Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-10-25

SO deep in the water as to render her I
wheels entirely useless, and her sails
were then raised to run her on shore.
About seven or eight o'clock, p. NJ,
the water had ~quenched the fire under
the boilers, and she continued nearing
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 pieces! The pas
sengers were now in the greatest o
fusion and alarm-some leaped over
board and were drowned in attempting
to swim to land, while others possessed
themselves Of pieces oftimber and float
ed ashore nearly exhausted with cold
and fatigue. One of the gentlemen
above mentioned informs US that he re-
manned quietly on the ~forecastle, and
Goated ashore on it after the boat went
to pieces. Mrs. Schroeder, one Of the
two ladies who we're saved, dashed her.
self to one of the timbers and reached
the shore in safety. Mrs. La Coste,
although a very feeble old lady, aged
about 10 years, was safely dragged
out ofthe surf she is supposed to have
been buoyed up by a settee. One Of
the passengers had on a life preserver,
and got safely to land by its aid. The
boat was entirely broken into fragments
and the few trunks which were washed
on the beach next day were more o.
less injured. Messrs. Rowland and
Holmes remained at Ocracoketwo days
before they could gel a conveyance to
Norfolk. They state that about twen-
ty bodies had been washed ashore and
were buried before they left the beach,
among whom the bodies of two or three
of the ladies'.
The list furnished above, we are sor-
ry to add, is believed to contain the
names of all who were preserved from
this most distressing disaster.
Below is given a list of passengers
who lost their lives when the Home''
went to pieces. In addition to these,
here named, there were some six or
eight others, who went on board Just
before the Home" sailed, and who
are not included in the list:
j.. Root, Tileston, J. M. Roll, James
Cokes, I. Anderson, Kennedy, Walk.
er, Fuller, Benedict, M. Cohen, G.. II.
Palmer, J. Boyd, H. C. Bangs, Rev.
]. Cowles, w. Whiting, Mrs. Hussey,
c. WiIeman, II. B. Groom and lady,
Miss Groom, Wiley, Weld, J. Paine,
O. H. Prince, ]. Paine, Miss NJ. Levy.
Miss Levy, A. F. Bostwick, Mrs. Ca.
mock, Mrs. Whiting, Mrs. Hill, Miss
Stow, Miss Robert, Mrs. Prince, Mrs.
Boyd, Flnn, Mrs. Faugh, Mrs. Flynn
and two daughters, Mrs. Miller, Miss
M. Groom, Mrs. Levy, Mrs. Riviere,
Mrs. Bondo, Mr.. Desabye, lady, and
servant, Mr.. A. Desabye, F. Desabye,
Professor Mott and lady, L~aroque, MIR.
Smith, Master Groom, Broquet, lady,
child, and servant, ?. Domingues, La
badie, Walton, Hazard, and Gamblers.
The reader cannot have failed to re.
mark, in peruslng the statement of the
passengers given above, that the true
cause of this most melancholy disaster
was the WedkneSS of the frame Of the
steamboat, and that the name in
which it is stated she labored and yiel.
ded, while exposed to the action of a
rough sea, proved her to be deficient
IN that leading requisite-strength oil
hull-whlch was indispensable to con-
stltute her Il safe boat at sea. From
the rapid manner in which she filled, it
has been supposed, with good reason,
that in the bending of her frame, she
may have started a plank. We may
here remark-and we do so for the
sake of human life solely, and without
intending to make unkind comparisons
at such a moment-that il was to avoid
precisely such a disaster as has Just
occurred TO the New York boat, that
the steam. packets South Carolina and
Georgia, were built after the peculiar
model which was formed for them. In
determining that model, the Company
awaited ltselfof the experience of nau.
teal men, as well as the science and
skill OF the best naval architects, and
>C''Sh q VI ITO DbulS tAlDtIGN
was not regarded in attaining the great
object IN view. BY a system of arch.
es and braces, superadded 10 the usual
method of building a degree o strength
has been impaired TO their huIls which
has proved them amply adequate TO the
numerous and severe trials they have
undergone, while in the performance
of their trips between Charleston and
Norfolk.
One of the survivors from the wreck
OF the Home" 1t will have been seen
escaped safely to the shore by means
of a NE PreserUer. How greatly is it
to be regretted that there was not one
OF these simple c%ontrivances at hand
for every one on board, that thus most
ii not all of The larga nuUoher who-moro