Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-06
Washingioa, l3d March, 1919.

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~ From the Boston Atheu:.nlu
Narratiee ~ tte ship,rreck and puriic,sitrs of
Ae loss Of the English ship jane IN the Rirer
tafMta, y'arh iaseriea.) BY George f,ueker,
=, In tue n,1nth of May, 1917, I entered AT
Bnenos Ayrts, as second officer on board the
Ensish Nhp Jane, Captain William Seaboth
nn' r,'i ON a voyage from that place 10 rhe
nlaN'Is. OHt departure WAS some time re-
taraeh tan iil.omened EVENT. owing 10 the
cdresessness of tue pilot, by striking on line
DaT - gong out, which materially DAMAGED
our itdGr, and caused our deleutiou ,,.arl,
sax isceks- Towards the middle nf In,,a
however, we again set sail, < after moderate
pass age of, twenty days, anchored i'm lbe lar
Dorof RIA Janeiro. Waiting here fwom.nths
Tor freight, we al last succeetie.t in .eI;,uyi X
on The thIrlI OF September in con,i,any tyiti, !,
Large hcci, TOR Inherent ports sailed M orr
return, b"nt,d tothe ports Of Monte Vidro and
3.uehos aSNeS' Win cargo consisting of
fd'a, sugar, - 'acco. Hour, butter rice a;d dry
goods, hasin;a on board tiva passenger, iva
OF then opaaiards. Inhabitants of Bueuos
Ayres, German, an Englisiinan. and AN
A"eficah '"c three last irei.hters of the
vessel, and owners of the principal part OF ths
cargo; tour blacks. their slaves, aud fourteen
OF the ships company, comprising in all tyen.
~ three persons. Our passage was agreeable
80 wy ,'aro'""iS, anu IN fifteen DAYS we
discovered Cape Ct. Mary, the NnrtI.rn
entrance of tie river la Plata continuin,, onr
course along the banks Of the river. viii =
me wind, I'll towards sunset, on that day
mnen me weaiher becom'ns foggy, the wind
increasing, aud the pght approaching No
deemed II en- dent 10 haul OFF shnre AMI
gam AN of.iag for anchorage We accor,iingIy
game TO anchor about fifteen miles from Monte
Niueo, onr hrst destined port, near The island
OF Flores, that being To wii,,lgard aud ,ha
ward aboHt >. L. ~ he yale inrreasiu, very
fast. at eight Clock, .ui0re cable was nav, Il
ONT ana at nine y blowing very hard, another
aHchH was iet go; al halt past nine we took
supper, tiatsd With The Idea of our heinz ga
near The epdss our passage Il happy in the fair
pfosrectF0ts break fasting next mor,,ing OF,
sao ore, Lutte dit they inlgine this supper TO
'su 80, OF pens so near The end 0t the
voyage o. ne. From this tiiae lie paie sill
c9hiinaed 10 increase, the ship pitching verv
heaViiy, aud wettiDE from fore 10 afr bv he
sprays OF .ne sea- Ht,welve, midnight, after
passing AN anAious wa.c' bejos. OWN. to tine
str.;ngc rolling am, p,tcSi:.y OF the sI,i,7 cans
tn Dy s;iods weather current, [ cam. anon
aecS TO relicyethe watch. { went forward to
tNhinine the state OF ;iit cables in tie i;awse
., 80, , aug tieh returned to the quarter deAk
10 me leai line, which we hal Kept over the
siue' ana oy Its feeling, was fearful that lie
snip had been and was still drifting. The
morton OF the slip, aud sirsng current. Dre.
VtHtsd my knowing this 10 a certainty 10th
OnF ancirsrS, WINCH we're OF over proportioued
sizes, being down, aud our cables nearly nv
ont, with their whole scope of a hnnd,'d
ihihoms. While at the lead observed some
ti!hS at dis. ance, to eeward like a while
foam; and remark c Il il TO lie boaisyain vino
was standing near. He replied lie thuu,.I,t IL
no more than the curls of The waves. Mi
satlshed Win THIS, went aft into the yawI
astern ana was soon satisfied tiey were break
ers, and not far on. | quickly weni below to
the CABIN, awOke the Captain aud arou.eJ
the passengers. He soon ram upon deck. aud
had just gained Il, when, al Eileen mimutes
past Twelve. tie ship stuck. Tlmse below
were directly alarmed by lie shock. for the
precious motion, with the noise of The wind
and the roar % tie sea, must have prevented
tnciI Sleeping, and hurried afifghied 10 tie
deck. HE sea began instantly to break over
every part OF the ship, and all were struck ,ylb
horror on looking around at The awful pros
pect, aud the Inevitable destruction fhal
awaited them. some were in cher shirts Others
baii dressed, and many with their clothes i'm
their hands. For the first time Saw seau,cn
c0mplcteis terror struck and dismayed The
Captain ordered the steward 10 70 down AID
secure some articles ia tue cabin; he descend
Cd, but soon came up with The disnIil nd mrs
that the cabin was full Of Nater. AI.ny, rr1'n
tile violence OF her striking, were Obliged 20
bold On by ihe railing, and the CnpIdin aigoul.
them. gave orders 10 GETAWAY lie mast Tie
Carpenter Was sick in his hammock below. I
asked severalfor Tie place whcle The az lay
:" We dvu't know OF aHaNe, sir" was The an.
swer," Lord nave marcy upon as The seas
now made complete breaches over every pdri
VI ttie ship, anu pigfti"iNG 1HOuiu nave To
commit myself 10 the waves, / threw of nv
pea packet and hat. Most OF tie crew aud
passengers we're holding on 10 tie di1prem
parts OF Tie qn rtcI DECK, as the highest part
OF tie Sup; three or four, VAS paincd 10
zee. altbougii nrarly naked la freezing wca-
fher. had got up into Tie main slIrOudS.
FROM tie time she FIRST struck the Scas had
broken - completely over rs. that IL rendered
every efluit ab0rtiYo towards Tie first aud
most - idabie teutiou of cutiing The cables
IEskng some sail, and driving Us far as posi-.
bic Gn shore Or At worst. 10 eat away the
Dasts. But such was its Sudden violence
Tat pJfliiHs was soon thought of bat the
attempt 10 hold OH iOng a. possible, aud
eiofts ID -',s hing else were nnprdrticalde
aud aSin4ou. Willie holding Oi, IT, Tie
quarter rail- we f.~af every sea oyer~ helm.
ca a"d washed out Al %. ~ length on our legs,
49, r17py ~ then wtt, 'Ciced from lfcT
haids, and drowued, OF bru sci To death Nv
Places OF she wreck Findin& l'JnpoSs'Dle 10
staBd longer tlis trrez,nf ana sHno'htIng
drenc'Jrc. satcNed INV chance, d ~ sprang
over the head, OF some thai Sere IN TIE aiIeh
too, adyiSsSk Ihe rest TO follow, as ! was 80
tain 20 one aOgi1 >taud such hOrrid seas five
in,uutes lon. ~. Here, in the tni<en top, la
Iris ra ~. ge $cs principally written GasiDf Che
Isnsaa5s me d,sasterfOf the adA0T Who
V gDsns ..s@A " pi0SIsJ aat sesgsc1aSlns