The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-10-24
MELANCHOLY DIsA sTER AND LOSS
OF LIFE.

| OF LIFE.
The papers by the Southern Mail hiring intel
| ligepce of one Of the most shocking shlpWrecks
that have been recorded. The steam.packet
II ONE, Capt. White, from New York for Charles
ton, s. c., sailed on Saturday, the. 9Th inst. Ch
M onday the 9th, when off Cape Hatteras, the
vessel sprung leak. during violent gaze rom
the north east. and went ashore six miles north
OF Ocracoke There were ninety passengers on
board, of whom SEVENTY persisted, ana crew OF
forty five, of whom twenty-five were ost-maKnS
in the whole A LOSS OF TWENTY-FIVE
LIVES. Two Of the passengers, VINO escaped;
reached Baltimore on Monday evening. last, and
reported the following list of'persons saved:
Isaac G.. Cohen, of Columbia, S. c.; Charles
Drayton, Charleston, s. G.; Andrew Lovegreen,
do; B. b. Hussey, do; Mrs. Lacoste, do; Mrs.
J. d. Rowland, do; John Bishop, do; II. Van
dune, do; ii. Anderson, dol J. Holmes, do;
c. c.. Cady, Montgomery, Ala; Capt. Aft Hill,
Portsmouth,, N. H.; Capt. Salter, do; ). ohnson
Jr., Boston, Ms; d. Clock, Athens, Geo; w: >.
Reed, New Haven Conrad Quinn, Jersey City;
John Malther.
In addition to the foregoing we copy below
more particular account, by Mr. CYRIL G .CADY
one of the passengers who escaped, commune
Gated in letter to friend in Concord, N. IL. and
published in tho Statesman. Mr. Cady was from
Lancaster, N. II. but more recently from Con-
cord.
NEwBERN, N. c., October 10, 1887.
Perhaps, ere this, you have learnt the melan-
choly disaster Of abe unfortunate Steamer, HOME,
which sailed from New York OH Saturday last,
but brief description may not he undressing.
We left n. Y. OH Saturday afternoon about o.
clock, with a clear atmosphere and every pros
pect before us Of a calm and pleasant voyage;
the company all cheerful, and made up
my mind to have an agreeable time. we pro-
ceeded about Is miles, and grounded, and were
obliged to remain about six hours but we did not
complain. All went on well till Sunday noon,
when the sea was heavy, and the wind blew
hard but we were told there was no danger
The wind continued, and Monday was sorry
day-all wore long faces-heard no remarks but
in regard 10 our situation. AT about five o'clock
our fears were iucreased-the boat began to leak,
and our Captain lay DRUNK an his office I! Luck
lily we had two experienced sea captains aboard,
who took the command and then Immediately
ordered all hands, male and female, to dipping
water, which order every one complied with till
we found ourselves shore. Then it was that
| a scene occurred which pray God may never
again witness. One hundred and forty souls
screaming, wailing, dying Some crying to
wives-some to mothers, some TO daughters and
sons ;some imploring mercy from on high-some,
frantic with agony, dashing themselves amidst
the crumbng wreck.
| stood OH the wheel house, next to n man
aud his wife, and such piteous groans as came
from the poor creatures wholly indiscribable.
Close by me, also stood a woman with a child,
and as she hung on the wreck with one hand
washed her child from her. and such was her
fright that she leaped and wha piteous screech
exclaimed, 80 my child" and disappeared for
ever! l remained till the last one, and was for
tunate enough to be of the few survivors,
After reaching shore, Immediately commence
ed hauling in trunks and bodies and was fortu-
nate enough to find old Mrs Lacoste, about half
covered with water, just expiring, and saved her
life. Presently found others who We're as for
tunate as myself, and we divded-part went for
assistance and part kept on shore watching for
trunks and bodies. The wind blew violently
and being drenched with water and some of us
entirely naked, could only keep alive by travel
ing. The two ladies who We're saved we car
ried to sand bank and covered them mostly in
sand. But few escaped without being badly
bruised. In this condition we remained till day
light, about six hours; you may Judge feel
ings At daylight we found ourselves on Ocra-
coke Island, amonga set of ayages. There were
il few families who did every thngin their pow
er to relieve u.s. but most of them appeared in
different and only visited us to see what they
could steal. But very little of the baggage came
ashore, and what did was SO badly injured that
it was not worth saving. Some lost a hundred
dollars some thousand, and one or two a half
million. The passengers were mostly mcr-
chants, returning from the north after making
their purchases.