The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31 00:00:00

FATAL SHIPWRECKS.

About four o'clock on Saturday afternoon a brig and
sehooner belonging to Aberdeen, named the Va/cora
an I the Cora, were lost, the one about a mile to the
east and the other about a t piarter ttf a mile to the west
of John's Haven. The Fishermen on seeing the posh
th in of the Vulean, with the assistance of the Coast-
guard, got the rocket apparatus ready, and formed a
communication with the vessel. A strong gale was
blowing from the S.S.E., and any approach to the
vessel Would have been very difficult and dangerous.
Two shots were fired, the first of which missed ; the
second, h. twever, was laid across the rigging, and
foer of the crew were taken off by means of
the "breeches buoy." The others would have
been got off in the same manner had not the
notinntast of the vessel fallen and fouled the line, in
ct tusettnence •if winch those on sht tre had to adopt
lother means hefore the three men who were still in
lean! conid h saved. 111: • westher at this till-turn
very stonily. arl thi• s s y ri sigh, and at great
rid: to 111. it, el_rlC. of the fishermen went out 111
a 11, tire vessel. There they found the
item clin,in •• to t lit. t1e:111er, while the vessel had be-
c ens. a t ti,il toriU. fin the approach of the noble the
intee sue. ee.leil no entering it, and were safely con, yeti
tit the chic, While the men were being taken off in-
telligence ,f the sad occurrence hail, by Mr. Sather-
I land'. of Mr .ntrose, been conveyed to :Airs. Scott, of
The Hefrna (Montana) neraid, of aept. n, relates the 1 ilrotherton, who very kindly had clothes and other
following incideut of tin tragic effects arising old of necessaries provided. Meanwhile, the schooner
journalism, and which is so connive] in America Cora hail been observed struggling with the weather
Ex-Governor S. W. Beall, of Wisconsin, was shot in , alp tut a quarter of a mile to the west. When near
the counting-room of the Prof. between the hours of the Wallace If tek the vessel struck with a great shock,
two and three o'clock this afternoon, by George M. and in the course of a very few minutes hail sunk
Pinney, the manager of the paper. This lamentable in very deep water. It was obvious that any attempt
altercation originated in several scurrilous and bitterly to rave the crew was hopeleas, anti notwithstanding
abusive articles reflecting s upon Governor Beall, pub- 1 that there were many on shore eager to undertake the
liffted by Mr. Pinney in the Post. On aCCoUllt of these task, the crew, six in number, perished. Nothing fur-
articles Colonel Bean fiwst visited the oflice of the Post I thee was litre until next morning, when three of the
on Wednesday, and lemanded of Pinney a retraction of I crew of the Corewers feand lying on the beach, having
the slandeneta attacks upon his character. or to give been washed ashore. Of these only the ma+ter (Mr.
him the satisfaction of a gentleman. Mr. Pinney drew 1 Barber) was identified, and all were taken to the watch-
his Derringer, anti peremptorily ordered him to leave. 1 house.
He appealed to Marshall Howie, for a pistol, for an The Cora was a vessel of 114 tons, and was owned
equitable settlement of the matter then and there. • by Sir. Christie, Aissrdeen ; the Va/ran belonged to
Tiffs was not granted, and Colonel Beall, again onlered Mr. Elsmei, cosi. merchant, Aberdeen, and was 152
to leave and still threatened by l'inney's pistol, took tons burden. She was built in Leith in the year 1840.
his departure. Ha again visited the office to-day, Next slay the shore was strewn with pieces llf the
when some words took place between the Colonel and wrecks, and slr. Lindsay, Receiver of Wreck at Mont.
Pinney, the only other person present being Mr, rose, was in charge of the three bodies belonging to the
Pinney's partner, John Potter, our incorruptible anti Coro, and Mr. Warrock, from 'Montrose, superintends
worthy postmaster. Colonel Beall Was there shot . log the .tving the material front the Vulcan.
clown by Pinney, who fired twice. The first 'shot
lodged in the front wall of the n
room, and the secontl
PRICES AND WAGES IN NEW YORK.
atruck the grey-bestied old maa little beneath the
left rye, and ranged downward, inflicting a terrible
wound, felling hint instantly to the floor, where he lay A. correspondent of the Glargow Hernitl soya :
insensible in a load of blood. A coroner's jury returned "Living is very expensive in New York. Since the
v erdict of justifiable homicide. war prices have risen enormously. One notices this
most in little things. Scarcely anything DOW is to be
MELANCHOLY BOAT ACCIDENT. got for a cent; everything is three cents, generally
five. You pay five cents for an apple. Lead pendia
which Use4l to be six cents, are now fifteen. Havanna
Advice, from Guernsey gives the following details of one
of the twat lament:tide host accidents that has happened cigars, which could be got for eight anti ten cents
near the Channel Islands for many years formerly, are rip tn thirty-five, and range from that
It appears that tin Monday a party of gentlemen, to a dollar. th.a beefsteaks could not lie got for
returning to Guernsey from Sark, embarked in a gig less than thirty-five cents, a pound when I visited
seventeen feet in length, rigged with spritsail and jib, New York, in January last; before n the war yo could
