Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-07-20
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1T Is our painfsJ duty 10 record the Partic-
U'ars If rhe MOE melancholy and di1TeiIng
4iliP-w.ecl- tina; ever happened near this place,
o. Suuaay the 9th infant. about O'clock
4 NJ cant Jacob Adams, Of this town, m2f-
tCz 9: lie packet Charles, having panen-
Vc-, who with the people belonging % tie
Veiic!, made rhe number of % perions on
t,ard, failed from Bottom, for this port with
AIR Froiped Of having fate and fpeedy
Paiiage About fun iet psiled Boon lAAnd, at
eleven the capt. Jagged that they were not
more than four or i've miles from CaUe -EliZa-
neth, bur running nearer the land rhsn they
were aware of, and the weather being thick
md fJggy, al this tire, tho the mare (Mr
Williams, was forward, ne was not apprized
that danger was Gear, till he dfcovered bra
EeTs At thc dIhsuce Of about four times The
length Of The veEel. which proved TO be on
a iedge near the llore u Richrond's Iaand
The darn was initantly given, aud The vefTA
gong Il the rate Of o. 6 knots before the
WIND, m attempt was Immediately made 10
HAUL nrf, but OefOre this could be effected, the
iiern truck On the hedge, when ihe preached
20 aud there being very heavy iea going,
thren her Ee4rl on her beam ends Ono man
4 dEey IhaSter) leapt INTO the WAFER, and
- upua iOiEe rocks which were near, land
bare this timc) by the means Of plank run
UU. from he veilei, the captain aud two 9th
ers got "a he fame rock but finding the wa
:er het~een them and the Hand loo deep to
ford. hy iwimming about 81 feet, three gained
the ih0.e and urged capt adams t. follow
then hrt hearing the ,hEiek, " Ills villa and
rht pep. on board, ne flid - wUpld endeav-
Or % return g their aGieance or perith in
ne attempt. nc again reached the rock he
-iisi! -, upon; but I'll b., efforts e. regain the
-eslr we're unavailiug, tie ude rjEnc taft, re-
T-Ainod il This hopeless alnaiion for about ~
hol-, till flea w4ihed him Oft and he WIS
I,sn 90 more
4 's MT n he power Of language 10 de-
fc7ibe whist were the feelings " thofe unfor
inmate peFlcGs WD vcrc Al ta.4 zine cling
ing to tie veIel which v.45 now biyed, her
deck neatly perpendicular and under waite
except the weather gunnel ;-a violent fea con-
family making breach over rhen.-In This
h;uation, and expecting every nomen, would
be the Ian, were hu.bInd, a father, h-pth-
e., and friend driving 10 p-eierye each 9th
er from watery grave, exhibiting Gceue
OF diftrels beyond ihe power Of conception !
Before any relief could be afforded (which
WIS about 8 o'clock the following morningl
Il peFfoEs were waihed from the wreck, or
Periihed through fatigue occaioned by the
violence OF the lca.. One, the cabin boy, was
drowned in attempting to get INFO Boat
ttlt went to hisreef
The amount Of property which was onboard
the Char e when the failed from Bottom, is
eltImated at about $4,000 dollars; not more
than three or four Of which will be faved
rs following is a In Of the perfons and
u Ar fa;e, who were onboard the Charles, at
the time (he truGt.
Ihote f''7p7ei, belonging to the veG.l, were,
capt. J4co5 4iawr, NJ. T5aiy, fezm4n, EBez
P4ty, cook, and Tbsz1s P5aG5s. CABIN. bow
PalerSers dr0wned.--Nr. s n 3.ak. M,
Ssgs-f, Nh dsImf, Ms Rlyer and dill
Mr. Risjzrb an ~, ebR4rsa, aud Mr. H,b,,e.
Of this own; Ms Nay St.4e5, e. Of gor.
tol; Algf Rlb1yt, Of DedhAm, and Mn
Lyfi1 Carer, Of Freepo-t.
SAVED Mr.. Sidney Thax:cr, Mr. MloD;e
and Mr.. Cook, By Citing on Richmond's rs.
AID Icon after the vedei truck; taken from
the wreck. Monday morning, between 3 and
Orlotk, uy the alliance Of boa,s, Mr.. viii
jams, (Jhe mael Mr.. Samuel Richards, and
Nj po;e. paaeugers, wis were in a. very
Rea< and eKhauted condition,
The bodies Of capt. Adams, Mrs Waite,
Ms Sioaehoufs, Mr.. Tandy, Mrs Hayden
and child, and a child Of AI-. Richard. have
sssl t-and al inferred,