Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-05-07
Reported fpr the North American

1hrrs,y. Arnl II.
rr,l ri Alexander William n ,lu =. ote OF "a +.
crew Of the ship William Brown, for Mmslaugh .
ter.
The ,rill wa. resume tai. Morning
Bridget Niece Nuru-l Wa pts,, NIGER on hoard
the ship William BJNu. We Icn Li,crg r,i ga The F.
l2h March. 1871. O. the night olNluniay, April
l7h. we struck AZ INST iceberg The In,scn.
gers were nearly al in bed at the time. \ mtn
called down tie hrchway that the ship w.s sunk
Iug. anl We all rushed uIOn deck When | got
un deck ttC si"rs were bu,ly eusas"d m ting
out the boats. ] waited All the .,J the long bpii
cut whoa got into II. There were sbmr OF the
other passengers M befo m IA ,!m,s called to
me alter ! got IA ai.d SAID mus; get ont. ibid
han Wnu Mt - irO.u thc b al - 4 sinking ship
lie sud up IN rrc AM IurncI away iri:n me- the boat
was tIon pushed away irra Ilc ship NtIh thirty
~" passengers. Far at a : -ulrh ia uily named
Edgar got mt hc h1aI anl ct jhc Sisters roma
ned un deck, her name " - iel T. ig,C Holmes
returned To The ship aud carried yh,s srl INTO the
boat. The two @uats pushed away iran the ship
and Sui the rpcs by which They wore utilch,d a.
the shi; before she went down. TINS was about
III "ci c, At -. The AT, kept mgrJhOr all mar
nrng. The captain WIN was in the polly b1ir, gave
frLnCis Rhodes the mate who htd charge oI The
long beat, ch,nptss AMI chart aui told hirn
were 25J miles hou land. a. the morning. the
captain took down tho ranc> ct the passengers IN
the long boat that was "a Tuc,dly. ia, sailors
aud pas cugcs cHn'tnI,-l uajlu,. aud rowing the
boat. AbbuI irnu'cotk they c,inm need knowing
the passengers ovcrh ard. ric li,si I hcorI VISA
I p1s enc"r named ONcu Riley. heard hun slcak
/ 10 a = o chw,nIu Nj T. i-u n speak % the sat
! los 10 spar, hls life. IOIl know vhu was lhl
next :hToNn out
When They caugu hill nr Francis A,kus 10
ihr,w him odi lac ro,, e tllcI ou the Srulrl,vonln
TO iuinrrcdc for him, he thnush she md 80 much
rfffl .ul Il.
tiers in the b,Ii. one eel wh,u " IS named Mar
Sac said ilthcy throw him oui They might i.rn,v
her ont too. AflcT they threw him out, they dad
throw her out. aud then they looked for and threw
her sister Ellen out also.
| The next knew Of was Holmes catching hold
Of James; another passenger On taking hold of
him he sad who T. ihis' Black answered why
It's James Black" When the mate heard Black :
name he said "donl part man and wife" and they d.
MT throw Black out, Charles Con was sitting nc At
u me when Holmes cImo over 10 him. lie said
to him "llolmrs, dear you'll noi put mo out" Hn..
mcs made answer slcs Charley. you'Il GO rpp."-
| and Then lac took hold Of him aud threw him over
CUnliu was the last mlu they threw out. bot there
were twh Others that they dad not see. One 81
these were uncr the seat. ard the other under the
sl"rl where they nd hid Themselves The sailors
saw these men IN the m ,ruiug AMI mIle them get
D ~ an Il the boat. Joan gent W IS one dom
remember the other When they had me hail
ma the s,ilors threw them urt. AbIul an hour and
I q hall alter that we wrre puck q up hy d., Crr-
ccu'. When lsay hrg mean thu Charles = nil
/ Alexander William Holmes john Sleispn aud Hen
~ Muraylhe coax. Coourcd man threw him oul
Rnoies, the male did not assist Or throw any over
/ Thirty one passengers including several women
persisted IN the ship None of the crew went dow
IN her. and mono Of them were thrown out of the
! boat. There were nine sanrs aud thc nate in IA,
lOrs hat
] -,
! were thrown OVERHEARD, .htn when The shin vcni
d 'wn, excerpt tIlI iI rainc, IL was not aIo,ying
the pr scngcrs were uccup,Cd IN bliIIo. at diff r
eni limcs tncy would stop and commerce again
There va, MT much water "a the boat tho second
nighI There wa, more "a the first u chit Tb,
The captain 81 the Crescent kept TIA, pus b,1t h,,
cause 1t WIS ne ter than % JNu. Flank Aslin,
sad " zen They can. Ia Ihrpw hun over tIai .
hc bad Was i've sHyercirus, bat hc would give i.r
there It They woUlS spare his hic ull tanning. -,
h'd three sacks Of hI>cuII 10 The long boat | S.u
SON" beef but don't know how ~ ic.t there w.
