Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-27


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Destruction by Fire OF the Splendid Packet
shin Poland at Sea.--Narrow Escape OF SIX
ty-Three Lives.
The packet ship Poland which sailed hence
the llth instant for Havre, struck by lightning
on the 10Th, when in latitude Al, longitude 50, and
totally destroyed with her cargo. Captain Caleb
Anthony, Jr., his passengers officers and crew were
taken of by Captain Ingerso of the ship Clifton,
from Liverpool, and arrived here yesterday.
The Poland sailed on Monday the lIth inst with
twenty four cabin passengers eleven stecrage pas
sengers and twenty-four officers and crew. Her
cargo consisted of seventy thousand dollars IN spe-
Gle, two thousand and hundred barrels Of flour
two hundred and seventy bales of cotton, eighty
casks of quercitron bark and twenty-five barrels of
pot ashes, which, together with the vessel were va
lued as follows The ship belonged to VIM. Whit
lock, Jr.
Cargo. ....................... $4,000
Vessel .'............. $4,000
sis7 900
These fully insured, but the freight list was
not. One hundred thousand dollars were insured
here, and the balance in France. The names of
her cabin passengers are annexed.
,.P arc.oS sS dg children &
garst hughes y pBoyer, J. GouTmez Alfred Pizars,
Pha, Nichols; Of PrOvidsPse MAILER, Mrs camPSs
Reynaud s"'"' D'''o"' LOUIS
Ncssrs. Charles H. Todd and F. Lowering had
engaged berths in her. but afterwards concluded to
&c in the Great Western, which sailed the Saturday
previous.
She struck by lightning on Saturday, the
10Th inst. in the afternoon, during severe shower
of rain The fluid struck her foremost and descend
ed into the lower hold where 1t set fire to the cotton
slowed in the fore peak. The alarm was instantly
given and every exertion used on the part of
the passengers and crew TO save the vessel
All the boats were got out, towed astern, and
supplied with what provisions that could be
obtained. The matches fastened down and after
vain attempts 10 smother the flames, the pas sengers
were lowered into the boats where they remained
during the rest Of that day and night and all the
ay and night whilst the officers and crew stuck to
the vessel in hopes Of quenching the fire On Mon
ay morning the passengers returned to the ship be-
ause the wind commenced blowing quite fresh,
and remained, although the decks were very much
heated. Captain Anthony headed his ship TO the
n E and intended to that course as long
the ship held together, for the purpose of meet
ing with some vessel for that was his only hope
He continued to till the forenoon of Mon
a A.
bore down TO her and took of the passengers and
crew. They left the ship without any baggage
whatever and saved only that which they had on
their backs.
The ship was abandoned about ten O'Clock, on
Monday morning. at which time the ire was rapidly
increasing, and the decks getting hotter every
minute. whoa Captain Anthony left her with her
passengers and crew, the wind was blowing al
most gale-so hard, that the Clifton was compelled
20 be KEEP: under double reefed topsails. The sea,
too, was very rough.
When the alarm first given the ship was hove
to- prevent too rapid spread of the fire. and for
the purpose Of deyotng more attention to quench-
ingit. Attempts were made TO descend 10 where i,
was burning, but they proved unsuccessful in con-
sequence Of the dense smoke and strong sulphuric
smell When the vessel was struck, she was IN
longitude IS, but was drifted and blown to lon IS.
where she fallen in with.
Every time the ship rolled and tched the smoke
would pour out through the seams and cracks and
present very alarming sight Whilst the pas.
sengers, including four ladies' in the long boat
asterr, large quantities came out frsm around the
rudder. This was no very pleasing sight to them
for they thought that the flames had spread through
the ship fore and aft, and that they would soon be
castupon the broad Atlantic in the skifthey were
then In. But nothwhstandin they were as cool and
calm, and csllected as persons similarly plac ed,
could be. The ladies behaved nobly, aud Captain
Anthony states, that they were willing to do any
thing, to be placed any where, and uttered not a
word OF fear, but were example TO all the rest.
Whilst they were m the boat, he would occasionally
send them hot coffee, roast chickens and such like
things.
With or two exceptions, there was nothing
saved except what the passengers and crew had on
their backs One Of the ladies saved two dresses in
carpet bag but all were intent in slowing provi-
sions in the boats. The steward, however, saved
the captains trunk and box Of specie, containing
six hundred dollars. As he rushed up from below,
he saw both together, the box top Of the trunk
he seized them, and so they were saved Captain
Anthony ehronomoter was also saved
The ladies had on thick comfortable dresses at
the time oftAe accident, and also cloaks. The other
passenger were also dressed warmly, but they
were completely drencbed with water Every sea
that dashed ever the ship, dashed on them
When IL was discovered that the shin was on fire.