The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-10-20
DISTRESSING sHrPwnEcx,
AND LOSS or LIVES

anu a'iNeu w mls city yesterday IN the steamboat
Columbus, from Norfolk brought intelligence OF the
loss Of the STEAM PACKET Hong while ON her passage
from New York 10 Charleston She sailed from
New York on Saturday the nh instant, at half
past ten o'clock on the evening Of Monday following,
sprung aleak when of Hatteras, and was run on
shore six miles North of Ocraconk in order to save
the lives of those on board-bui went 10 pieces in
few minutes after she struck Dun OF ninety passen-
gers, seyentyiperished; and OF acrew consisting Of
iory hive twenty only were saved.
The Gazette states on the authority OF one Of the
passengers saved that al the time the leak was dis
covered, they were about twenty-five miles from
shore, and the vessel had nearly four feet water in
the hold. With all the pumps going and all hands
including passengers bliling, il gained upon them
SO fast they were obliged desSt and seek their own
personal safety. The boat grounded about quarter
of mile from shore and went to pieces in the space
of twenty minutes. Those saved got on shore by
swimming, and on pieces Of the wreck; only two
provided with India Rubber Life Preservers
and il is supposed that II there had been hundred
and fily of these on board very few persons would
have persisted.
to be above eighty years of age, who was SO foru-
nate as to lay hold Of settee which foated her.
and by the aid of il was supported till she reached
the shore where she arrived so much exhausted that
without the assistance she there Obtained she must
have persisted
The following the names of some of the un-
fortunate persons who persisted;
J. Root, Mr. Teston, J. M. Roll, Mr. James, Mr.
nbnIS, MT. WdktT MI, M COnen, -
Boyd, G, II Palmer, II C. Bangs, w, Whiting,
Rev. J, Coles, Mrs. b. b. Hussey, c. Willem1n,
III. B. Groom Miss Groom t. Anderson, Mr.. Wi
ley Mr.. Weld, o. ii. Prince, Mr.. Walton, Mr.. Ca
ruthers, Mrs. Bond, Mr. Dessby lady and servant
J. Paine, A. F Bostwick Miss Levy, Miss M Levy
Mrs Carnock, Mrs. Whiting Mrs. Hill Mrs Stow,
Miss Robert, Mrs Prince, Mrs. Boyd, Mrs, Faugh,
Mrs Hyme and two daughters, Mrs. Miller, A.
Smith, Mr.. Laroque, Mr.. Broquet, lady, child and
servant, p. DomngueS, Mr. Labldie, Mr.. Hazard
Mr.. Finn, Mrs Riviere
The Charleston Courier (sip) of the 18th an
nounces the arrival of the steam packet Charleston
from Philadelphia, whence she sailed on the morn
ing of Saturday, the 7th inst On Sunday the sh,
off Cape Hatteras the Charleston experienced
strong gale of wind commencing from n. L.
Weaihered Hatteras While between Hatteras and
Look Out il blew perfect hurricane, with the sea
running very high Started the spondings, when
they Immediately filled with wafer; stove the bull
warks, and carried away several of the stauncheons
with considerable other damage Ran for Look
Out Shoal, and anchored under the lee, in ten IA
thomS water, l6 miles west of Beaufort, and re-
NAMED there all Monday night with two anchors
ahead On Tuesday, ran for Observation-Disclosures
Merchant
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
We avail ourselves of some additional informa-
ton from the American, of this morning derived
from Messrs. Rowland and Holmes, two Of the
passengers on board the Home who passed through
this city on their return to New York, TO replace
their papers, &c
They state that the Home" made rapid progress
after she left New York, and had proceeded as far
TO the southwark of Cape Hatteras, when the
wind, which had bowed very freely all Monday
morning 9th inst. increased to gale about two
o'clock, p. NJ, and caused the boat to labor very
much. Ii was soon very generally manifest that her
frame not strong enough to Withstand the
violence of the sea, and we learn that she raised in
the bow and stern at least three feet from her proper
line II is supposed that she leaked freely, for she
soon settled SO deep in the water as TO render her
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
uuenched the fire under the boilers and she continu
ed nearing the land BY means of her sails, until half
past ten o'clock at night, when she struck the shore,
near Ocraconk, and Immediately went 10 pieces
The passengers were now in the greatest confusion
and alarm-some leaped overheard and were drown
ed in attempting to swim to land, while others pos
sessed them selves of pieces Of timber and hoated
ashore nearly exhausted with the cold and fatigue.
