New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-13
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SATURDAY MORNING oeroBER l8, 1855.
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y We call attention to the account, In another
column of the loss Of shat steamship, belonging
~ the star line, plying between New Orleans and
~ y eW OH e Was fearful catastrophe, for the
snip foundered IN q gale, and had three hundred
passengers on board, most of whom have been
a0st. There was large proportion of Southern
people on board and many OF our most respect
able families have been thrown into CONSERVATION
ana gElef by the event. We trust that the loss of
that steamship will not be permitted to pass with
o1s most searching investigation into its cause,
Her burden vas that Of TIVE four hundred tons.
and a 0peTiy eonstituted sound ship of that size
should Iot have found IN gale asis described
after lapse Of only seventeen hours, from the
enInmeacement Of the gale. The fact is uIdeni-
+ able, that great many rotten. and ill provided
are plying Ia all directions in quest of
annerited gains totally regaTdIass 81 human life.
= Hgeafliship OF 24O0 tons feundering in seventeen
AouTs. 10 sn ordinary gale of wind! Boats could
Ase,st seems IN this gale. and bring passengers
safely to land, and yet the great ship feunderedl I
heT weak and crazy frame being probably literally.
twisted to pieces And the mention Of the boats
suggest other inquiries. How many boats had
this steamship? Had she the number required by
act Of Congress, In proportion to her number Of
ton?
We see II stated that fhe captain, engineer,
puTser, and other officers, were embarked in the
few boats that belonged to the ship. What busi.
ness had those men in those boats? In the boat
IN which the captain was embarked, tits stated
mere were eighteen persons, among whom one
officers Of this steamship have disgraced the pro-
dession to which they belonged. They were the
servants, OF the public Fathers of families in
trusted their wives and daughters to their charge,
and in the hour of danger they abandoned the
trust, and thrust themselves into the boats, which
belonged TO the passengers who had hired them to
carry them safely. We call upon our brethren of
the New Orleans press to look particularly into
this feature of the There has unfortunately,
heretofore been q want Of independence in many
Of the members Of the press on snch occasions.
Steamship companies are powerful corporations,
and WELD good deal Of patronage in the way Of
advertisements, ETC., and it is very natural CON
sequence Stat tho presses they patronize should
he Inclined 10 deal kindly by them.
Too much caution cannot be praetieedi in eho6s
ing the commanders and oficers of these imppr.
tant packets. When the ilI-fated Central America
went down, q few years ago, Herndon, gallant
naval officer, embarked all the women and chill
dTen that could be crowded into his boats, and
remained behind himself to perish In naval and
miitary services this is the rule. The order Of
leaving sinking ship. is the funeral order-the
women and children first, then the younger, and
then the older pers0ns-the captain, being the
p1fesf funs5ids, remaining to the last. The unfor
tHnate termination Of the late war left hosts Of
gallant naval men unemployed. Let the steam
ship companies give their ships To them, and VIZ
shall witness no more abandonment OF women ani
childrenin the hour Of peril ohie Gazette, llth