The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-28

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The Baltimore Gazette, Of Monday, the 2sth in
stant, has the following report Of tho laundering
of the steamship KinatisIer, on her passage from
Baltimore for this port:
Loss OF THE STEAMSHIP KNaFIsHER, OF THE
BALTIMORE AND CHARLESTON LrNE.-The steam
ship Liberty ROLLINS, master, arrived here short
ly aftsr noon yesterday, from Havana Uia Key
West, with merchandise and passengers to Fl. NJ.
WAKEFIELD & Co., agents. She brought to this
port portion of the officers, crew and passengers
of the steamship Kinafsher, HARRIS, master, Of
MoRDEcA1's Line, between Baltimore and Charles
ton, which foundered in gale off Cape Hatteras,
sixty-fve miles, on the 18th instant. From the
report of the chief officer r. B. Boaas OF the dis
aster, tho following is taken
''The ship left Baltimore at 2 P. NJ. on the 10th
instant; ut GAO A. NJ, Nov. 11th, Cape Henry boro
west; shaped course s. s. E.; in afternoon altered
course to south; made Cape Hatteras bearing W.
by S.; wind 8. W.. increasing fast, with heavy sea;
P. NJ, engineer reported leak in fro and engine
room; set watch to assist in bailng; steam pump
W., shipped to s. w, with heavy cross sea; set
jib and spanker, ship heading w. s. W.; A. NJ,
shifted deck load and started steering gear threw
overheard deck load for the preservation Of the
ship; wind and sea increasing rapidly; engineer
reported leak increasing; oil hands employed in
bailing; furled jib and spanker, and split spanker
tack; P. M ship fell off, sea making q complete
breach over her. brought her to on port tack head
om ~ to ri ab aak s a al hsnds anus
peak and found five feet water in the hold report
cd same to the captain, who concluded to abandon
lowering, and Of daybTeak lowered them safely;
crew still employed in baing ineessantly; one boat
containing four seamen put off from the ship first;
tho lifeboat in charge OF Capt. Harris, with three
officers, two passengers, the purser and six men,
and the long boat, in charge Of the first officer,
with two officers, one passenger and six men, then
the United States steam frigate Susquehanna, and
taken to Havana, where they arrived on the 18th
The boat which first left the ship, having four Of
the crew aboard, had not been hoard from at the
time the Liberty left Havana. The names Of
these men are: A. Renn, Charleston; Gable Chew
When Il, captain, officers, crew and passengers
reached Havana, they were entirely destitute Of
money, 60, having saved nothing from the ILL
The following is o list Of the passengers, officers
and crew Of the Kingfsher, who arrived here yes-
teraay in the. the steamship cams Liberty: n,.: u
Officers Captain +. NJ. Harris, Georgia; chief
officer B. goggs South Carolina second Officer
Baltimore; first assistant engineer, G. A. Dean,
Baltimore; second assistant engineer, E. II. Brown,
Virginia; Pur%ser, re n H. Nordeoai, Baltimore; pilot,
Seamen.--A. Spence, virginia; F. Smith, Balti-
more; J. Burnes,, Ireland; Peter Peterson, Eng
land, Inomas Hlnams, baltlmore; 4. Dalk1n, Ger
many.
Captain Harris, together with the rescued pas
songers, officers and crew, wish to acknowledge
publicly to Captain Rollins, his officers and crew,
the many obligations they are under for their
generous treatment and the many acts Of kindness
Received from them while on board the Liberty,
coming from Havana to Baltimore.
List of fremon Of the Kingfsher left in Havana,
to be sent forward by the first steamer leaving for
the United States by the unites States Consul: J.
Apple and J. PASCAL, Baltimore; r. Revel, Vir.
gfnia; j. Slaughter, Ireland; T. Leach, Scotland; J.
Muller, Germany.
!; There were no serious casualties occurring dur:
the a Of the gale and the b
hand slightly mashed, and the second officer, Mel.
Bon, had one Of his arms badly bruised while a'
the wheel.
; The Kingfsher was o very hne steamer in all re-
spects, staunch and well ordered. She was built
in Mystic, Connecticut, about eighteen months
ago. She was owned by Mordecai Co., of Bslt
more and Charleston, and was valued Of about
$100,00 The. amount Of insurance could not bt
asoertained. Her cargo was valued at about
8125, 600, and was pretty generally insured.