Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-01-10
vy the last Nights Nail.
Trart TIE Mar York Colate Il Engwf".
DISTRESSING SHiPWRECk.

More h1a Lpsd,ed Ero osi The b'iquc
Mc,ico Csp. NjnsIow, from Liverpool. Tor Tins
port went ashore about talf past o'clock on Tues
dsy morning. on lirmpsicad Beach, l.. J., and soon
snc. b,lrcd ord sled with water She bad 90
board llo persons Nrrludnc tho crew. mostly
siccrarc passengers. poWnto 5o'olHok on Tues
cav afternoon, only ono boat had suoeeedcd IN
teacmur lhc wreck. She took oH he captain and
seven other pcr4ons, ,iz. young man, relative TO
Mr. s. Broono, tho owner John Francis md John
Hanson. sesmcn the former ftco,hman, and the .
latter usmburpau EIvatt Foliy cook John .
Woods. tailor. or Exeter England: Rlchnrd Owens .
md Thomas Muliahan Of ireland. The three last
mentioned were passengers. All tho above, cx'cp' .
the captain mud Young man, arc now m tho hosp
WI having most of them been badly frost bitten. 49,
The condition Of tho III persons remaining on
board At the date of the last accounts was deplot-
able: some 81 thcm being up 30 their knees ~ wa
ter And now. the horrors Of the scene were In
describuhlc. Already had the fuiIctngs Of the uu-
hapnv beings been such os to sur7rss belief From
/ the moment of the disaster, they bad hung round
the coptain. tNho had done every thing possible
for their relief having let down the small boate,
which. us soon as they were exposed to the hoav-
ing surf snapped like threads covered with thor
blankets thick set with ice imploring hs assistance
and asking iC hope was still Jeff To them. When
they perceived that no further help came from tho
land their piercing shfcks were distinctly heard al
I considerable distance, and continued through the
nigh, until they one by one persisted.
C5-Iatcr accounts inform u.s. tina, the scene in
the morning wns dreadful. The bodies of many OF
the unfortunate creatures were s,cn lnshcd to DIFF
forcnt parts Of the wreck embedded in ice-chl-
drcn frozen 10 death in their mothers arms. None,
i, is believed were drowned but all frozen 10 death.
Ofthc passengers on board. who thus suffered
death. two-thrds were women and children.
, The Mcyjcan had been out of the Hook for gov
2 oral days, and on Monday night wos close in 70
| tho bar. At thu, time the lights on the Hook
werc plainly seen, bnt towards morning thick va.
por arose, which obscurcd tho view. The McSlcC
was under easy sail ot the time she Strickland n
few minutes before sounding had been taken
> and showed fifteen futhoins Of water.
Il is but justice TO tho people on shore, 10 say
that every thing which human beings could accom-
plsh 30 save the unorunatos, was done that their
means permitted. The only boat which boarded
!, the vessel hauled distance of ten miles and
c was manned by old man and six o,-crs. four OF
. five of whom were the old mans sons and grand
L sons For thirty Eve years has he been living on
n the sea shore during which be has rendered assis
n lance TO numerous wrecks aud never before have
. he or his comrades shhf;nk from the surf bot II
, addition TO i,s violence On the present occasion
such was the extreme cold that second attempt
;, to rescue would have proved fatal 10 them.
The cargo consisted OF 200 tons bar iron. 100 tons coal
" and 200 cratesal consigned to Samuel Thompson
Sixteen ofthe bodies had driven ashore when our repor
le the beach, all frozen 1t expected the remande
would ddn ashore during the night, ia" wind aud cuen
HcttiHg se'"..s'y - -Lara
When of the Hook, the Mexico u.a.- .,gnal fr
pilot had her flag flying Union down signal Of distress
in consequence Of the bitten Of tie AMI Ih
. shortness Of provisions
OF the feet Of 80 vessels that Of the Hook comp
c ny with the Mexico Sunday, waiting pilots, not NOR
N than half has as yet arrived
Tie unfortunate passengers OF superior clas
u and had considerable property with them On the bodice
4 which drlited ashore, gold to amount was found