well ballasted, and, besides being themselves familiar get the hest cut for eight—being less than a fourth of
with the management of a boat, they were under the its present price. Tea, which had been untaxed
guidance of an experienced boatman, who is also a formerly, was burdened with a duty of 20 cents
lighthouse keeper. The names of the party are Mr, roer lb. There had been a similar rhe in the price of
Agnew Giffaril. engineer of the Sark Harbour works ; 'rouses and in rents. A Mend in Brookis n 1.1
Mr. Walter Giffard, his brother, chief officer of the nail 12.000 dols. for a house that had been offered him
Omen seamohnip, recently returned from Abyttsinia ; for 4,500 slobs. before the war. " What would this
Dr. Gatehouse, a medical man, resident at Sark; and place rent for in Glasgow?" a gentleman asked me
Mr. Pitcher, a London mercantile gentleman. The when he had shown me through his new house. I said
bostman was 'Mansell Renouf. When they left Sark "C 150 at the outside, £1.60." "Well," said he, " pay
at about five onlock in the evening the weather was 3.000 ninrin. (abollt £500), anti I was glad to get it at that."
fine, but soon afterwarsis the wind freshened, with lf'und that few good middle-class hi snescould be got at
abort fitful gusts. Between seven and eight a heavy less than a rental of 2,000 clots. But the houses are
squall arose, accompanied with ran. At this time, generally larger, more commodious, mid more elegant,
say Nome fishing boat'a crew wino had Wea'hered it out, though less substantial than tint's; and Americans
it was only with great skill and dexterity that they allow a larger prormrtion of their incomes to go for
avoided being capsized. The party were seen shortly isolate accommodation than we do. An Americah will
before dark holding their due course but neither men sink a third, sometintes even a half, of her income in
nor boat have been seen since. On'Tnesday morning house rent. With tine working classes Inane rent is a
a mast anti sail were picked up off the Isle of Sark, very serious item of expel)... I found working men in
anti identified as that belonging to the minting }mat New York paying 10 dohs. and 12 &Is. a month
No doubt can be entertained that the whole party 0720 to £24 a year) for two rooms in an attic. But wages
have perished. have risen with other things, anti working men in re-
gular employment are exceedingly well eff, :mil ran
save money easily. Bricklayers wens earning 0 (lois.
(about 18s.) a day when I was in New York; though
this high wage Ittika not expected to last. The ordinary
wage for bricklayers, mamons, painters, plasterers,
carpenters, and mechanics is 5 dols. a day. Tina is
more than double what it was before the war.
Labourers again, who used to get 75c. or 1 dol. a day,
now ge 2 dols., sometimes 3 Ards. Of course the dollar
in paper money, and three dollars in paper money in
the present depreciated state of the currency, is only
worth about 2 dole. in gnnlni. But in spite of all this—
in spite, that is,of high prices, anti depreciated currency
—the condition of the working man, even in New
York, is better than it is here. Even if he only
earns enough to may his board, board there is
much more luxurious than working men were
ever accustomtd to in Scotland. But, inn general
working men can live easily on half their income. I
spoke to compositors who were earning 20 (lids. a week,
anti wino boarded comfortably on 6 do's. Hence, those
who are economical easily accumulate money. I found
inn the savings banks of New York :done ahnut
80,000,0041 dohs. belonging chiefly to mechanics. There
were 15,000,000 aids, in the Bowery Sirs jugs Bank,
14,000000 tick, in the savings bank in Bleckerstreet ;
over 8.000,000 tittle. in the Seamen's bank. anti so on.
The Germans are the most economical, the Irish
least an ; though tire Irish, to their credit be
it said, send a great deal of money home to their
friends and relatives in Ireland." A gentleman
who has 10n.,7 been officially connected with missionary
anti benevolent work amongst the poor of New York,
described the differences betws en the Germans
and the Irish thus: "If," he said, "we get a German
fancily on our poor list tins year, we dela expect to
have them next year; but if we get an Irish family, we
never expect to see them off the list as long as we can
be induced to grant relief. The Irish are extravagant,
the Germans are always economical. Tin German earns
20 cents a day he will live on 13 ; if an Irishman earns
25, he will spend 30."

After the inquest both prisoners, Priscilla Biggailike
and Thomas Proctor, were brought before the inwis
trates for examination. Both 14 them appeared to
look careworn, but they did not seem to keenly feel
the position in which they were placed. The evidence
was a repetition of that given at the inquest. The
chairman cautioned both prisoners, and the female
said that two of the witnesses had not spoken the truth.
She had no more to say, and was innocent. She had
no witnesses to call.
The male prisoner said he never did anything
wrong. The words that Mrs. Biggadike hail spoken I
were very untrue. He was nowhere near the honge at
the tin deceg.i.sl was getti, 1 i c was ,
innocent, t . : 11.L4 ri: ••v t: tl •
came home tit .:• w .1 I a oalwe bef,uce!
morning. Both prisoners were then committed to take
their trial at the next Lincoln Assists on the charge of ;
wilfully murdering Richard Biggs like.