Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-04-05
Mosr MELAscHoLr sH1PwREck


On Thursday We mentioned the probable |
loss of the British barque Jane and Mar
garet. from Liverpool Tor New ork, with |
large number of passengers. We re-
gret that the papers by the Utica bring
what we fear may be considered conir-
nation of the sad disaster IN Y. Spec.
DREADFUL Loss OF LIFE.-Extract |
! OF letter from Liverpool -" The winner
has been unhappiIy very prolific in ship
wrecks, attended, in some instances, with |
great loss of life Two other vessels |
from this port to New York, have been
lost ere they cleared the Irish coast one
OF these calamities, it is believed, has been
attended with a mortality quite as awful
as any which occurred in the case Of the
recent New. York shipwrecks. The Jane
and Margaret, for New ork, having on
board about two hundred steerage passen-
gers, besides several cabin passengers, in
Guiding ladies, left Liverpool on the 5th
ms ant [Fehruary.l She was stout ves-
SCI, built in British America, and consid-
cred N every respect desirable convey
ance.
Yesterday, the captain Of the Wakefield,
small schooner from Charlestown, ar
rived here, and states that on the l4th in
slant, about 20 miles from Wicklow, in
Ireland. he passed the wreck ola vessel
about 500 tons burdenPhe mainmast bro
ken on the deck, and the vessel herself
completely shattered There was no one
ON board, He saw large quantity of
pillows, beds and bedding, floating on the
water. He picked up quantity Of the
lower deck pIanks, and part Of the cross
trees attached TO the upper part of the
galIows, painted yellow. about eigh,
feet long. He also picked Up hair trunk
with brass letters engraven on it, and a
deal box, together with several other artI-
cIes which had doated from the wreck
The box and some of the other things had
been shipped by Messrs. Wood Kurtz &
Co.. of Liverpool, on board Of the Jare
AMI Margaret.
The portions Of the wreck which have
been picked up, have also been identified
as belonging to the unfortunate vessel !;
and it is 10 be feared that Of the whole
passengers and crew which left Liver
pool on board of her only few days pre-
viouS not one has been left to record the
history oftheir suherings. This melan,
choly conclusion derives additional strength
. from the fact, that had any one escaped
from the wreck, intelligence would have
been made to some Of the various agents
for LIoyd's stationed along the Irish coast
. but that establishment here has received
no intination Of the kind, and is impeIed
reluctantly to believe that the unfortunate
200 souls who embark ed on board OF the
Jane & Margaret have found waterv
, grave! The other calamity, though less
fatal as regards numbers, is nevertheless
, sufficiently melanchoIy-the loss Of the
. Glasgow, fine built American vessel.
, with great capabilities for sailing, and a
? regular trader between this port and Now
York.
=, The following farther particulars oil
\ the disastrous loss Of this vessel with 200
| souls on board, are given in a letter from
r Liverpool of the 23d Feb. "AII doubt
e as to the fate ofthis unfortunate vessel and
| her cargo Of human beings is now unha D.
r PLY removed Intelligence has BEEN re-
' ceived here from the Isle of Man, which
;. places the fact OF her total loss beyond
It question. The hull bearing the words,
: Jane and Margaret" was thrown on
e shore on the south of the~CaIf Island, and
: other portions Of the wreck have drifed
e on shore near Castetown, Isle of Man.
s The null was found to contain two bodies
d -one young man apparently rs years
# Of age, respectfully dressed, he had small
/, Bible and Prayer book in his pocket, a
t. watch, and uantity Of sovereigns the
s other was that Of a boy, some nine or ten
Il wears DID, About the hull OF the vessel
r were strewed large quantities of wearing
IF apparel, bed-cIothes, &c. doubtless the
= property of the sufferers, 1t is supposed
e the vessel must have struck on the banks
r Of ArkIow, probabI V during the night and
v that all on board Immediately persisted
y The recent strong north-wes,erIy winds
h have thrown a considerable portion of the
Il wreck on the western side of the Isle oil
j. Man The consignees of the lost vessel
1t slate that the total number of passengers
e who paid for terths to Newly orL by her
Il amounted to one hundred and eighty mine,
d one hundred and fiity-six were adults and
n the remaining thirty-three were children
d and young persons under fourteen years
J. of age. The OIL y cabin passengers were
i the Rev. Mr. Clements, a distIng uished
IS minister, from the north Of Ireland, and
- his family, which consisted of his wife
r and SIX daughters Zine young women
Y from fifteen TO veand-twen,y years OF
o age,) and a female servant The great
j. majority of The passengers were males,
e principally from Ireland. farmers. labor.
e ers, and opeI atives There were a few
who might be rank, & as small Ermers