am tired
can work foriy-egbt hours la he way pcca-
sary ! am working for your HE lor yoa ani my
recovered from bed OF sickness This nohle mas
among the lost
Mr. WINS, in His statement, says:-swhen saw that
there WINS chance o. escape wreuehed coorffom
the cabin, and after placing II the deck sat acva
II, and remained In this way until the ship sanx and
waves sweeping mo or Il every two or three mss,,es
raft had been partially cons'ruce 9befofe the
ing OF the steamer but only six praons were able 70 ge
on II when required. for some reason cannst
PLAIN. Altar drifting about my door for sboht m
hour the rat close 20 me tha, thought n nAn-
ing the door for u, and accordingly did ard from
this time forward was not altogether so miserable Oc
casonallv swept on the raft hut would gcrrraiv
reach IL before had drif,ed out 81 our resch inhe
Instances, however, these attempts 10 return TO ta
were useless, and the poor fellows who
nate as to lose their hold without having II Ia thor
y
crying for help--whch, alasl was far beyond their
reach" f
Mr. VIM NJ osbourn got upon hatch and drfred on
to leeward; seeing light pursued IL Zee four hours by
means OF paddle In shape OF bunk stat, when los M
sight Of the light. fell In company with whe gave
asked him II he would like comnany. Osbourn
remarked yes, provided there was no danger
vessels BY coming Close whercupon he came ur
and O. discovered that he occupied hatcnway IKE his
They drftcd together about hour. when stet-
son perceived Ugh, at the stern sThen they BON pro-
lacIr eta t{nO 0rut hon IA
bourn VINO now distance behind, lost sight u
Stetson and did not know what had become Of him. but
proceeded TO the light which he reached In about
hours and found II the brig Ellen which had already
picked mp about thirty five.
The passengers rescued by the bark Ellen toll an inter-
esting snecote concerning Mr. Birch OF the San Fran
cisco Minstrels, which is certainly worth mentioning
After he went down with the ship he Immediately
upborne with such force by his life preservcrs that ia
striking fragment Of the wreck he wounded TO the
quick but managed to grasp and crawl floating hatch
window. Several others, by dnt OF severe struggling
with the waves finally got on also, and for some time
kept his company They were all respondent At ther
escape far from watery grave, worse fate appa
at Of their losses and at the awful orebod
n9s still overhanging The future Birch. nevertheless,
I'd the sea told humorous stores in his
peculiar way, and on that frai bark stretched
his back bleeding from wounds at midnight tossed TO
and fro upon the angry Of mid he not only
showed himself philosopher, but inspired courage
in Others did he cease his vivfyng haranguc until
an overwhelming billow choked his uterance
lrofnuuulna correspondence OF Tue NEW Aohh
Oct. IL, 1866
EVENING STAR DISASTER.
FERNAYDrA, Fla, Oct 0, 1866
60 The ship must go down."
This was indeed a most awful moment-one which no
person justly describe Out in mid ocean, COM
panion TO the bowling tempest the dashed into fury
BY the wind which came with the force OF solid
substance there on great ship tossed and buheted
about Ike cnds toy or bubble on the breeze what
open boat to bear them on Some with claspcd
hands stood in mute despair while others raved frantic
save mein The mother was seen to press her child
closer and the husband his wife to his bosom Others
as % sra
was the closing OF this fearful tragedy that two OF
the ships boats were never loosed from the davs or
m0orings on deck, but went down with tho ship Two
Of them had been cut loose and efforts made to launch
them but one roll Of the ship plunged both. with all
moment returned them ana shattered the fran barks
into atoms against the steamers sde another moment
and there blow. high crested and furious The
devoted ship hut partially lifted her stern The shock Of
that wave drove through and through the saloon,
and with CULVER throughout her frame, she settled
and the sa
oblterate every appearance that SO gallant ship had
gone down with Its hundreds OF precious souls.
piece Of the hurricane sck and pilot house composed
the only additional float on which there the least
prospect Of fe and to this fa support chung woman
In the widest energy Of despair The dead body OF
other woman rested lower down portion Of tho dock;
another wave and both are swept into the Deep
FLORIDA correspondence OF the New YoKK HERALD,
FLORIDA, Oct II, 1885,
The second mate Of the Inflated Evening STAR William
2 Goldic HIS account o. the disaster Is sub.
boat entirely filled with passengers oil but four Of
whom were ladies' He lost ali his oars when the steam
ship went down and had nothing but small piece Of
board 10 navigate with From repeatedly being capsized
all four Of the ladies' there being left nine
al IN the This sns s
obedience Of directions heroic quiet endurance Of thirst
and hunger and OF m almost tropical sun OF al the
"A. - hs Ne GnIAt 1o,V~
bey ,or, praise; but Miss Howard and Miss
Norton, : %s who survived the rest Of the passen4
70 obey directions DESTROYS Of assisting themselves and
others 10 the utmost, they herones. That they
should have failed At the last moment after such heroic
think t due to Mr. Goldc to state that he has proved
himself capable Of all those powers and virtues which
render brave sailor the trusted one Of those committed
From the NEW YoRK HERALD, Oct Is, 1901
ANBHosrNE-
william Owen. master which sailed from cardist Eng.
land April "a for Vera Cruz foundercd In gale OF the
Florida coast on the "a Of October The captain the
second mate and three other hands were saved after
passing thirty-six hours o raft A. noon,
I'd inst the water casks all tho spare spars and part Of
And about nine O'Clock another tremendous sen struck
pieces rapidly. : ss Al the end Of about half an
hour the captain second mate, steward and one
rot together small fragment OF the deck bout ak
feet square BY this time the rest Of the dis
who was picked or tho wreck OF the foremost about
eleven O'Clock, and taken b0ark tho raft. very
heavy continued 10 rum all night and hll next
day, and the ran anording no protection, NE men
were In momentary danger Of being carried OFF, II,
and drowned and indeed from time 70 time OF them
would be washed of but always fortunate enough
70 regain IT, > Captain owen, Of the Anbrosinc.
states that on the 81, while on theraft, he
passed various pieces OF wreck which had not belonged
TO the Ambroslnc consisting OF parts OF vessds deck
bulwsrks and house. He therefore thinks II probable
that the bark he saw was also lost II will pehaps 10
remembered and seems 10 be singular co'ncdtce that
In October last year after the heavy equnocfa gales
which visited the coast the Eewbcrn rescued bur men
. raft, in nearly the same latitude and Longitude who
the survivors Of the wreck Of the British mp Mer
sey, Of Liverpool
After the foregoing. Messra Editors, think un-
necessary TO make many comments, and cfnclusion
will only say that when our countrymen ORE tired OF
being systematically drowned they will probably adopt
eectuai method TO themselves Myffuty has
. very plain I have discharge 10 u the best
OF nv ability. II everybody else will do She same
shall hear less Of the subject Of this COMMUNICATION