, 1869-01-19
SHypW aE0K.
Iose 81 The Steamer Gulf CEsg~ with
Neatly 4ll On Roard-Detslas Of 1nu

NenS,y 4u On Roard-Dctsl,s Of Snu
D11aaLex-
From tho Nav York WcE1d. Jan. Ia+
Scare ~ has the excitement oTer the loss,
Of thn Hlbeynaan died away, Wheu the public
nc sta1tltd by the repuEt Of another dt x&tet--
tbc ampvreck of the Gut Guy. Of the New
YoIf and osssss,on ne; Wsa ,,1r, " los. a.
On Tie o4th or December, Hltn twen.y.aye
pasteurefs. pn board, the steamer had coun.
parat1yely pleasant westher until last sun
day nsgnt, strong South-M ster Ret N.
Witch tho vessel tucceeded 10 osavlng.
Monday the weather hecane mffdes, ,and as'he
day clo+ ed, coutinued 10 improve Aoont
this time the n4-tnard steamer Ind approached
the cuAyt of North CaTo1to4. and wss ditrct-
Ing its cour1e towards Point Lookout The
ehtais of this 20 nj are avoided by Ill mari
m,1drkt weather. they are numberlsss. and
il many csses are unseen until It to, Late to
see ihtm. about 10 o'clock un Monday night
the Gcf City plowed the sfA among these
breakers and struck one Of them Hifh force
and grounded. t,nlr thtce hours elap-ed he
but three Iersons, art fthc crrw-Pattick
Mcfabc, who fires III jersey C1tv, and
Anthony lhouss And Henry, Me!Ardte, both
of vi ON are residents CT ,nls city. Theee
P. C4 de, on Ncduekday, about O'Clock.
I mother steamer WIS also asunnt the N1erk
on y Nednesday night. but has rot bee7 heazd
ffom YET. ano there ~ = slight hope thzt =
lew more ot The unfortunate passengers Eaxy
be souud. The uaaea OF those on b ard II Is
impos tiblc 10 procure a. ,, t. but the nnnec-
is knoun to .eas stated. Having twenty
Two probable deaths as the copselueuc Il
the terrible disaster. The steamship Len.
| Captnsp nea1 hnrr, pa sted he wleck seJat
ports thzt two vessels, one bound north aud
| l., 9 other south, bad hove 10 near the Gulf
t:itY, and Wrfa ennavtd In picking up cotto3
and other freight irun the sea Many bales nt
| cot, on tha Captain reports having eefn. Ard
| large amount Of wus,d work belonging to
tho steamer. In the dlstar CO What ~As sup
posed to be the hurricane deck Wa seen.
| Top p{cces ct huuses h+lopRlng 10 the boat
wesc al:o floating atouud
! nEscMrTIo* or TIE GULF cI1t.
The Cult City waa bui1r at Mystic, .Couu..
in 1867, and has been running hetwtcl Gal
weston n d this CITY s1nc toas tine. She was
owned By Smith d Dunn uE. IT New York
| city The steamers nulid Frs that Of pro-
p~ifer. tnd carried eds ton. haa two d. cks
but Of ~btte osk snd chestnut, and drew
| eel was 176 fett; deptn OF hold, is feet, IN d
| widt -; feet.
| STATEMENT Or cAPrA1s pHAxnoax.
Captain Dcarb'sn, Of tee Les,, OF Of the
WhmlDxtbn Line stcAI.etsr Furnishes Tho lul.
LOVING statement:
'.On Wednesday last, about uoeu. Of Cape
Lockout, many slKns Of Il wreck appearrd.
Eosfced, among other talnga, hurricane
deck Of steamer sud 4 gseat many bales oa
eotlon, and also SAN TWO steamers, oae
bou1d north and the other south. aroupd the
Wuck, apparently engaged Ia plek1tg ur
colton- On 6unoay night, while my ship
was lying In Savannah, there was qui i
severe storm, but on Monday the weasae,
Was remarkably mid. was oeuud trou
y nmtngtou 10 New York, mud hailed ID,
steamers IS passed bf.H