Portland gazette., 1805-05-06
DISTRESSING SHIPWRECK.
hAKBIEHEAD, APRIL "a.

tie Grand Bank of New oundland, the yaW ot
the hip Jupiter, late Of New oEk, with lie
ca tain. Mate, one Sea4ncn and FIVE paG nqers,
which flip was foundqtrd hYthe ice ar : D clock
oa the night ct the t<th iaf, on her paiI5gc
from london t. New York, having on toard
fsyrnty-threc fouls, twenty ilven of whom wesv
loa IN the ih:p, thirty eight, lhtluding The FEC
ond mate and remainder " tht crew, took ID TIL.
lon4-boat, which parted company from the y4wL
/ on Monday the 9Th, IL heavy EQUALS, after nav
ing left the ice thar morning.
he following particulars Of the lofs of tie
Jupier,are communicated 70 Us By captain aw
Sailed ii the ihp yJJi;er from HE Downs
for Newyok. March ON. Nothing temarka
bic occurred, excepting frequent gales and bsd
weather, until "A pril 9th, being then in Ist. "a,
2o lon, bY account, 40, At O'clock in the
morning law gTeat Number Of pieces cf bro
ken ice which we Padad il about three hours,
wheu we luppoiei oultlyes clear, tteeriEg We&
BY North, wind y. NJ, Z. and foggy, moder-
ate weather, at ,, p. III. began to ,iicover H.
auds of ice, and by Z O'Clock flw large field
ahead. which aPpearcd to have 10 opening,
tllen were ilip and kept OF to the South aid
E4it, continually Pafing fl.aii liar d5, until !;
P. N. when we found the ice extending 70 far
to tie North aud Soufh, thar we could no:
clear il, hove about and Stretched TO the North
among broken ice until night came on and no
profpe6 Of getting clear, hove too under double
reetcd topfais, in hopes to have lufhcient DRIFT
to keep clear Ct the fields eewaTd until day.
light, but found, az ~, that we were drifting
fat upon large illand, was obliged To wear hi0
and haul to the louthward, under ealY fail, lui-
fng and bearing away for the broken ice, as oc-
cation required, until 4 2, when we fruck upon
final. piece, which penetrated through the
f2rboarA bow Immediately rugged both pumps
and got the boats oUt 8 men, women and
children, got into the long boaJ, and into th-
yawE, and PIT Of, from the Zip, which went
down in about half an hour from the time fhc
ftruck, having on board at the time tie bcars
LETT her, twenty teven fouls, who periihed with
the fhip we then ihaped our courfe to the wet.
ward, continually relieving the oars, and with
difficulty finding a paAage for the boats through
the fields Of ice which we were pa{ling durj1g
the remainder Of that night, the next day and
night, until about O'clock, on Monday, A. M.
having gone about one hundred miles vi. 5. W.
from Tie time OF leaving the hip; at II, find
ing alter we bad CLEARED the ice, rough fea be-
ginning to make, 70 that the yawl was unlafe
in tow, and they not beng wiling to iacreal:
their number in The long boat, rcQueitcl them
to cut US adrifr, when they immediately left Us,
iteering North, with taiI lct, and ireh brecz;
from the f0uthward our lltuaton was now
iuch, that We were obliged to keep the boat BE-
fore the wind, it b-ing very fq4Jry with heavy
rain, and the yawl being II deeply laden as to
make Us aPPrehenhve that lhc woulI irnmelh.
ately fill. About fun iet The wind abatei, and
the iea moderated. 70 that we were enabled TO
pull 70 ghe wtilward, which we did from O
clock, pndll A. NJ. on IuetIay, the 9th, when
we had The haPpi1els to diicoyor fail, which
we found 10 be the lchr. Joanna, capt. Quirer,
who humany received Us or board, and pail
Is every attention which was Ia his power, and
which our ii;Qatlon alter fuiItrin2 much from
fatigue, and being conGIelaby injured BY frof.
rendered ncceilary for the Preicrya;ion Of our
lives.
when we parted company wirh the long boat,
they had plenty Of provG0ns Oh board, and
ftronG hopes are entertained thly they were 70
fortunate as to meet with veAc fhortly after,
there being ieverJl at no great ditan.c 20 the
weGward; or thar they would Be able to reacI
fome port III Newfoundland.
Names et f11j15 J11s4 in tt$la7OI.
Richard law, jon of Newyork, captain;
E!iab oturievant, Of do. If. ma,e George
Fierion, "a Do framan Hon Robert Kenne-
dT, James 8. Temple, john rarpar, of Boitoa;
James I.5e'y, q London cab1n pa1:ugers;
lhor3Aa Irice,. fEeerage pa6-nger
NGzoe5 9ftt4s Ijl IN re LonI Bat ~ Ea.
Gilbert |. + oniAaert, Of Antlerla,n, ca5-
n Pahennger, Mr.. Al lhley, wife and three d2ush4
5ers Nir Medcali, wife AMI infant MT' g@et-
rltt, vile and apprentice BOY; Jaals, Friee, sai
motA9r liaac aiae wife and child Ceorgs
Slowman Rachel Laf Elcazeer wood Mf.
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