The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-13
The ship Ca.ilaa Burned At Sea.

From the European Times Dec 30
Tho ship Caravan from Mobile 10 Liverpool, has put
into Greencck from stress weather and short pro
visions She reports disaster 10 another ship, the Ca
slda belonging to Messr George Warren Co, OF idy.
DOL which sailed the sth OF November from law
erpoo for Boston under the charge OF Captain Sedglcy
When the Caravan met with her both vessel and cargo
fire. but all hands saved by Captain Mar
shall and his men. aud conveyed 10 Grccnock, where
they were landed
Captain sedgiey, OF the Casilds givos the following
OF the burning Of his ship while the yoynge
from Liverpool TO Boaton.-M four u ". on the dsh
December and when in longitude about al west and
latitude AZ 30 NORTH we found the ship To be on IRE
smoke coming up the after scutte and through the
rails. nng the cabin with smoke and gas, 50 nnsp
could not live la the cabin hardly deck The
mate took lantern and undertook 10 go below bnt he
found could breath three feet from the hatch ana
the HIGHT in the lantern al once showing that
II would be impossible COR 10 breathe In the poop
deck three feet from the scuitle think tbs ship could
not have been ore but few minutes when u ws- dis
covered and hour after les there VIVA very
hot nre and the venaors In the covering board got
quite hot and The paint about the covering boards and
ways became much blistered.' We put the after
scuus ON aud osulk.d II down, and parcred all che
up could where smoke coufnR out, Ia
keep the IRE under much possible; hut still great
deal Of smoke came out from different psr-,f tho -,p
almost enough 10 ifc az on deck. TINS was very an1
io's night for all ON board az ~ nlew aae in"p we
A9I,hHss. Sssh heavy SQUALLS and inush nm ,ns 70.
That IL would be dricut Job get boats
In gale 81 wind, with very large se. dark night
and long we waited FOR daylight to appear A last
Z, came, The morning of the 7ih Of Decenbef Sent
man sioft TO look for mil No sooner he
To the masthead than he gave the welcome sound Of
sail, Oh which g'addened every heart on board The
sail bore W n " from We q ope~ hove our ship
10 bead ~ norihwsrd ana hosied Gag OF distress Hs
at once kept away and down and love 10 under our
lee She proved % be the ship Caravan Captain Robert
Marshall from Mobile. bound 10 Liverpool Wciaunc I'D
one boat, with second mate aud four her! but
after she 1he nfa boat was In the water Ne found
that sh. had boon stove In launching; but their ony
chsnce vas 70 tSy 90 get alongside OF the Caravan
wa impossible for them 10 get hack hoard the
tssiIds They got alongside OF the Csrnven uHh the
stove boai, but could In her. W. got .sc.
ond boat out with great deal OF danger The chfe ON
Ger with four men. want alongside 81 thu Caravan aud
pat 'ome eS things on board, which had pnI INTO tie
boat before lsunch ing and returned with Captain Mar
~ the wind and increasing and h- saw smoke
Issuing from different parts ~ the ship The boat
returned from the ship tcssiids) about half past
eleven a. ", and will, much tf0ubls aud
10 the boat by heavng them overheard and the
bon packing them mp And then the great trouble j.
To save our lives; and The only chance o"
Jump overheard and let the bost PICK mp The boat
got the MP she cculd md then myself md
the esf Of the men. two Jumped ysrisfd ,ad
were picEed up by the boat and after -
found v would not do TO take Say IA the b,at o.
that time Went al0ngylfc of the Caravan pul siis
few thing. we had saved and part ~ bosru
then the mate With ave returned - the
men remaining board. They got back h. tbs ship
Cs.dal BY great rkcftl0ns hey eouiG
10 her, and lien the two Jumped overheard aad
piris'd up by The boat hal done b~foFv A.
sncreened In getting s hands boIrd d tho
abplt bs pat 'uo r n When ib@ left the ship
the last nie hr the smoke coming al
parts ~ her don't IN nk the IRE could have bru
coDnasd more dan lew bo0fs nngaf Alter 40 sar
CREW bolid the iafayan ssfs Captain Mafshs
ai 10 me. "a ran do toe y0u your ship and
- 70, " ~ \, M fe. az m1 groeya % nv yoysie
scudfng undci iNO cio.e reefeJ Syss sbf lDf ssi
blovih sirorg gale aud heavy sauaIs large ,hd
n"rh wsa,