Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-06-09

Of Wednesday says that at noon on Tues
day last one hundred ships under sail
were entering that harbor from the sew
eral ports in England. IN YSpec.
DISTRESSING INTELLIGENcE, FRoM>
CANADA.-We are indebted to Captain
Sherman for late files of Montreal and
Quebec papers, from which we copy the
following. melancholy accounts:-N Y.
Spectator.
/ From the Montreal Herald of May goth.
1t is reported in town that most dis
tresslng accident occurred at the Cedars*
on Monday evening, in consequence of a
severe gale, during which number of
RATS were destroyed, and the rumor is
that about fifty lives have been lost. We
have not heard the particulars, and hope
| that the intelligence received in town has
been exaggerated From all that we can
learn, there is no doubt but that serious
loss of property anG human life has been
sustained, but we ferven,ly trust that it
! will prove to be less than what we have
stated.
i The Cedar rapids are about so miles above
| Montreal.
From the Quebec Gazette of May 18th.
/ The accident in Champlain street, on
Monday the 18th inst, has proved more
disastrous than we represented it 10 be at
the time. The following list of persons
known TO have been 10 the houses at the
time Of the calamity has been furnished
| by the city clerk, and we fear it is yet
incomplete.
| Williams House-Mrs Williams and
two children, dead; Jane Crawford and
Ellen Reid, dead; Miss Villa ms and
sister, uninjured.
P0a0er's House.-Mr.P Power, Mrs Pow
err. and two children, uninjured; Mrs.
Hayes. do; Patrick Hayes. (chiId) dead.
/ Consedine's House.-John Consedine,
dead; Joseph Conse,line, not found Pc
ter, Mary and Michael Consedine, (chiI-
dren) injured; Mary Ryall, injured.
Connor's House-Mrs. Connors and
and daughter, dead Mrs. Gallagherd dead;
!. Dominick Gualey, dead Patrick Doher-
| ty, dead; Robert Nc Ribbon, policeman
dead John Fisher, dead; Eli Mcclure,
not found; Mrs. Connor's niece, not found
\ GauIin's House. Mr.. Gaulin, dead !;
, Mrs Gaulin. injured Miss Gaulin, dead;
Mr.. Gaulin's child, do; Geo. Jones, do;
Mrs Jones and child, do, Lucie Labadie,
do; Leon Leonnais. do; D. Fitzpatrick,
do; Henri Cote, do; Francois Charter,
: do; Julie st. Laurent and her cousin,
t Julie St. Laurent, not found
!, Young's House.--Miss Young, dead.
: OSutiivGn's House.-Ann Sullivan,
| injured; Mrs. McCIuskie's infant, unin-
: jured.
/, Roys House.-Al the family. five in
; number,) uninjured. Angelo Guilnet,
i injured.
J Dead, 26.-saved, 22.-Not found, 6.
i A funeral procession of II bodies pro-
] ceeded from the Lower Town Church 10
; the Roman Catholic Cathedral this morn,
! ing, preceded by a numerous bod y of the
clergy, and followed by great concourse
of people. A solemn funeral service was
performed for these lamented victims of
the late accident.
ii DEATH OF MIssIoNAR1Es.-By refer
$ ence to our obituary head it will be seen
that two of our missionaries to Africa,
Rev. J. Fielding and wife are removed by
, death.-Ch. Watchman.
DREADFUL CoLLIs1oN-The packet shin
Susquehanna came in collision with another
: ship off the Banks of Newfoundland on the
5 9Th inst, at O'Clock in the morning. The
, night was not dark, but the sea was running
high, and they did not discover each other
, until the fearful collision. The Susquehan-
, mas bowsprit is taken off clean, and the
cutwater torn and wrenched from the ship
in way which shows the encounter must
J have been tremendous. She was running
) at the rate of nine knots, AMI shipping seas
: constantly at the time. The impression on
board the Susquehanna is, that the blow
was hard and so near the centre of the other
, ship, that she must have been totally disa-
bled, if not stove in, causing her to sink
Immediately. After the collision, she slew
ed round and grated past the Susquehanna
with such rapidly that no opportunity was
given to discover who she was or the extent
Of her injuries. The impression on board
is, that she was an East lndiaman, or some
ship Of the largest class, and as the cut
water of the Susquehanna is taken off low
down, she was upon the top of the sea at the
: moment of the collision. Consequently the
other ship must have suffered the more Sc
7 verely. No cries were heard, and in the
confusion of the crash, and anxiety for self
| preservation, no distinct knowledge of the
character of the other ship could be learned
l The opinion on board is, that the man at
, 1.-THE wheel of the Inflated ship must have
j been killed instantly. The whole of the
0 painful encounter is only another evidence
5 of the unavoidable hazards of navigation.
Perhaps the ship instantly foundered, and
: in one fell swoopn all On board were ush-
cred into eternity together. If so, her fate
> will never satisfactorily be known, and the