The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-10
THE LOSS Of THE "EVENING STAR"

Only sixteen Lives Known to Have Been
Saved-Names Ofth Saved-List OF the
Crew and Steerage Passengers-Name
of Women Supposed to be LOst-De-
scriPtiOn Ofthe Vessel.
SAvANN All, Ca, October 9.-The steamship
Eoening star, from New York to New Orleans,
foundered at o'clock on the morning of Octo
Der g. $50 miles, east of Tybee Island. All the
passengers, excepting Mr.. Frank Gerard, of
and H. H. Harris, are lost. The third mate,
Thomas Fitzpatrick, John Dempsey, John Camp
bell, James Howe, Chancellor Mason, crew,
and Frank Gerard, passenger, arrived at Fer
out, in an exhausted condition. Captain
Knapp left the ship in this boat, which
was capsized four times after the ship
went down, when piece OF drift
wood striking him on the head killed him.
There is no hope or probability of any of the
women passengers being saved, or any other
passengers than those mentioned. Another
boat with Chief Engineer Finger, Purser Ellery
S. Allen, John Lang, Frederick Shader, Georee
Smith, John Rowland, John Powers, Dennis
Cannon Rowland Stephens, crew, and Edward
Larner and H. II. Harris, passengers, was picked
up on the 5th instant, at O'CLOCK by the bark
Fteetutng, Captain Laurg, Norway, from Belize
for Southampton, England, and transferred to
the schooner WdTing Captain Smith, from New
York to Apalachicoa. They arrived at Savan-
nah on October s. The French Opera Troupe on
board were all lost. The scene was ureadful
fbe Chief Engineer. Purser, and H. H. Har.
ris, passenger, saved from the lll-tated EUening
star, leave for New YorK on the Virgo, tO-mOT-
row at Z o'clock A. nj.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
AUGUSTA Ca, October 9.-The following ad-
ditional particulars OF the loss OF the steamer
Kuening Star are from the Savannah NelcS OF
this morning, and embrace the latest details OF
the disaster:-
The steamer EUening star on the I'd inst. en-
countered a severe gale, whichhcommenced at 2
O'Clock in the afternoon when she was $50
miles east OF Tybee Island. After weatherlng
the storm some seventeen hours, she foundered
at 6 o'clock on the morning OF the Sd, with 270
souls on board. Only IL persons are known to
have been saved.
It seems that there were only three or four life
| boats on board in one Of which the Chief Engi-
| neer, the PuIser, six of the crew, and two pas
sengers succeeded, after capsizng several times,
| in keeping afoat, until they were picked up by
| the Norwegian barque Fieeto0aRg from which
they were transferred to the schooner s. j..
| Wuring. and arrived here last evening.
| The following is the list of those saved on the
| PurseI's book:-Robcrt Finger, chief engineer;
| Ellery s. Allen, Purser; John Lang, water
| tender; Frederick Shafer, coal-passer; George
| Smith, seaman; John Powers, seaman; Dennis
Cannon, waiter; Rowland Stevens, waiter; Ed
ward Larner passenger; II. H. Harris pas
senger.
sILesaner, among whom we're the captain and
Sitauma sltau mate. The boat was capsized twelve OF
H,eeh HN.h !lmes, The captain was lost on the
SInSa AZ 'inle. This boat arrived at Fernandina
Sodies ON hning hnnIg with Six persons and two deao
only one passenger was saved in the thir(
mate ooat. Ills name Is Frank Gerard whose
residence Is az No. 81 Bond street, Brooklyn.
The following are the names of the suryiyor
in this boat:-Thomas Fitzgerald thira mate
John Dempsey, seaman; John Campbeii seaman
James Howe, seaman; Chancellor Mason steer
age steward; Frank Gerard, passenger.