The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-07-03

all from whom we have heard, and il is
sincerely hoped that they will soon be sufficient
ly recovered To return To their friends.
/ THE PULASKI
In addition to the sixteen passengers who es-
capped in the boats that first left, and the thirty
picked up by the Henry Can,erdon and brought
TO Wilmington, we now have information of the
safety of thirteen more who reached the shore,
some in boat, and others on fragments of the
wreck, near New Rives Inlet, some thirty miles
north of Wilmington; This makes .ffty-nite
saved, out of about two hundred on board.
The following from the Baltimore American
is an account of the explosion and of the escape
of the thirty, as given by Major Heath one of
the number.
The major states that he had just retired to his
state room, about III o'clock on Thursday night,
but had not vet gone to bed, when the expo
sion took place, and was followed by scene of
the utmost noise and confusion. The passengers
rushed Immediately on deck, where, all the lights
being eXtinguished, they could form no accurate
idea of the extent of injury. Our informant
having been in the forward cabin, found his way
to the bow of the boat and stood there with
some forty of fifty others in the most intense
anxiety, the vessel tossing violently to and fro,
and the air filed with the agonizing shrieks of
the wounded and the dying, mingled with the
fruitless appeals of those in the water crying Tor
help.
In less than an hour after the explosion, the
boat parted in two, and the larger portion OF IT,
to which the machinery was attached, sunk i'm
mediately, carrying with it many passengers,
particularly the ladies who were in the cabin. 1t
was subsequently ascertained that four portions
of the wreck continued to float, all of whom sup
ported "A greater or lesser number OF sufferers.
On the part of the wreck on which our intor
mant was, there were about thirty. The portions
OF the steamboat remained for some time near
each Other but were finally separated by the
waves and were not afterwards seen.
OfCaptain Dubois nothing was seen after the
explosion fthe boiler, and the suppositlon is
that he was Immediately killed.
The sufferings they endured were dreadful IN
deed.-Thrty human beings, unused TO hard
ships, suddenly set afoat on a rough sea-their
only dependence the fragments of n frail vessel,
to keep which together required all their exer'
tions-in mersed in water to their knees, expos
ed TO the sun, with scarcely any clothes upon
them, and sufferings the agones of hunger a.
thirst for tour days and nights,-is IA situation
more easily conceived Than described.
Whilst they were on the wreck, several died
of fatigue and hunger, and al one period II pro-
position was made to draw lots who should
be killed for the slstenance of the rest, but il
was atonce rejected and never afterwards re-
newed.
No baggage of any kindwas saved. All the
passengers had money, which was in their trunks
and it is estimated that at least $l50,OOO IN
bank notes 81 specie have been lost, and UPWARDS
of $40 600 in watches and jewery.
LII the account in the Wilmington Advertiser
extra, we learn that the survivor Lamar, is
lad ~ or IA years of age, and that he has since
gone stark mad from anxiety and suffering, with
no hope OF recovery.
Among the incidents of this disaster, one of
the most affecting mentioned is, that the Rev. DIR
Woart and wife, after most iervent prayer,
casping their child in mutual embrace, and in
few minutes the three sank together resignedly
into the waves.
The British fleet, NOW the North American
station at, Quebec and Halifax, together with that