The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-11
BY TELEGRAPH.
LOSS OF STEAMER VICK6BURG.

Forty Lives Lost.
NEW YoRx, June 10-Capt Cooper, Of the
,teamer State Of Georgia, which arrived here
his morning. makes the following statement
u June 5th: Lat 46 deg. A min. north longi-
Jude. AZ deg. So min. west had light breezes
Irom the northwest and hszy weather. There
we're numerous icebergs and large quantities
IF foe ice in sight. At 11:30 A. n. dis
covered ships boat with sails set made
for her, and she proved boat
number one of the steamer Vicksburg, OF
Liverpool, belonging to the Dominion line,
and commanded by Capt Bennett.
There were five men in her IN very ex. /
hausted state. Their feet and hands we're
very much swollen, 80 much so that their |
boots had to be cut from their feet I at once |
took them, with their boat, on board and put
the men into the hospital, under the sur
geon's charge. They are still suffering from
their great exposure to wet and cold, but are
recovering as fast as could be expected.
Their names are James Crowley, Of London,
boatswain's mate, aged twenty-five; Thomas
O'Brien, of Liverpool, seaman. aged twenty
FIVE; Patrick Grogan, John Williams and Jonas
Wilkinson.
Crowly makes the following statement:
"We left Quebec on May 9th, with ships
crew of sixty men, all told. and eight saloon
passengers, five gentlemen and three ladies,
were females. The weather was fine until
o'clock Sunday evening, May SOth, when
We fell in with field of ice and was soon sur
rounded by it. The ship WINS stopped until
daylight when We proceeded, with put little
Ats:36 P. M. Monday all hands were called
to shorten sail The ship was stopped among
the heavy ice and headed to south when We
proceeded at full speed to get clear Of the Toe.
At IL O'Clock, at half speed, We struck the
ice, the engines were Immediately reversed.
and the ship struck heavily att on the port
quarter. carrying sway NJ ens q NJ pso.
peller and hole was knocked through the
plates of that quarter, through which came .
great deal of water.
We got the sail over and stopped the hole
MP 90 that but little water came in. AL
hands were employed in heaving the cargo
overheard. The second officer and myself
were taken from the cargo to clear away the
bows. This was about 6 A. NJ. Tuesday,
June 1. The captain ordered the forward
wells to be sounded and six inches Of water
was found; the after steerage then being full
of water; the MANIFOLD wells were then
sounded and five and half feet OF water
found.
The Captain called me ON the bridge and
told me not to mind the boats, and then
called everybody aft and told them 70 have no
fears, as he could take the ship to St. johns,
IN. F. It was then discovered that the fires
in the engine room were drowned out The
captain then gave orders to launch the boats
with crews, and told them to mind that the
distance from st. Johns was 12O miles north
west.
I proceeded to launch No. 6, which was
nv boat, and it was capsized in lowering,
losing the chronometer-watch, charts, rudder
and part Of the provisions. She was full OF
water. O'Brien and bailed her partly out,
when Grogan, Wilkinson and Williams
jumped in. We could not hang on the ship,
owing to the sea on and the ice about.
O'Brien saw the captain on the bridge
reckoning the boat back, We having drifted
about hundred and fifty yards from the
ship. We saw the second officers boat low
cred all clear with nine hands and himself
on her. She came round the boat and pulled
| to windward about sixty yards. The ship
sunk about 10 O'Clock, floating boat No. 2
from her chooks, with the chief officer and
about thirty people in her.
She got clear and pulled to- windward.
O'Brien, after the ship went down, saw the
captain and some person floating on bale OF
hay among the wreckaRe. We tried 81! we
could to pick them up, but owing to the boat
being half full of water and ice, were not
company with the other boats about two
hours and then lost sight OF them to the
westward. We decided then to steer clear OF
the ice, hove the boat to with an oar and q
bucket as drag till daylight on Wednesday
! morning.
We had in the boat about three gallons Of
water, forty pounds of raw beef, forty pounds
| of bread, wet with salt water, and compass
which did not follow. When the boat
capsized again we put sail on her and steered
south, The wind was blowing from the
northward and westward all throughout the
scene and it was bitterly cold. About Z.
NJ. We hauled the boats head to northeast till
Thursday morning, then tackled to westward
drag until P. NJ.
When We took in the drag and made sail,
standing to northeast until Friday morning
at daylight tackled to southwest until noon;
then tackled again to northeast till Saturday
morning, when, about half-past ten, w
sighted the State of Georgia, and We got Out
the oars and pulled away dead to windwart
till she picked us up.
think that forty odd people, with the cap.
tain, went down with the ship. We had
blankets in our boat for the three ladies ant
stewardees, which were lost when the boa
capsized. We saw no ladies in the chief g o.
the second officers boats.
MESSAGE OF GOV. CHENEY.
CoNooRD, June 10.-Gov. Cheney's mes
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fixes the State debt at So, TAI, $50, having
been reduced $85, 259 during the year. The
revenue of the State has been $505, 654, and
current expenses $42O, 1874 GA. He alludel