The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-01-11

uohies nave come Oh Snore, win tneir arms
locked IN close embrace, and these are
supposed To have heen near relatives. Ev-
cry arrangement has been made hy the
Consul, and the Sheriff aud Coroner of the
county, fnr the decen, intermrut of the un-
happy sufferers, and we have n mrlancholy
pleasure ia saying that the la,les of the vi
cinity have hastened to give assistance ia
paying the last offices To The bodies Of the
females. The Consul speaks most CRATE
fully of the zeal and interest manifested by
al! the inhabitants, living near the scene of
the disaster.
The captain having been censured for
leaving the ship, we are requested to say
that he was urged to dn so by the passen-
gers, Ia the hope rhit he would be able tn
effect something for their rescue.
report has been circulated that the ship
was short of wa,er-this is incorrect, as size
had more than 1899 gallons on board "a,
the time of the wreck. Commercial Ado.
We have seen later accounts whicl, state
lO4 passenger and IL seamen were lost,
making in all ll6!
.Anothsr Lirerpool Ship Lost.-We have
received particulars of The loss of the British
ship Tnmarick, Capt Kane, announced
yesterday. Capt. X ine, left Liverpool ON
the llrh of Nov. with merchandise, four
cabin aud one hundred and thirteen stre-age
passengers, and crew of twenty-six men,
arrived off Sandy Hook on Saturday after
noon. M pilot boat wns in sight, aud
Capt. Kane stood off aud on. during lhr
night, with lights lois,cd, aud mt intervals
firing guns and sending up rockets. On
Sunday evening. the storm came on. and
he was compelled to hiring the vessel under
as sIu. sail u. possible, without running n
great distance from his port. On Wed,rs-
day morning, abou; t,ur O'Clock, they had
eighteen faIhoms of water. AT this time i:
was showing fist-and in less than one
hour they saw light, and in n few minutes
the ship struck, about three miles from Fire
Island light.
At daylight, boat was sent ashore with
a line, but it was upset in the surf; the
persons in it happily Succeeded in reaching
the shore. Ano'hpr boat WIS launched,
and II kind providence favored this attempt.
The gale suhsiding IA itlle, all the pas
scngcrs were landed before sunset. Al
,hougI, they were all landed ia safety, every
one suffered from the severity of the wealth
er, and one child was frozen to death.
DREADFUL CALAMITY! SEVERAL LIVES
LosT
The Troy IN. w. Budget Of The ID inst.
gives an account of most remarkable, and
A, -, ,I. al.
evening previous. Early last summer (says
that paper many of our readers are awsre,
n large mass Of clay burst from the hill on
the enst section of the first ward of this city,
follow ed by gushing stream "f water. and
doug no other injury than covering large
portion of ground at the base with the how
els of the hill. Last evening about 7o'clor.k
n similar occurrence took place on the same
spot, bb', we regret to say. greater ~ extent,
and extremely fatatin its consequences. An
avalanche of clay came tumhling from an
cminence nf nearly 500 feet, moving down
the bnse %: the hill To level land, and then
continued from the impulse it received, tn
the distance fabout 500 feet, covering up
acres "f ground accompanied with n cata-
rect Of water aud sand which kept up n ter
rible roar. The mass moved along with
great rapidlty, carrying with it two stables
& three dwelling houses, aud crushing then,
and their cOrtrnts in thousand Of pieces.
The stables aud horses were moved To dis
tance of over 200 feet into an hollow on the
corner of Washington and Fourth streets.
ln it's way the avalanche also encnunter-
ed n brick kiln, burync it partially over and
it together, from which few
minutes after the fumes rushed f.riI and
IN up tile city as with "A great conilagrat'on.
This signal was the first Intimn'ion that was
had of the cntasirophe to those not IN the
Immediae vicinity.
The three dwelling houses destroyed were
# slight structure. The stables in which
were p horses, were all carried along with
the mass together, will, nine or ten dirt carts
Six horses were taken from the ruins alive
the other sixteen were killed. Tile dead
bodies uf the ln'rses can this morning be
seen mingled aiming the ruins. FIVE
DEAD BODIES were taken from the ruins
last nighr. There are proh,;bly others hn-
rlrd aiming the ruIHs rs 1t ~ likely some
persons nj the time were ~ the stable ar
brickkiln
The avalanche passed over public high
way which leads Ia The mill aud nail factory,
and might have carried along with ii some
Struggling traveller. The clay Is piled up
in masses 10 the depth of from 10 to 40 feet
over Large surface. u must have moved
with great rapidly, aud 1t is fortunate that
ii had not happened at the time when the
lahorers were e,nplnyrd IN digging from the
hill. A, the time il was showing freely, and
this murning the scene wa, entirely covered
with white veil.
The scene that presented itself in the
early par' Of the evening was awful ~ the
highest degree. The lorror. of an earth