Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-09-28

sci hs sprung icr Tie r,:s Iye.c eel a.oi hut IT,
deck boat been stove NJ night aud every thing
In confusion. The sailors ied shrouds and
every one hcw to rope 10 geta hold
At7 Tho deck give the railing and drilled
boat Was at anchor within hail and fishing signals Of dis
tres were made 'ut hey haied their hooks with perfect
GOODNESS They however length down. of
the passengers states 10 look for luggage that might float
from the wreck They cast anchor between tho vessel and
shore, aud there remained, refusing otter cu;neas
and left the vessel her fate examination this
boat, crew subsequently, they stated tat ii impossible
hs"ir ON board bn, ho they pe, o 01 xer ,o r pE,
IL hest to proceed TO Liverpool and give information of
wreck They did and hapa despatch
approeced they threw their erappe into the rigging and
She filled the sailors OF the packet the first
were lost While The boat WAS in view several of the nas
sengcrs fell nsensihlc into the captain Of
the packet several women also washed overheard
Another vessel appeared and took part passen-
they regular traders in saving lives and
their bargain accordingly Aer getting they steered
OIL second boat Of the description arrived about
but those who paid largely. fourth belonging
lake bchay ed differently and with another
boat sert iom Liverpool by the Pilot boat number
were saved The writer from which have ske;chcd tue
following cm 10 to 50 lost. Only three
Another writer in detailing shpwrec speaking of the
boats that passed them without giving assistance says-s As
the hearts OF ali on board sunk within them. Ever biow
swept some soul into the abys The made dread
iu breaches the vessel. Two
and his wife, had got into the boat deck,
wave washed i; overheard, prccpitang them
Fortunately both of them reganc the vessel after narrowly
escaping death in the yawning glp. Soon after six,
vessel thrown her brcadside and part of
and the weather grnnel were only be The
the shrouds covered with people Those the
part OF the mast their middle in kept
themselves from being washed 10y holding on the
hrouds Others held on by ropes fastened 20 tho gunne
nc lore part OF the vessel crowded with Nas number
OF poor men, women and children who particularly
posed to the violence of the female inporuncd
The assistance OF those ON the rigging but rope being
extended to her she much exhausted hold.
aud sunk There about cnging one rope.
and holding arms.-A ircinan-
dous wave swept all but three At another rope
10 him but after supporting himself for
manner he sunk exhausted into the At the OF
vessel We're elderly lady and another apparently her
daughter; they held time by rope, their
gune They both per;shed In he same part Il the v ,
sci were three soldiers having deserer in charge. They
onsened his handcuS and remained BY him long pos
sible struck them, and carried Of The dcscrtcr WIN
sunk immediately. One cfthe soldiers
BOOM and chung ofthe As the lifted
vessel he several lines hut at Icngt with
| an exclamation Of mcrcy WELDED to his fate.
in fore part IF tho vessel whom man
in The rigging particularly arXious rope was
!hrown TO her. which she laid hold Of and dagge thro'
to her relative She ybn IN the lie
boat Another woman washed away from the gunnel
ana nnaPd towards the mast gentleman who stood ON
the lower part of it. I'M TO his middle in water. and holding
hair OF the head, and In that position remained min
ntcs spar lpa,ed hinl-hc pressed Gown With one
being and s , 't Si EFT; ~
~ he reluctantly compelled abandon her 10 her fate
But The most hcarrendn OF AL the melancholy spectaces
told poor woman, named catlarinc Grace. weof John
Grace, OF Mnncheser, in the fore part the vessel
with she held her children Zone between II,
and three years old the other infant hrcas and
with the other hand she held rOpc she was M 10
inc middle IL the The infant sucking breast and
lis extcmtcs floating in the The eldest child was
drowned in her hut continued hold is corse
The infant also drowned; but unfortunate mo-
Their sill chung with maternal grasp the lifcess bodies
her cbildro-Shor'lv afterwards tremendous wash
ed the mother and babes from the oE misery anddeat
The >et was covered with trunks and bodies. The
men uniformly sunk hut the females floapd Gbou with
thclr bends beneath the water One bont which
assistance OF the wreck took OF boatmen
wt ropes round their bodies uror she
RED the unfortunate in "r through
10 the boat The leg of dreadiliv actur-
| ca that the bone protruded through his stocking
The total number of persons saved fv-four
Of whom three females. The precise number en-
barke at Liverpool the preceding evening cannot h
tlncd brt whether, with Of the the packet We
estimate them at hundred and CIV or the concur
rent opinion OF several of the passengers hun
cred and ten the loss Of human lives dreadful and
! heart-rending catastrophe has been preat
The bodies of only fourteen Of the sufferers have
heen picked up four Of which have brought N Liver
pool three women and Three men, three pouir
names ofhe persons brought are Flizaah Yates Eliza
Miller, Caharine Grace, aud Matthew 1iac Bride who ha.
al been inferred The names Of oilv the resors
picke up ~ Wansey have been ascertained ;r
VIM MLeish Of Port Glasgow the other 1trs Margaret No,
ram oi Dublin both OF whom, ~ the other persons
picked up have been inferred nj Wsliasey.