Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-06-23
mo. IS.

can tell OF NE sufferings OF that night, which
was more dreadful than ho last. We were
like people confined ON the top OF eosnse9
mine, with no power TO ercspo--dcash almost
certain 10 oe onr pouion w"n'n = 'ew s""r
hours, aud our minds tortured Win suspense.
During The night, Capt hnihony lsy IOWA
and caught short sleep he wea'er was
tocfanly lar, pu' silence re'gneu 'nioognoSss
except 50 Tar as IL was broken oy We eces
slonal rumbiinR and dashinT OF the sea tsss
before two O'Clock on Monday morning, tea'
wing but one man TO walk the Deck iay IOWA
by the side OF ,ap' n ana IN noing 40 a~-
turbcd him. lie wakeo' anu turning ovef'
took my hand ana feih'ikso' "e' w"
shall be sased--l have hao plessan' cream
This circumstance slight as y was had us
iec,, and did lmpa'' some i'''le eonso'auoe y
both OF u.s. so true II Is 'iat drowning mea
VIII catch al s'raws
About this Time the weather was chaneshe
and 'he sea haa psen' ana 'he people ~ 'ns
long BOAT had become alarmed, MT Whn-
Wrieht ha'ieo INC snip 10 KNOW " IL "ooia "N
oe oes' !" u ., ,,e poa W. Sap Am"y
answered. 'na' uey hau oe,,er ~an Psue"uy
un'ii oay"gh', anu ,hen "a'Nea 'o'~a'o W va
a"ine 'he s'a'e OF u'e snip. We now 'ouha
una, u'e ,'fe hau eV'oshN ,ncreaseo' "e aeek
ana ha'ches were sun qume warm ana va"
Pi'ch was beginning 10 ,''eN !" 'ne seams 20
tween 'hc Pianhs. sno'' eo",e'e"No 'on
WINGED us That ou' mule timc couio e,aPsc oc-
fore the fire would burst through the deck.
and then there would be no inr'her nope
What we said and what we felt between that
'imc ana dayiigh'' Is not 10 oe s'u mere no
two small boats could not hold more than nj
teen persons, and there were nearly h,rsy on
board OF Me ship under the best OF clrcum-
stances some Of US must be lost, and u p need
less to say Mat capt Anthony dc<sfn'ned
that he should STICK TO MS vessel ana run ths
! FISK rainier man cfowo ms ooa's WIN 100 ma
ny people. or exclude any one else
AT daylight Mr. Wainwright came on board
in one OF the small boats, and we explained
our situation to HIM There was but chance
for any of II he and his party pma'ned
IN the boat, thev might be saved, but IL they
were taken on board the SHIP ana the hre
should break out, it would then be impossible
TO put the people into the boats again, and
launch them over the side, ana DEAN oy nrs
or drowning would be the certain late oil ali.
The case was too strong, and Me horTid con-
victlon was too apparent IT, be disputed, ana,
as was his duty, he prepared 10 return 10 ms
family and meet his fate. In parting 20 COM
mended our families 10 each other, IN case
either should he saved, and with a silent shake
of the hand, he returned to the boat - mako
, such preparations as prudence suggested, to
protect his almost helpless companions III case
we should find il necessary TO Gu: his boat
} adrif.
From this time the sea became more bois-
; ferrous, and at last, after some hours oi anx-
ious watching, we sent Tor Mr. Wainwnght 10
) come on board again, and he was told that
, there were fears that his boat would swamp.
capt Anthony was AFRAID 10 make san on mo
ship, as the working OF the masis might create
a current of air below, which would either in
! crease the fire, or operating upon the gas IN
; the hold, blow of the matches, and thus seal
our fate at once. After some consde ration II
was concluded to run the risk, and take In tiss
boats, and put the ship before the wind, in the
hope Of falling in with some other vessel, be-
t fore we we're entirely consumed--and no ,ims
was lost in putting our plan in execution.
Z When the poor sufferers in the boats cams
, on board, their situation was found 10 be much
Q worse than ours had been. We at least had
the power of ocomotion, and could shih our
] position at will but they, particularly the TO-
: males, had suffered for two long nights and
h day the tortures OF crampcd-up siuaiion, ua-
= able 10 sit except in a certain posnin, with
G their feet coniinuall, IN the water, and cover-
i ed with the dashng spray Of the sea. Mrs.
Y Wainwright had held one of her children In
her arms the whole time aud no, being bySaDy
y means a robust woman. VI IL astonishing that
S she held out so long. Nothing but mothers
: love, and a firm trust in an over -ruling provi'
n dence preserved her in those hours Of trial.
Mrs Arfwedson was almast exhausted, and
ID her infant having suffered for want ofthe nat
ID ural nourishmeni its mother could lot afford
X seemed almost really to die. Some Of tho
DC passengers IN the boat were sea-sick the whole
of lime. and taken altogether, their situation