Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-10-26

on board were lost except one lad about l2
yeaIs old.
1 THE PHILADELPHIA BOAT.-Extract from
letter from passenger in the "Charlcston
Packet" dated
/ BEAUFORT, N. C. Oct. 10, 1887.
| This will inform yon that ] arrived this
evening in the steamer Charleston Packet,
from your port, for Charleston, which circum-
stance did not expect yesterday, nor any
one on board The boat, but all expected to
have met with q watery grave. We got TO
sea from Philadelphia at . o'clock Saturday
evening. Sunday morning it commenced
blowing from The north east, and at o'clock
p. NJ. it was perfect gale of wind, with the
sea moving mountains high, which lasted m
til 8 o'clock A. NJ. of this day, when it n,odera-
ted, and we succeeded in getting into this
port with considerable damage to the boat,
and the crew and passengers exhausted from
fatigue during the voyage, not having had
any sleep for three nights, all being employ.
ed in pumping and passing up water in buck
cts from out of the cabin. Yesterday at ~
A. NJ. our captain informed us that the boat
could not survive, and that he had concluded
to put her on shore at the risk Of our lives,
when we all prepared ourselves with ropes
which we secured round cur waists, with
which we ended to fasten ourselves to the
wreck with faint hope of being saved-all
Ofwhich would have been accomplished If the
captain could have got the boat on shore, hut
in this he was disappoihted-conseq equcntly
we are all saved. The wind hauled OF shore,
and it was impossible to get steam on the
boat, as the water came in in large quantities,
and put out the fires. A worse time, doubt
not, was never known by the oldest man liv-
ing. We shall get supply of wood, make a
few repairs, and try to get from this on the
morrow. wish you could have seen us on
the boat when we arrived here; snch picture
of distress you never witnessed, and may the
Lord deliver you from ever seeing one Of the
like. No more steamboats, for me. Our
captain is a fine man and did his part wei as
well as every man on board. There was no
idle spectatons-all had a part in the matter.
The Home was owned by Mr. Allaire, and
was valued at ,0Gc-shc was insured in
this city for $4,000.
Several persons have desired us to suggest
to the owners Of steamboats,, the proprirty Of
having OH board n large number Of life pre-
servers, the utility Of which was proved in the
case of the gentleman who escaped by the
aid Of one, in the wreck Of the Home; and
who, it is said, was unable to swim. A
morning paper justly remarks that "'rhe ul-
deviation Of anxiety which they would afford,
in case Of manifest peril to the boat, would
alone compensate thousand fold for the tri-
fling expense Of procuring them"
The N. Y. Commercial Advertiser says:-
1t affords us pleasure to state, which VIC
do OH the authority Of Mr.. Goodrich, the
agent that the eastern boats which run be-
tween Boston, Portland and Bangor, are pro-
vided with the India rubber life preservers, in
quantities sufficient for nny ordinary number
of passengers.
Since the above was written, we learn that
the proprietors Of the boats between Norfolk
and Charleston have ordered large number
Of life. preservers for each of their boats
The example, we have no doubt, will be fol-
lowed, ns it ought, throughout the country.