Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-05-11
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
From the Boston Transcript Of Saturday evening.
Awful and Melancholy Casualty.


Awful and Melancholy Casualty.
Tventy four Lires Lost IN Boston Hot-
boron Friday afternoon, at about O.
clock, as the sloop boat belonging to the
Farm School on Thompson's Island was
returning from fishing excursion, under
charge of Mr.. Cakes, the boa.man, with
Mr. Peabody, the teacher, and twenty
seven boys belonging TO the school, she
was unfortunately upset By flaw of wind
while lacking land Immediately sunk, and
all on board, except four OF the boys, were
drowned. The folIowingi particulars of
the melancholy event are from the Adver-
tiser -
On the day before, there had been
visitation ofthe school, by the directors and
the parents of the boys when the school
was found 10 be in excellent order, the
boys | In number, were all in fine health
and condition, and thevigavethe most salts
factory evidence of good conduct. AS
reward for their good behaviour. thew were
yesterday allowed a holiday, and 81 ofthe
number were permitted 10 60 below fish
ing, under charge of Mr.. Cakes, an expe,
rienced boatman, In the regular employ Of
the school. and Mr. Peabody, an excellent
| and highly esteemed young man from
Bedford, lately employed as teacher ofthe
school.
They had caught several fish, and were
beating against a head wind, and passed
so near a point of the island, that they
were cheered by the boys who remained,
and the boys on board returned the cheer.
Having stood off toward Spectacle island
the boat was in the &C, OF lacking, for the
purpose of making toward the landing
place, when she suddenl upset and sunk
Three OF the boys sustained themselves by
clinging to box which held the bait. and
were picked up by the schooner Fl. 3
Foster. and brought up TO town, one Of
them when taken up, being in state O
: inseusibili:y.
Mr. Morrison, the superintendent, or
seeing the disaster, proceeded to The spo
: in small boat, assisted by the two far
mers and succeeded in picking up on
boy alive Jeremiah Lynch,) and tn
: body Of one who was Iifeess.. All tn
: rest, twenty three 10 number, with tn
+ baatman and teacher were buried 10 lh
deep. The boys who were savedby tn
H. B. Foster were VIM. E. Wallace. F
d s.. Snnonds and G. F. Gould. w
e understand that The boat was fine larg
J sloop rugged boat, ia perfect order.
" Il is one OF those events of an inscruta
d BILE Providence, which occurring sudden
d y to so many youthful spirits, in the mo
: meat of joyous exhhiralion, and sendin
, sorrow and mourning into so many fam
lies, cannot but excite in the breast of eve
r. ry one sympathy for 'he bereaved fami
1t lies. and lively sense Of the lrail tenur
J. ofhuman existence.
>. Il is supposed that the boat may /
% raised and ii is hoped that some OF til
Z bodies may be recovered IN It. -,
II The names of the persons drowned, al
r. Stephen z. Vose, Robert S. Walker al
~ Samuel F, Walker. (brothers) James Wa
" ker. Thomas Doland, Thomas F. Blak
DC James Tracy, Charles H. Austin, Hem
A. Burnam, james NJ Chandler. Wm. !
u Clark, 6 Jorge w Chase. Samuel Deca
, tro. james F, Fillmore, John Hall, Henr
~ C.. Mclean, Peter PasTouche, Michel
IA White, Abraham L. Spence, Isaac MaIo
he John H. Johnson, Patrick Shean, boo
=. found.) Thomas ]. Peabody, teacher, {
school,) of Bedford, Joshua 8. Odke
o. boatman. ... :..~ i. '".
al Sored-George F. Gould, Frederic
ed S. Simonds. VIM. E. Wallace Jereml;
Lynch. 49, d
In alluding to the above, one OF I
Boston papers remarks
e. This school has been slngularly unis
oh tunate. Il commenced some five or
- years since under The most favorable a.
- plces. having for its object the noblest
en- charities, to take poor. f.lendless child
vii from the temptations Of large city.
he educate them for usefulness and respee