Litchfield enquirer., 1840-09-10
From ihe W. Y. Com, Advertiser

W. H. AdCPrI1SPF, | Dreadfut Shipwreck-Fihy Liues Lost.-By the ar. rival ot the brig Attention, Captain McCurGy at Bos- ton from St. Johns, Newfoundland, Messrs. TopIiT of the News Room received the following melancholy recal, probably furnished to Captain McCurdv by the chiet mate of the Florence, who one of the passengers on board the Attention. The Florence
 NARRATIVE - The following disaster is one of tbose awful occurrencies of which the south eastern coast oi Newioundand IS IS often 'he scene, The brig FI'- renee, ot and for New York, Samuel Rose, muster, smiled from Rotterdam, June 3O with crew of eight persons and 79 passengers. Cargo ballast and few casks of wine They were favored with pleasant banks "t Newfoundland, when they were assalcd with succession of gales attended with fog and ruin up to the time of their shpwreck.
 On Sunday morning, August Q the man on the ook-ont cried " hard down the helm, breakers ahead The helm was immediately put a lee, hue before the sails taken aback the brig struck the rocks on her starhoard side. A moment before she Was oing at the rate o seven eight miles the hour She instantly filled and fell over on her side, when E. scene ot confusion and terror presented tse the hor
 TOT ot which better be imagined than described-
 Here were the wife and husband bidding each othera a. last tarewell-the frantic mother caspng her infant
 to her bosom,as ifevea death itself should not separate board, were endeavoring to secure what money they had by fastening it to their bodies, but which, alas, proved the means of their destruction. For that which they vaiDy thought would secure to them n comfortable home in the fertile lands of the far west changed their destiny 10 an eternal home in death- On attempting to swim to the land, the weight of the tlouey suIlk lneIll to tnc bottom.
 Captain Rose, with commendable coolness, com manded all to remain by the wreck until some means were devsed for escaping with safety. For this pi.r. pose, MT. William Robins, of Springfield, Macs took the head of lne and sprang from the vessel to ledge which lay between her and the shore. An overwhelming wave, however, overlook the devoted sailor, and dashed him against the rocks, n mangcd corpse. Capt. Rose next attempted this, the only means of saving the lives of those on board. He was more fortunate, and reached the land in safety. The crew were all saved except the second mate. But only thirty of the sevenvine passe ngers saved, and oi these, many were saved by Captain Rose and Mr. Schoheld chief mate, at the imminent peril of fheir own lives; and by the time these saved, about three hours after the brig struck. there were scarcely two of her blanks together All were liter ally in spnters.
 Thus thirty y.seven persons were thrown ashore on a barren, and to them unknown part of the coust.- Many of tncm wrrr in, nuii.rad r,n ;s:ust of them were without shoes Not solitary biscuit was saved. In thls ptabIe condition they commenced their jnur- ney through thick woods and swsmps and over bleak and rugged hills. in hopes of finding human ha btaon.
 For four days they continued their course, govern- ed chiefly by the wind-the sun. and ars being o'seured nearly all the time by the fog and rain squalls which latter very frcquent-sometimes eating the bark from ihe trees and wha, few berries they could find. Early on the morning of the 18th, Captain Rose and MT. Schotield ascended hill, in hopes the fog might clear off, and affrd them view o the surrounding country Al nine o'clock the wea- ther cleared little, and they enabled to zee the horbor and village of Renouse. The happy in,elti- eence was soon communicated to the rest, and they resumed their march with lighter hearts. When they entered the village, it's hospable nhabtants welcom. ed them with every thing which their present need demanded. Mir. Goodrich. of whose henevolence the crew and passengers speak in Inc terms o gratitude gave money aud clothes to them, and fur nished a vessel to convey them St. Johns the resi- dence of the United States consular agent. At7P. Johns.