Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-10-26
TERRIBLE DISASTER.

The steam packet ship Home, from
New York, for Charleston, was wreck
ee on ,he 9th Instant. having sprung
leak off Cape Hatteras, and was run a.
shore six miles north of Ocracoke, in
order to save the lives Of those on board.
She had ninety passengers, Of whom
SEVENTY perished-and of her crew of
forty-hve, twenty-five were lost-mak.
ing total loss of NINETY FIVE LIVES.
The Baltimore American furnishes
the following particulars of the disaster,
furnished by Messrs. Rowland and
Holmes, two Of the passengers who es.
capped:
They state that the CLONE" made rapid
progress after she LETT New York, ami had
proceeded as lar as To the southwark of Cape
Hatteras, when the wind, whiyh had blown
very freshly all Monday morning OH inst.
increased to gale about two O'clock p. NJ.
and caused the boat 10 labor very much. IL
was soon very generally manifest that her
frame was not strong enough To withstand
mo violence oil the sea, and we learn that she
! raised IN the bow and stern at least three feet
tom her proper line. Ii is supposed that
she leaked freely, for she soon settled so deep
| IN The water as 10 render her wheels entirely
useless, and her sails were then raised TO run
her on shore. About seven or eight o'clock
+. M. the water had Quenched the fire under
me BOILERS, and she continued neat ring the
land by means Of her sails, until half past ten
O'Clock at night, when she struck the shore
near Ocracoke, and Immediately went To pie
ces. The passengers were NOW la the great
est Confusion and alarm-sone leaped over.
beard and were drowned in auemptinp ia
( swim 10 laud, while nihers possessed them.
selves OF pieces OF timber and foated ashore
nearly exhausted with cold and fatigue. One
OF The gentlemen above mentioned informs
us That he remained quietly on the forecaslle
anu Heated ashore on ii after the boat went te
pieces. Mrs SCHROEDER. one of the two
ladies who were saved, dashed herself To one
OF the tin,bers and reached The shore IN safety,
Mrs. LAcosrE. although very feeble old
lady, aged about 70 years, vas safely drag
ged out 1.-THE surf she is supposed to have
been bueyed up by seiee. One of The ma g.
senSers had on a life preserver, and got sale
ly 10 land by its aid The boat was entirely
broken into fragments, and the few trunks
which were washed on the beach next d.y
were more or less injured. Messrs Row.
LAND and HOLMES renamed al Ocracuk e
49, u") "eioIe ihey ccuiu gel a conveyance
10 Norfolk. They state that about twenty
bodies had been washed ashore and were bu
rIed before they left the beach, among them
The bodies 1.-TWO or three Of the ladies'
On referring back TO the New York m
! perS OF the Slh inst. we find list of the pas-
sengers who sailed from New York ON The
9Th in this il.aied vessel, which we subnin.
In addition tU those here named there were
some SIX or eight others who went on board
just before the "Hume" sailed, and who are
not Included in the list. We have nut in
atGttcs the names Of the survivors:
Passengers in the steam packet Home.
sailed on The 7h from New York for Charles,
ton :-Messrs. g. G. Cady, j. Root, Tiles
ton, d. johnson, dr.. 4, Smith, j. Nj. Roll,
4. Anderson, James Cokes, Danderzee, j.
d. hollands, ". s. Read. Captain HH,
Kennedy, e. OrGyton, Walker, Fuller,
Cohen, Benedict, Nj. Cohen, n. Lopegresn.
j. Holmes. J. Boyd, G. H. Palmer, il. e.
Bangs, w. Whiting, Rev.J. Cowles, b. Il.
Hussey and lady, g. Wileman. II. b Groom
and lady, Miss Groom, H. anderson, Wi.
ley, Weld, D. ii. Prince, Clock, J. Paine,
A. f. Boslwick, Nj ISIS Levy, Miss NJ. Levy
Airs. Camock, Mrs. Whiting, Mrs Hill.
Miss Stow, Miss Robert, Mrs. Prince, Mis-
Boyd, Mrs. Faugh, Mrs. Flynn and two
daughters, Mrs. Miller, Miss Nj. Groom,
Mrs. Levy, Inrs Schroeder, Mrs Bondo'
Mrs Riviere, AIRS Lacosie, MIR. Desabye,
lady and servant, Mr.. A Desabye, H. De.
sabye, Captain Saitus, Professor Not, and
lady, Master Groom, c. Quin, MIR. Smith,
Larocque, Broquet, lady, child and servant,
+. Dnmingues Lahadip, w alton, Hazard
Caruthers, and Finn.