The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-05-05


in Phlad lph ever since. Nv upcle shipped
with ms a LVerpn"'; George Duffie was hts
name; he was thrown CulsOf the long boat; new
er saw any Of The passengers before entered
on board the vessel at Liverpool; never spoke
to Holmes aboard The ship; Homes had not
during the voyage shown aGy unkIndnessio me
or Budget Nugent or any one else that | saw.
! had 10, been asleep when The ship struck;
the shock was so violent hat we thought the
ship was stove in two heard them pump
ing as soon az she got thf shock; Back came
TO the hatchway and criel'Out that the ship
was sinking;we all rushed up Of course; saw
Holmes taking things, w0OG and casks from
The long boat and ,hroWipaibem over the side
that was before the long. boat was launched;
the jolly boat was hau'Ing out at The bow Of
the ship: can't sIy which aas launched first;
caut say who was the frsp that went into The
long boa; found Bridget Nugent ir when p
went on board, bu, James Black and his wife
came in after me; Holmes asked Bridget Nu-
gent and mys.flo 60 iDto the shjp;!here we're
persons IN The ship a, that time that were af-
forwards thrown overboard; heard Holmes
ask no one but Bridget Nugent logo on the
ship, he said should gel up and 60 into The
ship, that is all he said 10 me. lie caught
mold of Bridget Nugeot ty The shoulders be-
fore that to put her Out; lheard her nterce.
ding; he then left her aud came 10 me; he said
she should leave The boat and 90 into the ship
again; she toe him she would not, that he
might pull her and drag her any way he plea
sed. He did not say why he wanted US TO 20
into The ship. Some hours after that discov
cred water IN the boat; about an hour after
that Tho boats were lying close 10 the ship;
Holmes left the boat and went aboard the ship
himself; did not know Holmes 10 prevent
any one coming on board; cant say who was
the last man on board the ship unless it was
Holmes, who went aboard to carry the girl on
his back; he got down into The boat with the
girl on his shoulders by the rope that was at
tached to the ship and the boat. heard this
woman's sisters in Ihe boa, crying 10 her; it
was then that Holmes wen, off and brought
her. About an hour after that the ship went
down; the jolly boa, and long boa. were not
continually together ,ha, night There was
no dispute ,ha, night; all was silent; the pas
sengers baied when they were told, The cap.
tain took leave of US at daylight, the mate
Rhodes said TO the captain, "Caplain Harris.
we'll have 10 draw LOTS" The captain said, II
know what you mean, don't want to hesr
any more about it, The mate did not say
why we should have TO draw lot<; he did not
speak of the eaky condition of the boat; the
captain dld not shake hands with any Of su.
We scarcely had any clothing on; know Of
some of the sailors taking off their coats and
~ .l.
Of The mate giving his Goa, to Scotch family;
Holmes was not in the part ofthe boat that
was in. The sailors had all their jackets on;
the mate had two coats; he gave one TO the
Scotch family; Margaret is the girls name he
gave his coat to. can't say who brought The
beef, biscuit & water on board. Ii was very
cold there was no sleei; none of the passengers
we're insensbe at any time they were all cit
ting Iu the boat, not lying down. The captain
went away in the morning; it was 10 O'Clock
al night when they commenced throwing The
passengers overheard; had no, heard the
mate sav anything TO The crew about II; had
heard nothing said by any body before it com.
menced. The person who was first brown ov-
erboard was sitting in The s;erD;l can't say
what sailor spoke first to him; | had not heard
any thing addressed 10 him; it was his cry that
! beard first; his name was Owen Riley; he
had no wife on board; he had u wife in Phila-
deIphia; | can't say who was the next; don't
know who threw Riley over; can't say who
threw Dnl6s over; know II was some of the
sailors; | know it was Holmes that threw
Charles Cuulin over; know Holmes assisted
in throwing the rest of the passengers over;
know i, by his voice and the calling 10 him 10
save them. know Of one having child
on board that was thrown over, they had wives
and children in Ireland. know Askin's Sis
ter was thrown overheard, but | don't know
who threw her over; she had no clothes on her
only her night clothes; she had saved her cloak
and she begged of them 10 give it 10 her; her
sister was thrown over too; don't know by
whom. Those are all The women that were
thrown over. They served out biscuit at DIFF
fsren, times; the women did not eat any oft
auv of It, but the men eat some; there was no
given allowance; can't tell how mech wafer
there was there; they served none out except
10 n child that was there. The men thrown
over on Wednesday we're Nugent and Kee-
gan; did not see them thrown over; kept nv
head covered when some ofthe others were
thrown out: il was moi covered when Conlin &
Wilson we're thrown over. The men that were
thrown over were sensible, or they would not
have sense TO bail the boat. saw some ice
about IT,; can't cay whether il was Monday
a. T~osd .v r;uhi. il wac far from us. il was