, 1869-11-02
Lust IN 4 FOG.
Week nt shr ~trnsMrr Sierra NHSndn
-TnU xrsxnt nMH Cargo II s'olMl

WFFx II NJ sNr SlrtbssSrt sierra NGSA4n
FIJI" vrssus ANA Cargo IA solssi
2.ass-3shssrNHrTs nLu t.raM Ans ed.
tt"." ,At Sun ita.. .A" iial4itn, A:k ".
News ~n& trtrittd hGiu t.s r:Ia3 stn'a aH Tho
tutAl lnts OF ,he Snf.h r4cIuc transrs'rt4t IN
C.,1nrnLya steamship slrua Stsa.!A. IN Tho
t<ou1her14 rcatt. on SUNDAY Night .Abt- FttM Mr,
lsugh., The tnrret y! the IL IatrA ~ te Who az
rived hcre last n1Rhs, 70 !carn thr following l'ar-
The sierra Sssa4sa, Captain j, c. noasr,,
hAlIrti fftrn san Francisco. fpouLt for san L4ls
utttlO aud WI Iurss, III SATURDAY uoFtItnx lAst,
~nh full srelEhs AID . !aE.r nu1.otr Of pa.stn-
Etrs. tht landed Passengers A0t freight
u Santa Crnz ati.i Mohic1cJ, tcsStiX ihe 1attcE
port II p N. kutdA}. Oxtoort Ii. with iurty-two
ras-tiee Asn,stt ei.sed y, the Weather he.
caut thick. dCtltc fog ectl11R z down 20 thai II
btcsme impossible To rec beJoud few Nhipr
eIRtts. As Abe ~As ahead Of time. the vessel
In; iiss,e wild, tie sea -ls CO.., rarasivriy cain,
the vettc1 was on ntr usual course. aud the Isas-
tcreers had retired Hith the comfortable conv,c.
the next DAY. About 10 O'Clock p IN Futser
Hughcp. who hal ret,red. experienced = ahock ~
II ihe vessel nSd been struck b a heavy wAsc.
THIS VA followed a feE moments later BY a SEC
cnd Ard much nloIe SeFele anock, which nearly
threw hlM on hts leet.
Going on does, he found the waves breasing
nhout panic. stricken, aud &eeut OF 9enerAl con-
tustcn erxued- Al this ftue the st8sel WAS lnle,{
up o5 1he MA and oaAhed sRAiEst the reel With
such yiOlepce that her battuIn = - Crushed In and
htr hull nlle3 With water. such wAl The violence
Ct the shock that her tmo1s.t1Ack VAS broken OF
and fell over the stc into The sea The vtssel lay
on her beam rnda oEe of the wheel bo1srA being
above the othtr btlow water. 50 complete WAS
the wreck that IN 1hir:J C1tnrcs from tue line OF
the nTst ehoek tho ye-se' nllrd huti ses led over.
Ii VA. found that the ref on which she ktruck
Wa about thrre miles Dosth Of i1et1tAs Blanco,
| ard a1ouI rsttcn lrora Sal 81. eou.
!; lHcaue evident from the nfst that khe vesRel
cnttd OF ce kxytd, md pfrpatAtOns rene Time
otately nAdt for Eercuiu1 the ptsfcnpera and
crew. TIE !iltooass. foUr or nye 10 oouoer were
| 81 n commenced. Ihit occupied hut = short TIC,
AID ~as accomplished wunout ttr1 ,us accident "
ATTY one knc pakseuctEt In h,s sitxh'. ttf over
| tS,a,d. but ms retcucd tu = damaged condition.
lady ras enger len in coming on dect, anu hroke
| nh The COT dnct Of the reReehgrt.. with few ex'
cert'op',. was admirable The indies wire ever
Nd ttood The lstlaue Md prtsa.N,n Of IN
night losly. The crew a,1 tae'r dat,
| aplufly. The dlscsplthe II tie thlp being 1SllJ
luAiLt3ltsd through the whole OF the terrible or
deal O. rarGtr ard tEn1prpt death Ca7ta.1
Bofa11, ouc Of the oldest u auders IN tas ser
shs. proved cter1 lbch the hero he sat ine las
his coo:tcss and ktlf pte. es-ion was poieatla
alae nssn ras.enHrE- and cErw.
Alter lhe ntrsergrfs had bc+n all put IN th
| Coatt. tic futter Ittnrutd % hts t.AtcfOoM- X
CORD the 81en4ure ADJ the ships nA2ere. ~neu. L
| eIn nxnJ with The CAPTAIN uc .eit the ktnAtn
ubc:1tatn'g OF thr'r rnt.iop, 10 attempt IN
msde 10 land. The boAts were fastened together
IN arclor vas en... hnti the .hlu . r-cAei peopl
| A11IOUtN RAAtQ II Int david Dd ul5.
Al daylight t!e fog nrai+d Oh wttn the Arch1
NAs wt'ahs d. srd 6hr htas& IN lei sown "a "a
n,eoa hss, dtttapcc oi sixteen mfi.s from II
setne nf The dHA.f~r. which was rrarhcd II 10
III Htfe lite tas<tnrtrs srrr aaudtt, when IN
Csptain lnn ettsttlJ despatched a boat TO retur
10 .he Nieet, 10 hnles oi rt-eu,nN the laEV.e
! AID any patsf Article which tn,Rat he obtAint
Nltnout ien rc~i r1.k, In arriving nj the wrrc,
however, she Ma found 10 Be AItnns& totally sut
mtrRel, Nd, NC bcleSr, little pf nv,hing VI
| snrsd.
Al ire Fan Simeon landing tekns wtre oh&a3ue,
ard the passengers conveJtd 10 CapbTlR botr
Rlaiet Il n tles dlatant Ftom here sheJ wese TAKE
IL wsebns 10 SAT Liza Otspo, Mhcrv they ptxaS
The FtsR It. ZONE returning norse, and somc putsi
inf the : journey aouth ard.
Tbs crew numbered thtfty.six. Tpero wss
foEts-svo pssserRsfs, tncludttg slK lAtiea N
thrs = chGditb, : itAa ID Mhuu. Nc Gt o be ow.
C.J. ALuckle, 4 F. Walker, Rev. \. u. Burto
?. lsFr, T. e. llaye.. r r. 1s.or, ". Fool,
! Ppol 7, BaJes, D. Magnet. ". l. Carroll. h kl'