One of the gentlemen above mentioned informs us
that he remained quietly on the forecastle, and
foated ashore on II after the boat went TO pieces.
Mrs Schroeder one of the two ladies who were
saved dashed herself to one of the timbers and
reached the shore in safety. Mrs Lacoste although
a very feeble old lady, aged about 40 years, was
safely dragged through the surf she is supposed TO
have been buoyed up by settee. One OF the pas
sengers had life preservcr, and got safely 10
land BY its aid. The boat was entirely broken into
fragments, and the few trunks which were washed
Messrs Rowland and Holmes remained at Ocraconk
two DAYS before they could get conveyance to
Norfolk. They state that about twenty bodies had
been washed ashore and buried before they left
the beach, among them the bodies OF two or three OF
the ladies
On referring back to the New York papers of the
OH instant find list of the passengers who
sailed from New York on the It'll in the i'll fated
vessel which we subjoin In addition to those 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. Those marked
thus are the survivors
Passengers in the steam packet Home, sailed on
the 18th from New York for Charleston :-MeSsrS.
c. C. Cady,. ]. Root TileSton J. johnson, Jr.,'
r. Smith J. NJ Roll, T. Anderson, James Cokes,
vanderzee,. J. d. Rolands,' W. s; Read Captain
HILL. Kennedy, G. Drayton,' Walker, Fuller,
Cohen. Benedict, NJ Cohen, A. Lovegreen,. J.
Holmes. J. Boyd, G. Fl. Palmer, H. c. Bangs, w.
Whiting Rev J. Cowles, b B, Hussey+ and lady,
c. Willeman, H. B. Groom and lady Miss Groom,
H. Anderson, !. Wiley, Weld, o. II. Prince, Clock
j. Paine A. f. Bostwck, Miss Levy, Miss M
Levy, Mrs Camock, Mrs Whiting, Mrs. Hill, Miss
Stow, Miss Robert Mrs. Prince, Mrs. Boyd, Mrs.
Faugh, Mrs. Flynn and two daughters Mrs. Miller,
Miss M. Groom Mrs. Levy, Mrs. Schroeder Mrs
Bondo, Mrs Riviere Mrs Lacoste,. Mr.. Desabye,
lady and servant, Mi A. Desabye, Mr.. F. Desa bye,
Captain Saids,. Professor Mott and lady, Master
Groom c. Qun,' Mr. Smith, Larocque Broquet,
lady, child and servant, P. Domngues, Labadie,
Walton, Hazard, Gamblers, and Finn.
The prime cause of this sad disaster IT Will be al
once observed was the weakness of the frame of the
boat which rendered ii insufficient to withstand the
heavy sea- This will be useful lesson, though
bought at tremendous price, to the builders of
boats intended for the open sea Indeed, the steam
packets South Carolina and Georgia with view to
the entire safety OF their passengers during the most
severe weather have been built in a peculiar man.
ner with additional means of withstandins The az
ton of the waves and have, thus far pursued their
voyages in storm and calm, without serious injury
The South Carolina exposed to the very gale
which broke up the Home but by her peculiar sruc,
ure and superior strength, weaihered ii and arrived
in Charleston in safety.-Bahimore Transcript
TREASURY NOTES.
Treasury DEPARTMENT.,
18th October 1887 !