South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-12-03
DISTRESSING sHIPWRECKS
New YoRE, Nov. q.

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New YoRK, Nov. ae.
Loss ofM ship Bristol, Of Ms
York. 1T becomes our painful duty d
record the loss of this fine ship at Eas
Rockway, yesterday morning, and ",
fear many human beiags were carrie,
TO an untimely end.
We record the particulars as far q,
they have come to our notice.
The Bristol, Capt. McKown, SAILED
from Liverpool for this city the 18th
ultimo, with $50 tons rail road iron, SOB.
tons coal, quantity Of wheat, and d
valuable cargo Of dry goods, consigned
to Woodruff and Minturn. On the
night of the 20th inst, In gale oil
wind from the southeast, went ashors
on East Rockway bar, about quartz,
Of a mile from the beach. The wreck.
master has come up from the bessh op.
posite where the ship went ashoa,
which he left at two P. NJ, yesterday
he reports that the sea was making al
breach over her-her mainmast and
boats were gone, and Is or Is persons
were hanging to the rigging. The :
round-house, or deck cabin, had been
washed ashore, also the head.board of 4
the ship, and some letters and bills Of
lading, by which the name Of the vessel
was known.
The inhabitants were making every
preparation for the rescue of those that
were alive, and hopes are entertained
that many Of the passengers, 60 in
number, 70 cabin and Al steerage)and
the master and crew would be saved.
We learn that the ship and cargo is
insured in this city. The ship for 1000
dollars.
Our underwriters, on the receipt Of
the news, Immediately despatched
Captain Henry Schenck in his lighters,
the Walter r. Jones, & North Amer.
ca, to the assistance Of the crew and
passengers they will reach the wreck
at an early hour this morning, and
may possibly save many lives.
Amerisg.s:.
Great loss Of Human life and tia
Caase.-We mentioned yesterday that
the English ship Bristol was cast away
on Rockway, below New York. We
now ace to add that Of 120 persons on
board, only 81 were saved, the res. all
persisted and the ship and cargo are
a total loss. The New York Amsri-
can, in referring to this melancholy dis.
astef uses the following language /:
"Ths Bristol went ashore on Sunday
night, in the severe gale, which many
OF our readers, we dare say, perceived
even in their beds that night.
Before the gale set in, the Bristol
was seen by thu Columbus, which pass.
ed under hsr stern Sat 10 Sal NJ,
standing to the eastward, under the
top-sails, with lantern at her foretop-
mast head for pilot the Highland
lights bearing TO the southwark of west,
and Sandy Hook light distant Ave
miles,
Here then was a ship within Ave
miles! Of her port, and making every
exertion to procure pilot, and yet 40
pilot was to be had, and the gale COM
ing on, caught her SO much in shore,
that it was impossible to claw off--and
the result asher destruction, and that
of many human lives.
We hold that for this wreck and loss
Of life, the pilots are justly responsible
land are persuaded that if a similar
occurrence should take place off Liv-
erpool, or any other British port, the
pilots belonging thereto would be held
accountable for the loss. Shall we be
less rigorous in exacting the fulfilment
of duty, or less careful of the property
and safety of our fellow-citizsns }
The remedy for this state of things
is very simple. Abolish the monopoly,
introduce competition, make the a.
mount Of compensation depend meas
urably upon the distance from the
shore at which the pilot shall take
charge, and above all, make the APP
pointmsnt Of pilots independent Of any
political body, and compulsory, upon
fulfilling certain preordained cendi-
tons, and undergoing proper examina-
Extract of letter from Ariohat. "
"Ths brig Abeena, from London for
Quebeck, has been wrecked at Cape
Rogue. The cargo is valued at sf22,-
600. Several vessels have gone ffem