The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-31 00:00:00

SHIPWRECKS.

(From the Dorset County Chronicle.l
On Tuesday morning, about nine o'clock, an English vessel,
hound from Hamburgh to Mogadore, a town of the kingdom of
Morocco, and laden with barley, was driven, during a strong
gale, on the cliffs of Dorset, near the Cove of West Itu'worth.
Her pumps were useless, and she woo so completely water-
logged as to be quite unmanageable; she, therefore, passed the
little harbour, where, had she answered her helm, she might have
been sale. Dashed by the unrelenting breakers against a rocky
precipice of considerable height, she soon became a wreck.
'Though the vessel was seen to pass the harbour in distress—
though close ut hand is a preventive station, to which belong
a full posse, of sailors—yet only two or three labourerc, who
were at 'work in a neighbouring field, flew to the fatal spot,
and, to their credit be it spoken, most humanely endeavoured to
reocuethe unfortunate crew from their impending doom. A single
ropo was let down, which one of the poor fellows (the mate) seizing
hold of; bound round his body, and was with difficulty dragged
u,, the elitlis and saved ; the rest perished in the mighty waters,
Irony of whom, if not all, might have been saved had timely assist-
ance been afforded to the unhappy suffirers. It is melancholy to
learn that one of the poor men was seen for a considerable time
buffetting with the stormy billows on a spar of the wreck, and en.
deavouring to gain the shore at Arish mill ; but an immense sea
tolled over him, he lost his hold, and sunk to share the fate of his
unfortunate companions.

(From an American Paper.]
The schooner Harvest, Captain Seery, from Baltimore, bound
to Charleston (S.C.), touched in Hampton Roads on Wednesday
hat, and having taken on board Lieut. Ovimke, of the navy, his
wife, child, and nurse, sailed from Seewell's Point on Thursday
morning, the 17th of November. for her destined port, the whole
number of souls en board being 15.
The name evening the vessel went ashore between New Inlet and
North Bank, in the vicinity of Currituek, the wind at the time
blowing fresh from the north-west. As soon as she struck they let
go both anchors, which brought her stern-on some distance from
the shore. In this situation, the sea making a full breach over her,
her hatches were washed off, and she immediately tilled. Her stern
being out of water, the passengers flew to the quarter deck, and, to
shelter them from the severity of the weather, some of the females
were wrapped up in the mainsail.
The news of this disaster having reached some of the neighbour-
ing inhabitants, they very promptly went to the;r aid. Early on
Friday morning, the Captain and crew succeeded in getting on
shore, carrying with them, amongst others, a lady, whose husband
and child were left on board, both of whom (says our informant)
were afterwards drowned. A short time after.. the violence of the
gale having somewhat subsided, four of the inhabitants who had
come to their assistance embarked in a boat for the Harvest ; two
of them having got on board, the boat immediately capsized, and
the two in it at this time swam ashore. They succeeded in a se-
cond attempt in getting on board, when they found a inert lying in
the lee scuppers, almost lifeless, whoa few minutes after expired.
His name our informant did not learn. A female passenger, with
her child, was found wrapped up in the mainsail. These, with
some others, they succeeded in getting into the boat, hut in the
ettOrt to real!' the shore, the boat again capsized, and four of the
number found a watery grave. The vessel is supposed to be totally
lost.