Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-04-10
Loss OF TIE COY. FENAEK.

sSsF&9s - $50 - - aaN1
This awful eatasirephy. BY eiiel, oae hundred
aud tu,raty tteo humae belngs were hurled 10 The
graf deep. Is thus Described by Mr.. Carter, mats
of tbs CIV. tennef. Whit eg8s VI angnisl,
mus, have been experienced BY those Oh Tbs deck
Of The FsDnef, ftun lts lime pf tbs collision oi
the ye.sela, until tbs gong down Of 1he latter
The ship hslengel 20 . hsn in New York, aud
the captain was ena Of Tbs owners,
Il Ahaut fsa minutes past two e'eloek on
Saturday morning. W. saw lbs lights Of q sssht'
boat, II was my watei. Oh deck. and immsdts
aiely called ihe captain. Tho sssatatoa. came
up about q paint aud u half Oh onf w'nibe' now
We having IA. Tho tins our lata 'afd ticks ~
boafl. W. lheuRht she was coming 90 bead to
~. We had na light int lhst OH the b'hnae'e,
OF, tho quarter deck and teiiesr, II IL not foa-
sidetej necessary OF pfa lent for smiling shastlH'
clear Of the land, 10 carry 3 light. We waited ~
mueh ~ five OF sx minutes 10 mud tut wha. way
the steamer was really coming, and the captain
ordered Tho man al The wheel 10 pii The htlh,
hard Il pott, 40 rs 10 give d elsaf berth.
II The steamboat had done thu sane, We should
hive goba clear Of eaeh oil,ti y long wsy-rtef'
hajis u mile. TIT captain. rs s1en Ia he oteHfee
the wheel 10 br put up. wens fof.atd 10 lo7s out
,heo ianked over tie taftAafd side, abhil ife
main stsejyg, and INV tho y hole bulk Of 'liF
steam y. 4n,t TO ,le man atthe helm, F." She l.
Oh board Of usl" This whs about u quarter
past two o'eiaek. This vesHels came In eeh.aes,
nelwi,hstandt, q our ship pHythg nf when HE
crash took l'ata. ! heatA the captain call oh'
sevetal titHes=-s Fnf Gods aahs, save yourselves
The ship IL sinking" Tbs %bbbeom Of tbs ship
stsurk tho fnlnet Of The sitiinsr, and her bow
sprit ia wards te.,el on her. IN tho third
sarge Fhs gave. | believe. down she went, now
f%a,finoal. The ,atlfatl y tho last Thing We saw
Of her. shs l'led ssfy quickly. sisa had on
board a heavy eatg', i~aeladlng . quantity ot'lf"a
and other heavy goods. The watch Oh lha deck
al tie time consisted Of seven men. the captain
and my .eIf. All .ie othets on boatd were asleep
below,
The captain also saba ont to the man NJ the
helm 10 felinve ,ha wheel, He was 'afhisf'y
mate Of the nelyiiefe, and came on board to woik
his passage TO America and We ihtahdfd !"
mnks bin seeond mate u Tho ship next day.
All The men. at fret, went forward with mo to The
f''' -" ts'f - ''N -@
%eaplpin, who was ~stsnJiue be,weeh tho night
head, lpa, they afterwards went oft, - the ship
sunk, 10 be, es ] sapfese. IN thH higher part o.
her hull. | stapd soins lime aud attempted 10 go
m. with u view to save my wlfa and others, ny
iawering Il boat. She, however. sunk 80 fls' thbt
was obliged 10 Give up The idsh IN despair. !
leh The captain and went TO the alatboatd slde.
| stood there u few seconds, TIL the water was.
perhaps, two feet dser as far al "a the maiomast,
aud was fast gathering sill further of. her head
boing then neatly under. ] scarcely know what
afterwards occurred. sat up, nolneliow, into lbs
| fore rigging. and thence on 10 the lafboafd fore
yards, which then crossed The steamer. When
the ship aunk 80 far that | was ftom ak 10 eight
feet Of the steamers deck. | 10. go and dropped
down among 80 mo sheep. lay sometime father
confused, snd did not attempt /, riae, ms ] thought
| might become en,angled with n rope "lies,
pa .aea over my shoulders. aud. as | thought. was
part Of the howspril running rigging Of The ship
| then got up.
The cry on board tho steamer was tha: she was
sinking, and believe u passenger On bond low
cred the boa, left on tho dasils, on the lafbeafd
SIDE, hut RhG utNipkfu HpAH u thAa'Fb VIM W
touched the water. and The painter not bring ias'
she dfIftei away from The vessel. All the lights
| they could muster 10 he steamer were delighted
fur some time. The engineers and others went
below and ieund that though she wos '"aky they
c,uld keep her free. She hid hor fare and nf
saiia md f"se,ce.a,l at nj the time. WINS on
board about three quarters Of an hour before ]
found tho captain Of the chip was there, ! hhd
,e.n my wife. who was q little sea.aitk, about
twenty minutes before ia her birth and gave her
a drink. r~@
The CAPTAIN whrn | frat saw him in the steam
CT vns without his hat, and on seeing him (iufur.
manly he said, :. Gaod God 10 this YOU I are
there any Of tho crew saved !" said. | dn
not know | did mi know wtnt breame Of you
after missed you of The ships bow." Her hull
was under water bef"e ! go. III, The f%oreyard.
from which ! dropped, was hroken on the steamer
as she was going down and also believe the
topsail yard, ns our faretopmast stndiingsaii boom
which was ,igped out at the time, (tle wtud hav.
log been for son,e time fair 10 The esening, J WIS
lrf on The steamers deck. | afterwards locked
hu, could see nothing Of her ship otmas,s. The
las, time I observed the watch on dwk they were
on tho slarhoard side Of tho quartz deck. One
man sung out, : For God Almighty sake save
me I did not heai tho others"