Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-17

but this cid not prevent the smoke from
coming through. The wooden shutters
to the sky-ighls on deck were put on to
prevent the glass being broken by acct
dent, and towards night we thought that
the glass under those shutters had cooled
/ of.
/ About 10 o'clock. on Sunday night,
most OF the unfortunate people on board the
ship were sunk to sleep on the deck from
mere exhaustion, leaving only three peo-
pie awake to watch for help, or to warn
Us of what we most dreaded, bursting
GU: Of the flames. No language can tell I
of the sui1ering> of that night, which was
more dreadful than the last We were
like people confined on the top of burn
ling mine, with no power TO escape-death I
almost certain TO be our portion within a
few short hours, and our minds tortured /
with suspense
| During the night, Capt. Anthony laid !
down and caught short sleep. The
weather was toerably fair, but silence
reigned throughout, excep: so far as it
was broken by the occasional rumbling
and dashing of the sea. Just before 2
o'clock, laid down beside him to wait
my fate, leaving only one man walking
} the deck, and in doing SO, ] disturbed him.
/. He walked, AMI turning over, he took my
1 hand and remarked, 81 feel that we shall
be saved--l have had pleasant dream"
), This circumstance, slight as it was, had
u It's effect, and did impact some little conso-
: la,ion to both Of u.s. So true it is that
: drowning men will catch at slraws.
: About this time the weather was chang
d ing, and the sea had risen, aud the people
IS in the long-boat became alarmed. Mr..
Il Wainwright hailed the ship 10 know if il
it would not be best to take the boat in
V Capt. Anthony answered that they had
,e better wait patiently until daylight, and
t. then walked forward to examine into the
IN. state of the ship. We now found that thu
as fire had evidently increased, the deck anC
S, matches were still qlite warm, and th'
I'd Fptch was beginning to boil or melt in thu
st seams between the pianks. A short con
to ference convinced us that but little TIM
tat could elapse before the fire would burs
he trough the deck, and then there woult
of be no further hope. What we said AM
ret what we felt between that time and day
light, is not TO be told here--it is suf1icien
ed That we thought we knew the worst; tn
a. two small boats could hold no more tina
In fifteen persons, and there were nearl
ss- thirty on board The ship; Under the bes
ms of circumstances, some OF US must be los
we and it is needless to say that Captain Al
!as thonv determined that he should stick I
hit, his vessel ard run the risk rather tina
nd crowd the boats with too many people, c
at exclude any one else.
vas At daylight, Mr. Wainwright came O
in board iE one of the small boats, and W
an explained our situation to him. The
ted was but chance for any of US. If
ar and his party remained in the boat, the
;uc- might be saved, but if they were taken {
and board the ship, and the fire should bres
box out, it would then be impossible to put t
S in people into the boats again, and laun
Don them over the side, and death by fire
pts, drowning would be the certain fate of "A
and The case was 100 strong, and the horl
conviction was too apparent TO be DISPUTE
and and, as was his duty, he prepared TO
tch- turn TO his family and meet his fate. Ii
part not for me to say what were our ieelln!
and Three of us, in the fitness of our strens
= or and the rpeness OF years, were then pa
that ing, as we all supposed, forever;
dent nearly every one else was asleep Wo
for were useless, and we could not utter W
sun we wanted to express. We commen
e we our families to each ether, in case eli
nok- gshould be saved and with silent sh
boats of the hand he returned to the boat,
I'd no make such preparations as prudence s
good gesed, to protect his almost helpless C.
may panions i'm case we should find il nece
" the ry TO cut his boat adrlt
e ner- From this time the sea became n
cow bosterous, and, at last, after some h.
ak Of of anxious watching, we sent for
ng-i Wainwright to come on board again,
nee in he was told that there We're fears tha
/ who boat would swamp Capt Anthony
Id not afraid to make sail on the ship. as
working Of the masts might create
spense 7ent Of air below, which would incl
,es as the fire, or, operating on the gas IL
crack hold, blow off the matches, and thus
on1ine our fate at once. After some consi'
,stered zion, it was concluded to run the risk
,aptain take in the bolts and put the ship b
TO the the,wiad in the hope Of falling in
?assen- some other vessel, before We were Ell
!, con- ~ consumed-and 20 time was 10
ickens, putting the plan into execution.
pIoyed When the poor sufferers IN the
warm came on board, their situation was
boiled to be much worse than ours had be
,at. and We had at least the power of LOGON
cir mis- and could shift our position at will
a sight, they. particularly the females, had
lie same ed, for two long nights and day, III
in the. lures of cramped-up situation, una
ay, the sit, excep. IN a certain position, win
hit hand feet continually in the water, and
icating. bodies every few minutes covered
$ under 1.-The dashing spray of the sea. Mrs.