Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-04-26

Inns town, exceedingly hume Gus nv assembled
"'ness Tie spectacle The Zine at which the launch
was appoin'e! TO ae place one o'clock the usual
ulnner hour for large proportion oftte oi king class
60 oi to"n an immense plumber Of them, consisting
p!incpaiy OF boys and girls etnuo, ed in factc
RES and d,e-i0uses, FASTENED 20 the spot 10 witness
Tue sight, ADD great number o.. them succeeded i'm
getting on board tie vessel Before the final arrange
eh's were completed, IT is supposed dat not less ap
''i'ee "ndrsd pesonS were on The deck. Z he vessel
was ordered 10 be named The Emma and The two Miss.
es Crime dsugbterso Of Nj Crime the agent 10 the
new Quay Company, selected 20 perform the
ceremony ct christening her Precisely at O'Clock
t'e supporting blocks knocked i,oin under the
't' aud she sded anng The cradle the Irweil, 3,
mist shouts aud cheers tho hand OF tie 9Th regiment
payps al tie time the air OF >God the King"
rs she got into the water il was observed TIA,
her position inclined to the s;arboard right side: in
nome at after she struck agains the opposite bank
retoceded a'S yards, u thco turned On her right
side, her mast striking deep into tie The con-
sequence OF tins sudden occurrence that nearly the
whole of tue individuals who crowded the d.c, We're
plunged into tie wateT from eight 10 feet Tie scene
al 'his a'ui moment battles all attempt adequate
cFip''on iie spectators appeared be pane struck
auu alarm aBd terror were Visiby depicted in every
CONFERENCE.-The the river the eroans and wali!uJS al
those who were drowning and the CRIES of utheis for
he'p wien struggling to gain tie shore amidst tie
dense mass OF persons i'nessed in The were Ia
men'aoie IN the extreme. Scores of and boss
we're TO be seen swimming towards eRch shore some
nr'Hgng companions with them, whilst Others hhu
81 eat difficulty 20 themselves from Gesrucion
!
lay hold or tLein Tor safety Whilst these painful sig
presented themselves, many unhappy peIecns unable
10 OBTAIN assistance, observed disappear ON
Tue surface OF the wafer liz The. sreai-
er number had succeeded in reaching the land: bot y,
3 cy many, particularly bcys ami girls wu had sun /
more tnn once 10 the bottom uf the river had trcalt
so feeble that hey could hardly move and o,hsisup,.
dragged ONT apparently IN l.'eless state The tv
Misses c'ltne lar sat ed the fate the other iD1
rlduals on board as to be thrown into he wafer but -
NE intrepid eXeitons OF two young men, of the nsn,
pf ilNs Nr.., p; 4 !,
tructon T"o Oats were hauled, as soon as possible
pear tie capsiHed vessel and began iinmtjateiv
TO drag tor bodies which had sunk. Notwithstanding
the incleuency of The season, several men who are
good swimmers stripped and repeatedly d!yed into the
water. The humane aud noble spirit displa. ed by
these individuals is above all praise In a short time.
one dead body was pulled and in the space OF n
hour no less than thirty dIscoy erld The bodice
as they found. ere convened to The ea
est COW enient places 10 order that the means OF re-
suscitang persons apparently drowned might be Is-
sorted to- Fifteen were carried 10 the Britannica pub-
tic ouae, ia Oidfeid rd7, and twelve 10 tie or, a.ig,s
of The New Quay Company's YARD. A each of thes,.
= places medical gentlemen Attendance and ".
aYe great Satisfaction III being able to bear testimony
to tho attention and anx iey which they ma niested =,
the several cases IN which they operated Mir jrour
bill, of Stafford, MIR. Radfod Mr.. Basneu an. several
Yong practitioners were most Zealouly cngagrti-
-imong the number OF persons taken TO the New e,a,
ComPahy's yard, two who, when dragged out O! ti,
river, WeE IN state Of nsensi biiltv were comoeie l.,
restored u life and are likely TO enjoy their onfeii
health In many other instances the SAM l,ac,,.
suits did follow. 49,
In consequence Of tive vessels being f,!i ,igee;,
with her anchor and cable attached, tut having no
naasf was very generally supposed ihat tie ACCT
dent occurred from those crcUTsiaDces The fst benz
top-heavy; bat we have good reason to believe ,hat
the fatal event caused by majority Of t.. people.
on h"afd gong 10 one side of the dsck. 1t was als,
reported that whilst tie vessel was Oh the stocks
considerable number of children placed in tt,
bold, and that HIapy OF them persisted This
49, however quite erroneous, rot single individual
was III the hold, the hatches heing closed. AN tie
per sons on board stood upon The deck.
II great number of woEkTIen belonging 10 the New
ttuay ard with several other persons we're actively
employ ca i dusk searching tor toe bodies; but
informed that none fuuDd after o'c lock- Work
:nen were also engaged in attempting raise She fat
by means OF The cranes IN the Quay aid and al about
, O'clock. ihcy succeeded in their EFFORT. No bodies
were found in Const quence.
The number Of persons, at present ascertainod TO
! have lost their lives amounts to tnirty-four From
the fact however, that nearly three hundred rerscrs
were preeP!ated INTO the river, fear thai an aI,.
tIUn Ill be made 10 the dreadful list