Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-09-27
Charleston, Sent. 10.

Charleston, Sept. 10.
Arrived, ship Columbia, capt, j. Rider,
from New York, bound to Turks Island.
ls5 days out, arrived here this morning,
liz distress. Aug. so, lat. 81, 90, long.
I6s, spoke ship Superior, of Augusta,
i(Maine) for Turks Island, saw her six
laeurs before the height of the gale car.
trying sail on wind, head to eastward.
| Sug. 81, wind INV first part of
the "A hours I; heavy gale; rough sea,
Iaad thick weather, at 2. P. M. wore
lship, and stood to the eastward took
Tia foresail, double reefed the spanker,
and set the niain-staysails, at Pm.
took in main topsail, split, repaired as
| well as time aud Gil cumstances would ad-
NIT, the fore. topsail, at Z, P. NJ. blow
ling a heavy gale, and the sea running
VERY high, took in main and miyen STAY
sails, and hove to under the double reef
led spanker, about half past 10, p M.
wind began to haul to westward, and
talew severe gale, which caused tre-
jmendous and dangerous sea, about this
ltiine, the bipnacie lan,p went out. and
lit was impossible to get light again
that night, about midnight heavy
tsea struck the starboard waist, between
1.-THE fore and main chains, which threw
1.-THE ship completely on her beam ends,
lat the same time all the ballast shifted.
IGom the larboard to the starboard side.
carrying with it all the middle starcheon
las well as those with which the ballast
was secured. breaking the two and
lhaf inch planks; which were placed a
Imid ships, as shifters-- at the same time
the water and provisions which were
i,tored and secured in the after hold.
we're thrown from their situation. ard
drove UP III the star bard wing, close ur
TO the lowe, deck, as Ear as the extremi.
~ OF the run, STAYING the heads of the
icasks, 50 that cat Of "a puncheons of
water, we could save only with the
lsTeatest dihicuity, about 600 gallons
Between decks. e the cabin, Though we
Thought they were securely iashed) eve
':y thing went to leeward, the ship now
laid WITH her lower yards in the water,
winch was OYER tie lee rails, fore and
iaft. Finding she made great quantity
foF' water, AID Hhich was still increasing
|and haTing no hopes Of preservation, by
scatt:nS AVA her masts, Capt. Rider,
igeiactatltiy, save orders for it to be
I,one. ii:e n,i1en mast being cut away
Ibat it nos relieving the ship in the
least, the sea ranning nigh, the gale in
Icreaslhg, AID the water in the hold RI
lsins, the ship settlingin the water fast
tine Bow beng eyeral feet deeper in
1.-THE sea thans, the stern. the fore mast
|~as cut away but it afforded little re-
|aei. The ship was held in this situa-
ltion as long as possible, in hopes she
Iwoald iail of, but it still continued to
1Dlow strong hurricane and the ship
Ibetween sinking and floating still on
ther beam ends, and expecting every
minute she would go down, the main
slnast was, cut away when she righted,
Iail HANDS were Immediately set to work
10 settle the ballast clear The wreck,
letc. At 8. A. M. next day, it began to
moderate, and by 1ae'cIock, we got the
wreck ciear-latter part of the day we
had a heavy blow from ssE-lat ri. SIS,
n. long. 90, go. w.
sept. 2, lat. 90, 40, long. 60, so,
jspoke schr. Archer, of Weatllersheld,
which put to sea from Turks Island, on
the SOth ult. Left at Turks Island,
seventeen or eighteen sail of Amer
can vessels. The Archer had been
tdlsmasted on her outward passage and
; put into Bermuda to repair.
Sept. 4, lat. 96 long. II spoke schr'
Washington, Of Newburyport, days
: rom Cape Francois, bound to Boston.
. Sept. i2, Charleston Light house in
Sight spoke English brig higson, for "a
Imaica.
Norfolk, Sept. 90.