Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-10-12
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x,msafi wbHe u anchor 10 ihn bay en- Ssiur.
DAY gces, she had the Hoo. Mr. Cushing on
hoard processing 70 Ale1antrs, a rosfe for
ChiaA as MinsGsf
The slaftn va, 6rr gwen al eigh, O'Clock pre-
ei.~ly end was immediately f.llcwcd by such
bars Of fame from the tnginsrr, soTc.room IS
70 lesd 10 the bslief that II originated among the
al sei sp''i,. Every eScrtion was made 10 sub
doe Il ard 'hc large pumps were insanity put 10
20 operation; BIZ the rrcyre. Of lh, fsm,s was
% pp5, that becsrnc necessary 70 food the two
msgnrincs which wns done 90 n ciually ihsl il
wns no until twenty minutes after three A VI
that any explosion took plIce, and then no, to an
silcni 70 rnianger the shipping in the BAY, the
nesress Of which ksd sfesdy been removed by the
oret;icns RI the acting captain Of the port As.
sissnce WIS promptly sent from The Nalahar, uu.
der the pcrsooal snperin,ondance Of sr George
ssrorious; and the Locus 20, up her steam and
,sn alongside the Missouri wih The view Of tow.
,os her into deep water, or rendering any other
sid but, unfortunately, she had altady ground
ID, which rendered il Impossible to scns,ie her
As soon IS the FIRE broke out, the governor or.
dered the waterproof gate TO be opened, and pro-
eeedod himself 10 the wharf, from whence he de
srsiched two engines under charge Of the arille.
W and sapper but in spite Of the united efforts
ofthe crew Of the Missouri and her friendly aux.
illaric, the progress Of the flames which OF one
time sppcarcd TO be go, under was such. that al,
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shir amer summoning council Of his own off.
ecrs and those British officers about him. who
unanimously decided there was no hope OF saving
the ship
The order was then given BY Captain Newton
for all to quit the ship, which was done immedi-
n,sly by the crew taking TO the water and rocoiv-
ing the ready assistance OF boats sent, in an,icpa.
ton Of the esieency, from the Malabar and from
the vessel. in the harbor Such was the safe OF
the ship when the officers and crew ei, her that
they saved nothing bu, what they bad on. Cap
tain Newton did no, qui, the ship until all had left
her about quarter past eleven o'clock We are
happy to add ha, the officers and crew are be.
ilcv.d 10 be all saved
HIS Excelency the American Minister, after
occurring his papers Of importance returned TO the
shir, and zealou.Iy united his exerons to those
Of her officers
The INC wall was crowded until very late
hour wan spectators anriously watching the fate
OF the noble ship. The SIGH, was awfully grand
until the mass a, length fell overheard, the tracery
Of her srars and ,hrouds standing out in brgh
relief again', the dark sky, was beautiful The
whole rock was as gb, as day; and probabl,
such sight has not been witnessed IN the ba,
since the confagra,ion Of the floating batteries il
the memorable siege
We trust it will no, be considered presump,uou
10 refer to the discipline board this i'll fated YES
eel but, as persons employed alongside during
the progress Of the calamity, and on whose vera
city can place the utmost reliance, have beer
DESTROYS Of bearing undenable testimony on thi
most Emporium, subject, we beg to inform our read
ers that they describe the discipline and order OF
board as most admirable the several orders wer
given and obeyed as ifihe vessel had been in per
fec, safety, and nothing had occurred to excit
alarm or coniusion.-lGibrali Chronicle.