Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-06-24
Hartstrglt, april 81.

LoxDoS. April 90.
8 loss OE TIE
bn1 .:nsst. the following extract Of a
s,om an Officer in the statira to
lsu ea.,thsr. no less oe account Of the IN
ns D. 60 detail which it contains Of the
te'ss 'nss,aces attending the loss of that
f q. ,.sse. than Of a remarkable instance
o. as.,s ;ustice oftAe Poets assertion, that
srctinles
.csning events cast their shadows be-
FORE
F,piam Hea'Reote Transport,
n Sea, iss d .fiareh, 1919.
any DnaaEsr BRoTHER-You viii
:. heard ere this ean5reacli you of my
a.,s,a-s into TIE Stairs, in which ship,
!. s.jlea to join the Commander IN
cS,f yitiil soase transports under con-
Wv - fron Bermuda. Sorry IS my heart
y aSpoaacing to ym fhe loss of that
'.,af;iiiu,l f.igatc, which TOOK place on the
s-hult. aud tie particulars Of which !
=, ABOUT toipiorRn you.
{ We sailed on the 18th of February.
md encountered bad weather uatil we
a,sde file lard on the s6ta. As some
.S;os os the convey were bound Cor la
rs;r,. we Intended to make the Island
ef Cuba, AMI there part ce;npany. Cp
H. gTth. we saw the island Of Little In
.ma. and we're running on past it al the
II. Of five knots. all the Officers walk
M ca deck after breakfast. was re-
,nuting dream to one of them, in
rs;ca / tsopgbt ] had charge Of the
sateh aad ! run the ship ashore, ard
MIC. DISTURBED me so much IN the night,
fiat I could not sleep after.-We were
hasaiag very heartily at it, when.
strange to say the ship that moment
struck on saaken ROCK eff the S. E.
poiat Of Little lnagua, aud stuck fast.
vas not my watch when she struck.
lat immmediateiy took charge. She
remained in that state aoolt 60 minutes
thumpiag SO hard, that every moment
expected to see her masts go BY the board.
Every exerhon that men were capable
o(gas made. She struck about three
quarters past nine, aud q little after ten
she swung oil. Asail was thrpnoed aud
got over the bows, aud hauled taught
under her bottom to try to stop the
leak, but witheat effect he instant.
she got oil there were six feet water in
the hOld, land notwithstanding the efforts
d aa;h chain pamps-of hand pumps,
and men batting atevery hatchway, she
endeatly gained on US. The anchors
were Gilt Away, tine maindeck guns thrown
sverooard, bit AL was mlayaiIing she
was golGg down fast, when captain
ssalae called a Council of the Officers,
u whch it was unanimously agreed, that
NJ earthly pawer could save her. Our.
poor fellows behaved with the greatest
Popnety in the world Except two ma
INES who got iIt1xicated) although we
ead MT give them mouthful OF VIC
'aais Tor the, day. At about four
SeiOck we began to muster the soldiers,
VINO were on board as passengers, and
ae Stafboart watch, into the boats along
sde-aiany Of the best men came to me,
oe5slng to stay till the capt. left her, but
areaded tae night, for had we waited
Vi dark, half would have inevitably Pc
isaea' During the tine we were send
~ oae watch away, the other vas pump
y aud baieias; SO We gradually diui-
tsSa 70 SIX OF seven who were still
APP at the pump aad they still cheer
aS In short, never in my life. saw SO
~ @ssa ezsrton as was displayed BY tie
!. J1l earouSSnoat. Atsix the people were
= Oa', aud only the capt. myself and
"oOrtlree other oGlcers ON the deck. A
~ Was heard from boat alongside,
~s' she vas going down. The water
A. up to her lower deck. We or
S Ss's' every soul out CT her. CAPTAIN
w. aud myself then went as far in
III @ain deck as the water would 81.
A. Us which was half way between
r w. !. ,ie and main hatchways, to make
,, No. ast Nobody remained, which having
Ma a'oed, we stood two or three nj
i. - "a her quarter deck, shook hands
The sre I'VE much affected to speak.
L. / p'aia hecSoned to me to come in
s.S,s ss, The officers again cried out
s, -. her, as her main deck ports
wen, !aa touching tie waters edge. |
f,amasss s the side, and Captain Swain
va ~ about half past six she
Ga. saoaaadoae,s--Abaut half or three
dow ! o. an hear afterwards she went
vas ~, am a happy % say not man
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