The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-10-27


aEnong The Ladies. A request was made
- Captain White 10 :. bearh" ihe sessei
before night should cone On. Is the only
means q escape which hops pointed out.
Tie refused, stating. a We are informed.
dEaf Mr. Allaire, The owner. had inform
ed him that The !. Home" MAS not insuF-
Ell. thai he was determined, therefore, 10
save the vessel. flat she Was new, vel
built, and capable Of weathering Cape
Hatteras, when the danger would be o,eF.
About this time the alarming Information
was given that the vessel had sprung d
leak. Captain Saller. passenger. who
was them with the consent Of Captain
Whiiel in command Of the :. Home, set
All hands 10 pumping and bailing. The
leak increased rapidly. and although 81
The passengers. the Ladies' included. as
sisted IN The labour, ihe wafer poured
through The rent sides Of tie devoted YES
sci in such torrents that al their efforts
were pnsEailing. The person in COM
Insnd had By this time thought il sdviss-
BILE 70 make for the nearest land. and The
course was altered accordingly. In We
~ sharl time after, when yet fifteen miles
oG Cape IlalieFas. she water IN the YES
sci had risen 50 high that the fires we're
exllnguished BY i, and The machinery
was consequently useless. Two sails
were now The only means by which the
shore could be reached. one If which
ives blown away almost as soon ss IL was
SET. Under The remaining one The boat
approached The land. and MAS kept afoat
with difficulty, b. incessant labOur. II
! Was nov night. and The, gale continued.
Previous 10 striking the beach. Capt.
Ssller requested thu LADIES 60 leave the
sfter part nf the boat. and go forward. be-
lievIng that their prospects Of escape
! would be better there. should she run
head ON. rs was expected. The awful
moment was al land,-terror prevailed,
but forlilude and hope yet tempered il TO
resignation. II came! The keel grated on
the sands-ihe boat heeled seward the
breakers passed over her, sweeping
| crowds Of human beings from her decks
her iimbers were severed by each sue
(. eeeding wave--nearly one hundred souls
were hurried TO eiernity-snd in less
Than half an honr from the time she struck,
The work Of destruction was Completed
/; When The ses-drenched and exhausted
survivors reached their desulsie landing
place, between ten and eleven O'Clock at
night, il vas found that but thIrly-elghl
had escaped, twenty passengers and eigh-
I. teen Of the crew. The nearest assistance
+. was six miles distant, at The light house,
whittier many Of Them went, and were
Hospitality received. On their return.
next morning, To the scene Of the sad dis
/ astsr. many bodies we're washed on SHIRE,
among them Two were recognized by
Capt Hill, and Mr.. HHssey, as those Of
their late wives. Assisted by the resi-
dents Of the island Who had collected, The
+! melancholy rites Of sepulsure were per.
formed as quickly as coflins could be
made. When our informants LEFT the ia
tai place, al 2 o clock Oh Thursday, twen-
~ bodies had been found, and we have
/ since learned that portion oi the cabin
which was driven on shore after their de-
parture. contained the lileless remains Of
l fourteen ladies' aud one child!
The destruction Of this vessel, and the
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