Litchfield enquirer., 1838-06-28
forced aaunder. and that tie boat took water

whenever she rolled m that d1rect1on.
 He became immediately aware of the hor. TOTS of their situation, and the danger of let. ting the passengers know that the boat wal
 sinking, before lowering the small boats. He
 proceeded, therefore, to do this. Upon drop. ping the boat he was asked his object, and he replied that it was to pass round the steam | CT to ascertain her condition. Before doing this, however, he took couple of men. He ordered the other boats to be lowered, and two were shortly put into the water, but they leaked so much in consequence of their long exposure to the sun, that one of them sunk after fruitless attempt to bail her. He had in the interim taken several from the water, until the number made ten. In the other
 boat aHuat there were eleven. While they were making a fruitess attempt to bail the small boat, the Pulaski went down with a
 dreadful crash, in about 45 minutes after the
 explosion.
 Both boats now insisted upon MT. Hib-
 berd's directing their course to the shore, but
 he resisted their remonstrances, replying that
 he would not abandon the spot until day. light. At about three o'clock in the morn
 ing they started, in the midst of the wailings
 of the hopeless beings who were floating
 round in every direction upon pieces ot the
 wreck, to seek land, which was about thirty
 miles distant. After pulling about thirteen
 hours. the persons in both boats became
 tired, and insisted that MT. Hubbard should
 land. This he opposed, thinking it safest to
 proceed along the coast and to enter some
 one of the numerous inlets; but he was fore
 ed to yield to the general desire, and to at
 tempt a landing upon the beach, little east
 of Stump Inlet. a- ....--- He advised Mr.. Cooper, of Ga, who had command of the other boat, and couple of ladies with two children under his charge, to wait until his boat had first landed, as he ap- prehended much danger in the attempt. and, should they succeed, they might assist him and the ladies and children. There were eleven persons in the mates boat. (having taken two black women from MT. Cooper's.) Of these, two passengers, one of the crew, and the two negro women, were drowned, and six gained the shore. After waiting for a signal, which he received from the mate, Mir. Cooper and his companions landed in about three hours after the first boat, in safe ty. They then proceeded short distance across Stump Sound. to MT. Redd's, of Ons- low county, where they remained from Fri day evening until Sunday morning, and then started for Wilmington. The mate and two passengers reached here this morning (l6th JuneO about o'clock. .... Passengers sGred in the tsoo yG,ols-Mrs. P M Nightingale, servant and child. Mrs w Fraser and child, J H Cooper, P w Pooler, Capt Pooler, w Robertson, E l. Barney, So- lon1on -----, Hubbard, 1st mate Pulaski, w c N Swift, z A Zeuchtenberg, Charles Tappan, Gideon West, boatswain, Brown, steward. 4"
 Persons dropned in 1anding-Mr Bird, Wm B Rochester, young man name unknown. o DricOil1o a On1nrod woman, stewardesS. t...E
 Deoth tn the Wen-Pefsons cannot be too cautious in descending into wells. The fre- quent presence ofcarbonic acid gas in wells III sufficient quantity to destroy life, should put all on their guard, never to enter a well any vapor incapable of sustaining burning candle is unfit for respiration. A melan- choly case of fatality from this neglect oc- cured in Litchfield, Medina county, on the 16th ult., by which MT. Morehouse lost his life, and Mir! Dole in attempting to res- cue his friend, was only saved by the great presence of mind shown by his wife, who, on observing her husband fall, commenced water into the we'll, by which means an agitation of the noxious vapor was pro- duced, and some healthy air carried into the we'll. When the bodies were taken out, MT. Morehouse could not be resucitated. Com- bustion ceased at the depth of two feet, in the well.-C CleauelGnd HeraH.
 Fatal Coincidence. following are the particulars of the very singular but fatal ac- cident which happened recently at a village near Murdock's Creek, Jackson county, Ohio A young lady. who kept school on the op- posite side of the creek, had gone over after her labors of the day had closed, 10 pay visit to her mother, and take back five pu- pills, whose parents were anxious to place their children under her tuition for the sum- mer term. While Miss NJ. was at her break fast, the mother of one of the girls came in to say that in consequence of her having dream ed that the canoe was upset in crossing the creek, and her child drowned, she had de- termined not to let her go that day. and in the most pressing manner entreated Miss M. to defer her return for twenty-four hours at least. She laughed at the fears of the mo- about l5 years of age, twin sisters) embark ed in caIoe, which the lady had often gone safely over iu but before it was half across the creek, one of the girls turned round quickly to wave her handkerchief to those watching them on the brink, lost her bal ance, and fell into the stream. Her con- panions immediately rushed to the side of the canoe to prevent her from sinking until they could paddle into shallow water, when the fraiI bark instantly filled, and all the five pcriShed in the sight Of some twenty women, most 0f whom were relations, and all intimate acquaints nces>-AIbany Argus.
 H1m PGaeh Oas.d0ns>--A MT. Sullivan Of Rochester, fell She OthcT day from the clsva- tion of 50 feel ab0pe the summit 0f tho Gene sec Falls at Rochester, to the waters edge below, and escaped without injury to life, limb Or boDei He was nt work On tbc rear Of the third story of "a factory erected on the very verge of the precipice at the head Of the Cataract, on the west side of the river, and