The New York herald., 1877-10-07

oui nearly all the damage occurred below The man
guard deck we're washed away bv the beating Of tho
sufi on Friday morning. Down IN the oreeaste therc
are seven feet Of water. in which Goat Quantities OF
small furniture, mattresses &c. Auicshps there
are eleven feet OF water aud TO the outward eve hero
s,ea.s ~ ,Sa ue cu,rsns passns tore aad az y q ~
There Is one small rock directly beneath her bow and
much larger one amashipS The latter appears 20
serve as great shelf which the machinery apd
hoaviest portion OF the boatIiea
PROSPECTS, SAVING Her
There IS naturally enough. quite difference. not
OF opinion. al least o. expression between representa-,
lives OF the steamship and wrcckng companies.
tns amount 81 damage done 10 and The .mo
and means u VIII take aoat her. President Babcock
and Mr. Henry steers the builder both stated that tho
accident was pot nearly 50 bad as hey Dad expected
The former said he thought they would ret her or
very Mr. Steers said /. good continued
he thought they wonld noa, TIE Massachusetts,
without much diIlicuity. They expect to
get The freight of today, and Mr. steers
believed they would be able 10 pump her
ritt, OF the Coast wrcckns Company, wno been
hard At wors upon her to-day, Is inclined 10 be
cont and no, to express ais OPINIONS with certainty
He has been placing pumps IN position, OF which tour
are here and two moro. with ar additional gang
oil men. arc expected 10 morrow The united pump.
Ing capacity OF them all VIII be about tour hundred
barrels hour
Captain Merritt says. however. that he viii tomor
be able TO tell pretty nearly how much labor will
be required 10 tree the vessel He TOOK soundngs to-
day. and iourd from eleven to fifteen feet all round.
The Massachusetts draws eeven ieel when loaded and
nine feet without There are many smai ROCKS rouud
about bui u IS thought she can DC got on the rocks
where she now Is sho can be easily got into deop
wator.
LOOKING AFTER Tng CARGO.
The removal of freight continued increasingly until
three O'Clock, when the last removed IN this
work the Frances used as lighter, ana alter
transferring a sufficient cargo TO nor the steamer
Stonlngton carried the remainder herself Both YES
sells .ei Sionnglon In The afternoon. The Frances
Will return hero tomorrow 10 pick up the cotton and
other stuff lying on the beach Charles Rose, the
agent OF The underwriters. has ordered number 0i
scows which TO transport the stun TO tho steamer
Tho steward OF tho Massach usels has In has caarss
a quantity OF baggage and parcels belonging 10 pas
seagers, but unclaimed.
the removal OF the freight seemed to tighten up tho
steamer astern considerably; her copper Is visibio
there Tor perhaps ten inches but forward there Is not
much apparent Improvement
cArrAis JONES' srATAuESr.
Captain jones' commander OF the Massachusetts,
furnished the HERALD correspondents to-day with au
account OF the passage on the cventiu Thursday night
on time TO stafford light which passed at abous
ten minutes 10 nine. TOOK our departure from thera
ana ran along, guided onurely ey compass aud
time soon Judged ourselves 10 be between
Cornfeld Light on the Connec,cut shore and Hor-
toms Point Long Island judged It imprudenl 10
80 through tho race between Gull and Fsacr Islands
before morning, and therefore turned TO tho west
ward. IL was blowing a gale from tho southeast and
was pitch dark. Ata quarter past eleven O'Clock VIC
slowed and turncl TO the westward. Nino minutes
later we stopped nor and let hor DRIFT We soun led
twenty-five iathoms OF water ~ was becoming
under tho land ol Rocky Point so as 20 reach
siIl water and lay to until hight We started
under bell 10 souihward AT ne rate oil nine revo-
lutions minute gave her just enough way 10
handle her, as was ANXIOUS to got in, but
thought tho wind would change and We would got
into clear weather.
HOW she AGROUND.
''Southeastcrs on the sound are generally short,
but sudden. We ran Just nitccn minutes with llio
better than steeragc way We then stopped ncr to got
another sounding, but before we couia set the ead
sho struck at about nvo minutes past twelve.
She struck as easy rs II sho had run up
10 her dock, and | gave orders 10 back her.
She bow on and lard as easy as II nlongsidc her
wharf. AT hali-pass ono O'Clock the wind changed
suddenly and she swung IN astorn 10 her present
silon. The passengers behaved very calmly indeed
and the oocdcnt. II the WIND had
changed believs she would have loaied oil with tho
food tide; 1, WAS halt ebb when shc struck. | nad
sounded during the night four times, aud three
times in deep water. We commenced throwing OIL
freight between four and hvc o'clock The
broke heavily under ncr port guards and
forced up her panklhg. THIS is The first groat mis-
take OF my life. have had the conldcncc oi the com-
pany ana feel this disaster very Kceniy. do not
know that would do any different under the circum-
stances again.
Captain Jones further says this Is tho nrst nccdcut
that has occurred to him IN many years of service
Ho nrst connected with tho old Commercial
freight line. Then he commanded the Galatea, on
dcncc and S,onington line, and mas been sort OF
commander OF the line, since he took command sue
ccssivciy Of tho stoningIon and Rhode Island when
built, and lastly OF the new Massachusetts.
NOT DADLY DAMAGED.
Tho following despatch has bean received from L.
W. Fkps. the general passenger agent OF the Prov-
dcnco ana Stonington steamship Company, ~ho left
this city Friday evening Tor tho scene oi the accieus
to the Massachusetts.
reported. she is not broken at all and VIII probably
be IN New York within three days y
Tho above despatch dated october D.
TERRIBLE EFFECTS or THE STORM IN DELA.
WARE BAY-ADDITIoNAL VESSELS sUEK-sIy
SAILORS DROWNED.
LgwEs, Del Oct. 6, 1877.
The following named schooncrs sunk IN the
bay here during tho violent storm OF Thursday night
in addition to those already reportcd:J ". Young
Il. b. Wheaton and Maggie Mcdonald OF Philadelphia,
ana Helen Romm-l, oil Cape May, n. j.
Tho schooner Annie Draper, IRON Lebanon, Dol,
with u cargo OF canned fruit, rs disabled.
DROWNED.
The following named sailors all who are known
TO have perishcd.-
Emile Carson.
j. 4. Clouu.
John Miller
John Ihlnncra
Carl Carlson.
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DAMAGE IN AND NEAR NEW YORK.
Conrad Meyers. grocer, residing at No, AGO Broad.
way East New York. reported TO the police yeseria
that the rain Of Thursday night last destroyed $50