The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-07
pERHS OF THE OCEAN.

cue Of Forty Shipwreclxed Mariners, Crews
Of the British Bark Cuthbert and Ship III.
bernia from Quebec, Foundored AT Sea.
The winter passing has been prolific than
any known for years in the number OF disasters on
the sea. The great terrors OF the ocean. with its
sadness, It's prvatlons. sufcrings and deaths that
at times are the lot OF those who 60 down TO the
sea as Q matter OF business and pleasure. have
a vivid realization in tho laundering OF the
steamship Hibernia and the stories OF the crew and
passengers who took to their boats five In number,
the fato OF three OF which is alone known. 1t was
MISUNDERSTANDING circumstantial news Of the missing
thirty eight passengers in the following paragraph.
copied from the London Shspptag Gazette OF Satur-
day evening, the 9th Of January,
LIVERPOOL, jan 9rhe Hannibal Captain GyIes arrived
cember spoke bark America New York. lat - 4s
NORTH lon 50 2s west Had on board the crew
from saa New YORK. '' '''@p '''''
that after run or great suffering in small boats the
wretched persons, male and female. whose soul
narrowing experiences would be frghtful narra-
tive were saved but the arrival the bark America
In question: Captain Kaper, IN this port yesterday
from Bremen with seven passengers after voyage
of unprecedented length (seveny-lve days, dispels
these pleasant antcipations yet her voyage has been
q wonderful one and Ii remarkable az painful
ratve.
They have been instrumental although the safety
OF the steamship Hiberna's passengers cannot be
chr0nicled Of saving forty shipwrecked men, con-
sisting OF the crew Of the bark Cuthbert, Of
Greenock, from quebec to Liverpool, and the crew
OF the ship IIibernia. OF Dublin, from Quebec TO
Queenstown, both OF which were wrecked. the latter
being saved by tho former and then in turn having
fonndered. The circumstances Of despair and dan
ger through which they have passed. fresh In their
minds, and their accompanying terrors were well told
The HERALD when he boarded his bark several miles
beyond Sandy Hook In The teeth of fresh gale from
the northwest.
.'No SIR" said the captain; ~ have not any OF the
assengers OF the steamship Hibernia and the cap
tain OF the brig Hannibal from Ceara for Liverpool,
is all wrong. He spoke IHe on the 30th OF December,
latitude AZ deg 43 miD., north longitude 30 deg. %
min. west and distinctly told him that had forty
shpw rocked persons OF the bark Cutbbert and ship
Hibernia. cannot imagine how the error occurred,
and am only too sorry that the report which you
have shown me should have raised the hopes OF so
many only to be Overthrown, to be supplanted by
despair. But sir my voyage has been eventful lett
bremen November Il with seven passengers; we ar
rived in the English Channel ON the 10th. having ex
perienced pleasant weather. The voyage seemed to
commence propitiously, but the sth OF December.
n latitude so deg north, longitude 20 deg. west,
here was a change, and the uncomfortable sea that
forerunner OF gales frequently experienced at this
season 0f the year. Unhappily. our fears were too
s Sesan to ppe fearuy from the Westward in
creasing into hurricane from the wcsf-southwest
and northwest which continued with little m0dera-
ton until the I'D when 1t seemed to gather all ts
strength and wrath, striking the vessel in fearful
fury, staving in bulwarks carrying away the deck
load and making the stanch old vessel look wreck
Yet she survived it, and fortunately to be of great
service In saving the lives OF forty persons. Tne
frghtful weather continued OF course creating the
ufuaio on hOard Vi
Dental falling In OF the
FoUNDERED BRITISH BARK cuTHBERr,
which occurred the 25th OF December latitude As
NORTH longitude 90 west the crew OF which hailed us
and in pteous language told U: that they were water
logged and had on board, besides their own crew,
twenty-one belonging to the
WRECKED SHIP HIBERNiA,
which they had picked up % although mo pa,S
theirs being all gone, and took them on. ana no
wretched prisoners ever realized their situation and
had their spirits raised anew with hopes OF succ0r
more than in this instance.
81 hoped.D continued the captain, ''as my provi.
sions were limited and the voyage was marked
with frequent accident, to fall in with some Eastern
bound vessels, that might transfer the shpwrecked
land them at Fayal, in the western Islands, which
did, reaching there during the night OF the ID OF
January and ater dlspcspg OF them co ,n
sir. the weather has been only decent, and really
was heartily glad to speak my friend pilot Electus
Comfort or boat Fannie, No. ~, OF Barnegat, day
before yesterday VINO assured us our troubles were
wrecked Cuthbert and Hiberniar
"Well, have one or the crew Of the former, who
would remain with me, and he may give you some
This Individual was Called when ne gave the par
ticulars Of the wrecks as follows
STATEMENT OF SEAMAN THOMAS GUERcKE BARK
The British bark Cuthbert left Quebec for Liver
pool ON the oath of November. We experienced no.
thing but hard gales. ON the 29th on Newfound-
land, fell in with ship Hiberna, bound from same
port to Queenstown She was waterlogged, and after
fv and With W
ceeded In taking the crew board, numbering
twenty-one souls. From that time to the 18th OF
December we experienced a succession o. Giving
galcsn when we also became disabled. and sea
after sea, In mountain waves. broke over US,
and hunger. and two OF the crew, WIN. Mccormick,
OF GreeLOck, Scotland and John Murray, OF Belfast,
Ireland, mad been killed BY falling spars and washed
overheard. We had but little water and provisions
and day after day hunger increased and the
cold increased-stiIl no ray Of hope was
longer, when Ioi a sail appeared in sight. Every
effort was made to hail her. and she recognized 1t
and approached when our ssors was told Inc vesse
She would not take rs aboard, but left US TO the
bitterness OF despair Thus time passed till the 2Sth
great difficulties and when those who had drank
salt water were seized with derium and the suffer-
S psn 81 ana ana
rescued by the noble Captain kaper OF his bark
Thus the sailor, one who had almost been worn
out by their intensity OF suffering, and whose
haggard features told Of his troubles IN common
with his messmates briefly related his story. He
had chosen to remain with the man who lad res
cued him. and he acknowledges the "iav0r,r "a he
expressed IL, with genuine thankuiness
Captain Kaper also assured us that the weather
he experienced was OF the most frightful char
acter, with but little cessation. Hurricane after
hurricane swept over them, and yea after sea
broke over them, encasing his noble bark in and
making every rope like = bar OF iron. He Also
reports that he passed. IN latitude 40 degrees
north, longitude 30 degrees west on the 10th OF
December vessel apparently 100 feet long. new
ship, not coppered boston, upward, with no living
soul around. And he. too, conformity with his crew,
Ia grateful 10 reach haven Of safety.
THE MISSING PASSENGERS oF THE STEAMSHIP NJ
BERNIA.
And so. mt last, 1t must I've held that the mystery
surrounding the missing passengers Of the steam
ship Hbernia IL solved, painfully SO. We fear
that they are LOST that they "seep their
last Sleep and the sympathzng curiosity
Of the civilized world must know that AFTER
untold sufierings they have met their fate bravely
and truly, and we opine that the traces should
they he rescued their deaths he known viii never
Indicate that In the last extremity they never forgot