New-York tribune., 1867-08-09
THE HURRICANE.
MARINE DISASTERS.


During the latter part of last week terrible
hurricane swept the Atlantic. Old seamen declare 1t TO
have been of more violence than any storm for many
years Its range was very great and many vessels just
arrived in port from various Of the main routes tell
Of the great damage done. We have already recorded
serious disa sers by this From the reports brought
in yesterday we fear the end Is not yet -
WRECK OF THE BARK OAK RIDGE-oNLf THE CAPTAIN
SAVED.
The bark Marco Polo capt Theodore Minssen, from
Bremen days passengers and merchandise to Her
man Koop, arrived in this port yesterday The Captain
reports hurricane on the 2d inst boWlng irol o. r. 10
s. s. E. but damage received. On the 9th inst whlie
in lat 4Oo 2g long 10 lV, it was very foggy ABOUT
o'clock in the morning the fog lifted htte, ana we
Captain swept small portion OF the horizon with MS
glass. Far IN the distance, ~ w by n, he thoqght ne
saw object upon the waters He was uncertain IOL
some time IL simply speck lar DeyODu tnc IaBeol
the naked eye Watching the dark spot for While, ne
thought he saw something move upon ~ ne at last saw
that article Of clothing had been hosed as signal
OF distress lie at once caused the Vesse 10 DC ne9su
that way The spot was reaehed III an 0 hSr anu the
speck was found TO be raft, on which was
AmOmentary opening ofthe fog glass happening
To sweep the horizon and the saved He proved
Capt Ginn Of the bark Oak Ridge fondered at sea
TsasteT 1 as Even by the captain The Vessel was bound
from Philadelphia for Boston, laden with Goals she was
amdcr Fulton Of Blue HiIi: n j. Hin of Bachsport; JOS
Westcott Of Portland ana Geo. W. Gnn the captain She
sailed from Philadelphia the 9th OF July ana from
Cane Henopen on the goth Everything went well until
Aug. 2. The day commenced with line steady breeze
and good weather At o'clock a. IN. the sky became
overcast and there were squalls OF wind About TINS
time and while taking In sail seaman bei0Iglhg& % 10 TO
lll,
aud died in hour. At noon the vessel was scidlhg
before fearful hurricane from easts0utlea5t. WIN
very heavy crOsssea. at $50 b. m the cargo shle au
the wind falling calm, and changing suddenly 10 the west
ward, tho vessel became unmanageabe III 1calluly
deS the calm Was badly stove and great quantities Of
water went below At4 1t became evident the YES
sci sinking when attention was turned To me long
boat which slowed bottom up, on tho forward house
she had been got ready 10 be turned over sea
stove the forward house. and the boat fell into the water
bottom up top planng OF the forward house then
presented the only refuge eit and accordingly al hands
1tfVU IN "A
the crew had succeeded IN reaching IT, ana thS others were
close ut hand when nj this moment the vessel ent down,
aud their place Of refuge became entaglGu Dy lho
aud taken down also; but aferward, freeng lseIl
il came up A. the Captain came to the surface
completely exhausted 0s 90 be unable To- get on
f5F some n6ncita ON looking him. he could see but
suukcn vessel and he was too far away TO ItGoglze
these. The crew consisted Of nine persons all toid
James H. CHM was mate, and Albert H. Ginn one OF the
seamen the others had been recently shipped ana thef
names not known All save the captain were lropa
record with pencil on board found upon the raft II is
n follows and is of much interest
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Aa ss t,,a calm sn fog.y all day Hai glimpse Of ye.
drng short unng oi tle o Except feeling Of H'ne feel as
Gag t-Sala-berug lat light the has been very cu and
no,l 'si slept I.A .al iis hs,t I,4 t on fsAy & , IN M
shi u which pPcn to be 'eerrs tbs Sy Lat - 10 ~ ~
POO Goa Bnea nr NeFi oii Gan, board Of which
am lal.a All u,aied utA all possible kiHdnvss
MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS.
Mr.. Theodore Robinson. sandy Hook pilot, came in
from sea yesterday his pilot boat John d. Jones' No 10,
ali H. violence lie reports that ON the 5t iu- in Lat 800
g. Ion g. he spoke the schooner Dasher 9i ttvePStI
both masts gone by the deck she Ind been supplied
with spare spars and some sails by the 5s steausnip
Bcona from NeVl lOrk for London and required no iu-
ther assistance. ON the sd us lat 81 Ion CO. sotc
hrg Theresa from Cow Bay coat loaded all Wen; l
tucket saw brig which had been pHnksheaI-llted,
gn hr pSTp S & cs PS @R9 " m aT aa Head ss M o bark
tacking and yoerng about as II picking up soinIthngi
large quantities Of wrecked materials
The steamship sappho. Capt Lingo, from wilmington,
reports that Aug 6, at M latitude 2' ~ longi-
tude "a 80. she spoke the brig Herald OF Philadelphia,
The Herald was bound for Matanzas
foitr MoNEof Va Aug. a-Ihe pilot-boat Coqnette
reports that she spoke In Chesapeake Bay for Baltimore
bremen bark name unknown, hom Havana for Liver
pool distressed, mainmast damaged. Arrived scLOOuers
Nalcra froln Maalas, Peerless from Porte Rico; pan
TrnalOu, from Rio JanerO for Hampton Roads, win
coffee. The latter reports that she experienced hur
cane aiiang with soHtheast winds, on bermuda the al
ns but escaped damage She also reports that she saw
an unknown snip ana schooner III ubtICesi mdhI6 LOT
bermuda.
The Revenue Cutter Nchnma boarded to-day, IN the
Chesapeake Bay, the Hawaiian bark Ma!aO from santa
Cruz for Bremen In lat So north, long west she
experienced heavy gale from east ca5 increasing
10 "a hurricane. she was sailing under close rcefed
mIinsn and fore topnast staysail. The sudden
sguall hove tc vessel on heg lcpm ends when her main
Mast Was cut away and she also lost her fore topnast
aud JzLen tOpmdst. After rghtng, i've feet OF water
Was found n her hold and her boats watcrcass stove.
bulwarks, charts, instruments, and provisions were
washed overheard
The brig Romance. from Nayassa for Baltimore,
with guanu, arriving the Chesapeake Bay this after
noon spoke August /, n latitude 80 90 uOr lOngi-
ude C7 east, the Spanish brig Linda from Cadz, dis
masted; Also Hamburg brig from Rio Junero for New
York In latitude north, longitude 16 west, which
lost her spars and bulWarks.
DISASTERS on SHIP GEN McL.ELLAAN'
boston, August S.-The bark Eva ii. Fish,
which has arrived here reports that the Sd Of August
abe spoke the ship Cen Mcclellan, from NewYork for
San Francisco who reported having lost overheard two
scamen and that another hand had fallen from hloit
and crippled during the gale OF the I'd inst The chooner
Waterloo OF Deer Isc, with coal H. ashore al Chata
Bar aud Is leaking badly The crew had been rescued
The vessel will probably be total loss The WIecktls
are discharging tho cargo,