10 the buni,vh"u They throwing The plsScrrp r.
p'ii Tie bal dId urI caps Z. sras To- take m ,,,tc
over The sides. lHnrc was plenty of rom 10 Nhfk a.
The hIai anI Tor hIilIRg AMI rowing o.; there ~ .
"n"u3h ronm inr IhIS bc,urc the pls,rur-Is ,ycr,
thrown ont. / dnn'I know IA II Rhodes had any ,hrn.
I To do wHh ihrnNIug the passengers over the fir.
nghl The al wa dry, hui o. leaked in Ceiling d, g.
i''m The ship. the Second rgI the ram caused ms
1i Ihc waller ia lhc boat. they bltlrd out the a.,
| ter with something like a COTE pit and a hlckcI
The pa myers bfoughI oi their PROVISIONS IA.
. me bat they bro right 40 hing but sumo uar
meat.
There was fresh wafer taken INTO the boat bur
| done know how IN Ich. wa, in The .ler, of in,
boat when Holmes ordered me ont. was Inn,
uoN'h Iherc was n sCl's ga the boat | can't "a,
"haI Holmes was dong there. There were olhe
! passengers IN the boat Al the time lie orlere,
another grrl Bridget Nugcut. to leave the boat
too. lie SAID ~ more, and gave no reason why We
should leave IN boat ! duu't rccnllcct ytbIne
that took place before tho POLLY boat len u.s. except
That The Captain took down the names Of the pas
>cngrrs.
! arrived "a this country on the 18Th of July LAST
md have h""n ~ Puia.l"Iui,t, ever stnr. / ,,.,s
sN1mincd before The Gran! July aud hive bccu q.
Ii"i"eH 'y NJ Dallas. hul 40 were else. ucye
Nas before a Iud .~ 'lll NOW Nv uncle. Gcorr,
Duh g, SHIPPED al Liverpool. tie was one %
those thrown ori. 1--we, MT rclnIcI {. any uthc
person on bo1rl ihe vessel. nor had seen any o.
NE passengers before went on buluI nj Iiyerl,pI
iid nol Know whore they came from wqs o.
friendly terms with ihcn on Tie voyage ueye
-"Ncl" Holmes ou the voyage bat OuCc I think -
ne hha hHvci shown any uu ,Iniuyss before 10 ~,
I"r brlgei Nug"ni, or any one el-c that saw 49,
." h'pisSengcr had gone 90 bed that night cxcCp
ono girl. Mary Carr. who was sitting 40 with sicl
siri &c was 80 the siccrlgn We we're al h,I,,,
u''N. cant say how mInY women ihcrc were or
hoard nor how many mcn. I knpw lhidyon,
went down with the ship, and ihifty-Il,ree got ia,
he org bpli.
Suslna1h EI5ar, worm. Examined by Nc Brown
$40 saul hat the rapiliu told the mute when h,
spoke OF casting lois, ipsly about a. shc
Iho mate, knew what - dp $40 alsI stated th,
on niImg one nan filled the bucket and another
pissed % over the side. as ihe mIn WIN Il led the
DHc ct roJI1 Mt empty u becausc The b1li was p
crowded she sIil that just before the passenger.
Mere ihfOWn out there was cry that the b ~ wa
sH"lng. The passengers were greatly distressed
on Wedhcs lay morning. and Holmes told Them Q,
keep her hearts up. When they were picked ~,
ny The Crescent. They were unable iU walk o veI
''rr bat his neck ~ bent thlJ hrs shirt hal In 10,
.1rnipn Doe ick; Ice wpud have died Ia m hour
3 Nifp, CIR said. 90 They h1i not been relieved --
I Amer TIC HuIt ,yus IS 81 uu hplrl Ihc Crescent
'le saw hyle Boo she bottom. Tho guaw1Ic OF tho
Dial was 50 near the waters cIsr Just bofIfo iba
passengers were thrown ont, tltf she fJ Iruei fI,
! water with her fingers when she Hil huhl 81 tr,
si'e pi Tee li iD RAISE herself Ip The water wa
dee MT aff1r fr. f...t,.rs ,..-.