Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-11-11
Loss Of the ship Urbano.

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the editors Of the Commercial Advert
ser with the following account Of the loss
of the British ship Ufbano, ON her passage
from N. York to Kingston, Jamaica -
4 Sailed from New-YoFk I'd The 18th
EScpt. 1915, in good order and fit for the
voyage, having undergone thorough O.
Iyerhall in the hull. rigging &c. with car
go of slaves and lumber for Kingston,
| (Jamaica.) Nothing material happened
until the Esd when we experienced a VI
client gale frem the SW which lasted un-
til the Goth, in the course of which, we
shipped several heavy seas, which carried
AWAY the larboard balwark. ruffters, &c.
On the 5tb of Aug. at l2o'clock, our lat
itude ~ meridian observation; was II,
az, N. then steering vest. Ats so, OBJ
served the land, bearing WSW which !
supposed to be Il. Island but was mt
certain, as the marks of the land by which
the Island was generally known, had
blown down in the late hurricane.
Att, so, while in the act OF stretching
off to the northward (meanins to stand
of until daylight next moFning) the ship
struck ON a sunken rock which imlnedi-
ately unshipped the rudder; the second
tine she struck, the sternpost and pam
mel gave away, the main and mizeli
nlasts were then cut away; after which
the total destruction Of the ship was so
rapid it was not possible to save any
thing. Before the ship struck there was
not the least appearance OF breakers or
shoal water.
This unfortunate event is attributed to
"a very strong SW current, as at that time
| expected | was or 10 miles to the N.
of those shoals.
Mr.. Carpenter also Informs, that on
the outward bound passage, OF the Urba-
no, on the 18th Aug. in lat, 81, lon. 70,
fell in with the wreck of the schr. John
Cuiel, Wood, from n. York, bound to
Jerome, st. Domingo, which vessel was
icapsized while lying too, 5 out from N.
York, bpth masts and bowsprits gone,
land the vessel herself full Of water
Took from the wreck Daniel Brown, of
n. York a colored man, the only surviv-
ling person on,board. CAPT Wood, MIR.
Waterbury,, supercargo, two French gen
|tlemen, passengers, and the remainder
|of the crew persisted.
Daniel Brown is on board the ship
Baltic, at Turks Island, to sail for New
York in few days. The ship Caroline,
|of Boston, was lost in the gale Of the lat
ter end OF Sept. last.
Arrived, schooner Gen. A. Jackson,
Ashley, .16 days from Turks Island.
The ship Brilliant, of and for Phiiadel-
lphia, had been blown off and returned to-
Turks Island. The brig Hope had just
ARRIVED from N. York. The ship Foster,
rurner, was taking in cargo barque Gil
ldeon, Coffin, sailed Goth Oct. for n. 7. !;
brig Indian Chief, do. do. Left, ship
-, Pride, of and for n. Y. taking in
cargo. In the gale of the 2lst October,
living at anchor under Grand Key, part
| ed her cable and was obliged to put to
Isea without settling her accounts, and
|lea,ing her papers on shore. Saw about
20 sail under weigh and putting to sea
lat the same time. After getting about s
leagues at sea, the Gen. A, Jackson hove
Ito, with her head S E.; lay to 6 hours,
Iendeayoring to make the port again, but
did not succeed; the gale still continu-
ling, bore away aud scuded about "a hours
when the gale abating, she stood ON her
course for New York. An American
| chr. from Jamaica arrived at Grand
Key in distress the evening previous to
the gale I; it is supposed she must have
been cast away. The gale commenced
| on the slst October and lasted 8 days
without intermission, during which time
about 90 sail were obliged to put to sea
and ride it out. Among them were the
following vessels, ship Cumberland,
Lewis brig harmony, Nichols, and a
Icoppered bottsln brig. Oct. SO, lat. 81
I2S, long. 7247, spoke schr. Globe, Faw-
lcett, from st. Thomas for Turks Island, ,
but in consequence of the heavy gale, was
obliged to put into Demarescota. Same
day, saw two brigs, standing to the
No, also same day, lat. 50 8, long
LIS s. spoke ship from Europe bound to
Charleston; it blowing hard could not
learn her name. Yesterday, of Barne-
|gat, spoke schr. Dispatch from Charles
ton for New York.
The sIoop Collector, Vaughan, sc
days from CumacOa. Left, ship John
Andrews, Rease, Of Norfolk, retailing
her cargo, to,sail in IS days for Balti