Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-06-11
LATE TELEsRAMs.
ysss>l wrecked IN the lee M Ferry
Livss sappsssd - - Lsss-sssss-
..ens of one or she narvfv0rA

v.~.., - IN he Zee and Forty
Iavss suppsssd - - Lsss-etass-
rent or O.s % shs sarvivers.
Nrw Yonx, June l0.-The steamship
State Of Germany. which arrived this
morning. brought ave seamen OF the
Dominion Line steamship vicksburg.
nom Montreal for Liverpool, which was
sunk by ice on Tuesday. June l. The
men were picked up on June 5, nearly
dead from exposure. They tall q fear.
full tale Of distress. Other boats were
launched with . large number OF per-
sons, but the greater number were seen
10 perish without getting in the boats.
The vicksburg went down in the midst
Of the ice, and the boats were surround
Cd by icsbergs and neld-ice when picked
up. The other boats have not yet been
heard from. The Ave men rescued had
their feet and legs very much swollen
10 much 20 that their boots had 10 be
cut from their feet. They are still suf-
fering from their great exposure. but
are recovering % fast a. could DO e.
pected.
James Crovley's statement: We left
Quebec on Thursday morning. May "a.
with q crew OF sixty mon and eight ga
loon passengers-nve gentlemen and
three ladiss-and about twenty passen-
gers in tho steerage. Of whom four were
females. On tho 30th Of May We fell
in with q field Of Ice. and were soon
surrounded. The ship was stopped nm
til daylight, whom We proceeded with
but little ice in sight. Al $50 p. n.
Monday. all hands were called 10 shorten
sail. Tho ship was stopped among
heavy leo. We proceeded at full speed
to get clear Of Ice. At IL o'clock. at
haif.speed, wo struck the ice. Tho ship
struck on her port quarter. carrying
away the fans Of the propeller. and a
hole was knocked through the plates on
that quarter through which the ship
made a good deal Of water. All hands
were employed in heaving tho cargo
overheard. The second officer and my
self were taken from the cargo TO clear
away the boats. The Captain ordered
the forward wells sounded, and ak in.
ches Of water was found. The Captain
then called me on the bridge and told
me not TO mind the boats. He then
called everybody and told them TO have
no fears; be could take the ship TO 81.
John. The Captain gave orders to launch
the boats with thsir respective crews,
and told them TO mind that the distance
from st. John was n hundred ant
twenty miles northwest. I~prooseded &c
launch No. /. II was capsized in low
sring. She was full OF water. O'Bier
and I baled her partly out, when Ora
CON, Wilkinson and williams jumped In
We could not hang on the ship. cwins
10 the sea and leo. 0'Brien saw thu
Captain on the bridge reckoning thu
boat back. VIC having drifted ono hun
dred and Atty yards from the ship. W,
saw the second officers boat lowered. al
clear, with nine hands and himself. Thu
ship sunk about 10 o'clock. floating boa
No. 2, with tho chief officer and abou
thirty people. o'Bren, after tho shiI
went down, saw the Captain and som'
persons floating on q bale Of hay amonI
tho w~reckags. We tried to pick then
up. but. owing to the boat being hal
full Of water. was not able to do 80. W,
kept company with the other boats fol
about two hours. and then lost sight o
them.
Fatal AeeiAsas In . Mime,
AUSTIN, Juno 10.--This morning
miner named David Coleman. Will,
wheeling his car in the 5O0-foot level o
tho Oregon mine. pushed his car down